The executive director discusses the challenges faced by IRSP in responding to natural disasters in Pakistan over the past decade. They provided support to those affected by earthquakes, floods, and conflict by delivering water, sanitation and other assistance. The director praises the dedicated staff for working hard to help communities despite the difficulties, and for partnering with other organizations to maximize their impact.

2. TALE OF CONTENTS

3. Message from the
Executive Director
The Mother Nature in the 21st century is not very kind
to the Pakistani nation. The inhabitants confronted with
natural and manmade disasters. They were hardly recovered
from the devastating earthquake of 2005, here comes the
year 2009 where the population living in north and south
was badly hit by the war on terror. They were forced to flee
their homes and take refuge in various districts of Khyber
PakhtunKhwah. The IRSP responded to the situation and
delivered in crunch time by supporting the affectees by
providing them all kind of a support including special focus
on Water and Sanitation.
Year 2009 is just behind us. It was a year in which we saw
the IDPs repatriated but another calamity was waiting for
them; the floods of 2010 badly hit most of those areas (in
KPK) which were war zone previously. The flood washed
away homes, livestock, and crops, all kind of infrastructures
including water and sanitation facilities. It was a challenge
for Govt. and other agencies working in the sector to
respond quickly and efficiently.
As Executive Director IRSP it was a challenge for me to
assess and analyze the situation for excellent planning and
coordination with stakeholders and to deploy courageous,
smart and intelligent staff to pave the way for a smooth and
effective intervention. At that juncture I think it would not
be possible without the support of the respective district
administrations, donors and other line departments.
A word of phrase for the IRSP staff for extending their full
support, they worked very hard with honesty and dedication.
It is pleasure to mention how the staff worked like a
team; they converted the challenges into opportunities,
the IRSP is not an emergencies service providing agency
rather it is a WASH specialist organization, even then many
national and international donors are more than happy by
offering partnership and trusting the capabilities of IRSP
management and Team.
Achievement of the goals outlined in the emergency plans
is very important. I am again honored to work with a very
dedicated group of men and women who comprise the
Board of Directors, management and staff. These individuals
have devoted hundreds of hours collectively over the past
year, outside of their day jobs, to insure that the strategic
vision is realized. These individuals bring an immense
amount of talent, resources and experience to the table for
the benefit of IRSP and benefiting communities.
Mr. Shah Nasir Khisro is working as Executive
Director of IRSP is a Master Trainer of CLTS.
He has more then 20 years of experiance in
Water and Sanitation Sector and has deep
study over the subject.
Mr. Shah Nasir is trained by Kamal Kar and
has great exposure within South Asia on CLTS
and other Water and Sanitation related issues.
He is renowned resource person on CLTS in
Pakistan

4. Who We Are
IRSP is a multi-sector development organization
working on integrated development approach to bring
a sustainable development in the region. IRSP was
evolved from Pak-German IRDP and went through many
phases of its development.
Before 1994, RDOs were continually working with
Pak German IRDP Mardan for social mobilization and
support of the VOs and WOs. These RDOs had close
coordination with IRDP. During 1994-95, the RDOs
realized the need for central coordination, managing
and lobbying body of that could replace IRDP at phasing
out in December 20000. The RDOs thus jointly decided
to form a divisional level body to maintain the socio-
economic development in the area in collaboration with
Local Govt., external donors and other developmental
organizations. Thus RCD was established to manage the
RDOs at regional level.
The management of IRSP as an organization was
formally structured to replace IRDP after its phasing out
in December 2000. Since January 2001 it has been
working with this structure under the governance of BoD
of IRSP formed from RDOs.
Our Vision
IRSP’s vision is to bring socio-economic development
in the rural and urban communities through integrated
development and participatory approaches.
Our Mission
IRSP endeavors to empower local communities for
pursuing and attaining their own developmental goals.
Strategy and Approach
To create awareness among the communities
regarding, Sanitation, Health Hygiene, Clean Drinking
Water contributing to poverty Alleviation to sensitize
communities through social mobilization Health Hygiene
education is imparted to target communities based on
the information locally collected regarding water and
sanitation.
IRSP objectives are introduced to the target community,
on the basis of which the community organizes itself into
a social group called community based organization.
In the light of information provided by the community
the affected people are asked to join community
based organization CB0s. During the meetings with the
community, village based activists are identified, who
have the zeal to support the community to overcome
health hygiene and sanitation problems and issues?
Following the identification of Natural Leaders, a plan
for each member is developed to see what he or she is
willing to do on his/her own. The next step is to provide
them help/tips, share know how regarding the health
hygiene and better sanitation system monitoring and
evaluation teams are formed from the community to
have a follow-up of the activities.

