Annual Progress Report
2004
PIDS – Participatory Integrated Development Society
11-A, Chaman Housing Scheme,
081-831224, 081-829895
Table of Contents
Topics Page
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Acknowledgement 3
Executive Summary 4
Community Physical Infrastructure 7
Community
Physical Infrastructure 7
Education 14
School
Water, Environment & Sanitation 14
Upgrade
Teaching & Managerial Skills
to
Impart Quality Education 18
Community
School 25
Relief & Rehabilitation 27
Drought
Relief Program Balochistan 27
Support
to Afghan Refugees in
Survey 35
Multiple
Indicator Cluster Survey 35
Organizational Development 41
Donor Matrix 2004 48
PIDS at a Glance 49
Major Achievements 1999-2003 52
Acknowledgement
Ever
most thanks are due to The Omnipotent, The Almighty Whose gratitude has always
enabled us to stand with grace.
We
are greatly thankful to the community of Balochistan, whose maximum support
& cooperation has finally made us call a real change agent in Balochistan.
Special thanks are due to our funding agencies generally and UNICEF, Mercy
Corps, ESRA, USAID, ECHO & PPAF specially, whose trust was strong enough to
motivate us for the achievement of our vision. We can never ignore our
partners, no doubt, PCP, NGORC, our partner NGOs, government institutions,
elected members, local community organizations, respected consultants, pool of
intellects and many more have always been a spring of vitality for us.
All
what got mentioned in this report and the achievements made in the past, could
have remained only a dream, if our most committed, enthusiastic, effective
& efficient team were not with us. Never for a single time, we realized
that they were simple-paid-employees, in fact they changed the PIDS team into
PIDS family who want to see their home developed.
In
the last, we strongly believe that the journey of development was mainly
contributed by our honorable board. Their trust, support & encouraging
attitude have always been a great source of motivation for us.
In
fact, it was not a one man show; rather, it was a team, even those who were
never been employed, contributed the maximum.
Baber Shah Khan
CEO
Executive Summary
A
new year with a new refreshing zeal and commitment begins with the memories of
the last year to remind. Participatory Integrated Development Society had a
tremendous experience during the year 2004 with the satisfaction of
achievements it had. To provoke your sense of sharing the enjoyment and the
satisfaction of community service here is the progress report for 2004.
This
report includes the achievements PIDS strived for with a yen to come up to the
vision of a healthy, educated and prosperous society in Balochistan by means of
facilitate the process of sustainable community development through a set of
services in water, sanitation, education and human resource development sector
with special focus on women.
PIDS
had an execution of 5 projects and a community school in Kharootabad,
This
report consists of the progress and details of every project which includes;
Community physical infrastructure phase I & II under Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund in District Killa Abdullah and Lralai, School WES under UNICEF
in Distric Pishin, Upgrade Teaching & Managerial Skills to Impart
Quality Education under ESRA ( USAID) in District Killa Abdullah, Drought
Relief Program Balochistan under ECHO through Mercy Corps in four Districts of
Balochistan i.e. Killa Abdullah, Pishin, Killa Saifullah & Loralai, Support
to Afghan Refugees in Pakistan Program also under through Mercy Corps in three Districts of
Balochistan i.e. Killa Abdullah, Pishin, & Loralai.
A
bird view of the achievements for the year 2004 states that in Community CPI project, PIDS was able to
install 70 hand pumps, rehabilitate 8 karezes, lined 5 water courses, provided
one shallow tube well and completed 2 sanitations schemes in District Killa
Abdullah. In the Unicef assisted School
WES project PIDS was able to intervene 48 schools in District Pishin while the
target was 40. These water, environment & sanitation focused interventions
benefited 8,369 students (2032 boys & 6397 girls) & 197 teachers.
Taking the journey ahead, this year PIDS trained 57 primary teachers of
District Killa Abdullah along with providing teacher training manual &
audiovisual teaching aid kit, in regards to quality education with the support
of ESRA. Community school at Kharotabad played its vital role. This year, it
got upgraded to class IV. Relief work in the drought affected districts with the
support of Mercy Corps got completed. It benefited to 7,325 families of
District Loralai, Pishin, Killa Abdullah & Killa Saifullah through ensuring
the provision of 15 liters of water per day per person which is according to
the Sphere Standards. This was done by different water provision &
rehabilitation schemes and through capacity development programs. The new
project of Rehabilitation of Afghan Refugees got started at the end of the year
and is expected to prove its major space in the coming year’s progress report.
However, some of the initial work has been started i.e. distribution of camps
into cluster, male/female councils, identification of training needs &
participants etc. Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, covering the whole
Balochistan, completed successfully this year. The report is yet expected to
come by P&D Department.
Major Achievements (1999-2003) of PIDS in Water
sector includes Provision of safe drinking water to the rural communities of
Balochistan through installation of 1222 deep well hand pumps, 1 tube well, 5
shallow tube wells and 1 windmill benefiting 100,000 persons.
In Sanitation PIDS constructed 22817 RFT
sewerage line in Kharotabad and Mominabad areas under Quetta Katchi Abadies
Environmental Management Program QKAEMP with 50% community financial share. In
addition to this 5858 Household latrines have also been constructed in
As far as Drought Relief Activities are
concerned PIDS has Actively facilitated donors for drought relief activities in
Balochistan through distribution of food items, grain seeds, installation of
hand pumps and construction of latrines.
PIDS has valuably added to the Human Resource
Development which consists of a number of activities for instance training for
700 hand pump caretakers, Health & hygiene training for NGOs and GOB staff,
environmental car training for teachers and girls guide, 6-day capacity
building workshop for field staff of PHE, 45-day community mobilization
training on newly developed billing and collecting system for PHE staff in
Kuchlak, Kharan, Mastung and Hub, 2-day workshop on PLA study under WWF/PIDS,
One-week participatory learning and action exercise in Spazandi valley, Ziarat,
Hygiene education and sewerage line maintenance training for low-income area
residents of Quetta under QKAEMP, and finally Sanitation promotion and hygiene
education through walks, theater show and capacity building activities.
