Ms. Marvi Memon Minister National Assembly (MNA) and Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) spent Eid ul Azha with Organized Rural women of Northern Sindh on 26 September 2015. This event was organized by Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO).
Ms. Memon said that she was happy to be among the women belonging to Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore-Kandhkot and other villages of Sindh. Memon talked about the purpose of her visit to rural Sindh, which was to gain first-hand knowledge about the problems faced by people here, so that she can take steps to solve them.
Ms. Marvi Memon appreciated the work of the SRSO to eliminate poverty in northern Sindh and issued orders to the officials to solve the problems of the beneficiaries. Talking about women empowerment, SRSO chief executive officer Muhammad Dittal Kalhoro said that the Chairman of SRSO Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan’s work is based on the belief that the poor can bring themselves out of poverty if they are organized and their capacity developed by harnessing their true potential. He also said that SRSO is providing interest free loans to marginalized women through the Community Investment Fund (CIF). Women collectively manage this fund by distributing loans for investment in income-generating activities, he added. “This has built the confidence and capabilities of the poor rural women, whose concerns are often brushed aside by male tribal elders,” he said.
The director BISP Mr. Zulfiqar Abro, representatives from various banks and hundreds of women from Sukkur, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Kashmore and Jacobabad were present at the occasion.