Sarhad Rural Support Programme is a Non Profit Not Govt Organization working for Rural Development through Social Mobilization in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa and Parts of Fata since 1989.

3. Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP)
annual review(2010-12)
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Chairperson/ CEO’s
Message
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Sarhad Rural Support
Programme (2010-11
and 2011-12)
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Empowering Local
Communities and
Institutions
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Community
Managed Small
Scale Infrastructure
Schemes
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Investing in
Human Leadership,
Managerial and
Technical Skills
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Alternate Models
of Financial
Services in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
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Mainstreaming
Women and
Improving Social
Sector Services
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Promoting Value
Chain and Local
Enterprises
25
Humanitarian
Programme and
Early Recovery
Efforts
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Partners in
Development
32
Statistical Abstract
(up to June 2012)
33
Financial Reports
Content
Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), registered under Companies
Ordinance, is a non profit-non government organisation working in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of FATA. Its an intermediary organization
which is based on the Rural Support Programmes’(RSPs) approach to
community empowerment and economic and livelihood development.
It was established in 1989 by members of the civil society, enlightened
members of the government in their individual capacities, members of
the academia, media and training institutions. In recent years, due to
extensive coverage and vast outreach in the communities, SRSP played
a prominent role in disasters that have hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and as
a result humanitarian work alongwith development has become a core
competency of the organization.

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Total Number of Districts
Number of Tribal
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Total Number of
Frontier Regions (FRs)
Number of Districts with SRSP
Presence (directly/indirectly)
Number of Agencies with SRSP
Presence (directly/indirectly)
Number of FRs with SRSP
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The Annual Review for the year 2011-12 also incorporates the report
for 2010-2011, which was not published. These two years were again
very eventful in life of SRSP and were characterized by a high level of
activities for SRSP.
The humanitarian crisis which has become an integral part of the
life in the province since 2005 continued; first with the floods which
devastated large parts of the province and played such a havoc with
the social and economic life in the area and then IDP crisis continued
to impact our lives. SRSP played pivotal role in both these crisis using
its vast outreach and technical and managerial competencies to reach
a large part of distressed population with relief and Early Recovery
Programmes. A separate publication called “Lending a Hand”describes
work of SRSP in this field.
The development work of SRSP has continued with the same zeal as
in the past. The government support in form of an endowment fund
has helped SRSP to leverage additional resources from national and
international donors to help attain its mission.The Bacha Khan Poverty
Alleviation Programme, an example of public private partnership
programme, based on principles of equality between the partners
has continued to draw support in development and political circles.
SRSP has been able to work with all major donors e.g. AusAid, CIDA,
the World Bank through PPAF, GIZ, UN Agencies, UK DfID and many
others on programmes in livelihood sector. A lot of hard work
has gone into building a prospective relationship with European
Union to initiate a large economic and community empowerment
programme in Malakand Division. The partnership with PPAF
continues in many district giving continuity and depth to SRSP’s
programmes.
SRSP is committed to establishing organizations of poor and play its
role in this process as a catalyst organization. These years saw many
opportunities for community activists to get together and share
their achievements attained under conditions of great adversity
and to continue promoting institutions that are accountable to the
grassroots.
CHAIRPERSON/ CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER’S MESSAGE

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Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), a leading organization for
poverty reduction and ensuring sustainable means of livelihoods
through mobilizing communities, is the largest non government,
non profit organization operational in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
Federally Administered Tribal Areas. SRSP, since its inception in 1989,
has been able to support development of over 18,000 community
based organizations covering over half a million population. SRSP’s
programmatic, financial, technical, strategic and capacity building
initiatives, on one hand, has led to development of community,
village and union council level local organizations while on other
hand it has significantly contributed to social, economic and political
development of communities and rural areas.
The past two years (2010-11 and 2011-12) due to insecurity and
uncertainty, insurgency and terrorism, low or no economic activities,
and frequent disasters have presented SRSP with unprecedented
challenges. Notwithstanding precarious environment, SRSP, besides
facilitating grass-root organizations to evolve as local institutions,
has also provided extensive support to war torn and disaster
affected communities in terms of their long term development.
The period is characterized by generating additional resources,
diversifying programme competencies, strengthening relationships
with existing and developing partnerships with new donors, and
supporting Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through public
private partnerships. These efforts enabled SRSP to reach poor and
marginalized groups especially women and address their needs
efficiently and effectively.
Based on institutional learning across development landscape of
KhyberPakhtunkhwaduringthisperiod,SRSPrefineditsorganizational
policies and strategies to respond to field realities and local contexts.
These efforts, no doubt, have facilitated development partners in
coordinated efforts for impacting rural poverty and formulating
pro poor/conducive policies for economic growth. Keeping these
dimensions in view, a number of key roles and responsibilities
within broader perspective of its thematic areas have become part
of organization values, culture and operations. During this reporting
period, SRSP has been able to keep a balance amongst organization’s
systems, procedures and mode of delivery, the programme it offers,
and the needs of the communities. The ‘congruence’ has undeniably
led to tapping local energies and potential within communities thus
enhancing development effectiveness.
SARHAD RURAL SUPPORT
PROGRAMME IN 2010-11 & 2011-2012

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SRSP participatory approaches to community driven development
involves active engagement of rural men and women communities
in development process. Tapping communities’ potential and energy
through a process of social guidance has always been a core feature
of SRSPs social mobilization, which essentially develops an ownership
and sustainability at local level. With presence in 21 districts and six
agencies/ tribal areas, SRSP, so far, has been able to develop over
18,000 community based organizations covering almost half a million
population. Almost one third of these organizations are women
organizations reflecting SRSP’s commitment to mainstream women in
development process. The success at this scale in terms of formation
of large number of community based organizations can be attributed
to support, ownership and acceptance by local communities and
development partners including government agencies. Apart from
their central role in local development, these organized communities,
when needed, have played crucial roles in emergency situations that
confronted the nation in form of destruction and exodus of people
from military operations, insurmountable militancy and devastating
floods. The organized communities provided shelter to Internally
Displaced Persons and distributed edibles/food items amongst
affected families. A number of international agencies and Government
of Pakistan appreciated role played by mobilized communities in IDP
crisis and devastating floods.
