Monthly Progress Report (Month of January 2018)
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Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Programme (UCBPRP) Funded by: Government of Sindh (GoS) Monthly Progress Report (Month of January 2018) Implemented by: Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) Abbreviations - SRSO Sindh Rural Support Organization - GoS Government of Sindh - PSC Poverty Scorecard - HH Household - E-UCBPRP Expansion Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Programme - CEO Chief Executive Officer - TL Team Leader - MIS Management Information System - GRM General Regional Manager - GIS Geographical Information System - RSP Rural Support Programme - CO Community Organization - VO Village Organization - LSO Local Support Organization - CFO Chief Financial Officer - DFO District Finance Officer - F&A Finance and Admin - PMU Programme Monitoring Unit - MER Monitoring Evaluation and Research - RSPN Rural Support Programme Network - SMT Social Mobilization Team - DM District Manager - TC Training Coordinator - Avg Average - RSPN Rural Support Programme Network - MEC Monitoring & Evaluation Cell - UC Union Council - DPR Daily Progress Report - MPR Monthly Progress Report - FM Field Monitors - DC District Coordinator (PSC) - WDD Women Development Department - CIF Community Investment Fund - IGG Income Generating Grant - PI Programme Introduction - CMST Community Managed Skills Training - TNA Training Need Assessment - MIP Micro-Investment Plan - MERO Monitoring Evaluation & Research officer - SM Social Mobilization - S.O Social Organizer - UI Unit In charge - MAC Managerial Activist Conference 1. Executive Summary This month report depicts the grand launching ceremony of the project because a huge community development project of anti-poverty model at Union council based is launched with PPP Government of Sindh’s leadership efforts and financing partnerships among Government of Sindh and SRSO. Since 2009, Government of Sindh and SRSO together working on poverty alleviation through organizing the community at community level institutions (CO/VO/LSO) through different combo interventions, which aims at promoting their living standard with a unite development thinking pattern through saving and right utilization of financial sources (CIF and IGG) among the rural women and households in rural areas of Sindh. All stakeholders joint efforts have combined successfully to develop an array of replica for community development initiatives from the housing for low- and moderate-income individuals to small loan (CIF-Community investment Fund and Grant (IGG-Income Generating Grant) for poorest families, as well as other community development needs, such Vocational Training Programme, Enterprise development for rural women and giving a huge grant to their community institutions (CO/VO/LSO). This EUCBPRP is Designed especially for those new Households to the poorest community for their development as other districts women have changed themselves, this Project also serves as a step to change their lives by uplifting their living standard through small initiatives and resource for those who don’t engage in their rural women for as a financing source for their household regularly or those who would like to consider new source for income generation or new tools for overcoming upcoming inflation waves for survival. GoS and SRSO hope that community value this material and can apply its content to community development work so you, too, can come up with the money for your next initiative. An event of Project on a Provincial level, which was launched by Pakistan People Party (PPP) Chairman Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chief Minister Sindh Sayed Murad Ali Shah and Ex- CM Mr. Sayed Qaim Ali Shah (Founder of UCBPRP) and other GoS officials. The ceremony was held at SRSO Complex Shikarpur Road Sukkur, in which above 11,000 to 14,000 rural and organized women under three- tier social mobilization gathered and paid tribute to Government of Sindh and their leaders that today they have alleviated the Poverty through this Programme which has been portrayed as a real social change agent through UCBPRP interventions especially through CIF which has become a catalyst for rural women because the money is a worthy and exchange currency for every need in the society. While addressing the audiences’ Sayed Murad Ali Shah said that today we are feeling immense pleasure to came here and see such faces which are real heroes of nation which have fought against poverty and alleviated the poverty by strengthen to themselves through our Programme which is Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Programme under which 6,000,000 rural households have changed their lives and uplifted their living standard while utilizing their innate potential and realizing their skills with the technical assistance of SRSO under the UCBPRP Programme. Furthermore, Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that this was the dream of my beloved and martyred mother Shaheed Benazir Bhutto to empower the rural women of Sindh economically and financially through these type of Projects: UCBPRP. The success of UBPRP has been seen today by the speeches and gathering of these rural women that they are fighting against poverty and uplifted their living standard and wipe out the poverty from their homes through saving, Community institutions’ and Skillful vocational training. He said that as 4 districts’ have successfully implemented this project at gross root level and their successful impact has motivated the other Governments’: European Union has funded the GoS for implementing the same type of Project on union Council Based model for alleviation of poverty with a Project named SUCCESS in 8 districts’ of Sindh (Larkana, Kamber Shadad Kot, Dadu, Jamshoro, Sijawal, Tando Muhammad Khan, Matiari and Tando Allahyar). Now, the Sindh Government is starting further remaining 6 districts of Sindh for organizing and implementing the same UC based model for poverty eradication: I.e. Khairpur, Sanghar, Mirpur Khas, Umer Kot, Badin, and Thatta. Inshallah next Government of Sindh will implement further remaining districts’ and Sindh Government will implement this UC based Model in all the province with a carpet coverage and will be the first province of Pakistan under which women will be empowered and organized themselves into community-level institutions’ for development of society and poverty could be alleviated through proper mobilization and changed themselves for future generation. While speaking to rural Women Sayed Qaim Ali Shah (EX-CM Sindh) said that when SSK (Shoaib Sultan Khan came to GoS and bring this concept that I want to work with these rural women of upper Sindh specially Shikarpur. Kashmore and Jacobabad, I was astonished and said ok if you are willing to work I am giving you approval but today it has proven that the Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Program (UCBRP) is a revolutionary program of the Government of Sindh means to reduce poverty by tapping into the potential of people by harnessing their innate potential which they possess but need to provide an opportunity and with time it has been proved by themselves that they can also write their development history with golden words and marvelous changes has been brought in their areas through women empowerment, education and awareness and their leadership. Most important a dream of our beloved leader Martyred Benazir Bhutto to empower the women has been fulfilled and they have their rights to live their lives as per their living standard. This description execution is a monthly progress report of the month of January-2018 undertakings of UCBPRP Programme in 6 Districts with the financial Assistance of GoS Government of Sindh (GoS).During this Month their many activities were carried out in Projected areas: Provincial Launching ceremony of EUCBPRP subjected above, Social Mobilization (CO/VO/LSO formation), CMST (Community Management Skills Training Programme), Managerial Activist Conference (MAC) of community leaders and activists that are willing to uplift the community from poverty and have a spirit to work under the community institution platform (CO/VO/LSO) with the technical assistance of SRSO. In month, the VO leaders Training VMST was also arranged at District Office Khairpur and CRPs Capacity building two days training was also conducted with the assistance of IMSD, many more the Vocational Training Programme which is job oriented was started in 4 districts: Khairpur, Sanghar, Badin and Thatta for the youth of the rural community to empower the society with their skills that they possess just need to polish their skills and have a systematic training process by trained trainers’ with their profession which can be a source of income generation at household level. During This Month the CIF (Community Investment Funds) cheques were distributed among the rural and poor community in two districts Khairpur and Sanghar against their Micro Investment Plan (MIP) as per their need and investment plan. Manager Activist Conferences’ were held in Khairpur, Sanghar and Thatta. The main purpose of VTP and CMST training was to augment the skillful knowledge to community to run their community institution, to reduce the poverty strategy and building new solutions for existing problems within their households, building skills and to enhance the capabilities of the participants in planning and managing their inner developmental activities to empower the community that can self-generate their income generating sources through different skills and to utilize the available local resources at community level as well. It provides the participants an opportunity