Sustainable Return of TDP’s In South Waziristan

Six community Physical Infrastructure schemes were inaugurated in South Waziristan in a grand event organized by SRSP. The event took place in Auditorium Hall of District Coordination compound and was attended by Member National Assembly Maulana Jamal ud Din, Additional Deputy Commissioner South Waziristan District Mr.Dil Nawaz Khan and District Coordinator FDMA Mr.Said Umer along with scores of community leaders.

The schemes include 3 drinking water supply facilities and 3 irrigation channels that will benefit 915 households and irrigate over 1200 kanals of land respectively in villages Sherinkhel, Barwand, Machi Khel, Upper Suleman khel, Spinkai Raghzai, Chalmishti, Tappay Sar of District South Waziristan. These schemes will be established with a total cost of PKR 19.9 million and will be completed in a period of six months.

The efforts of SRSP are commendable in rehabilitating the war hit district of South Waziristan.” Said the chief guest of the event Maulana Jamal ud din while addressing the audience.

His appreciation was substantiated by Mr. Dil Nawaz Khan, Additional Commissioner South Waziristan; as he deliberated on the different initiatives taken by the SRSP in South Waziristan. SRSP is undertaking these initiatives under two projects which are funded by the Government of Germany and the European Union and financed through KFW. The projects are functional in 5 newly merged districts and will improve infrastructure and revive livelihoods for over 20,000 households. In the last 6 months 11 Clean drinking water supply schemes have been completed under these projects by SRSP in South Wazirsitan for the total cost of Rs: 15,821,630 benefitting over 1100 households in 12 villages of the district.

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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.

Three days training on Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation PATS

Three days training on Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation (PATS) was organized for 30 elected members (18 male and 12 female) in District Buner under WASH PATs plus project. The objective of the training was to orient the participants on WASH policy framework at district level, provide low cost solutions regarding sanitation and water safety and to elaborate their role in open defecation free (ODF) declaration, verification, certification and sustainability check. Furthermore, their knowledge was enhanced on gender mainstreaming, equity, disaster risk reduction, climate change and environmental protection. The training was organized by SRSP in collaboration with Government of KPK and funded by UNICEF.

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.

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