Humanitarian Assistance

Restoration of livelihood and Community Physical Infrastructure in flood affected villages

Thematic area:

Peace Building & Humanitarian Assistance

Project duration:

December 2011 – February 2012.

Donor agency:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Objectives:

To design with indigenous art combination and post the messages of peace, tolerance, respect for diversity and to good citizenship on 120 rickshaws, 40 tangas, and utilize 2 floats to spread messages in Multan & Muzaffargarh districts.
To increase visibility of peace messaging to the public and to sensitize them to the ideals of peace and tolerance while creating a counter narrative to extremist messaging.
To give youth an alternative to joining extremist groups by providing them with opportunities to participate in activities and sensitizing them to the ideals of peace and tolerance

Achievements

Distribution AGRI-INPUTS to 500 Housholds

Successful Restoration of Irrigation Pumps in 10 Villages

Distribution of Livestock and Poultry to 600 female-headed households for income generation.

Capacity building trainings: Capacity building of communities, particularly women, in areas of community management skills, leadership management skills, enterprise development, and latest agriculture techniques, different trainings were organized.

Training of DRR imparted to 68 volunteers (41 male and 27 female), followed by distribution of disaster management kits.

Distribution of Cash Grants: In order to revive crippled enterprises cash grant of PKR. 20,000 was planned to be provided to 250 most deserving enterprises, whereas priority was given to the female headed families, persons with disabilities, widows, minority groups and vulnerable.