These many activities and these many
achievements do not satisfy the thrust and eagerness of PIDS. PIDS brought
considerable changes through establishment of MIS Department, Program Development
Unit, Skill Development & Monitoring Cell. The department of Admin./Finance
got divided into two separate units. These chances are enhancing the longing of
the love for community development with a real participation of the community
itself, especially the poor masses and the deprived women of our society. May
Allah help us to make the dream come true of healthy, educated and prosperous society in Balochistan
(Ameen).
Community Physical Infrastructure
Project Title: Community Physical Infrastructure
Location: District Killa Abdullah,
and Loralai
Phase: II & III
Contract Duration: 2003 to 2006
Funding Agency:
Background
Project was planned to alleviate poverty
through improving the community physical infrastructures at District Killa
Abdullah & Loralai. These districts are also counted in the drought
affected areas. Water table is fairly low. Safe drinking water storages are
either not available or if available, there lie no facilities of supply of it
to the community. Community also needs water for their agricultural &
livestock activities. These activities are the income generation activities for
them. Considering the preceding statement, it becomes important to ensure the
provision of the water for such activities, if poverty is really planned to be
reduced.
The first phase of the project was started
in Jan 2003 and completed in March, 2004 The Second Phase was started in
October 2003 and completed in June 2004. The Third Phase was initiated in July
2004 with the completion date of June 2006.
During Phase I, PIDS was able to complete
18 Drinking Water Supply Schemes (Installation of 180 Hand pumps),
Rehabilitation of 4 Karezes and one Sanitation Scheme. Total No. of
beneficiaries through these interventions were 29,258 from 3,394 houses. These
sub project were provided in Union Council Jilga, Aghbarg,
Killa Abdulla-I & Roghani of
Killa
Abdullah District. Total cost of the sub
project was Rs.31.71.939/-
During the Phase-II of the project PIDS
completed 7 sub project of Drinking Water Supply through installation of 70
hand pumps, 8 sub projects of Kareze Rehabilitation, 5 sub projects of water
course lining, one shallow water supply scheme and two sanitation schemes in
Union Council Jilga, Aghbarg, Killa Abdulla-I & Roghani of Killa Abdullah District. Total
cost of the sub project was Rs. 58,19,340/-
The Third Phase was initiated in July and
will be completed in June 2006 with the target of 171 sub projects in Killa
Abdullah and Loralai Districts. According to the work Plan for July to December
20 projects have been identified and physical work could not be started due to
delay in release of funds.
Nevertheless, PIDS is still committed to
achieve its targets. In this connection, PIDS has doubled the staff of the
project this year, in order to achieve the 2004’s targets along with securing
2005’s targets too.
It is much attention drawing that PIDS
started the project in the most remote area of District Killa Abdullah i.e.
Tehsil Jilga. Approaching Jilga tehsil makes one traveling through a single
shingle road as no proper roads are available. Communication facilities do not
exist at all. Under such circumstances, working there was really a hard nut to
crack. PIDS took the challenge and initiated the project from such area.
Implementation
Strategy
The sustainability of such project is
really a big question mark. No doubt, while reading the above mentioned
statements, a rosy picture is perceived but the very next moment,
sustainability puts oneself into thoughts. PIDS, as many other philanthropists,
also believes in participatory approach. Feeling of ownership and participatory
work could be the only way to ensure the sustainability of the project. PIDS
follows the following implementation strategy for the successful interventions
of the above sub projects.
Identification
of Schemes:
The field staff identifies the schemes
keeping in mind that community share is
20% of the capital cost of sub project.
Feasibility
of Project & Community Organization Formation:
The field engineer then visits the site for
design & cost estimation. The project is then approved from the relevant
higher authorities. Meanwhile, PIDS staff mobilizes the community into a
Community Organization. Every intervened area is supposed to form a community
organization. The CO is responsible not only for the proper implementation of
the project but is also responsible for the operation & maintenance of the
sub project after its completion. Moreover, the community is supposed to
contribute 20% of the capital cost of its sub-project while rest of the 80% is contributed
from PIDS (through PPAF support). This 20% is not to save any amount but in
fact is a way to develop a feeling of ownership into community so that the
sustainability gets ensured.
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Physical Work
After the formation of CO & approval of
the scheme from higher authorities, the relevant physical work gets started.
CO, as having a clear role, supervises the work. Not only that it supervises
the work but is also responsible for arranging material and labor.
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Capacity Development
CO is then equipped with required training
programs. In this regard, till now they were trained technically in order to
look after the project been completed, but PIDS has requested PPAF’s HID
section to support in developing the capacity of the COs in terms of record
management, finance management etc. so that these
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Restart of the Cycle
As one sub project with the CO has gone
through from the above mentioned steps, the cycle gets restarted.
Types of Interventions
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Drinking
Water Supply Scheme
Open surface wells are an
appropriate method of water access in many areas of Balochistan due to limiting
geological constraints. They are constructed with a wide opening that allows a
greater recharge area for the well and taps the maximum quantity of available
surface level water. Open
surface wells are used both for drinking and small scale agriculture purposes
locally known as BAOWRI. They
technically resemble shallow wells and can be dug to a maximum of 200 feet.
Many areas in Balochistan
have little availability of ground water at deeper depths due to the presence
of loose shale layers. In such areas, ground water can be found only on the
upper strata as superficial water. In the villages of Loralai, ground water
availability in the deep aquifers is rare due to geological formation. In these
areas, open surface wells are a feasible option for developing new water
sources. Furthermore, existing open surface wells have suffered in recent years
from the sharp decline of the water table and require repair.
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Kareze Rehabilitation
A karez is an
underground water tunnel irrigation system; an indigenous system for conveying
water from mountain springs to arable lands. Kareze water is mainly used for
agriculture, drinking and domestic purposes.
A Kareze system
consists of a main water source “mother well” and underground tunnel connecting
it to a series of manholes dug to the aquifer level and then a “daylight area”
where the water emerges to a point of consumption. Such irrigation systems are
owned and operated wholly by the community. The maintenance burden is shared by
the water share holders in proportion to the amount of water they receive. The
functioning of the Kareze is based on social cohesion and collective management
of natural resources. It is a system which has been locally developed, operated
and maintained by the communities for centuries. The traditional Kareze system
extensively exists in Killa Abdullah and Loralai districts.
