Towards a Greener Future

65,000 plants were voluntarily purchased by community members while 35,000 plants were donated by Nurseries owners established by SRSP under WFP funded CFW project, in tehsil Bara, Khyber Agency. The purpose of the campaign was to make the environment clean by planting more trees and to fight the global climate changes. Besides communities Political Agent Khyber, Assistant Political Agent Tehsil Bara, Divisional Forest Officer FATA, Program Coordinator WFP, Agency Planning Officer and SRSP Staff participated in the campaign.

The interventions of WFP under Cash-For-Work project started reviving the livelihoods of the Bara locals. The Project provided the initial ignition to the economy of Tehsil Bara. During the period, WFP has disbursed an amount of more than PKR 840 million/- to the community. The project has enabled the community to clear 900 irrigation channels (1000 Km long).

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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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