Balochistan Rural Development Society (BRDS) PPAF – LEED Project Completion Report From January 1st 2016 to March 31st 2016 Submitted by BRDS, Submitted to PPAF – LEED unit 2016 C – 6, Arbab Afzal Bangalows Spiny Road Quetta 1 Acknowledgement: I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to apex institution PPAF, especially PPAF - LEED team, Ms. Sadia, Ms.Munaza and Yasir Sb for their great facilitation and support on the field and we became able to carry out our LEED project activities successfully and completed them in two existing UCs Talli & Kurak respectively in district Sibi from January 1st 2016 to March 31st, 2016. BRDS implemented ID, CPI and Livelihood interventions throughout the integrated process. It gives me immense pleasure in thanking PPAF for perpetual support to BRDS in two existing UCs Talli & Kurak in district Sibi and works for the ultra & vulnerable poors specially women and disable. I wish to express my deep gratitude to BRDS team, worked hard day & night and left no stone unturned in implementation and completion of the LEED project very successfully with in the set time frame. Thanks to all community members CO, VO, LSOs, activist, volunteers and committee members helped BRDS for smooth implementation of the project in the two existing targeted areas of district Sibi and completed the activities very successfully. BRDS involved targeted poor communities, women empowerment in decision making and overall LEED project implementation process and ensured transparency and accountability. Under the mandate of PPAF batch 65, we sure that BRDS would achieve project objectives such as saturation, deepening and conducted EDT, technical, vocational training workshops and provided livelihood opportunities may bring changes in the target areas on sustainable basis, so that they become self-sufficient and play pro-vital role in the economy of the area by generating income and enhance community development process. Mir Haider Shahwani, Chief Executive Officer, BRDS, Balochistan, Pakistan 2 ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS PPAF Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund BRDS Balochistan Rural Development Society BOD Board of Directors CIG Common Interest Group CLF Community Livelihood Fund CO Community Organization GOP Government of Pakistan GPS Global Positioning System LEP Livelihood Enhancement and Protection LIP Livelihood Investment Plan MFI Micro Finance Institution MIS Management Information System LEED Livelihood Enhancement and Employment Development NGO Non-Governmental Organization PO Partner Organization ID Institutional Development PSC Poverty Score Card SMT Social Mobilization Team SOEs Statement of Expenditures UC Union Council VDO Village Development Organization VO Village Organization CIG Common Interest Group LSO Local support organization 3 Contents Serial No Subject Name Page number 01 Acknowledgement 01 02 Abbreviation 02 03 Contents 03 04 Summary of the report 04 05 About PPAF 06 06 Livelihood Enhancement & protection (LEP) 06 07 Background of targeted area for LIP project 06 08 Agreement between BRDS & PPAF - LIP unit 07 09 PSC survey 07 - 08 10 Livelihood implementation plan 09 11 Target Beneficiaries selection Criteria 10 12 Trainings and consultants/firms approval process 11 13 Methodology of training workshops 11 14 Impact of the training workshop 12 15 Outcome of overall training workshops 12 16 Target and achievement of training workshop 13 17 ESP protocols in LEP interventions 14 18 Asset transfer procurement process and distribution 15 19 Procurement approval and Asset distribution process 16 20 Asset distribution overall Achievement 16 21 Fund Utilization Status 21 22 Monitoring visit conducted by PPAF Monitors 22 23 Challenges & Constraints 23 24 Suggestions & Recommendations 24 4 Summary Report: After successful completion of the previous projects, ID, CPI and LEP components in, district Sibi, PPAF approved another additional funding under PPAF – III interventions batch 65 to stimulate the process and ensure saturation and deepening of the previous activities with the current LEED interventions. Under additional funding, BRDS responsibility was to implement the LEED activities and bring sustainability in the previous interventions by ensuring saturation and deepening. Although it was very challenging task, BRDS’ experienced professionals and activists made it possible to access more poor people with the help of validation of PSCs through participatory appraisal method, LIPs, EDT, technical, vocational training workshops, and provision of assets to ultra & vulnerable poor in the targeted UCs of the district Sibi. BRDS engaged all its resources to devise and implement the pragmatic and effective implementation strategies to bring about visible change in the