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Lining of Water Course
Certain water storages spots do exist in
Balochistan, yet, the situation of the vicinity is not very much changed as
compared to other areas where water is not at all available. It is due to poor
storage and access facilities. Mud ponds are used for the storage and mud water
channels are used for providing water to the fields and drinking purposes. This
results in much of the wastage of water due to seepage and different
communicable diseases. Water gets contaminated through the surroundings easily
due to mixing of mud into it.
Water course lining is changing the mud
ponds and water channels into cemented ones. This seems a minor attempt but
results are much encouraging. Chances of water wastage & contamination get
decreased.
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Sanitation Scheme
Light
rain can easily indicate the sanitation situation of
Education
Project Title: School Water & Environmental Sanitation
Location: District Pishin
Contract Duration: April 2004 to December 2004
Funding Agency: UNICEF
Background
Interior of Balochistan is not hidden in
the context of development from the general public. Government officials,
elected representatives, private institutions & non-government organization
are also aware of the situation.
PIDS, keeping its mission focused, worked
at Bela & Turbat in Government Schools on Water & Environmental
Sanitation with the support from UNICEF. Scarce resources of Balochistan have
always been delaying the development. PIDS wanted the schools to be improved
for the reason, as the pillars of the nation are constructed there. For quality
learning, environment plays a major role. Ergonomics are the key component to
achieve the objectives of an institution.
In the year 2004, PIDS went ahead with
focus-district improvement policy. In this regard, PIDS got shifted with its activities
from Bela & Turbat to District Pishin. As per policy of UNICEF for the year
2004 PIDS started School WES Project in District Pishin. The project got signed
between the PIDS & UNICEF for the period from April 2004 to December 2004.
The goal of the project is to improve the water, & sanitation situation of
the Government Girls Primary Schools in District Pishin. During the year, it
was expected to achieve the targets of almost 40 schools of the district. Major
activities to achieve the goal of the project were Capacity Development of
Teachers, Students & Parents Teachers Committee in the area of Health,
Hygiene & Sanitation, Service Delivery, Communication/Social Mobilization,
and Assessment Studies & Monitoring along with improving the water &
sanitation conditions of the school.
Implementation
Strategy
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Identification of Schools
Identification of schools took place with
liaison from the education department. Different visits of District Pishin were
organized. The field staff visited the real tough geographical areas so that
the support reaches the most vulnerable first.
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Baseline Survey
Field supervisor were supposed to proceed
with a baseline survey for the sake of having an inside picture of the schools.
After the identification of schools, staff went ahead with a baseline survey
form, filling which provided the information on the ground facts of the
schools. Physical & academic infrastructure and capacity of the stakeholder
got assessed.
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Feasibility & Cost
Estimation
Field staff was then required to formulate
the feasibility and cost estimation of the interventions required in particular
schools. After approval, field staff then moved forward with the physical
interventions.
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Capacity Development Programs
As the physical work is in progress, meanwhile
the capacity development programs got initiated. The programs were entirely
based upon the information gathered through baseline. Work plan for the
capacity development programs used to get approved and participants were
ensured to be present in the program.
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Monitoring Visits
The monitoring visits for the surety of
qualitative performance were randomly planned by Project Coordinator &
Chief Executive Officer throughout the year.
Major
Interventions
Following is the list of major
interventions, which were planned and successfully implemented under the
project in the target area.
It is important to note that the annual
target for PIDS was to implement the project in 40 schools in the year 2004,
while PIDS staff’s commitment and hard work of days and nights managed PIDS to
implement these interventions in 48 schools benefiting to 8,369 students (2032
boys & 6397 girls) & 197 teachers.
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Provision of Clean drinking water through
installation of 48 water tanks in schools.
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Sanitation through rehabilitation of 43
latrines in schools.
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21 new Ventilated Improved Pit
Latrines (VIP)were constructed
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Provision of safe drinking water through
installation of 10-hand pump in different communities.
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Proper drainage facilities provided in
schools.
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White washing in schools
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Environmental education promotion.
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2 Hand Pump Caretaker Trainings were
conducted & 22 community members were trained.
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26
PTSMCs (
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70 teachers from 48 schools were trained on
Child To Child Approach (CTC)
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200 students from 23 schools participated
in School Competitions on Health & Hygiene Education.
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FLAAHE
training conducted for 969 females in 45 villages
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1267 students trained in 47 schools on
Health & Hygiene Education
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47 child clubs formed to continue the WES
Program in Schools.
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1066 hygiene kits including spade and broom
provided to Child club sanitation and female groups for sanitation promotion.
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4 CBOs were identified & amount of
rupees 15000/- paid to each CBO for the sanitation promotion.
Project Title: Upgrade Teaching & Managerial
Skills to
Impart Quality Education
Location: District Killa Abdullah
Contract Duration: May 2004 to April 2005
Funding Agency: ESRA (USAID)
Background
PIDS proposed a project: “To train and
improve the capacity of teaching staff of girls’ primary school in District
Killa Abdullah” to ESRA, so that they are well equipped to execute their
responsibilities under the evolving educational dispensation.
In this connection, the project got
approved by ESRA (RFA No. ESRA – 03 02). In the pursuit of the proposed project
goal and objectives PIDS had the following definition of a school as a backdrop
motto “A school is a place with four walls surrounding a future”. PIDS aligned
all its activities to enable the teachers to impart learner-centered teaching.
To make this learner-centered teaching possible in the primary girls’ school,
targeted teachers underwent a sequential series of rigorous trainings of the
following:
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Lesson
Planning
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Effective
& Efficient Lesson Delivery
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Time
Management
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Classroom
Management
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Life
Skills Education
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Art
& Craft for Primary School Girls
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Sound-musical
Teaching for Primary School Girls
In order to achieve the project objectives,
PIDS started its core operations that are conducting the trainings to the
teachers.
