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 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.

Renovation and Upgradation of Basic Health Unit

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Take A Child to School

In District Haripur Union Council Pind Kamal Khan Volunteers (Youth) received rewards for the enrollment of out of school children in the Government Primary schools under “Take a Child to School” (TACS) project. British Council verified the enrollment done by the volunteers through third party. SRSP identified these youth volunteers through LSOs, and Local Communities and built their capacities through capacity building training. These volunteers identified out of schools chi ldren through Household survey and conducted awareness session on Article 25-A with parents and local communities and enrolled the identified out of schools children in Govt. Primary Schools, At the end the cheques were distributed among the volunteers against verified enrollment in the event. The is funded by British Council and implemented by SRSP

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