Program PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT District Swabi
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Livelihood Enhan cement & Protection (LEP) Program PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT District Swabi Project Duration: July 2012 to Dec 2014 Collaboration with: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) Under Supervision: Salik Development Foundation (SDF) INTRODUCTION Implementing Organization: Salik Development Foundation (SDF) is a nonprofit organization, established in 1989. Working area of SDF is KPK and Azad Jammu& Kashmir, while SDF has offices in Takht- Bhai, (Mardan), Ghazi Kot, district Mansehra, Saidu Sharif, Mingora Swat, Dassu district Kohistan, Timergara, Lower Dir, Swabi. The main cause of its establishment is to ensure a peace full, prosperous and developed society. For the purpose, SDF has started the process of community Institutional Development and launched several developmental projects i.e. Water supply, Sanitation, Environmental Protection, Health, Capacity building of individuals with special need(ELOT), Enhancing livelihood skills through government vocational training centre -based training(ELST), Education, Agriculture development projects, Advocacy, Women in Development projects, Relief Programs, Flood protection, and especially Community Physical Infrastructure Program (CPI) with the financial & technical assistance of PPAF(LACI-P). PPAF(LACI-P) and its whole management executive team facilitated Salik Foundation very well, due to which Salik Foundation has found many valuable pearls in the shape of thousands of volunteers from different communities of KPK, especially District Peshawar, District Mardan and District Swabi In the whole process of community development and Institutional Development. Donor Organization: PPAF aims to promote an effective approach to poverty alleviation, which is aligned closely with Pakistan‟s commitment to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While we strongly uphold an overall holistic and multi-sect oral strategy to generate broad and deep impacts at the community level, we are also cognizant of certain community needs that entail specifically tailored responses. “Institutions of the poor”-existing at the bottom of the socio- economic pyramid- constitute the focal point of our programmers; PPAF‟s all models of interventions revolve around empowering these institutions of the poor to make a considerable and sustainable dent in poverty. We strive to be a dedicated market developer committed to the emergence of professional and sustainable civil society organizations. On a practical front, actualization of poverty reduction efforts occurs by facilitating access to funds through two financing arms of PPAF – on-lending funding and grants. On-lending funding is available - for the provisioning of microfinance and enterprise development - to partner organizations based on a thorough analysis of their ability to manage funds and demands from the field. Grant assistance is provided for the purposes of building small scale infrastructure as well as human and institutional development. PPAF is dedicated to reducing poverty all over Pakistan. Under our current strategy we have identified six levels of priority districts for our grant-funded and micro-finance interventions, based on certain classifications that include districts which are below/above the average Human Development Index (HDI) score for Punjab, extremely food insecure districts, 2 | P a g e districts where Institutional Development has/has not already been undertaken by PPAF and/or partners, and districts where microfinance is feasible and appropriate. Background of the Union Council Sard Cheena and Yaqoobi: Union councils yaqoobi and Sard Cheena is named from the village of the UCs. The elders of the Sard Cheena yaqoobi told that the name is derived from the phasto word. They very old and backward uc of the Swabi district. Sard Cheena is located on the 34`5.20'95" North latitudes, and 72`14'15.93" east longitudes. The elevation of the Sard Cheena is 1157 feet from the sea level which suggests that the Union council falls in sub tropical zone and high heat surplus area. Sard Cheena is located on the east side of the main town of Yar Hussain on 5 kilometer distance. Sard Cheena is bounded on its north side by Yar Hussain, from the south side is connected with the district Nowshera and tehsil Lahore, one the east side of the UC is Yaqoobi union council and from the west side Sard Cheena is bounded with the Union council Dobian. Is located on the 34`5.20'95" North latitudes, and 72`14'15.93" east longitudes. The elevation of the Sard Cheena is 1157 feet from the sea level which suggests that the Union council falls in sub tropical zone and high heat surplus area. Yaqoobi is located on the west side of the main town of Yar Hussain on 2 kilometer distance. yaqoobi is bounded on its north side by Yar Hussain, from the south side is connected with tehsil Lahore, one the east side of the