The closing ceremony of a 5-day leadership and management skills training for 25 community activists from Malakand was held at Park Way Hotel in Fizagat Mingora. Mr. Bakht Karam, Chairman of the District Zakat Committee of Shangla district, was the chief guest. Participants shared that they learned about the importance of community institutions and how to promote sustainable development through self-help initiatives. The chief guest discussed the roles and responsibilities of community members and procedures for distributing zakat. Certificates were then awarded to all the training participants.

1. Closing Ceremony of LMST Malakand at Park Way Hotel, Fizagat Mingora
Implemented by: SRSP Funded by: European Union under PEACE Project
March 19, 2014
After successful completion of five days
residential trainings on “Leadership Management
Skills Training (LMST)” for men activists from
different community organizations of Malakand,
the closing ceremony was held, in which apart
from Regional HRDO Swat, 25 men community
activists (training participants) from UC Totakan
& UC Pir Khel District Malakand participated. Mr.
Bakht Karam, Chairman District Zakat
Committee District Shangla was invited as chief
guest in the occasion.

2. The closing
ceremony took
place with
recitation from
the Holy Quran,
performed by
one among the
participants.
Mr. Bahadur Ali Regional HRDO SRSP Swat Region
thanked the chief guest for sparing his time and
timely participation in the event. He further briefed
the chief guest and entire participants regarding
SRSP vision, mission and overall goals and
objectives of EU-PEACE Project. He further added
that we on behalf of SRSP believe that communities
have the potentials to do, but their potentials need
to be explored, for which SRSP is working. While
expressing his views, he added that we are trying
our best to improve the capacity building training
programmes at all level, so that to get the desired
goals and objectives

3. Mr. Shahid Khan from
Falahi Tanzeem UC
Totakan, while giving
his feedback regarding
the five days LMST, he
was of the opinion that
we got a lot of
awareness in this
training regarding the
importance of
community institutions
and we have now
realized it.
Mr. Rehmanullah from UC Pir Khel Sahil Tanzeem,
while giving his feedback regarding the five days LMST,
he added that we learned a lot of about community
institutions and also got knowledge about the basic
concept of development, its types and barriers in
development faced. He further added that we have now
determined towards self help initiatives, which could
further lead us towards sustainable development. He
also shared that we have now gone through the basic
concept of social mobilization and also about active
linkages development.
Mr. Fazak Khuda from UC Pir Khel Batosar Tanzeem,
while sharing his feedback regarding the five days LMST, he
added that during the training, we got brotherhood and will
now practically demonstrate it in our local societies. He
further shared that now we know that the community
institution is not for schemes, but scheme are always for
community institutions. He also added that we should now
think positively to resolve the local disputes with mutual
consensus.

4. The Respected Chief Guest Mr. Bakht Karam,
Chairman District Zakat Committee Shangla,
thanked SRSP staff and the entire participants
while presenting his concluding remarks. He added
that it is a common saying that “God helps those,
who help themselves”, that’s why we are members
of the society and have responsibilities to fulfill. He
also briefed the participants about the department
of Ushar & Zakat as well as zakat disbursement
procedures in detail. He stressed the participants
to show their patience and dedication at all level.

5. Questions/Answ
ers session was
held, in which
questions raised
by the
participants,
which were
clarified by the
chief guest with
the entire
satisfaction of
participants.

6. The chief guest
then awarded
certificates to the
training
participants