District Killa Abdullah, Tehsil Chaman is a
very remote area. PIDS staff had work harder and harder to arrange the training.
The staff visited the schools and conducted a survey, in order to find out the
teachers for the training. In this regard, they met the government officials,
elected members of the community, school administration and the teachers. They
gave the orientation of goal & objectives of the project to these
stakeholders. After the survey, next task was to identify the teachers. Again
the field staff conducted various meetings with the government school
administration and interviewed different teachers for selecting participants of
the training. The story does not end here but another task to start the
training was still remaining. Selection of the venue was another milestone to
achieve. The training venue was supposed to be convenient for all the teachers
to approach. After visits of many schools finally a hall at Govt. Girls High
School Chaman got chosen but still the talk with administration was to be
finalized. Ultimately this got finalized too and then the trainings started.
Project’s goal could not be perceived as
achieved if the only training was imparted. The follow-up and evaluation was a
compulsory activity for this target. PIDS staff along with Master Trainer kept
visiting the trained teachers for the follow-up and evaluation. The teacher
went through random observation classes by the trainers. They were continuously
guided afterwards too. The evaluation process was not just oral but written
evaluation also took place and encouraging it was to see the teachers trying to
implement all what they have learnt during the sessions.
This not only encouraged the PIDS staff
& trainers but teachers too. A common comment from the teachers was that
mostly after the trainings the implementing agencies were least concerned
whether the trainees had really implemented their learning or not but PIDS
staff and trainers were not only quite concerned about it but were also
providing them the feedback regarding the areas of improvisation.
Teacher
Manual & Audiovisual Teaching Aid Kit Development
In order to ensure sustainability, it was
also important to provide the teachers with a Manual & Audiovisual Teaching
Aid Kit, so that they might be able to implement their learning in their
classrooms. Teacher training manual was a giant task, as participants do not
belong to a strong academic background. Manual was supposed to be much easier
and simpler, yet completing all the technical requirements of the course. PIDS
made a contact with Dr. Fazal Ahmed, Dr. Naseem Qaisrani (Education Deptt.,
The pave doesn’t block here but next task
(based on the feedback of the participants too) was to translate and publish
the manual into Urdu. The work got started and in its final stages now.
It was planned to provide the teachers with
an Audiovisual Teaching Aid Kit so that they might be able to implement their
learning. In this regard, it was important to identify such aid material that
could be long lasting and if not, must be available locally in the target area
either free-of-cost or at very economical cost. Market survey along with the
education experts (the names mentioned
above, involved in Training Manual development) got placed. Different teaching
aids got discussed and rejected either due to unavailability at local basis or
available at higher prices. Finally PIDS was able to finalize the following
material:
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Scissors
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Glaze
Paper
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Salofin
Paper
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Crap
Paper
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Gum Stick
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Poster
Colors
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Brush
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Scale
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Pencil
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Sharpener
q
Erasers
q
Stencil
(Cartoon)
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Cassette
Player
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Piano
(Numbers)
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Blocks
(Urdu & English Alphabets)
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Balochistan
Map
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Puzzle
Game
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Globe
q
Charts
o
Means
of Transportation
o
Parts
of Body
o
Famous
Places of
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Block
Puzzles
o
Animals
o
Insects
o
Fruit
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Blocks
o
Math
o
English
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Steel
Trunk with Lock
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Audio
Poems Cassette
q
Poem
Posters
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Banner
The first training session started on June
21 and continued till
The lead facilitator for the first two training
sessions was Dr. Fazal Ahmed, while for the third training session was Mr.
Wajahat Ali Farooqi. Ms. Tania Rauf & Mr. Umer Ayub Khan assisted them
respectively during the trainings.
Training on teaching and managerial skills
to impart quality education comprised of both classroom and practical learning.
Training period comprised of 5 ½ days of practical learning and 7 ½ days of
classroom learning. The main objective of both parts being kept together was to
get optimum results from classroom learning and practical application in school
on children.
The time breakup of the training was
scheduled as:
Sr. No. |
Topics
|
Duration (in days) |
|
Classroom Learning |
Practical in Classroom |
||
1 |
Lesson Planning |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Effective &
Efficient Lesson Delivery |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Time Management |
½ |
½ |
4 |
Classroom
Management |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Life Skills
Education |
2 |
1 |
6 |
Art & Craft |
½ |
½ |
7 |
Sound Musical
Teaching |
½ |
½ |
Progress in the Year
PIDS was able to train 54 teachers at
District Killa Abdullah. Out of this figure, 37 teachers were trained at Chaman
while 17 at Mezai Adda. The target for the year was to train 40 teachers but
PIDS got honored to train 54. However, due to winter vacations, 17 teachers
(who participated in the third training session held at Mezai Adda) couldn’t be
observed in context of implementation of their learning which will take place
in the year 2005. Discussing the rest 37 teachers who participated in the first
two training sessions, it is really encouraging to observe them implementing
their learning in their classrooms. PIDS monitoring team accompanied with the
trainer was more than pleased to see the results.
All of the teachers got provided with the
Teacher Training Manuals & Audiovisual Teaching Aid Kits.
Project Title:
Location: Kharotabad,
Date of Establishment:
Funding Agency:
No. of Students: 140
No. of Teachers: 5
Classes: Class Nursery to
Class III
Background
PIDS established a school with the support
of Insaf Welfare Trust on
Kharotabad, a periphery of
Year 2004 was the year when PIDS had to
bear all the expenses of the school, i.e. teacher’s cost, syllabus cost, and
administration cost etc. from its own. PIDS wishes if the school gets
sustainable but of course to bear the expenses, community cannot be bothered as
they are already suffering.
Progress
in the Year
The school started with the enrollment of
40 children but with the Grace of Almighty, is now accommodating 140 students
in different grades (i.e. from nursery to class 3). It was a one-room school
but now has four classrooms with five teachers.
Academically, the school’s results were
encouraging. Quality education has been maintained. Different extra curricular
activities also took place, i.e. sports week, 14th August &
other national days’ celebrations etc. Keeping focused the health issues,
health & hygiene sessions time to time were also conducted for the
students.
