Social Mobilization in District Mardan; Human Development Foundation
Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities ISSN: 2575-8586 Review Article Glob J Intellect Dev Disabil Volume 3 Issue 2 - January 2018 Copyright © All rights are reserved by Muhammad ilyas DOI: 10.19080/GJIDD.2018.04.555631 Social Mobilization in District Mardan; Human Development Foundation Muhammad Azam1, Shaista Naz1, Muhammad ilyas2*, Asadullah2 and Waqas khan2 1Department of Rural Development Faculty of Rural Social Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan 2Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan Submission: November 17, 2017; Published: January 09, 2017 *Corresponding author: Muhammad Ilyas, Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan, Email: Abstract The research was carried on Human Development Foundation (HDF) with the objectives to study its work environment, and its main activities of Social Mobilization(SM) programme in district Mardan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. SM programme is operating in 79 villages of the district since 1999. The objective of the SM is to develop social capital and prepare the communities to undertake sustainable development initiatives by making VDOs including all segments of the society through Participatory Rural Approach. Findings of the programme revealed that 45 VDOs were in grade “A”, 9 in grade “B” and 25 were in grade “C”. The grading were needed on the basis of well up in the measuring indicates. Grade A was comparatively more well up than Grade B and Grade B was more well up than Grade C. Performance indicators including education, health, economic development, community physical infrastructure and social capital. Furthermore, the programme is operating since long in the work which should be overcome by increasing the number of staff and creating more awareness among the communities about the programme.
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