5. Projects

6. Strengthen Capacity In Taking Forward
Community Led Total Sanitation In
Pakistan & Strengthen Institutional
Mechanisms For Community Based
Water Supply Schemes In Pakistan
Funding : WSP (logo)
Project Objectives:
• Provide needs based trainings to stakeholders
(elected representatives and NGOs)
• Orientations, exposures and capacity building
activities to provincial and local governments
• Institutionalization of CLTS approach and to
enhance the use of participatory processes in the
delivery of sanitation, hygiene and water services in
the rural communities
• Enabling CSOs, local govt. and elected
representative to have a voice in the policy making
process
Major outputs:
• The capacity of selected Provincial Assembly
Members built on CLTS
• 100 practitioners from different organizations and
community were trained on CLTS
• 50 barefoot consultants trained to scale-up CLTS
• 100 vendors of sanitary accessories are trained on
low cost latrine designs of latrines
• Researched carried out and various kinds of low
cost latrine technologies
• Action plan templates developed and available to
Tehsil level action planning committee
• Localised IEC material developed and distributed
• TMA, PHED and NGOs were trained to successfully
operate, maintain and rehabilitate the RWS and
trained community members on best practices of
community managed RWS schemes
• Services agreement format developed between the
provider and beneficiaries and tested on Tehsil level
• IEC material regarding best options on community
based RWS developed and distributed among
stakeholders

7. WASH Challenges in Mardan
Funding: WaterAid
This project aims to improve the general conditions of
water, sanitation and hygiene in the 4 UCs of Mardan
while there is focused on to influence and advocate
for improved sector policies and practices and Capacity
Building for improved management and increased
effectiveness of programs in target areas.
Below is the activity chart of the project:
• Water quality testing of 103 and 75 water sources
were disinfected through chlorination40 sanitary
workers trained on CLTS
• 30 teachers and 120 students trained on menstrual
hygiene management
• 40 teachers and 600 students (M/F)
• 8 refresher courses with activists on hygiene
promotion where 120 male and 80 female were
trained
• 8 refresher courses with school teachers and
students on hygiene promotion where 45 teachers
and 750 students were trained
• Exposure visit arranged to Lodhran Pilot Project for
capacity building of IRSP staff

8. Emergency Response to Flood affected
areas in KPK
Funding: WaterAid
After most of the areas of Pakistan hit by heavy floods in
August 2010; IRSP and WaterAid initiated an emergency
reponse project in District Nowshehra and DI Khan. The
main focus to give the relief to the affected people by
providing clean drinking water, hygiene kits and hygiene
awareness to avoid spread of water and sanitation
related diseases.
The main activities carried out during the project
were:
• Water Tankering
• Water quality testing and rehabilitation
• Hygiene kits distribution and hygiene sessions
• Menstrual hygiene management kits Distribution &
sessions
These activities results in the following outputs:
• 20 tankers provided benefiting 4,577 individuals
including 1,175 men, 1,483 women and 1,919
children
• 351 water quality testing carried out and
contaminated sources were disinfected through
chlorination
• 33 sources were rehabilitated where 3 water
motors were replaced, 9 water supply schemes
rehabilitated/repaired and 21 sources were
chlorinated
• 3,000 hygiene kits were provided (1500 D I Khan
and 1500 Nowshehra)
• 800 families were provided Menstrual hygiene kits
in district Nowshehra
• 83 hygiene sessions (Nowshehra 41, D I Khan 42)
delivered benefiting 2,917 including 1,666 men,
1,145 women and 106 children

