FINAL PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT United Nations Development Programme [Livelihood Improvement for Empowerment-Mianwali] [01-04-2011 to 29-02-2012] Project ID:ER2011/PUN-01/NRSP Duration: April 01, 2011 to February 29, 2012 Total Budget: $1,389,342 Implementing Partners: National Rural Support Program Early Recovery Outcome: 1). Establishment and Capacity building of 200 community institutions 2) Livelihood of 10,500 vulnerable flood affected households stabilized: 3) Basic & critical infrastructure and services restored to benefit 2,150 HHs Table of Content 1. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 4 2. Implementation progress ....................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Social Mobilization --------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 2.1.1 Program Introductions 2.1.2 CO Formation 2.1.3 Training of CO Office Bearers 2.2 Livelihoods On-Farm-------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 2.2.1 Distribution of Goats 2.2.2 Animal vaccination & deworming 2.3 Livelihoods Off-Farm------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 2.3.1 Provision of cash grants for income generating 2.3.2 Vocational Skill trainings to earn income & increase saving 2.3.3 Provision of Vocational Skill trainings Kits to participants 2.4 Disaster Risk Preparedness/Management------------------------------------------------------16 2.4.1 Formation of Disaster Risk Management Committee 2.4.2 Training of DRMC Office Bearers 2.4.3 Help DRMCs to prepare plans for disaster preparedness & mitigation 2.4.4 Provision of tool kits to DRMC 2.4.5 Provision of Boats to DRMC 2.5 Restoration of Basic and Critical Community Infrastructure ----------------------------------20 2.5.1 Rehabilitation of school buildings 2.5.2 Construction/Rehabilitation of Pipe irrigation 2.5.3 Construction/Rehabilitation of Culverts 2.5.4 Construction/Rehabilitation of Communication schemes 2.5.5 Construction/Rehabilitation of Drinking Water Supplies 2.5.6 Soil Conservation Schemes 3. Project implementation challenges ..................................................................................... 25 3.1. Updated project risks and actions ----------------------------------------------------- 3.2 Updated project issues and action ----------------------------------------------------- 4. Case Studies/ Success Stories ............................................................................................... 27 4.1 Goats Distribution 4.2 Cash Grants 4.3 Cash Grants 4.4 Animal vaccination 4.5 Vocational Skill Training 4.6 Construction of pipe irrigation 4.7 Rehabilitation of streets 4.8 Rehabilitation of school building 4.9 Construction of culverts 5. Financial Status and Utilization ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35 2 Annexes .................................................................................................................................... 36 Annex 1. Physical Progress------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 Annex 2. List of Community Organizations--------------------------------------------------------------------38 Annex 3. List of CMST events ------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 Annex 4. List of Goats Beneficiaries----------------------------------------------------------------------49 Annex 5. List of Cash Grants Beneficiries---------------------------------------------------------------91 Annex 6. List of Vocational Training Beneficiaries---------------------------------------------------146 Annex 7. List of Infrastructure Schemes-----------------------------------------------------------------48 3 1- Executive summary UNDP early recovery and restoration of flood affected communities’ project LIFE (Livelihood Improvement for Empowerment) in Mianwali aims to achieve the following outputs within the project period of six months: Establishment & capacity building of 200 community institutions. Livelihood restoration of vulnerable flood affected families. Restoration of basic community infrastructure. Actual project area in Mianwali was 25 selected villages which were provided by PDMA to UNDP, total cost of the project was US $1,044,620. After the completion of six months project with two months no-cost extension, UNDP provided extra funding of $344,722 to target the need of community and six extra villages were also included in the project villages list. So the total budget of for the period of eight month was $1,389,342. Component wise targets of said project are given below: Activity No. EXPECTED OUTPUT Units OUTPUT #1: Establishment and Capacity building of 200 community institutions. target 1.1 Formation / reorganization of 200 Community Organizations 200 target 1.2 400 Activists/office bearers are training in Managerial and financial skills 400 target 1.3 50 Disaster Risk Management Committees (DRMCs) formed 50 target 1.4 50 DRMCs are trained 100 target 1.5 Help establish linkages of 50 DRMCs with concerned line agencies Workshops and meetings conducted to help establish liaison and for 20 information sharing Help DRMCs to develop plans for Disaster preparedness and mitigation 50 OUTPUT #2:Livelihood of 3956 vulnerable flood affected households stabilized target 2.1 1200 households have increase in their assets in the shape of small 1,200 ruminants target 2.2 Livestock Health services (preventive measures) provided to 8000 8,000 households target 2.3 900 households start income generating activities with the help of grants 900 target 2.4 400 persons have vocational skills that can be used to earn income or 400 increase their savings OUTPUT #3: Basic & critical infrastructure and services restored to benefit 3,150 HHs target 3.1 12 School Buildings rehabilitated benefitting 1200 households 12 target 3.2 45 watercourse/ pipe irrigation constructed / rehabilitated benefiting 450 45 households target 3.3 10 culverts/causeways small bridges rehabilitated benefiting 500 10 households target 3.4 20 communication infrastructure schemes (brick pavement, links roads, 20 street pavement) rehabilitated benefiting 1000 households NRSP Mianwali planned month wise activities to achieve all proposed outcomes and submitted its work plan to the UNDP hub office Multan. 4 2- Implementation progress NRSP Mianwali started the project activities by the project inception workshop held at Multan on April 26, 2011. Programme Manager (PM) Monitoring Evaluation and Research (MER), PM – Finance and Accounts (F&A) and Project coordinator at HO participated in this meeting for project orientation, financial and program progress reporting and record keeping. Officials from UNDP HUB Office Multan staff including Mr. Irfan Shami (office Incharge) & Mr. Mateen (M&E coordinator) from UNDP also joined the meeting in the second half and briefed the participants regarding the UNDP Early recovery programme and also responded the queries asked by project staff regarding the programme Mianwali region shared key project staff list with head office and remaining staff was planned to be hired or transferred immediately after arrival in Mianwali, which has bee done now. Project orientation meeting with field staff was arranged on April 29, 2011 where complete portfolio and work plan has been discussed. A format provided by UNDP was also shared in detail to complete village profiles from the field and assess the needs of the area; especially which are not covered under the projects. NRSP social organizers team completed village profiles till 10th of May. From field visits and community meetings NRSP observed and proposed some additional activities in the project area to somehow minimize the hurdles of the people. After assessing all the needs it has been proposed that still there is a sufficient need of assistance to the flood affected communities to rehabilitate their livelihood. As NRSP has full fledge setup in Mianwali district and now experienced after the implementation of LIFE project it has been proposed that UNDP should focus on these huge needs of these communities and kindly approve a two months project extension with the allocation of additional funding (budget proposed) to implement additional activities in this area 5 2.1 Social Mobilization 2.1.1 Program Introductions Social mobilization teams introduced their program of UNDP in already formed COs of project area while same type of introductions made in newly intervened villages. NRSP has introduced its program in 218 community groups. These programs are introduced both in male and female and 4,890 people (male & female) participated in these program introduction. Target of the project was 200 program introductions but as the program is expanding more and more people are interested in it so its no is increasing. Program is introduced in 25 selected villages of Tehsil Isa Khel. Team foccuses on the scope of NRSP, its working style, community participation and ownership, and also the detail of project acitivities in detail. 2.1.2 CO Formation After Program introduction and series of dialogues with community, previously formed COs were mobilized for reorganizations and some new COs are also formed in the areas where NRSP presence was comparatively low. People contact with NRSP officials directly or through activists for community organizations on agreed date