The closing ceremony of a 5-day Leadership Management Skills Training for community activists from two unions councils in Shangla district was held. 25 male activists and staff from SRSP and the regional HRDO Swat participated. The chief guest, Mr. Kalim Khan of Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal District Swat, appreciated the training and SRSP's community development activities. Several participants provided feedback, saying the training improved their understanding of social issues and collective action. The chief guest then distributed certificates to the participants.

1. Closing Ceremony & Certificate Distribution of LMST
Relax Cottage Guesthouse Saidu Sharif Swat, April 19nd
, 2014
Funded by European Union Implemented by SRSP
After successful completion of five
days residential trainings on
“Leadership Management Skills
Training (LMST)” for men activists
from different community
organizations of 02 UCs i.e.
Martung Khas and Chowga District
Shangla, the closing ceremony
was held, in which apart from
Shangla SOU staff, the Regional
HRDO Swat & 25 men activists
(training participants)
participated. Mr. Kalim Khan
(Assistant Director, Pakistan Bait
ul Mal District Swat) also
participated in the occasion as
chief guest.

2. The LMST closing ceremony was started with
recitation from the Holy Quran, performed by one
among the training participants.
Mr. Bahadur Ali Regional HRDO Swat, while expressions his views,
he thanked the chief guest for timely participation in the occasion.
He further added we on behalf of SRSP are trying our best to
organize and facilitate such types of training events with all possible
arrangements. He also added that we believe that communities have
potentials to do and the SRSP is going to explore these potentials in
the shape of organized communities.

3. Mr. Murad Ali Khan DPM SRSP Swat presented warm welcome to the chief guest and the entire
participants. He further highlighted the SRSP core message along with vision and mission and also
about EU-PEACE Project and its components. He expressed that EU-PEACE project is four years
initiative being funded by European Union and implemented by SRSP in 100 UCs of seven districts in
Malakand Division. He also discussed about five days residential LMST and its contents and its impact
on the community institutions at field level. He also asked participants for volunteerism and showing
their interest for working as community resource persons (CRPs, as a response of which the
participants showed their keen interest by raising hands.

4. Mr. Sohrab, one among the training participants
and member of Khushal Tanzeem UC Martung
Khas, while expressing his views regarding the
five days residential LMST, he was of the opinion
that I am B. Sc. Honor by qualification and we got
one day CMST at community level before this
LMST. He further added that we got a lot of
about social mobilization, development, village
development plan, value chain, conflict
resolution and access to basic human rights.
Mr. Rehman Ali one among
the training we now got clear
concept towards brotherhood
and collectivism. He showed
satisfaction regarding training
arrangements and outcome.

5. Mr. Dost Ahmad one among the training
participants and president of Khushal
Tanzeem UC Martung Khas, while giving
his feedback regarding the five days
LMST, he was of the opinion that before
this training we had fears regarding
social sector organizations, but after
getting this training the event, we now
got clear concept towards brotherhood
and collectivism.
Mr. Janab Ali one among the
training participants and member of
Khushal Tanzeem, while giving his
feedback regarding five days
residential LMST, was of the opinion
that we spent these five days purely
in worship.

6. The Respected Chief Guest Mr. Kalim Ullah (Assistant Director, Pakistan
Bait ul Mal District Swat) thanked SRSP staff and the entire participants
and appreciated the activities being carried out by SRSP, especially five
days LMST. He further briefed the participants regarding department of
Pakistan Bait ul Mal (PBM) and its activities. He added that Pakistan Bait
ul Mal is federal level department and working in all districts of KP. While
highlighting PBM activities he added that we are working on food,
scholarship for poor students, free treatment, child support program,
national centre for child rehabilitation, vocational training and free
education for 4 to 6 years children (Pakistan Sweet Home).
Questions/answers session was held, in which different questions raised
from participants, which were clarified by the chief guest with the entire
satisfaction of the participants.

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