Following approach of creating financially viable and sustainable
local level institutions, SRSP, during this reporting period, has further
consolidated approach of formation of three tier organizations at
community, village and union council levels in its programme areas.
Accountable downwards, these three tier institutions enjoy autonomy
with clear roles and responsibilities to address local issues. During
reporting period (2010-12), SRSP has been able to facilitate formation
of 15 LSOs, while overall it has been able to form 59 LSOs in districts
Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Shangla, Kohistan,
Nowshera, Mardan, Kohat, Karak, Dir, Chitral and FATA. Almost half
of these LSOs are registered legal entities under either Society’s Act
1860, Social Welfare Act 1961, Cooperative’s Act 1925 or Companies
Ordinance 1984. SRSP’s efforts in developing financial and managerial
capacities of these LSOs have a visible impact today. An active role in
leveraging resources locally, nationally and internationally has been
assumed by these LSOs for holistic development at union councils
level besides promoting peace and development. The LSOs formation
since inception is presented in figure below:
EMPOWERING LOCAL
COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS
Local Support
Organizations
59
Village Organizations
618
3,777
Men & Women CBOs
77,000Households represented in LSOs

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Community initiated and maintained‘enabling infrastructure’has been
one of the most important components of SRSP since inception. The
small-scale infrastructure schemes over the years have contributed to
socio-economic growth in rural areas, strengthening and improving
livelihoods and act as an effective bonding factor between members
of community based organizations. The component has grown
remarkably in terms of budget allocation, numbers of schemes,
outreach,anddiversity.Ifstrengtheningandcontinuousrefinementsto
manage these small scale schemes had been a priority in this reporting
period, equal importance had been given to introduce innovative
technologies and tap sources of renewable energy for socio-economic
development and responding to issues of environmental degradation
and resource depletion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
During this reporting period (2010-12), SRSP has been able to initiate
and complete 1,522 small scale infrastructure schemes with a total
cost of over 1.08 billion PKR benefiting 1.65 million population. Out
of the mentioned schemes, 40% have been initiated with women
community organizations. SRSP’s small scale infrastructure portfolio
comprise drinking water supply schemes, irrigation schemes,
Integrated Area Up-gradation Projects (IAUP), soil conservation
schemes, sanitation schemes, micro hydro projects, roads and bridges,
solar energy projects and bio-gas plants. Overall since inception, SRSP
has been able to initiate and complete 7,225 small scale infrastructure
schemes with a cost of over 3 billion PKR and benefiting 11 million
population.
COMMUNITY MANAGED SMALL
SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEMES
Types of CPI CPI (Nos) Cost PKR in Mil. Beneficiaries pop.
(Nos.)
Male Female
DWSS 2,984 1,038 1,419,862 1,538,183
IAUP 89 90 74,196 80,379
Irrigation 862 386 277,013 300,097
Roads & Bridges 897 399 2,284,103 2,474,445
Micro Hydros 76 162 28,246 30,599
Others 325 196 147,517 159,810
Sanitation 1,727 640 795,485 861,775
Soil Conservation 295 83 258,577 280,125
Grand Total 7,255 2,995 5,284,998 5,725,415

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ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY ENERGY CRISIS
RESPONSE
In response to acute power shortage in the country and KP,
SRSP in recent years have started tapping natural resources
and utilizing it for power generation. SRSP in last two years
have installed 20 small scale power generation units across KP
benefitingmarginalizedareasandcommunitieswhoneverhad
an access to conventional grid electricity since independence.
Overall SRSP has installed 76 microhydro units generating 2.4
MW electricity benefitting 59,000 population. The portfolio of
micro hydro project is getting bigger and has a visible impact
on rural livelihoods. Besides contributing to conservation
and protection of environment, these micro hydro units have
immensely contributed in enhancing agriculture productivity
and diversifying livelihood sources benefitting, largely, women
and children. In addition, these hydro units have brought a
communication revolution to areas which had been ignored
and deprived for decades.

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RESTORING INFRASTRUCTURE IN DISASTER STRUCK
AREAS
Building back better in response to floods and IDP crisis had always
been a core focus of SRSP but one of the prominent features was its
‘timing’to respond to community needs. SRSP during these crises, in
shortest possible time, was able to restore drinking water schemes,
rehabilitate roads and bridges to ensure access, develop shelters
to protect precious lives, support health units and rehabilitate
schools to benefit children. With financial support from GIZ, CAFOD,
UNDP, AusAID, OSF, IDRF and Citi Foundation, Sarhad Rural Support
Proagramme (SRSP) was able to initiate and complete 458 schemes in
above mentioned sectors with a cost of 350 million PKR benefitting
75,000 population. The timely efforts ensured an easy access of rural
communities to these basic services and contributed to restoring
rural livelihoods without any major delays.

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SRSP, at organizational level, attaches immense importance to
staff capacity building in order to perform designated roles and
responsibilities and respond to field challenges. During this period
(2010-12), SRSP enhanced capacities of 771 staff members in various
disciplines comprising social mobilization, leadership, communication
and presentation skills, disaster management, planning and
monitoring, gender and development, micro finance, community
investment fund, renewable energy, infrastructure development
and financial management. Over 35% women participation in these
training events reflects SRSP’s policy of supporting women. These
capacity building events provided useful opportunities for existing
and new staff members to interact with the Board members, CEO, and
Core Management, besides orienting them on organizational culture,
values,beliefs,systemsandproceduresandhowtoperformdesignated
roles and responsibilities efficiently and effectively. These capacity
buildingopportunitiescoupledwithclearcareerpathatSRSPhasbeen
one of the attributing factors for low staff turn over. In comparison to
12 percent staff turn over during 2010-11, the percentage of staff turn
over dropped to 9 percent only in 2011-12, which is a good indicator of
SRSP’s conducive professional environment.