PIDS plans to upgrade the school to class 4
in the year 2005 and ultimately shaping it into a full-fledge primary school.
Expecting the other philanthropists, PIDS is quite committed to bring a
considerable change, directly in education and indirectly in the other social
actions of life.
Relief & Rehabilitation
Project Title: Drought
Relief Program Balochistan
Code: ECHO 352
Location: District Killa Abdullah
District Pishin
District Killa
Saifullah
District Loralai
Contract Duration: August
2003 to June 2004
Funding Agency: ECHO
through Mercy Corps
Background
Insufficient
rains and consecutive dry spells over the last four years have negatively
affected the ground and surface water resources in Balochistan. The water table
has experienced a sharp decline; in some areas, at an alarming rate of three
meters each year. Shallow wells have dried, while deep wells and Kareze systems
are not operational to their desired output, consequently limiting communities’
access to vital drinking water. Low precipitation and a lack of adequate water
resource management have resulted in population displacements in some of the
most affected regions. The most recent UN report (June 2002) recognizes the drought situation to
still be at a critical state in most of the districts of Balochistan.
The
drought has caused significant loss of livestock and crops and a rapid
deterioration of health and ground water resources in Balochistan. The damage
to livelihoods from the drought is believed to be a major cause behind the low
economic growth rate of
Major
Interventions
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Service Delivery
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Improvement
& Development Shallow Wells with Hand Pumps
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Development
of Intermediate Wells with Pumping Equipment
o
Drilling
& Development of Deep Tube Well Water Supply Schemes
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Improvement
& Extension of Kareze Systems, with Communal Gravity Flow Water Supply
Schemes
o
Expansion
& Rehabilitation of Non-functional Water Supply Schemes
o
Distribution
of Water Storage Jerry Cans/Containers
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o
Workshop
on Water Usage and Health & Hygiene Preventive Measures for the Endusers
o
Training
for Water Management Groups & Community Caretakers
Progress in the Year
PIDS is
honoured to achieve the following milestones during the year:
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7,325
families with improved access to at least 15 liters of potable water per person
per day (SPHERE Standard).
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44
operational shallow wells with hand pumps (while the target was 40)
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05
operational intermediate wells with installed pumping equipment
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06 operational Kareze/spring systems (while
the target was 04) with improved water yield and each installed with a communal
gravity flow water supply scheme
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04
non-functional water supply schemes rehabilitated & expanded
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3,898
water storage jerry cans provided to communities
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Increased
understanding of healthy water use and hygiene among 65 target communities
through 150 health and hygiene sessions.
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150
community care-takers trained to operate and maintain installed or improved
water systems.
Project Title: Support to Afghan Refugees in
Location: District Pishin
District Killa
Abdullah
District Loralai
Contract Duration: November
2003 to January 2006
Funding Agency: ECHO
through Mercy Corps
Background
According to UNHCR reports, many of the remaining Afghan refugees that
are considering returning to their home communities in Afghanistan have
refrained from doing so before now partly due to the fact that they struggle to
earn adequate income from their family and recognize that the same challenge
exists for them upon return. Many of the Afghan refugees living in and around
Quetta and in the refugee villages perform unskilled labor in order to support
their families and are only able to earn daily wages. Facilitating new skill
development will increase refugee’s abilities to generate enough income to
support their families.
Existing job opportunities are limited in both
Many residents of rural and peri-urban communities of
In order for a successful return, refugees contemplating return need to
mentally and physically prepare for the prospect of returning to communities
that they haven’t lived in for many years or to new communities which are
unknown to them. In the progress of return, there are many obstacles and
challenges that present themselves during the journey and upon arrival.
Potential returnees need to be prepared physically and mentally to successfully
resolve problems as they come up.
Types of
Interventions
¨ Startup Activity Assessment: Identification
of Cluster Groups and Formation of
Councils
¨ Conducting Trainings
o
Vocational
o
Business
Development
o
Household
Resource Management
o
Basic
Nutrition Education
o
Maternal
& Child Health Education
o
Basic First
Aid, Health & Hygiene Education
o
Landmine Awareness
Education
o
Drug
Awareness and Harm Reduction Education
o
Mental &
Emotional Preparedness Activities
¨
Closing Activities: Future Council Directives
Targets & Progress
Targets
PIDS plans
to impart different capacity development programs to 9000 participants in 450
different training programs. The breakup is as under:
Targets for the year 2005 are as:
¨
Vocational Trainings to be imparted to 400
persons at Pir Alizai Camp (40 training sessions), 350 at Surkhab Camp (35
training sessions) & 150 at Katwai Camp (15 training sessions)
¨
Business Development Training to be imparted to
105 persons at Pir Alizai (7 training sessions), 75 at Surkhab (5 training
sessions) & 45 at Katwai (3 training sessions)
¨
Household Resource Management Training to be
imparted to 105 persons at Pir Alizai (7 training sessions), 75 at Surkhab (5
training sessions) & 45 at Katwai (3 training sessions)
¨
Basic Nutrition Training to be imparted to 405
persons at Pir Alizai (27 training sessions), 345 at Surkhab (23 training
sessions) & 150 at Katwai (10 training sessions)
¨
Maternal & Child Health Care Training to be
imparted to 285 persons at Pir Alizai (19 training sessions), 270 at Surkhab
(18 training sessions) & 120 at Katwai (8 training sessions)
¨
Basic First Aid, Health & Hygiene Education
to be imparted to 285 persons at Pir Alizai (19 training sessions), 270 at
Surkhab (18 training sessions) & 120 at Katwai (8 training sessions)
¨
Landmine Awareness Training to be imparted to
285 persons at Pir Alizai (19 training sessions), 270 at Surkhab (18 training
sessions) & 120 at Katwai (8 training sessions)
¨
Drug Awareness & Harm Reduction to be
imparted to 285 persons at Pir Alizai (19 training sessions), 270 at Surkhab
(18 training sessions) & 120 at Katwai (8 training sessions)
¨
Mental & emotional Preparedness Activities
§
Problem Solving sessions to be held for 380
persons at Pir Alizai (19 training sessions), 360 at Surkhab (18 training
sessions) & 160 at Katwai (8 training sessions)
§
Social Events to be arranged for 570 persons at
Pir Alizai (19 events), 540 at Surkhab (18 events) & 240 at Katwai (8
events)
Progress
As the
project has just been initiated, therefore, only the following achievements
have been made:
¨
Formation of 8 Cluster & 16 councils (8
male & 8 female) at Pir Alizai Camp (District Killa Abdullah), achieving
the target as the target cluster formation was 8 too
¨
Formation of 7 Cluster & 14 councils (7
male & 7 female) at Sukhab Camp (District Pishin), achieving the target as
the target cluster formation was 7 too
¨
Formation of 3 Cluster (3 male & 3 female)
at Katwai Camp (District Loralai), achieving the target as the target cluster
formation was 3 too
¨
Finalization of Health & Hygiene and
Business Development Training Manual
¨
Hiring of Coordination, Monitoring & Field
Staff
¨
Establishment of Loralai Field Office.
