I. Village Selection

In Upper & Lower Dir 18 PRAs were conducted in 18 villages; Sundhary, Shawa, Badalai, Misyalor Payeen, Kamil Dhairy, Bahar Abad, Daskor, Kala Dhairy, Khambo, Khush Mqam, Kotkey, Qazi Abad, Sadiqa Banda, Shaftalan, Shah Adam, Zar Baig, Surdam and Kotigram. PRA was conducted for both female and male communities. The community analyzed their village, identified different problems and proposed different solution to their problems. The problems identified are drinking water, infrastructure, health, roads, middle education, handicrafts and agriculture sector/irrigation were prioritized. Tools applied during PRA were social mapping, networking diagram for different contact with near by villages, pie chart for crops, occupation analysis and well being ranking. CBS impact, cause and effect, pair wise ranking for priorities, Venn diagram for external and internal individuals and different institution. At the end of PRA village development plan (VDP) was developed by the community and they made themselves responsible for solving the problems and to bring prosperity in the village.

In FR-Bannu 5 PRAs were conducted in 14 villages, Noor Musa Khel, Shah Khali, Kaski Sardi Khel, and Dir Nawab, Ghorha Baka Khel, and a cluster of 10 villages of Kheraki Mama Khel. Village development plan was developed in which the identified needs during PRA process like education, health, female mobility, drinking water, infrastructure lack of awareness about rights and hygiene was prioritized and developed by village people to fulfill the needs of the area.

In Karak 3 PRAs conducted in 3 villages and Village Development Plan (VDP) had been developed accordingly. In the PRAs problems identified were related drinking water supply, sanitation, health facilities, infra structure, education, lack of awareness regarding rights, limited mobility of female and their access to basic facilities.

• Aim
  · To advocate the cause of women and children development for influencing structural change
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  Objectives
  · To facilitate WOs & MOs to establish functional linkages at village, district and provincial level
  · To strengthen and facilitate formation of WOs & MOs at village in KK partner communities to undertake programme, planning, implementation according to there define needs
  

II. Community Mobilization and Organization

In Upper & Lower Dir 13 WOs and MOs were formed and registered with Social Welfare Department as CCB with membership of 260 and 240 respectively. They have submitted proposals to District Government and US Aid for funding

In FR-Bannu 4 WOs and 4 MOs have been formed with membership 76 and 139 respectively. The people actively participated in the process of WO and MO formation and identified all the problems, issues and infrastructure details. A plan was developed in which the identified needs during PRA process like education, health, female mobility, drinking water, infrastructure lack of awareness about rights and hygiene was prioritized and developed by village people to fulfill the needs of the area.

In Karak 5 women and 7 men organizations have been formed having 111 and 281 membership respectively. With these formation KK has total 22 women and 23 men organizations with a total membership of 533 and 932 respectively. In the reporting period 2 women and 5 men organization have been registered with Social Welfare Department under Citizen Community Board (CCB).

KK has started working on mobilizing community in Peshawar for the formation of women and men organization. As a result 2 WOs and 2 MOs at villages Kochian and Hindko kaley have been formed with 58 and 85 membership respectively.

Ms. Niaz Marjana and Ms Mahaz Bibi of Kanda Baji Khel, Ms Rashid Minhas of Bogara and Ms. Naseeb Jana of Tarkha Koi conducted training on Food Processing, Participatory Rural Appraisal, Social Organization and Gender training respectively in other KK’s partner communities. A male member of MO Tarkha Koi, Mr. Guldad Khan conducted training on PRA for 5 MOs

III. Capacity Building of WOs and MOs :

In Upper & Lower Dir
1. 2 trainings on Basic Social Organization and activist were arranged capacitated 35 participants from 13 villages at Dir lower and 20 participants from 6 villages at Dir upper. The main objective of the training was to make the members of the organizations good activist and they further developed the action plan for the organizations strengthening. The Community Development Department (Social Welfare) at both districts was in the trainings. Mr. Rahim Shah District Officer Community Development Dir lower was invited to the opening and closing ceremonies, while Mr. Fazal Wahid, District Officer Community Development Dir Upper did the opening of the training at Dir Upper.
2. Organizational management trainings were conducted both for WOs and MOs benefited participants from 11 villages and 12 villages respectively.
3. Training was conducted on PRA to orient the community with PRA Tools and its approaches.
4. 6 training on Social Organization and Community Participation benefited 10 WOs at Shawa, Khambo, Misyalorh, Sundry, Both Qila and Shah Adam, Shaftalan, Zarbaig, Kotkay, and Khush Muqam.
5. 9 trainings on Financial Management training for 9 WOs and 2 for MOs in four villages Shawa, Misyalorh Payeen, Bot Qila and Sundry were conducted. They were made aware of the use of financial record keeping, importance of saving and its utilization.
6. Record keeping training was conducted for MOs to improve and enhance the basic record keeping skills of the organizations.
7. 16 members of MOs visited different organizations Tanzeem Zalmay Kul Tirat- Swat (TZKT), Sahar Youth Organization, Tirat Swat and Anjuman Behbood Nawjawanan Gunyar. The MOs members took interest in the activities of these organizations. The feedback of the participants were as follow, after the exposure visit the MOs members of village Shaftalan responded that, “We have learnt the lesson of courage and tolerance that we should not discourage in difficult situation. We will eliminate the obstacle in the way of our organization with tolerance.”

