The government of Australia funded GEF project

Amina bibi, now 27 years old, got married to a disabled person at the age of 14. Soon after marriage she started contributing in earning livelihoods through laboring on weaving. Doctors suggested surgery for her husband, but unfortunately it did not help and he went out of work. The entire burden fell on Amina bibi’s shoulders.
The government of Australia funded GEF project, provided SRSP the opportunity to help Amina change her situation. Her community organization in village Islampur (Swat), nominated her to receive support under the Community Investment Fund (CIF) component. With this she set up an enterprise.
She received training in shawal making, product enhancement, and enterprise development for sustainable means of livelihoods.
She also had opportunity to display her work in national level events which earned her around 50,000 PKR. It also enabled her to network with retailers from different areas.
Amina shares, “I am now more confident than before as I can see respect and trust for myself in the eyes of my children and family”.

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Shoaib Sultan Khan visit to Local Support Organizations

Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan, the founder of RSP movement in Pakistan, visited Local Support Organizations (LSOs) in Nowshera and Charsadda Districts and met Community Investment Funds members, Entrepreneurs and Value Chain members. He described what he saw as an excellent example of women empowerment and poverty alleviation. He was accompanied by Chairperson SRSP Mrs Munawar Humayun Khan and CEO SRSP Masood Ul Mulk along with others.

Government keen to develop synergies with SRSP's development programmes.

The Minister of Planning and Development and Finance Mr Taimur Khan Jhagra paid a five hours visit to community organisations, community investment funds, infrastructure projects and value chains in Nowshera and Peshawar Districts. He said the government was keen to learn from SRSP's development experience and develop synergies among development programmes

Finance Minister KP & UNDP representative inaugurates Vocational Training

The representatives of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government and UNDP stressed the need for adopting innovative ways to address the issues of unemployment and lack of livelihood opportunities in the merged districts. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Finance and Planning Taimur Jhagra and resident representative of UNDP Ignacio Artaza were speaking at a ceremony to inaugurate vocational training for 500 youth from the merged districts of Khyber, North and South Waziristan. The train ing is being organized at the Human Resource Centre of the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) in Hayatabad. The six-month training is being funded by the USAID through UNDP in a project being implemented by the SRSP in the three districts. The youth are being imparted training in different trades including solar panel, auto mechanic, motorcycle, refrigeration and air-condition repairing. The trainings are certified by the City and Guild London.

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