SRSP also provides regular opportunities to dedicated and committed
staff members to acquire skills regionally and internationally. During
this period at least 50 such professionals through participation
in skills specific events/exposures visits were able to learn from
international experiences and replicate the same to improve quality
of programme. The field attachment programme, internships
and professional affiliations introduced by SRSP’s Human and
Institution Development Programme has contributed in providing
opportunities to fresh graduates persuing their careers in rural
development.
INVESTING IN HUMAN LEADERSHIP,
MANAGERIAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

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Technical Skills adding resilience
At programme (field) level, SRSP has taken proactive steps for
enhancing communities technical and managerial capacities to
develop local leadership for managing democratic institutions and
impart new skills as per market demands for building assets of the
poor. The revamped training modules with inclusion of new sectors/
areas in response to field challenges have contributed to improving
programme implementation. The most prominent aspect of Human
and Institutional Development (HID) is imparting market driven
coursestodeprivedmembersofcommunitybasedorganizations(men
and women) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These courses, duly certified by
Skill Development Council, Government of Pakistan, are delivered/
imparted through ‘state of the art’ Technical and Vocational Skills
Centre (TVC) established in provincial capital Peshawar. The centre is
technically and technologically well equipped capable of providing
in-house training facilities to 120 participants. The laboratories and
workshops at the centre, supervised by pool of resource persons,
provide opportunities to apply learnt skills practically. Few prominent
courses comprise mobile phone repairing, computer repairing,
electrician, plumbing, carpentry, food processing, tailoring, solar
energy, embroidery, heavy machinery operators etc. To further
facilitate rural communities, especially women, the centre has facilities
of mobile lab/workshop for delivering training in local areas following
local norms and cultural practices. During this reporting period the
centre has been able to develop leadership, technical and vocational
skills of 7,540 community members organized under various projects/
programmes initiated by SRSP. The percentage of women availing
these trainings was 42%, which has been encouraging keeping in
view the turbulent situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The impact of
trainings show that most of the youth and community members have
either started their own enterprises or availed employment in public
or private sectors.
Gender bifurcation of participants in various skills training under different projects
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Male FemaleBKPAP
AusAid LSP CIDA-FATA PPAF IDRF
UNDP
DRC
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FATA Sect.
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SRSP’s microfinance program aims to reduce financial vulnerabilities
of disadvantaged, especially women, by providing them with an
opportunity to have an easy access to institutional micro finance
services through innovative solutions. SRSP is in amongst the
leading organizations to extend rural financial services in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. SRSP, since inception, has been able to disburse over
one billion pak rupees to women (representing 98 percent of SRSP’s
clientele) in rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. During this reporting
period, SRSP has been able to disburse 101 million PKR to 8,985 poor
and vulnerable households (ranked 0-18 on poverty score card). The
trends show a positive increase in revolving funds in last three years,
which depicts maturity of Community Based Organisations in financial
management. SRSP micro finance portfolio is a balance mix of trading
(39%), livestock (30%), services and production (10% each), and
agriculture (8%).
Program Outreach
Districts 10
Union Councils 80
Households 21,645
Women 97%
Poorest HHs (PSC: 0-23) 70%
Rural Concentration (%)
UC wise 81%
HHs wise 88%
ALTERNATE MODELS OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
The environment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as also mentioned in
preceding sections has been challenging, uncertain, insecure, affected
by recurring disasters, and unfavorable for delivery of micro-finance
through conventional approaches. This has urged SRSP to shift from
conventional to innovative approaches. Thus evolution and adoption
of Community-Based Financial Intermediaries (CBFI) has been one
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60
40
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
CREDIT LINE
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64
96
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45
36
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REVOLVING FUND
DISBURSEMENT TREND
of the most appropriate solutions for delivering financial services
to poor and marginalized. The CBFI model of delivery is based on
developing technical and managerial capacity of local communities to
adequately address issues of cost of delivering micro finance services
and appropriateness of the product as per local needs leading to
empowering communities and enhancing impact.
Others 3%
10%
10%
39%
30%
8%
Services (e.g. parlors, canteens,
vocational centers etc
Production (e.g. vocational
work)
Trading (e.g. grocery/ ladies
shops etc.)
Livestock (e.g. goats for
milching or raring etc)
Agriculture (e.g. seeds,
fertilizers etc)
SECTOR WISE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS BY THE BENEFICIARIES
Following CBFI model/methodology, based on willingness of
community-based organizations, SRSP encourages to form local
institutions popularly known as Village Banks. These local, self
managed village banks are contributing to social and economic uplift
vis-à-vis empowerment of women. With support of Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Australian
Aid, SRSP to-date has been able to support formation of 300 Village
Banks (VBs) in selected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa addressing
financial vulnerabilities of over 40,000 poor households. The financial
assistance provided throughVillage Banks ranges from 5,000 to 20,000
per household. The VBs act as focal point for delivery of financial
servicesduetoitspotentialoutreach,betterknowledgeoflocalpeople
and capacity to deliver services economically. Before funds are granted
to VBs, SRSP in a mentor’s role developed capacities of VB’s General
Bodies through regular coaching and follow-ups.
