Providing HealthCare and Education to Isolated Communities in Kurram

Two Basic Health units (BHUs) and one school have been reconstructed by SRSP in Kurram district. The completed infrastructure schemes include renovation and expansion of two BHUs in village Kunj Ali Zai and Mali khel with the total cost of 13 million PKR, which will facilitate around 26,000 patients per year. In village Spina Shaga government primary school is completed with a total cost of 6.1 million PKR, which will facilitate 140 Students.
Besides local communities Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kurram, Assistant Commissioner Upper Kurram, District Education Officer and District Surgeon Officer, attended the inaugural ceremony of completed infrastructure schemes. These schemes are completed by SRSP with the financial assistance of PATRIP Foundation (Government of Germany).

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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 training 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.

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.

Skills enhancement training in electrician and sanitary fitting courses

50 young people, between 18 to 30 years of age, receive skills enhancement training in electrician and sanitary fitting courses. The group was selected from District Peshawar, Charsadda and Nowshera. The training was organized at SRSP’s Technical & Vocational Center in Peshawar, which offered a certified course from City & Guilds UK. Their team conducted post-training evaluation and certificates were distributed among the best performances. The initiative is funded by the Government of Australia under Women Economic Empowerment and Market Development (WEEMD) project.

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