Survey
Project Title: Multiple
Indicator Cluster Survey
Location: Complete
Contract Duration: July
2003 to June 2004
Funding Agency: UNICEF
Implementing Partners: PIDS, Govt. of Balochistan (P&DD),
M/S
Bunyad & M/S Eycon
In the light of recent devolution, the Government of Pakistan
has taken positive steps for the planning, management and monitoring of
deliverable social services and indicators of development at the denaturalized level.
Several key institutions have begun to formulate objective-oriented plans for
resource distribution at the district and provincial levels. The current
information and reporting system relies heavily on the secondary data collected
from the line departments, outdated census reports, or supplemental national
surveys. Moreover, the regional, national or gender disparities and other
social indicators are inadequate to meet the planners’ needs. A major
constraint in following a rational approach in preparing realistic plans is the
non-availability of appropriate, reliable or relevant fist hand data.
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) is an effective
tool developed and tested by different Governments and UNICEF in various
especially social development sectors with good degree of statistical precision
with a representative sample. It is a district-based, cross-sectoral household
survey, successfully used in several countries globally. The main strength of
MICS is to provide effective results that simultaneously gauge a wide range of
following indicators for social development:
·
Economic
Status
·
Health
& Nutrition Profile
·
Education
Level
·
Water
Availability & Hygiene/Sanitation Practices
MICS was developed after the World Summit for Children
Declaration (1990), for the regular and timely collection, analysis and
publication of data required for monitoring social indicators related to the
well being of children. Various international organizations prepared MICS,
which was then successfully applied in more than 100 countries. The worldwide
and local success of MICS encouraged all the provincial Governments to request
UNICEF to support a similar survey in their respective province. It is planned
that all four provinces of
Objectives
MICS got planned keeping the following
objectives in consideration:
·
Develop
a strong advocacy tool and poverty-ranking indicators for reducing the
prevalent inter-district disparities and enhancing the delivery of social
services in different sectors of society by the provincial government
·
Establish
a credible baseline for monitoring the socioeconomic status of the districts to
ensure effective devolution
·
Empower
and motivate district officials and community leaders through reliable
knowledge of critical socioeconomic conditions that define their lives
·
Disseminate
multi-indicator information for child-focused targets to help monitor progress
to the goals set in the World Fit for Children and Millennium Development
·
Build capacity of the relevant
government infrastructure and institutions in their active involvement in every
phase of the study
Target Area –
The survey assumed each district of Balochistan as a separate
an independent survey unit while
A.
A sample
of 730 clusters (Primary Sample Units – PSUs) has randomly been selected from
the province (71% rural / 29% urban).
B.
As a
secondary-sampling unit, 12 households from each urban and 16 from each rural
PSU are randomly selected for the survey.
Key
Partners
The
following institutions are providing support as following:
·
Federal
Bureau of Statistics: Provided Sample design & Cluster listing, similar to
that done for the MICS in other provinces
·
UNICEF:
Provided the services of a full time coordination support through PIDS and an
international consultant (on time-sharing basis) to support the MICS
Secretariat for the implementation of the survey
·
District
Governments: Provided available staff and coordination/facilitation support and
mobilize elected representatives to cooperate for smooth implementation of the
survey at the community and household level
·
Participatory
Integrated Development Society: Provided all technical & coordination
support to the MICS operations in Balochistan
·
Civil
Society Organizations: Provided staff where needed and extended cooperation for
community mobilization and awareness both in urban and rural areas
Progress
in the Year
MICS is the biggest survey ever conducted
in the history of Balochistan in terms of its volume and diversity. A total of
10,680 households are covered.
For provision of the coordination support
services, UNICEF executed an agreement with the PIDS in July 2003 till the end
of December 2003 which later extended to initially March and then to June 2004.
Unfortunately, because of the workload and unavailability of the International
Consultant and the consultants for the Economic portion of the report, the MICS
time schedule is further extended towards the end of July 2004.
PIDS appointed a reputable consultant since
the initiation of the survey and has been a part of the process throughout, to
execute coordination assignment. PIDS has been involved in all the survey
phases, including:
·
Survey
planning and keeping effective liaison between UNICEF, P&DD-GoB, Regions
and Districts
·
Arranged
and coordinated two steering meetings and around eight working group meetings
at
·
Helped
the government in establishing initial MICS Secretariat at the Bureau of
Statistics, which was later shifted to an independent place in
·
Development
of the questionnaires and manuals for the survey
·
Planning
and conducting the District Orientation Workshops for the District Nazims,
Coordination officers, media, NGOs and other government officials
·
Planning,
development of training manuals for the training and conducting training of
Master Trainers and Field Trainers at Quetta
·
Training
for the field workers at six Regional Headquarters
·
Specifically,
taken the responsibility of coordinating and conducting field training at
·
Provided
initial training and regular orientations to the Regional Technical
Coordinators at different times
·
Regular
follow up with FBS on sampling and listing and its issues in the field
·
Attended
MICS related meetings in
·
Regular
feedback with the regional and district officials for effective coordination
and support to the teams in the field
·
Provided
MICS related plan and progress presentations to the Chief Economist,
Departmental Secretaries, Additional Chief Secretary (Dev.), Chief Secretary
Balochistan, Senior Minister of Planning & Development Department GoB,
Chief Planning, Project Officers UNICEF Islamabad and Quetta at different times
·
Conducted
field monitoring visits to almost seventy percent the districts in the province
for support and quality monitoring
·
Provided
field monitoring and MICS related coordination meetings reports to UNICEF and
Government of Balochistan (P&DD) on regular basis
·
Facilitated
and guided preparation of a MICS Staff Directory to be published by UNICEF/GoB
and shared with all the MICS participants and other relevant organizations for
reference. This would help the organizations/departments in identification of
potential staff for their initiatives in the province.