Depending on poverty status (assessed through Poverty Score Card)
of individual households, funds through village banks are granted for
both micro credit and Income Generating Grants (IGGs) to adequately
mobilized communities capable of managing funds internally. Since
fundmanagementresponsibilityrestswithcommunitythereforepoor/
poorest members are encouraged to take most of the key decisions
related toVB operations.These may include electing their own leaders,
selecting their own members, recruiting their own staff, creating their
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(disburse and deposits), resolving delinquency
problems, and levying their own penalty system
on members falling behind schedules (missing
meetings or delayed loan payments). These VBs have
tremendous potential to become genuine women’s
organizations to address community concerns, which
may also include acquiring new skills and behavioral
change in health, nutrition, literacy, gender and
environment etc. SRSP’s Village Banking model
has gained wider recognition as Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund through World Bank is considering
replicating the same in its upcoming Community
Livelihood Fund programme.
Grants throughVBs focusing ultra poor
Grants target ultra poor-people who have no assets,
are chronically food insecure (0-11 on PSC), physically
disable, too vulnerable to take loan risk, living in an
emergency or post conflict situation. Grants are thus
used by such households to purchase productive assets
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MAINSTREAMING WOMEN AND
IMPROVING SOCIAL SECTOR SERVICES
Gender and Development
SRSP ensures that gender concerns are mainstreamed in its operations
and programme at all levels. In given context of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) it takes both twin-track
and targeted approaches to address issues of women’s social and
economic empowerment. At organizational and programme level as
per its developed gender policy, SRSP has taken various initiatives
to mainstream gender. In 2005, after earthquake, SRSP developed
‘Gender Guidelines for Emergency’; an extensive document which
provides guidelines on how to address gender issues for workers
delivering humanitarian aid. To further mainstream gender, during
this period, 1,700 men and women staff and community leaders were
trained in ‘gender and development’, by its resource pool of gender
trainers. SRSP also adopted Sexual and Harassment Act followed by
detail orientation of the staff on it. In addition, a committee headed
by Chairperson, has also been constituted to deal any harassment
issues and ensure providing safe, healthy and conducive working
environment for both genders.
Quality Education in Disaster Struck Areas
The security crisis in District Swat affected the social and economic
life enormously in year 2009. Infrastructure especially girls school
were badly hit. As much as 401 government schools (mostly girls)
were savagely damaged with 176 completely destroyed. The floods
of 2010 exacerbated the situation by either washing or damaging
142 schools. SRSP based on experience of ‘Reviving Education’ in
earthquake affected areas introduced innovative technologies (semi-
permanent light weight steel structures), ensured active involvement
of communities, developed teacher’s capacity in interactive learning
techniques and provided support to poor and vulnerable students
to revive education for all in Malakand Division. Acknowledging
effectiveness of this model, UK-DfID provided a support of US$ 30
million to rebuild and rehabilitate 61 government schools in Malakand
division and an equal number of Parent Teacher Councils. The grant
also supported developing teacher’s capacity, developing computer
labs in schools and provision of scholarship to poor students to
continue post secondary education.
Promoting Social Cohesion
In partnership with UNHCR and GIZ, SRSP has focused on developing
local communities and promoting social cohesion, equality and
stability in areas that have been, or still continue, to be refugee hosting
areas including Peshawar, Chitral, Swat, Buner, Upper Dir, Abbottabad
and Mansehra. Under this initiative, small scale fast track result
oriented infrastructure schemes have been initiated to support revival
of economy in refugees hosting areas/ Union Councils. These projects
also focussed building voices of poor and marginalized through
organizing them into men and women groups and enhancing their
capacities in managerial skills, resource mobilization, planning and
development, social cohesion and gender and development.
Semi-Permanent LightWeight Steel Structure
This model supported by UK-aid (DFID), ICCO, Give2Asia, Citi
Foundation and Mercy Relief is both a quick-fix and a strategic solution
that is raised in 45 days and has a life expectancy of 15 years.The
structure was initially piloted in Mansehra for 30 community-based/
public-private schools after earthquake.These are cost-effective, time-
efficient, safe & reliable transitory alternatives. This initiative has
facilitated return of nearly 16,000 girls and boys to improved schools.
WomenVoices
Community Organizations across KP celebrated the
InternationalWomen’s Day and Sixteen-Days of Activism
against GBV.This was part of SRSP’s efforts to target
patriarchal attitudes erupting in to discriminatory
behavioral practices. During one of the sessions on
women rights, a woman activist said,‘Women in our
society are the ones suppressed, she is blamed for
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Partnership between SRSP
and GIZ-RAHA
• Formation of 179 CBOs covering 4,000
households in target districts.
• 500 community activists trained
in social cohesion, co-existence,
managerial skills, resources
mobilization and planning and
development.
• Initiation & completion of 76
community-managed small-scale
infrastructure schemes benefiting
14,000 population.
• 367 men and women facilitated
with establishment of small-scale
enterprises through capacity
building initiatives and small grants
development training.
• 75 ParentTeacher Councils were
formed and trained to develop school
improvement plans benefiting 75
government schools. Similarly, 11
Health Management Committees were
organized and trained benefiting 16
health centers.

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ACCESS TO JUSTICE PROGRAMME
SRSP, with assistance of international partners, plans to widen scope
of its work to include ‘Access to Justice Initiatives’ (A2J) under which
access of communities to improved mechanisms of informal and
formal justice sector would be enhanced by building local capacities
and promoting social audits especially in Malakand Division. The need
assessment exercise in three districts; Nowshera, Chitral and Swat
provided qualitative and quantitative data regarding most pressing
legal problems, knowledge, perception and actual experiences of
vulnerable individuals. At least 2,700 individuals were interviewed
during the process, besides engaging District Bar Association, Local
Government officials, lawyers and judges, police, prosecutors and
community leaders to examine ability of formal and informal justice
mechanisms to resolve community problems. It also led to identify
hard/soft issues by communities to focus upon. The A2J initiatives
would complement RSP’s participatory approach to development by
strengthening right-holders and duty-bearers nexus.