In FR Bannu Basic Social Organization and Activist training was conducted for 3 villages, Noor Musa Khel, Kheraki Mama Khel and Kaski Sardi Khel. An exposure visit for these three villages was arranged to partner communities of KK in District Karak namely Kanda Baji Khel and Tarkha Koi. They visited the VECs and also the nurseries established in the communities. As a result they have learnt the importance of education especially of female education and also the importance of developmental activities.

In Karak taking into account the capacity building of partner communities WO and MO of Kanda Baji Khel, Bogara, Tarkha Koi, Walaki, Chani Khel and Kando Khel. The following trainings were conducted with the support of CHIP:
1. Social Organization training enabled 92 women and 113 men to have conceptual clarity and importance of Social Organization in the development process.
2. Organizational Development training was conducted in two phases that benefited 17 women and 19 men in 1st phase while 8 women and 13 men in 2nd phase.
3. Civil Rights and Governance training in two phases capacitated 11 women and 8 men in 1st phase while 8 women and 14 men in 2nd phase. They learnt about citizen’s basic rights, local government systems & committees, Muslim family & marriage laws. In addition they also became aware of the gaps in the present system of election especially in their areas where less importance is given to the female vote in electoral process.
4. Gender training was participated by 7 women and 7 men from 5 organizations. They learnt to internalize the women and children rights.
5. PRA training conducted in which 8 women and 6 men from 5 villages actively participated.
6. 1 exposure visit was arranged to Swabi Women Welfare Society (SWWS) for the 5 WOs and MOs of the above-mentioned villages, in which 2 members from each organization participated. The participants had shared experiences of their developmental activities with SWWS and visited their schools for child labors, activities of micro enterprise and health centers.

The WOs and MOs also made visits to other KK partner communities at local level.

In Peshawar 4 Social Organization Trainings (SOTs) were arranged. These trainings enabled 24 women and 24 men from Kuchain and 35 womane and 32 men from Hindko Kalay.

These trainings were conducted and facilitated by Ms. Noshad Iqbal (CF-SO-Female) and Mr. Shafiq ul Islam (CF-SO-Male) of RPU Karak.

--------SOT at Karak------------

He was promised and assured that the construction of the school will be arranged on urgent basis.

------SOT at Village Hindko, Peshawar------

IV. Advocacy and awareness raising

In Dir Upper& Lower meeting with Malakand Rural Support Tehrik of Humanity took place. They are working for the capacity building of the CBOs. Agreement was made in the said meeting regarding experience sharing and capacity building of the KK partner communities.

5 partner communities got registered with Social Welfare Department as CCBs.

In FR Bannu interaction with media and clergy was initiated to minimize the suspicions regarding the workings of NGO. In this regard a leader of religious parties agreed and promised to have dialogue and to develop understanding with each other.

A proposal of Rs.150, 000/- is submitted to US-Aid for supporting village Noor Musa Khel in drinking water supply scheme. In a meeting with Social Welfare Department it was suggested by its SWO to initiate for registration of Noor Musa Khel’s WO and MO in July 2004 that would benefit them in submitting proposals for the developmental activities to the government and other civil society agencies.

On Farm Water Management Department conducted the survey of village Kaski Sardi Khel at FR-Bannu and register its membership under the Water Management Act. As a result of this membership the watercourse project for the village is in process and will be completed in December 2004.

In Karak the WO and MO of Walaki Muhabat Khel developed linkages with Construction Works Department to support them in developing of water scheme project. The WO and MO of Chani Khel developed linkages with Sarhad Rural Support Programme for drinking water project. To address their needs of drinking water Kanda Bajji Khel WO and MO are in the process of developing a proposal for submission to Local Government for drinking water project/installation of hand pumps. Weakh Zalmi Welfare Organization of Bia Kara Banda developed linkages with Farm Forestry Project and National Commission for Human Development for establishment of nurseries and adult literacy centers in their village.

The WO and MO of village Khusra Faqir Abad developed linkages with SRSP Barrani for installation of hand pumps in their CBGPS, which they promised to install in the end of December 2004.

The president of WO Kanda Baji Khel, Ms Mahaz Bibi arranged an introductory meeting with Sabawoon Organization to discuss the hardware activities and organization sustainability of their community. Sabawoon appreciated by presenting a diary to her for the hard work.

Ms. Caroline Pym member of Friends of Khwendo Kor (FROK) visited village Walaki Muhabat Khel for the purpose to meet the WOs and MOs. Women strongly put forward their need of water scarcity in which they suffer a lot by bringing water from far flung areas. In this regard she asked KK to submit a proposal for water scheme for the mentioned village. The proposal has been submitted to her.