UC is Yaqoobi union council and from the North side yaqoobi is bounded with the Union council Sard Cheena. is located on the 34`5.20'32" North latitudes, and 72`16'.9" east longitudes The elevation of the yaqoobi is 1218 feet from the sea level which suggests that the Union council falls in sub tropical zone and high heat surplus area. Sard Cheena yaqoobi consists on the plain areas with the rich irrigation system. The total area of Sard Cheena & yaqoobi is 15854 Acres. Climate of the UCs is the type of extreme nature. Summer is very hot average temperature rise from 35 to 42C in summer season. Sard Cheena & yaqoobi gets maximum rain in the monsoons period in month of July and august. Winter is quiet cold here due to the plain nature of the area winter is foggy. January and February are the coldest months. 3 | P a g e IRRIGATION SYSTEM District Swabi generally has a very good irrigation system. Irrigated agriculture is the main activity of the district Swabi. Water is carried from the river Swat through upper Swat canal and from Tarbela dam through Stepha. Upper swat and Stepha connects at Baqar town and water flows from there through Pehour high level canal (Machai Branch) to the different branches (minors). Sard Cheena is also an irrigated Union Council which gets irrigated water from the Machai branch flows from the boundaries of the union councils. TOBBACO District Swabi is the largest producer of the Virginia tobacco.. Tobacco is the main cash crop of the area. Tobacco leaves are grown and cured at highly commercial level. Tobacco barns are constructed everywhere in the union councils. Livelihood of the inhabitants of the area is connected with tobacco. Different multi-national and local tobacco companies have established their warehouses, factories and offices in district Swabi. Yar Hussain is the second biggest tobacco market in the country. During the development of the village plans it was identified that tobacco has a large impact on this area. SOCIAL STRUCTURE Union councils consists of 4 revenue villages Sard Cheena and Bazargay yaqoobi chak Yar Hussan. People of different social casts are living in the union councils. Main yaqoobi Sard Cheena village is the oldest town of the union council other hamlets and villages are developed with the passage of the time. There are about 10 different casts residing in the union councils. Majority of the population is tenets on the lands of the landlords and works as a farmers in the fields. The major casts are in Gujars, NawarKhel and Baka Khel. The ownerships of the lands are in the hands of NowarKhal and BakaKhals tribes but the Gujar tribe is in the majority in population. The people of ucs are Pakhtoons and speak Phushtoas a native language. The culture of the all the casts is almost same .The residents of the area are cooperative with the each other and fell happy to help someone in trouble. Conflicts of individual nature do exist among the different tribes and families and sometimes the conflicts prolongs to the generations. Now with the awareness and education peoples realized the negative impact of these sorts of conflicts and avoids such kind of conflicts but still the problems exists in the different families which are only a few in numbers now. Different religion and social events are celebrated in true spirit, people gather at the event of marriage and deaths. They also exchange gifts at the event of Eid and marriages. People financially help each other at the time of need. Main occupation of the peoples is agriculture most of the farmers also keep livestock. Tenants during the agriculture off season often migrate to Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Lahore for earnings. They work as unskilled labor on daily wages basis. Very limited number of people area serving in different government departments and armed forces. A few landless poor household men work as drivers, plumbers, masons etc. Unemployment is the main 4 | P a g e concern of the youth of Sard Cheena as this is the as whole national issue. Youngsters are keen to have a regular employment to make them financially strong to meet daily expenses. ROLE OF WOMEN Women have a limited social role in Sard Cheena & yaqoobi outside the premises of the house. But it is not that they are restricted. One can see them well involved in the villages in various chores and they are free to move within the village. Women have access to education to middle and secondary standards. Women normally perform their household jobs and look after the children. They are the main custodians of livestock in the houses and spend a lot of time looking after them. Very few women from destitute families work in the field since traditionally they are not allowed to work in the fields. Women have limited role in the family economic and social decisions. As a head of the family males enjoy the authority of decision making in the family and community. Women help men during the tobacco crop to fill the tobacco barns and prepare food for the people working in tobacco barns.