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PROMOTING VALUE CHAINS
AND LOCAL ENTERPRISES
SRSP’s value chain and enterprise development programme
promote and support development of small scale enterprises in
rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. SRSP’s two decades long field
interactions, lessons from programme areas, and findings from
robust research highlighted that unless marketing constraints are
adequately addressed, farmers and producers would not be able
to take full advantage of the support received through SRSP and
other development agencies. Resultantly, SRSP refined its enterprise
development approach. The approach focused creating ‘competent
entrepreneurs’ through polishing individual business development
and management capacities. It also focused developing demand
driven and product specific value chains in SRSP’s programme areas.
The Enterprise Development Programme had notable achievements in
last two years. With nominal 191 million PKR, it has been able to reach
9,900 beneficiaries in selected 12 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The programme package had been innovative and responsive to
field realities. Haripur, for e.g., being peaceful and conducive for
women interventions allowed SRSP to develop seedling value chain
focusing specifically on women producers through technical and
financial support of CIDA/MEDA. Similarly with financial support from
ICMC, SRSP emphatically focused Extremely Vulnerable Individuals
recovering from earthquake 2005 through ED support and Value
Chain Development in Mansehra.The EVIs, once marginalized, are now
productive human resources running successful small scale businesses
in Manshera and Balakot.
TheEDapproach/strategyincaseofwaraffecteddistrictswastailoredto
local needs. Timing of services and provision of technical and financial
resources were most important factors to revive local businesses.
Responding to this situation, SRSP engaged local communities for
stepping up few processes and deliver requisite services e.g. technical,
financial and business development support in shortest possible time.
The efforts help revived 3,500 small scale businesses through active
support of UNDP benefitting a large population who otherwise could
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The ED Programme is not static but dynamic incorporating field learning
and competencies in other districts to benefit rural communities. The
Haripur seedling project was replicated for milk, mushroom, honey
and local cloth production in districts Charsadda, Peshawar, Nowshera,
Mansehra, Abbottabad, Battgram, Swat, and Buner through various
projects supported by ICMC, AusAid, Asian Development Bank,
UNDP and ILO. Similar efforts have also been undertaken to support
entrepreneurs under BK Poverty Alleviation Programme in four districts
to initiate and sustain businesses with high success rates.
Impact of MEDA Seedling Project
The project supported 1,350 women producers. In less
than four years, the project has been able to develop
an association of 1,350 women producers maintain
linkages with commercial nursery operators locally
and nationally. An independent survey indicated an
increase in income from PKR 98 in 2010 to PKR 2,143 per
producer in 2012.The survey shows an increase of 98%
in assets per producer.The saving (90%) from enhanced
income in invested again in the business to expand and
diversify.
Adoption of new farming
techniques through ADB/
ASF has enabled farmers
to increase their icomes 5
folds in 3 districts .The
employment in these areas
has increased by 149%, while
labor rates have increased
from 50 to 300 PKR/day.
An average increase of
6,300 rupees per month by
enhancing milk production
and adopting precautionary
measure against diseases in
Charsadda, Nowshera and
Peshawar.
83 sub production units
of adda work embroidery,
candle making, ladies foot
wear making and cushion
making are working under
the leadership of women in
Mansehra, Balakot, Battgram.
Extremely vulnerable
individuals in Mansehra
and conflict affected
communities in Swat and
Buner are independently
running successful micro
enterprises.
MAJOR
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HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMMES
AND EARLY RECOVERY EFFORTS
SRSP over the last few years has been one of the leading players
and partner for providing humanitatrian services in disaster affected
areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Its efforts in relief and rehabilitation
through an active participation of local communities have been
widely acknowledged by national and international partners. From
natural to man-made disasters in KP, SRSP has taken a lead to support
humanitatrian organization in timely distribution of resources to save
precious lives of vulnerable population. During the period of 2010 to
2012, SRSP remained active in providing assistance to IDPs in camps/
residing with host families and early recovery support to returning
families. The details of support provided is presented below:
• Total of 80,850 IDP families from South Waziristan, Orakzai,
Mohmand, and Kurram were assisted through provision of NFIs.
• 20,517 families from Orakzai and Mohmand agencies were
provided with winterization kits.
• 2,374 IDPs families from Kurram and Orakzai Agency were
provided with fuel efficient stoves.
• 29,300 families from DI Khan, Tank, South Waziristan, Kurram,
Orakzai, Mohmand and Bajuar agencies were registered for
voluntary return, provided transportation facility and refrehments
during voluntary return (VR) to their homes.
• Early recovery shelter kits were provided to 1,910 IDPs families in
South Waziristan Agency.
• One Room Permanent Shelters (1,937) were constructed in Swat,
Malakand, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Chitral, Shangla and Kohistan.
• 400 emergency transitional shelters were provided to IDPs
families in central Kurram Agency.
• Total of 8,360 tents were distributed among IDPs families from
south Waziristan and Mohmand Agency during their voluntary
return.
• Total 8,486 IDPs families were given plastic sheets & rolls in
Mohmand Agency.
• 1,018 hygiene kits were provided to IDPs in Orakzai and Kurram
Agency.
Unique Challenge-Innovative Response
The IDP crisis with massive influx of population from turbulent
districts/tribal areas including Swat, Buner, Shangla, Dir, Bajuar,
Orakzai, South Waziristan and Kurram Agency presented
a unique challenge. The inadequate and inappropriate
government established camps forced the IDPs to take refuge
with relatives/host families in neghbouring districts. Almost
70% of IDPs were outside camps and scattered making it
impossible for either government agencies and international
donors to reach them and deliver services. SRSP based on
its experience, local knowledge, context and social capital
was able to develop a unique community based response
to assist 473,000 IDP families through provision of NFIs, fuel
wood and winterization kits. The massive operation was made
possible through SRSP maintained logistic solution units with
stocks worth over 90 million US$. Based on this experience
SRSP designed/improved its early recovery and development
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During massive floods of 2010, SRSP launched its relief and
rehabilitation activities in fourteen districts of KP with support of
UNHCR, local and international donors and philanthropists. Within
first few days of floods, SRSP was able to establish 14 hubs and 3
warehouses to address challenges of this disaster at a massive scale.