9. Communication for Effective Social
Services Delivery (CESSD)
Funding: CIDA
The project aims to bring about improvement in the
basic human needs of vulnerable groups through
improved local social services delivery. The project
supports the existing efforts of the Provincial Govt. to
improve the mechanisms that enable effective services
delivery at the District, Tehsil and UC levels and flexibility
of the project to adopt new concepts which work
effectively in providing basic social services.
IRSP is Implementing Partner (IP) to support the
activities of CESSD in the selected sector. To prioritize
the sector in the district the CESSD with the support
of IRSP conducted separate meetings with the District
Nazim, DCO, District Naib Nazim, Tehsil Nazim, TMO,
heads of the line departments and other stakeholders.
With the common consultation of all the stakeholders
it was decided that CESSD will provide support in
Education sector in district Mardan.
1. Training of the PTC members on role and
responsibilities in eleven selected circles both male
and female:
2. Training of the teachers and PTC members on
Gender concept mostly for the female schools and
three in male schools
3. Training on record keeping (in 25 schools in 11
circles)
4. SIP (School improvement Plan) development for 19
schools and implemented
5. Teachers training on life skills, Effective Teaching
Techniques, student’s involvement etc in each circle
in which 40-50 teachers participated
6. PTC reactivation (Total=160)
7. Community forums and meetings (three broad
based community meetings)
8. Social Accountability trainings and application of
SA tools (SA Training in 7 schools 4 boys & 3 girls
schools)
9. Enrollment campaigns three in three circles
10. Exposure of the PTC members for sharing best
practices (three visits in this connection)
However in the recent flood in July, 2010, demand was
arise from the government and community to provide
support in relief and rehabilitation. In response to, the
project started its relief work in the first phase and
rehabilitation in the second phase. In this connection a
baseline was conducted in the district and 18 schools
and 2 circle offices (in later stage) were selected for
rehabilitation (Total Cost 1,507,141). The work will be
implemented by involving the community members
(PTC). The amount will be delivered to the PTC and they
will be responsible for the implementation, monitoring &
final report of the project.

10. Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and
Newborn (PAIMAN)
Funding: USAID
This project was started in April 2009 and was ended
in March 2010. The project was designed to reduce
maternal, neonatal and children morbidity and mortality
in the selected UCs through viable and demonstrable
initiatives with strategic objectives of:
• Increased awareness and to promote positive
maternal and neonatal health behaviors around key
MNCH indicators namely routine EPI with special
focus on TT vaccination, ANC (antenatal care), PNC
(post antenatal), clean, affordable acceptable and
safe delivery.
• Increase access to the Maternal, Newborn
and children health Care through community
involvement in maternal and child health services
Following is the summary of achievements of the
project:
Activity Description
TABLE

11. Well Cleaning and Disinfection in Flood Affected
Areas of Pakistan Target Districts: Charsadda and
Nowshera
Funding: Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation
To provide clean drinking water to the affected
population on their door step, IRSP and SDC started the
project of “Well Cleaning and Disinfection in the Flood
Affected 2 districts of Pakistan”
The project was designed for 6 months during which
2,000 shallow wells of the communities were cleaned
and disinfected by using WHO manual of “Well Cleaning
in Emergencies”.
The wells were cleaned and the pre and post-tests of the
water were carried out as per WHO standards of water
quality. The cleaned and disinfected wells were handed
over to the owners with proper knowledge and capacity
building on how to operate their wells with safety
and protect it from different biological and physical
contaminations.
During the project total 2,037 wells were cleaned
and handed over to the community, 693 wells from
Nowshera and 1,344 wells were cleaned and disinfected
in district of Charsadda. Total of 30,111 beneficiaries
were facilitated directly in the two districts of KPK.
Sanitary survey was carried out for 2,733 wells in two
districts. While Pre and post bacteriological analysis was
carried out for 1,869 targeted wells after cleaning & for
1,571 wells before cleaning.
The Hygiene Promoters carried out 180 sessions on
hygiene promotion involved 40,000 beneficiaries in the
targeted areas by involving the local people especially
the household women. The local people were sensitized
on different key messages of hygiene promotion to
adopt best healthy practices and to prevent them from
different water and sanitation related diseases.
During the project period a small manual/leaflet
regarding wells cleaning and disinfection was designed
in local language for the common people and agencies
working on Water and Sanitation in the flood affected
areas.
4,000 leaflets were distributed among the community
and agencies working on WASH in order to promote
awareness regarding water borne diseases, importance
of clean drinking water and well cleaning in the flood
affected areas. In the target areas liaison was developed
with other organizations working on water and sanitation
in order to improve the effectiveness of the project. 134
PHED technical staff members were trained on well
cleaning and disinfection from district Nowhsera and
Charsadda. 2,000 buckets and ropes were distributed
among the well owners of cleaned & handed over wells.

