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Current rural development programmes rural support programmes and rural development
programs of NGOs Lecture - 25
A.Sarhad Rural Support Project KPK
After the success of Livelihood centered "Rural Support Programme" (RSP) Approach to rural
development in the northern mountain regions of Pakistan in the eigthies, enlightened individuals in the
government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (Formerly NWFP) members of the civil society and academia had
joined with an international donor agency to establish a non-government/non-profit organization called
SRSC in 1989 to replicate the model in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. Subsequently renamed Sarhad Rural
Support Programme (SRSP) and registered under company's ordinance 1984, SRSP is the largest non-
profit/non-government organization of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. It has pro-actively promoted people-
centered development by improving livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities, while maintaining
the special focus on women, playing a leading role in supporting poverty reduction in Khyber
Pakhtoonkhwa over the past two decades. SRSP has also been entrusted with the task of extending the
working of RSP to FATA region.
1.Developmental Projects carried out by SRSP
1. Organized over 15,000 Community Based Organizations benefiting 374, 000 Households.
2. Over 40 Local Support Organization developed covering over 100,000 households.
3. 71 Community Based School enrolling 5,000 children and facilitation in other govt. schools
benefitting 16,600 children.
4. Over 80,000 members trained in leadership, technical and managerial skills besides training 5,079
enterprise activist. 550 million small loans disbursed to poor and vulnerable through three
different models including urban Micro Finance, rural Micro Finance and village banks. Gender
policy and system developed and incorporated.
5. Arid and Mountain models in Natural Resource Management. Over 6000 Community Physical
Infrastructure Schemes with a cost of 2.6 billion PKR benefiting 350,000 households directly and
indirectly.
6. Livelihood Strengthening Program in the Bordering Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
7. Bacha Khan Poverty Alleviation Programme
8. NFI & Shelter Kit distribution to IDPs of the conflict affected areas
9. Reviving Education in Conflict Areas of Swat
10. Supporting Communities in District Nowshera to Respond, Revive and rehabilitate
11. FATA Local Area Development Programmes
12. Early recovery Livelihoods

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13. Early recovery disability
14. Empowering communities devastated by the 2010 floods for in districts of Swat,Upper Dir &
Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
15. Restoring Livelihoods in Flood Affected Areas
16. Help Age International
2. Rehabilitation
 Rehabilitation of 4 Water supply Schemes in Chitral & 2 in Swat at the cost 4.2 m completed
 14 Micro Hydel under construction in Swat
 Chair Lift project in Gul jaba , SWAT Benefiting 250 HHs
 1,000 families provided with Transitional Shelters in Swat
 62,000 Households Winerisation Kits in KPK
 14 Micro Hydels construction in Swat
 Livestock Vaccination Programme
 Hygiene Kits distribution
 16,521 Individuals provided Free Medical Assistance in 4 districts of
 87 Quick Impact Infrastructure Projects initiated in Swat,Nowshera,Charsadda & Peshawar
SRSP Parteners
 PPAF
 UK DfID
 BADP- I & II
 RSPN
 Plan Pakistan and DWHH/GAA for Capacity Building
 UK-LFL
 SDC-CBRM (Phase I and II)
 Khushaal Pakistan Fund
 CIDA

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 Government of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
 Aus-Aid
 IDRF Schools and IDRF Livelihood Project
 DWHH/GAA Livelihood Project
 ICCO / Kerk in Actie
 CITY FOUNDATION
 CAFOD
 SDC-CBRM
 USAID RISE and PRIDE
 UN WFP,FAO, UNDP
 ILO
 CIDA
 UNHCR-RAHA
 GIZ
 USAID
 UN-IOM
 Care International
 FOCUS Pakistan
 World Vision
 Mercy Corps
 Hadaya Foundation
 Mercy Relief Singapore
 TRAC Crisis Relief Singapore
 Shell (Pakistan)
 PCP
 Asia Foundation- Give 2 Asia

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 International Medical Corps (IMC)
 Happy Heart Fund
 German Agro Action (DWHH-GAA)
 ICMC
B. Sungi Development Foundation
The Sungi Development Foundation was established in 1989 and registered in May 1990 under the
Societies Act,1860 as a non-profit, non-government, public-interest organization (PIO). Sungi’s mission
is to bring about policy and institutional changes by mobilizing deprived and marginalized communities
to create an environment in which they [communities] can transform their lives through the equitable and
sustainable use of resources.
The major institutional phases of expansion in terms of organizational structure and programme activities
that took place were as follows:
1989–1993: Sungi was initially a small advocacy and research-oriented non-governmental organization
(NGO) involved in advocacy campaigns, but had to change its focus to carry out relief and rehabilitation
efforts for flood-hit communities in Hazara Division in 1992.
1994–1997: Sungi initiated the Hazara Community Support Programme (HCSP) in 1994 for advocacy
based on a multi-sectoral community development programme, on the fundamental principal of
community participation. Major donors included the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
the Trust for Voluntary Organizations (TVO),the International Labour Organization (ILO), Catholic
Relief Services (CRS), the British High Commission (BHC),and the FATA NGO Forum (FNF).
1998–2002: Based on the “Strategic planning” of 1996, a four-year multi-sectoral Hazara Integrated Rural
Development Programme (HIRDP) was initiated in 1998 with funding from the Royal Netherlands
Embassy (RNE),Oxfam Novib, The Asia Foundation (TAF), the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA),and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). This was Sungi’s
first project to run in four districts of Hazara without any major financial constraints.
2002-2011
Sungi development foundation has undertaken a lot of project on microcredit financing through
Bok,Khushali Bank , WB, NRM, livelihood, rehabilitation , social forestry and coordinating activities
with donors and also providing advocacy about environment and was a partner to Asia Foundation , Cida,
others.
C. Action Aid Pakistan
Actionaid is an international organisation fighting poverty in 42 countries worldwide. In Pakistan the
main focus of its work has been on combating militarisation and radicalisation. In November
2007, Actionaid Pakistan partnered with the Citizen’s Peace Committee and other NGOs to organise
‘Karwaan-e-Aman’ (‘Rally for Peace’) to promote interfaith harmony and relay a message of religious

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tolerance and peaceful co-existence. The rally brought together peace and human rights activists, religious
leaders and people from different faiths.
Prioritise Women in all Compensation and Rehabilitation Packages
The Government of Pakistan should re-distribute land to women, especially landless rural women to fulfil
their constitutional right to access,control and ownership of land, as well as to end the circle of
poverty for the most vulnerable sections of society.
Provision ofAgriculture Inputs to Small Farmers to Ensure Food and Livelihood Security
Government should ensure the provision of agricultural inputs (esp. seeds and fertilizers) through
comprehensive agriculture rehabilitation package to ensure sustainable food production by small-scale
women/farmers; the foundation of rural communities’ food & livelihood security and price stability.