Below is a brief narration of efforts undertaken by SRSP during floods
of 2010;
• 165,231 families in 13 districts of KP were provided with NFIs,
tents, plastic sheets with support of UNHCR.
• 89,000 families were supported with food packages/cooked
food and clean potable water in camps of district Nowshera with
support from UNHCR.
• 24,000 beneficiaries were provided with free medical facilities in
Districts Peshawar, Charsadda, Swat, Dir, and Kohistan.
• Over 400 households were provided with safe drinking water
facility in district Chitral
• Approx 10,000 large and small ruminants were vaccinated in
district Swat with financial assisstence of ICCO.
• SRSP established 2 Livestock Shelters that accommodate over
200 animals in Charsadda for displaced families arriving with their
animals.
With its flexibility and responsiveness, SRSP remained committed to
support community both in immediate and long term needs. SRSP
implemented its early recovery program in 13 districts (mainly Swat,
DI Khan, Buner, Shangla, Kohistan, Malakand, Peshawar, Nowshera,
and Charsadda) of KP and selected tribal areas (South Wazirstan,
Mohmand and Orakzai) in FATA. Through its early recovery program,
SRSP developed partnerships with 23 national and international
donors to initiate diverse programmes to benefit communities. Apart
from focusing early recovery initiatives, SRSP focused developing local
institutions and reviving livelihood sources in affected areas. SRSP
presence contributed to the following;
• Formation of over 1,638 men and women COs benefiting 40,950
households or 307, 000 population.
• Restore, rehabilitate and refurbish small scale infrastructure
benefitted 141,000 men and women community members. In
addition, SRSP developed 910 new small scale infrastructure
schemes benefiting 171,000 population in flood affected districts.
• Construction of 6,593 early recovery shelters for homeless.
• Trainings of 11,730 men and women in various skills to support
and strengthen livelihoods.
Partners in Post flood Early Recovery
Partners in post flood early recovery comprised UNHCR, UNDP, UNEP, AusAid, GIZ, UK-
DfID, RSPN, Imran Khan Foundation, PPAF, American Pakistan Foundation, KFW, Citi
Foundation, CAFOD, Caritas Italy, ICCO, IDRF, UKaid, International SOS, Give2Asia, Mercy
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PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT
SRSPhasworkedwithallmajordevelopmentpartnersduringtheselast
two years. These partners have enabled SRSP to deliver services as per
needs of partner communities in rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The list of prominent partners comprise ICMC, CIDA, UN-ILO, UNHCR,
UNDP,UK-DfID,PPAF,GovernmentofKyberPakhtunkhwaandPakistan,
Open Society Institute (OSI), GIZ, and RSPN. The following section will
present (briefly) some of the major field initiatives with technical and
financial assistance of development partners.
Deepening Poverty Reduction Efforts through Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund
The partnership in year 2000 between SRSP and Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund had been most crucial in history of SRSP. The
partnership on one hand provided requisite resources to expand in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but even more importantly it had invested in
SRSP to refine its systems and procedures and develop staff capacities
to perform their roles and responsibilities efficiently and effectively.
The decade long partnership has been eventful. From thinly spreading
its resources in initial stages of partnership to disaster response in
earthquake affected areas and now deepening poverty reduction
effortsareallreflectiveofcontinuouslearningandrefiningprogramme
interventions to reduce rural poverty.
With over a billion PKR portfolio currently, the approach under
SRSP-PPAF partnership is two pronged. On one hand sector specific
interventions are focused e.g. social mobilization or small scale
infrastructure schemes, while on other hand integration amongst
various sectors e.g. social mobilization, small scale infrastructure
schemes, capacity building and asset transfer is desired for socio-
economic growth of areas and population. Currently SRSP is host to a
number of PPAF and PPAF-KFW supported projects and programmes
in districts Peshawar, Charsadda, Kohat, Karak, Mansehra, Battgram,
Shangla, Kohistan, Upper Dir, Swat and Chitral. The realization of
low involvement of women in PPAF supported interventions led
to redesigning projects and programmes to engage women more
proactively. As a result the gender ratios from 20s and low 30s have
improved and increased to almost 50%.
SRSP values its partnership with PPAF for many reasons. The support
provided through PPAF over the years and in current reporting period
has enabled SRSP to consolidate and concentrate its efforts in above
mentioned districts. The over decade long partnership between SRSP
and PPAF and coverage of 930,000 population under this partnership
is in itself a proof of trust and mutual respect between two partners.
Reducing poverty in rural areas through Bacha Khan Poverty
Alleviation Programme.
The Bacha Khan Poverty Alleivation Programme symbolizes a
unique public private partnership between government of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP). The
Government of KP provided leadership and resources, while SRSP
provided outreach in rural areas and delivery of services with
autonomy, responsiveness, flexibility and downward accountability
to the communities. The two years programme was initiated in forty
union councils of four selected districts (Mardan, Karak, Battgram
and Upper Dir) and was jointly implemented by SRSP and Planning
& Development Department, Government of KP. The programme had
three major components including social mobilization, improving and
strengthening rural livelihoods and social protection.
Under component (social mobilization), the programme was able
to form 4,200 community based organsiations representing 92,000
households. These CBOs were federated into 630 village based
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innovative approaches to benefit poor and marginalized communities.
