Annual Report 2014 FOREWORD
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Published by: LASOONA (Communication & Documentation Unit) This publication is available in electronic form at www.lasoona.org CONTENTS Acronyms 02 Disaster Risk Management Program 31 Climate Change and Environmental Foreword 03 Management Program 38 What We Believe In 04 Cross cutting themes 42 How We do It 05 Knowledge Management 48 LASOONA Organogram 08 Status of Projects 2014 51 Board of Directors Profile 09 Human Resources 53 What We Are Working for 11 Geographical Focus of LASOONA 58 Food Security and Sustainable Partners and Donors in 2014 Livelihoods Program 13 59 Integrated Water Resource Management Program 22 Financial Overview 2014 60 ACRONYMS KAP Knowledge Attitude and Practices T DPs Temporarily displaced persons FEG Farmer Enterprise Group UNICEF United Nations International Childrens Educational Fund ASF Agri business Support Fund WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene DKH Diakonie Katastrphenhilfe PTC Parent Teacher Council HV High Value FNS Food and Nutrition Security OSV Off -Season Vegetables MER Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting TAP The Agribusiness Project IEC Information Education Communication WEGs Women Enterprise Groups ORS Oral Rehydration Solution WHH Welthungerhilfe HH House Hold FSA Female Sale Agent WUC Water User Committee BBCM Broad Based Community Meeting O&M Operation and Maintenance TNA Training Needs Assessment DRR Disaster Risk Reduction PHED Public Health Engineering Department FFS Farmer Field School SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation L&DD Livestock and Dairy Development PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal VERT Village Emergency response Team SPSP Sanitation Program at Scale Pakistan LASOONA 02 Annual Report 2014 FOREWORD During the year, LASOONA continued its drive towards its mission to empower poor and vulnerable communities through sustainable livelihoods options and building resilience to future disasters. Our overall emphasis remained on four primary strategic goals: focusing on providing food security and sustainable livelihoods, integrated water resource management, disaster risk management and climate change/environmental management related activities for vulnerable communities in both crisis and non-crisis situations. In year 2014, we were pursuing the broader strategic objectives of our five-year strategic plan. It's a matter of satisfaction for all of us that we have succeeded in achieving the annual targets (both physical and financial). During the year, we have successfully implemented and completed a number of projects. A total of 10 projects implemented while 6 were successfully winded up. To expand our outreach to new areas, we have implemented a project in district Swabi. It is also worth mentioning here that LASOONA has received Mehergarh award as acknowledgment and recognition for rendering exceptional efforts to make the work place harassment free and implementing workplace harassment laws effectively. LASOONA is always upholding with its objective to strengthen its partnership with long-standing partners and at the same time tries to broaden its partners and donors base in order to get support in initiation of new programs and projects. We feel proud to share that LASOONA was selected as one of the strategic partners by Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH). Similarly, we are initiating projects with two new partners: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and Action Against Hunger (ACF). We take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of our donors, partners and collaborators for helping the organization achieve its goals and deliver aid to our beneficiaries as well as contributing in strengthening of our organization. The insightful determination and enduring commitment of the Board Members contributed significantly to the success of the organization. We would like to thank the Board members for their wisdom, support, able guidance and as well as the assistance and cooperation in benefit of the organization at all levels. We are continually striving to improve our accountability and transparency mechanisms. Not only it is of the utmost importance for our beneficiaries, donors and partners, as well as our members, staff and volunteers, but it is also the best way to deliver effective humanitarian services for vulnerable people, we serve. The people we serve are at the core of what we do, and our commitment to improve is driven by them. They trust us to use our resources efficiently and effectively, and we have a range of measures to ensure that we do. We meet best practice standards and uphold our own high standards within a robust and comprehensive accountability framework. We understand that learning lessons is the key to improvement. This means engaging meaningfully with our beneficiaries and giving them a voice with a range of feedback mechanisms. Within our program, we foster a culture of sharing information and knowledge, which is underpinned by sound monitoring and evaluation. This allows us to identify trends, strengths and weaknesses at all levels. We are proud of all the employees for their dedication and determination. With unmatched performance, devotion and participatory leadership style, they made significant contribution towards the results achieved by the organization during the year. Azam Khan Rahmat Hayat Executive Director Chairman LASOONA 03 Annual Report 2014 What We Believe In “LASOONA: Society for Human and Natural Resource Development” is a national, multi- disciplinary, development oriented and non-profit making organization. LASOONA affirms to be committed to wellbeing of masses through promoting ecologically sound development in remote and impoverished pockets of Pakistan in general and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (formerly North West Frontier province -NWFP) and FATA in particular. LASOONA is a Pushto word, meaning “Hands”. LASOONA was established in 1997 by a group of highly motivated and civic-minded people. It formally registered under societies' act of 1860. By the time of establishment, the founding leadership laid the foundation of LASOONA with the premise of promoting ecologically sound development. LASOONA is also certified /accredited by Pakistan Center for Philanthropy (PCP). For more than a decade, LASOONA enjoys the history of being a civil society organization is strenuously working for the conservation, promotion and sustainable management of natural resources and has had been advocating the participatory management of natural resources as a mean to livelihood security. It works with a spirit to serve humanity without any discrimination on the basis of gender, caste and creed. While committed to the well-being of masses, LASOONA has the history of working with all segments of society even with little resources and expertise, thus becoming a role model at local level. So after its more than a decade history, LASOONA felt it necessary to work as an Institution with an extended and holistic philosophy of participatory development to help the deprived and marginalized segments of society to have an access to the basic means of livelihood together with improved social services at local level. Furthermore, LASOONA practices Social Guidance Approach to ensure the participation of beneficiaries and other stakeholders and for creation of a cadre of selfless, honest and dedicated volunteer activists from within the community who, in turn, are given the responsibility to lead their community. LASOONA has also proven its worth when Pakistan was shook by earthquake, conflict and flood disasters and took a step forward by including disaster risk management and climate change in its thematic focuses to reduce the risk of future calamities. LASOONA 04 Annual Report 2014 How We do It Organization Structure All the members of Board of Directors are required to ensure participation in Board and To achieve our objectives, we have organized review meetings and periodic field visits. The ourselves into a General Body, Governing Body board reviews the planning and execution of (responsible for policy decisions), Managing annual organizational audit and management Committee (day-to-day administration of letter given by the auditor. LASOONA) and a dedicated cadre of volunteers, social workers and like-minded individuals who Management Committee support our efforts. We have a personnel policy, The management committee (MC) comprised of which is followed to eliminate hierarchy in the senior managers, which plays an important organization, an investment policy and a policy advisory role for supporting the Executive on purchase and sale of assets to enhance Director on the matters related to overall transparency. We have also developed various organizational growth and development as well programmatic strategies and standard operating as policy decisions related to operations and procedures which guide us in implemtation of management of the organization. programs/projects General Body Executive Director/ The General Body (GB) of LASOONA is the Chief Executive Officer highest body governing the organization. The The Executive Director (ED) provides overall GB meets annually and provides overall administrative, programmatic and financial institutional policy framework. It reviews and leadership to LASOONA for its institutional growth approves bylaws, strategies, programmes and and development toward its vision, mission and plans, and ensures that LASOONA is operating objectives. The ED also has the general within the overall policy