life of the poor community in addition to more ultra & vulnerable poor. Such interventions have not only proven in way to open new horizons but also paved the way for the disadvantage people by grabbing more opportunities which were never accessible to these targeted vulnerable communities. LEED project is amongst those successful projects, wherein BRDS worked tirelessly to promote transparency and new avenues in order to increase income generation possibilities of its project beneficiaries. BRDS’ team conducted validation survey and identified eligible beneficiaries and linked them with previous asset holders through CIGs. They were able to know the concept and accessed the local markets for future collaboration. Transfer of assets such as livestock, rickshaw, mobile, cycle, motor bike, karyana, minyari shops brought massive change in the area by creating opportunities. New ways opened for the livelihood and income generation. Mean of transportation rarely found in the targeted areas. Poor people were unable to get enough transport facility in order to fulfil their needs and reach his/her destination. As per market demand, BRDS’ team survey the area and identified suitable beneficiaries from both UCs and provided transport facility to start livelihood for his/her family support and facilitated the ultra & vulnerable people to earn an income. Plan was made before validation survey and was done successfully. No major challenges were found during the project implementation, and all activities were completed in a very successful way. In all asset transfer process, PPAF’s guidelines were ensured; procurement committees were formed and committee visited the nearest markets. Three quotations were 5 obtained and one of the lowest quotations was selected for procurement of assets with reasonable quoted price. Prerequisite requirement was to obtain resolution, ikhtiarnama from community members of VO and LSOs to complete the initial process. Throughout the project, BRDS revalidated the PSC and LIPs and identified 291 men & women ultra & vulnerable poor in both the UCs. The eligible beneficiaries were provided EDT trainings through BRDS’ experienced professionals. During the training, business plans were also made in a participatory manner with the beneficiaries. This exercise was done with the support of trainers, where every training participant was involved in making an individual business plan. ESM training was also conducted and pictorial informations were distributed among training participants to know about environmental hazards and precautionary measures and they were asked to apply them in routine activities. In total, 14 EDT trainings of five day each were conducted to benefit 291 asset holders. Actual target was assets was 280; however, by employing its own human resource, BRDS utilized the training trainer fee for purchase of 11 more assets for distribution among 11 vulnerable households. Technical and vocational trainings (TVT) were conducted in collaboration with TTC – Sibi, where MoU was signed and 16 poor youth were trained respectively in motor winding and electrician trades. These workshops improved the concepts and increased their technical capacity in order to give them chance of self – employment. Both TVTs were demand driven in the target areas and more youth were attracted to learn demand driven technical skills to increase self-employment. Consequently, the provision of more assets and EDT and TVT workshops helped create livelihoods and thereby paved way to reducing poverty in the focused areas by ensuring saturation and deepening on sustainable basis. 6 Objectives: Deepening and saturation of PPAF-III interventions in two existing UCs TALLI & KURAK in district Sibi. About PPAF: Restoring hope, securing the future, ending poverty: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) was born out of a realization that there existed a demonstrated need for a national level institution in the country that would serve poor, marginalized and disadvantaged households by facilitating their access to resources and opportunities. This considerable lack of opportunities necessitated creation of an intermediary apex organization equipped with resource backed capability to furnish financial and non-financial services to the impoverished and excluded, through a community-based framework. The idea was to set up a private sector institution which would work concomitantly in support of public policy but was envisioned to be independent and autonomous in its operations and allocation of resources while bringing private sector rigor and efficiency to grassroots development process to restoring hope, securing the future and ending poverty with the help of public and private sector in the rural areas of Pakistan. In pursuit of this objective, such