The community managed revolving funds (136 miilion PKR) benefited
14,500 beneficiaries (mostly women) in mentioned four districts. This
component also focused improving and strengthening livelihoods
through management of Natural Resources and undertaking small scale
infrastructure schemes (CPIs). Over 77,000 community members availed
trainings and services in Natural resources contributing to an increase in
income in target areas, while 683 schemes with a cost of 378 million PKR
benefited over 408,000 households, besides contributing to an enhanced
productivity in the target areas. Under component (social protection),
the programme provided health insurance services to 28,000 poor and
vulnerable members especially women thus reducing out of pocket
expenditure on health in these areas. Improving health was also coupled
with improving technical and vocational skills. Nearly 5,000 members
were trained in technical and employable skills. These trained members
have availed jobs in formal and informal sectors inland and abroad and
are source of regular income for their poor families. During its life, BK-PAP
has made remarkable strides in implementing a comprehensive poverty
reduction programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has also ensured
financial transparency and social accountability in its implementation
duly acknowledged by international auditors and well reputed national
research firms.
Implementing livelihood strengthening programme in volatile regions
through CIDA
The deteriorating environment and situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
and FATA is an open fact. This turbulent environment has forced many
development organizations to either shrink or wind up their projects/
programmes. Fair enough from perspective of these organizations not to
take any risk but then the poor communities are also denied potential
opportunitiesthroughsuchorganizations(eithernationalorinternational)
toimprovetheirlivesandsituation.Insuchascenario,thelikelihoodofpoor
communitymembersbecomingsofttargetsforradicalelementsincreases
substantially. Accepting the dual challenge of working in turbulent areas
and improving their livelihoods, SRSP in partnership with CIDA designed
and implemented a distinctive programme for reducing poverty
through integrated interventions in FR Peshawar and Kurram Agency.
The programme with a modest pace at an initial phase has gradually
developed its roots in communities and during this reporting period it
has considerably picked up the momentum by intensifying its activities
at community level. RSPs time tested ‘community engagement’
approach has proven to be effective in programme expansion
with minimum risks. So far 141 community based institutions in FR
Peshawar and Kurram Agency have been formed. For the first time
in history of FATA, SRSP has been able to formWomen organizations
(30) to specifically undertake women initiatives. These members of
community based organizations are extensively supported through
capacity building efforts (leadership, managerial skills, exposure
visits etc) to sustain activities at community level. Benefiting 14,000
population, the small scale infrastructure schemes (73) initiated by
the programme has also improved irrigation water availability, clean
and potable water availability, farm to market roads, sanitation
and soil conservation in FATA. The improvement in productivity is
coupled with capacity building events to manage natural resources
efficiently and effectively at community level. During the process,
7,000 community members have benefited from such events
and have multiplied the effects of these events by imparting and
sharing leant skills with other community members. To improve
social sector services, SRSP under this programme has established
community based schools to benefit, especially, girl child in FATA.
In many instances, since independence, there had been no schools
in these resource poor and marginalized areas thus denying
children from one of their basic rights i.e. education. As much as
18 community based schools are delivering education services and
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the programme has arranged medical camps as per local culture and
context. The camps managed to facilitate 22,000 population with free
check ups supplemented with provision of need-based medicines.
Apart from community involvement and an understanding of local
context, the programme has been able to engage FATA secretariat
and political administration meaningfuly. The involvement of these
institutions has further supported smooth implementation of
the programme. The programme at various levels and stages has
arranged events to create an interface between local communities
and government institutions/political administration for improving
service delivery mechanism. The programme has visible impacts in
engaging local communities and reducing poverty in volatile regions.
Working in Border Districts through AusAid
To reduce negative impacts of poverty, SRSP in partnership with
AusAid further consolidated integrated interventions in selected
three districts i.e. Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa to reach over two hundred thousand population. The
project is unique in many aspects. Above all, inclusion of poor through
various interventions has been one of the most salient features. In
addition strong focus on women has enabled thousands of poor
women to come out of poverty trap. Based on core philosophy and
approach of RSPs, the project has developed over 400 community
based institutions covering almost 10,000 population. The process
of federating these institutions at higher level has taken off and so
far 146 apex level institutions have been formed to resolve issues at
village level.
The project has taken proactive measures to develop leadership
and management capacity of community leaders, who have taken
a charge of community affairs and are playing a vital role in further
expanding the project benefits through linkages with other service
providers in the areas. To improve productivity and boost economic
growth, the project with active involvement of partner communities
has initiated 145 small scale infrastructure schemes benefiting 48,000
men and women community members. At household level, the
project has been innovative in introducing community based and
managed revolving funds with women members. These women have
been able to disburse over 10 million PKR to a 1,000 beneficiaries
with prospects of further expanding it. The process of initiation of
internal lending in these women institutions is an indicator of their
maturity. Another unique aspect of the project is engaging women
to contribute to household income. The exclusive income generating
funds for women and their involvement in mushroom, seedling
and fresh milk value chains have proved that women in so called
conservative societies are willing to participate in economic activities
and support their partners to enhance income for a secured future.
But this does not mean that men are excluded to benefit from the
project. The project, in this agrarian zone, has extensively worked
with small scale men farmers, developed their capacities through
Farmer Field Schools and extensions services and provided them with
improved seeds and fertilizers to boost agriculture productivity vis-à-
vis increased income. Those without lands have been mainstreamed
through imparting technical and vocational skills to avail employment
opportunities in formal and non formal sectors.The project is on-going
and by the end of year 2 (June 2012), it has been able to reach over
104,000 population mostly women. The mid-term review conducted
by independent firm acknowledged project effort in mainstreaming
poor, enhancing income and engaging women in economic activities
from conservative societies and cultures.