·
Helped
the MICS Secretariat in designing and preparation of the Certificate, which
were awarded to all the participants.
·
Shared
the MICS initial key finding reports with Line Department’s Secretaries and
some technical persons of those departments to get their inputs for preparation
of final report to be presented to the Steering Committee for approval.
·
Supported
the international consultant in preparation of the initial and final analysis
of the data and supported in preparation of the key findings for the report.
·
Supported
the International Consultant in writing parts of the report and prepared plans
for presentation of the final report
Organizational Development
A short span
of time enabled PIDS to produce its say in the development sector. Despite of
being a Donor Dependent NGO, PIDS has been able to strengthen its systems &
structure. These milestones were not the hardships of hours but in fact were
the untiring efforts of committed staff & sincere leadership of years.
Outstanding results, effective strategies & efficient decision-making
finally brought PIDS into the list of leading NGOs of Balochistan whose
performance is unchallengeable.
This
development pave has been spilling around the years from 1999 to 2004. The year
2004 brought some considerable development crosses based upon the lessons
learnt during the previous years. A glimpse of the steps leading to such change
is as under:
Certification
PIDS is now a certified
organization by
Certification Score Sheet
Evaluation Parameters |
Total Score |
Score Obtained |
Remarks |
Internal Governance |
300 |
195 |
Qualified |
Financial Management |
300 |
238 |
Qualified |
Program Delivery |
400 |
262 |
Qualified |
Total |
1000 |
695 |
Qualified |
PCP
evaluated PIDS quite keenly. They paid the visit in the field intervention
areas, critically analyzed the financial statements & progress reports
along with meetings with board, management & staff of PIDS. Through
following the most comprehensive & critical procedure, finally PIDS got
certified. PCP not only evaluated PIDS but also shared a detailed Critical
Evaluation Report showing PIDS major strengths & weaknesses in every area.
This report has further helped PIDS take more steps for it development.
Departmentalization
Based on the
recommendations by PCP, HID Section of PPAF & NGORC, PIDS established some
more departments. In this connection, Program Development Unit, Human
Development Unit, Monitoring Department & MIS department came into
existence. Similarly, to enhance the performance of Admin./Finance section, the
department got divided into two different independent departments of Finance
& Admin. The question mark of second line management vanished due to the
establishment of Program Development Unit. A quality human resource got hunt to
strengthen the units.
Partnerships
PIDS was
able to develop its partnership with the PCP, HID Section – PPAF & renew
with NGORC. Partnership with other NGOs, Donors, Government, District
Administrative staff & community got strengthened through PIDS interventions
and participatory approaches. Linkages with all the stakeholders got developed
than ever before.
Partnership
with NGORC aims to strengthen the organizational capacity. Currently, the
Program Development
PIDS
initiated three new projects while another phase of a project in the year 2003.
·
PIDS was able to start the capacity development
program for government female primary teachers of District Killa Abdullah with
the sequential series of training covered under the title of “Upgrade the
Teaching & Managerial Skills to Impart Quality Education” with the support
of ESRA.
·
A project with the support of UNICEF got started
to benefit the girls’ schools of District Pishin focusing Water, Environment
& Sanitation. Simultaneously, with the name of Community WES, another
project with the support of UNICEF got started.
·
With the support of Mercy Corps, PIDS was able to
initiate a capacity development program for the refugees. The project titled,
“Support to Afghan Refugees in
·
Phase III of Community – CPI Project, supported by
PPAF, got started. The project is being implemented at District Loralai &
District Killa Abdullah. The major focus of ht eproject is to alleviate poverty
through developing Community Physical Infrastructure in the areas of safe drinking
water provision & sanitation schemes development.
Board of Governors
The board of
governors steers the working of organization. They not only advise the
management but also represent PIDS at different forums.
·
Ex Vice
Chancellor
·
Syed Mukhtar Ahmed Honorary
Member
Ex GM
Planning
Saindak
Metal Limited
Ground Water
Expert
·
Haji M. A. Rashid Member
Ex Chief
Economist Planning & Dev. Deptt.
Government
of Balochistan
·
Store &
Procurement Expert
·
Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Member
Retired
Director Accounts
Local
Government & Rural Development Deptt.
Government
of Balochistan
·
Dr. Shakeel Baber Member
Livestock
Department
·
Ms. Farida Nausherwani Member
Consultant,
Gender Expert
·
Dr. Fazal Ahmed Member
Consultant,
Educationist
·
PIDS is certified by PCP on
·
PIDS is proud to say that the NGO is having a
certificate of registration with SAFRON.
·
PIDS is having a Tax Exhumation Certificate issued
by Regional Commissioner of Income Tax on
·
PIDS is also registered under Societies
Registration Act 1860 No. 869 of March 1999.
PIDS has
been availing the services of Rehman Iqbal and Umer Iftikhar Chartered
Accountant Firm for annual audit of the organization but this year it decided
to change the Audit firm and made a contact with Ejaz Ahmed & Company c/o
Hassan & Company for annual audit.
The PIDS
conducts its accounts audit at three levels (i) internally itself, (ii) the
donors and by (iii) the external auditors. This reflects transparency in the
account management of the organization.
Human Resource
Development
PIDS
strongly believe in the development of its staff capacity for efficient &
effective outputs of the programs & organization. In this regard, PIDS
extensively nominated the following persons into relevant workshops, trainings,
seminars etc.