British Council’s Active Citizen Programme-Investing in Youth
Investing in youth is an investment in our future. SRSP in partnership
with British Council initiated‘Active Citizen Programme’in two districts
which has been expanded to seven districts (Abbottabad, Haripur,
Nowshera, Mansehra, Battgram, Charsadda and Chitral) of KP. The
progamme focuses on developing capacity of young leaders from
community and encourage them to perform volunteer social action
projects in their regions which can contribute towards any positive
change within their communities. So far capacity of over 855 (435
male and 417 female) volunteer young leaders has been developed to
initiate‘social action projects’on themes like conflict resolution, peace
building, health and hygiene, women empowerment, environmental
issues, adult literacy, social sector services and psycho-social support
in respective areas. So far 259 social action projects have been initiated
in these mentioned seven districts. Amongst these, four projects have
alsobeennominatedfornationalawards.Theseyoungleadersthrough
international networking and national exchange visits shared their
local experiences with fellow young leaders, besides learning from
others. At higher level, these leaders have also been provided with an
opportunity to interact with state representatives contributing to an
improvement in governance and promoting state-citizen interaction.
National PovertyTargeting Survey through Benazir Income Support
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Government of Pakistan under Benazir Income Support Programme
(BISP) launched a national poverty targeting survey. The programme
was implemented in five clusters to cover all four provinces and FATA.
SRSP based on experiences of 2009 pilot phase survey in district Karak
was further handed over 10 districts comprising Peshawar, Nowshera,
Lower Dir, Haripur, Abbotabad, Mansehra, Kohat, Hangu, Tank and DI
Khan and five Frontier Regions including FR Peshawar, Kohat, Tank, DI
Khan and Tor Ghar. The survey and subsequent submission of forms
and redressal of complaints took approximately nine months through
employing 1,370 professional and field staff members. Overall, SRSP
in mentioned areas through these professionals completed massive
survey of 1.87 million households or 10 million population in record
time.
CAFOD reviving livelihoods in Chitral
SRSP in partnership with CAFOD worked on small scale initiatives to
restore and revive livelihoods. The partnership resulted in restoring
17 drinking water supply schemes benefitting over 1,700 households.
CAFOD also facilitated in developing two link roads to ensure an
easy access of local villagers to main town. It also extended an active
support to 400 poor and vulnerable families for development of small
scale enterprises thereby contributing to an enhanced income.
SRSP and Citi Foundation; Improving School to Career Connection,
livelihoods and infrastructure
SRSP in partnership with Citi Foundation aimed to improve
accessibility of poor students to secondary education besides
developing their entrepreneurial skills. The subject project targeted
low-income students who had appeared for secondary school
exams from two government secondary schools (1 girl’s and 1 boy’s)
in Swat. Additional support for fostering their skills and talents
through teachers and parent teacher councils was also provided
to these girls and boys students. The project enabled 60 students
in acquiring employability and entrepreneurial skills and also to
pursue post-secondary education. Similarly in district Chitral, under
the partnership, rehabilitation of government girls primary school in
Ursoon Valley was undertaken. The school was only institute catering
educational needs of the children in the valley and was burnt by
insurgents in 2010. Through this partnership between SRSP and Citi
Foundation, local girls have started attending their school and availing
education services, which otherwise would have taken a long time to
recommence. The partnership also resulted in developing innovative
infrastructure e.g. chairlift on river Swat, suspension bridges, micro
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Programme Component Description Total
1 Social Mobilization
Men Community Organizations (in Nos.) 14,287
Membership in Men Community Organizations (in Nos.) 356,361
Women Community Organizations (in Nos.) 5,812
Membership in Women Community Organizations (in Nos.) 142,861
Number of Local Support Organizations (in Nos.) 59
Member Organizations (Men and Women) (in Nos.) 3,777
Membership of Local Support Organizations (in Nos.) 77,000
2
Physical Infrastructure Water Environment
and Sanitation
Number of Community Physical Infrastructure Schemes Initiated (in Nos.) 7,255
Cost of the Community Physical Infrastructure Schemes (in Million PKR) 2,995
Beneficiaries of Community Physical Infrastructure Schemes (in Nos.) 11,010,413
3 Microfinance
Since Inception
Amount Disbursed (Rs. In Million) 686
Amount Disbursed to Men (Rs. In Million) 267
Amount Disbursed to Women (Rs. In Million) 419
Beneficiaries (Nos.) 62,788
Beneficiaries (men) in Nos. 24,781
Beneficiaries (women) in Nos. 38,027
As of June 2012
Portfolio Outstanding as on June 2012 (Rs. In Million) 23
Number of Active Loans as on June 2012 (Nos.) 3,179
Average Loan Size in Pak Rupees 10,900
Repayment Rates % 100%
Write-Off ration since programme inception 5%
4 Human Resource Development
Community Training
Members Trained (men) in Nos. 20,964
Members Trained (women) in Nos. 17,280
Vocational Training
Members Trained (men) in Nos. 4,952
Members Trained (women) in Nos. 3,276
Staff Training
Male Staff Trained in Nos. 2,053
Female Staff Trained in Nos. 1,052
5
Social Sector Services and Gender and
Development
Community Based Schools (in Nos.)
Students Enrolled (in Nos.) 70
Schools Repaired / Reconstructed 3,544
Teachers Trained (Men/Women) (in Nos.) 61
PTCs/PTAs Trained (in Nos.) 120
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Development and Humanitarian
Programme
Beneficiaries (families) of IDP's Relief & Rehabilitation Efforts 155,152
Beneficiaries (families) of Flood Relief & Rehabilitation Efforts 278,631
Beneficiaries of Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Programme 166,000
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT (UP TO JUNE 2012)

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Sarhad Rural Support Programme
109, Street 2B, Defence Officers’Colony, Khyber Road, Peshawar
Telephone: 92-91-9211417, 5285389
Fax: 92-91-5276734
E-mail: srsp@srsp.org.pk
www.srsp.org.pk