·
Mr. Shafqat Israr Dar, Coordinator
MERD and
Mr. Wajahat Ali Farooqi, Field Supervisor
Attended a 2-day (Feb. 12 & 13)
workshop on Organization Capacity Assessment, arranged by NGORC at
·
Mr. Shafqat Israr Dar,
Coordinator MERD
Attended a 2-day (Feb. 26 & 27)
workshop on M&E Systems, arranged by PPAF at BRSP,
·
Mr. Baber Shah Khan, Chief
Executive Officer
Attended a 2-day session (Mar. 15 & 16)
on Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development, arranged by NGORC at
·
Mr. Munir Ahmed, Field
Engineer
Attended a 5-day workshop (Jun. 28 to July
02) on Effective Communication & Conflict Resolution, arranged by PPAF at
BRSP,
·
Ms. Sadia Rauf, Social
Organizer
Attended a 7-day workshop (July 18 to 24)
on Participatory Rural Appraisal, arranged by LEAD & UNICEF at
·
Mr. Nidab James, Field
Engineer
Attended
a 11-day workshop (Sep. 06-16) on Project Planning
& Management, arranged by PPAF with Management
Development Foundation-Netherlands at
·
Mr. Baber Shah Khan, Chief
Executive Officer
Attended
a 11-day workshop (Sep. 21-01) on Institutional Strengthening & Organizational Strengthening, arranged by PPAF with Management Development
Foundation-
·
Mr. Rana Muhammad Yameen,
Finance Officer
Attended a 3-day workshop (Oct. 04 to 06)
on NPO Certification Program, arranged by NGORC at
·
Mr. Baber Shah Khan, Chief
Executive Officer
Attended a 2-day workshop (Oct. 13 &
14) on Development Communication for NGOs, arranged by NGORC at
·
Mr. Shakeel Ahmed, Field
Supervisor
Attended a 2-day workshop (Oct. 04 &
05) on Effective Writing Skills, arranged by Concern at
·
Ms. Tayyaba Shahid, Project
Coordinator
Attended a 5-day workshop (Nov. 24 to 28)
on Publications, arranged by Aurat Foundation at
·
Mr. Wajahat Ali Farooqi,
Manager Program Development
Attended a 3-day workshop (Dec. 13 to 15)
on Need Assessment in Emergencies, arranged by Oxfam, at
·
Mr. Rana Muhammad Yameen,
Finance Officer
Attended
a 1-day seminar (Dec. 23) on Learning for Development,
organized by NGORC, at
Donor Matrix 2004
S. No |
Amount
of FUND (Rupees) |
Donor |
Project |
Period |
|
From |
To |
||||
1 |
5,160,635 |
|
Community CPI |
Jan. 2004 |
Dec. 2004 |
2 |
2,255,622 |
ECHO through MC |
Drought Relief |
Jan. 2004 |
Jun. 2004 |
3 |
2,101,700 |
UNICEF |
School WES Community WES |
Apr. 2004 |
Dec. 2004 |
4 |
668,300 |
USAID through ESRA |
Teacher Training Program |
Apr. 2004 |
Dec. 2004 |
5 |
1,882,003 |
ECHO through MC |
Support to Afghan
Refugees in Pakistan |
Nov. 2004 |
Jan. 2006 |
PIDS at a Glance
Introduction
Participatory Integrated Development
Society PIDS was established in February 1999 as a non-governmental
organization and registered with Balochistan Government under Societies
Registration Act 1860. PIDS is an offshoot of Balochistan Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation Project (BRUWAS) funded by Royal Netherlands Government and
Government of Balochistan. The Board of Governors is the apex body of PIDS,
which provides vision and direction for working of organization. The Chief
Executive Officer looks after the operational activities of PIDS and also works
as Secretary to Board of Governors.
It
is worthwhile to mention that within the short period PIDS got high profile
recognition with the donors, Government, NGOs and community. Training to the
rural communities is an integrated part of PIDS activities. PIDS has developed
training manual and expertise in water, sanitation, and hygiene education and
also in teacher training. The PIDS basic working / functioning structures
enhance and emphasizes on the need of quality output through maximum input of
social mobilization, community participation, women involvement and creating
sense of ownership for sustainable development.
PIDS mission is to facilitate the process
of sustainable community development through a set of service in water,
sanitation, education and human resource development sector with special focus
on women’s.
Objectives
I.
To
facilitate improved living conditions among the communities through provision
of certain community physical infrastructure (CPI) services, solid waste
management and hygiene education.
II.
To
facilitate literacy enhancement through formal and non-formal education.
III.
To
develop human resource in PIDS areas through establishment of
IV.
To
undertake program based advocacy in order to create better policy environment
and practices
V.
To
facilitate the donors in disaster management and emergency relief.
Major Achievements
1999-2003
Water
Provision of
safe drinking water to the rural communities of Balochistan through
installation of 1222 deep well hand pumps, 1 tube well, 5 shallow tube wells
and 1 windmill benefiting 100,000 persons.
Sanitation
Sewerage Line
PIDS
constructed 22817 RFT sewerage line in Kharotabad and Mominabad areas under
Quetta Katchi Abadies Environmental Management Program QKAEMP with 50%
community financial share
Household Latrines
5858
demonstration latrines have been constructed in
Garbage Disposal
Garbage
disposal pilot project is in operation with 100% community contribution
Human Resource Development
·
Training for 700 hand pump caretakers
§
Health & hygiene training for NGOs and GOB
staff, environmental car training for teachers and girls guide
·
6-day capacity building workshop for field
staff of PHE
§
45-day community mobilization training on newly
developed billing and collecting system for PHE staff in Kuchlak, Kharan,
Mastung and Hub
·
2-day workshop on PLA study under WWF/PIDS
§
One-week participatory learning and action
exercise in Spazandi valley, Ziarat
§
Hygiene education and sewerage line maintenance
training for low-income area residents of
§
Sanitation promotion and hygiene education
through walks, theater show, capacity building
Drought Relief Activities
Actively
facilitated donors for drought relief activities in Balochistan through
distribution of food items, grain seeds, installation of hand pumps and
construction of latrines.