12. Supporting Early Recovery for Conflict
Affected Families (SERCAF) in district
Buner
Funding: Concern Word Wide
Supporting Early Recovery for Conflict Affected families
(SERCAF) was a 5-month (November 2009- March
31st 2010) project implemented in 5 union councils
of district Buner, the Khyber PukhtoonKhawa Province
(KP) with the support of Concern Worldwide Pakistan
Program funded by DFID. Overall, the goal of the project
was ‘To address the immediate early recovery needs
of conflict-affected populations’. Specific objectives of
the program were “To assist conflict-affected families
in their livelihoods recovery through the revival of on-
farm & non-farm livelihoods and essential community
infrastructure in district Buner by the end of March
2010”.
Outputs/Results
1. Target farming households provided with necessary
inputs and support for the restoration of their on-
farm livelihoods.
2. Target households provided with skills training,
trade-specific toolkits and small grants for the
revival of their non-farm livelihoods.
3. Damaged essential physical infrastructure
restored through active participation of local target
communities.
Project Activities and targets achieved:
Provide input support (seeds and bio-fertilizer) for
kitchen gardening:
1,350 poor and vulnerable farming households were
provided with kitchen gardening inputs (Tomato, Green
Chilli, Lady Finger, Tomato, Cucumber, Spinach, and
fertilizer like DAP, Urea, Potash).
Analysis of kitchen gardening inputs
Package Male Female Disable Minority Total
Kitchen Gardening 1332 18 31 3
1350
Distribute improved breed poultry:
6,600 poultry birds were provided to 1100 families in
five union councils of district Buner.
Analysis of kitchen Poultry package
Package Male Female Disable Minority Total
Poultry 456 644 1130 0 1100
Distributed improved breed cows:
Poor and vulnerable households who lost their livestock
during insurgency/displacement were provided with 232
improved breed cows.
Package Male Female Disable Minority Total
Cow 200 32 7 0 232
Arrangement of livestock field days for vaccination/de-
worming:
Vaccination/medicines for livestock were carried out in
6 field days in different locations of five different union
councils of district Buner.
The summary of vaccination were tabulated below
Buffalo Cow Bull Goat Sheep Calves
Camel Donkey Horse Total
670 1,140 39 945 425 280 60
187 82 4,740
Provision of vocational skill trainings, toolkits and
cash for training
The objective of this activity is to develop the skills and
capabilities of conflict affected families (approximately
600 women and men) in order to enable them to access
better income generating opportunities. In recognition
that the majority of trainees are poor and vulnerable,
they were provided with a stipend/honorarium/cash for
training so that they are able to meet their daily needs
and expenses. Upon successful completion of courses,
the trainees were awarded certificates and provided with
trade specific toolkits. Both men and women benefited
from this activity.
Trade specific toolkits were also provided to 150 already
skilled artisans who have lost or lack the tools necessary
to practice their trades effectively.
The summary of vocational skill trainees and skilled is
tabulated below:
Vocational Skill
Trainees Male Female Disable Minority Total
Package Male Female Disable Minority
Total
359 241 3 4 600
Skilled 88 62 48 10
150
Provision of small business/enterprise recovery grants:
125 families were provided with cash grants of
PKR 25000/per one beneficiary vulnerable rural
entrepreneur whose businesses have been damaged
or affected as a result of the conflict. Target enterprises
included rural shops, small poultry farms, water flour
mills, rural dispensaries, etc. Gradual rehabilitation
of business was linked with provision of cash in
instalments.
The summary of financial grant is tabulated below:
Package Male Female Disable Minority Total
Micro Enterprise Grant 115 10 161 0
125
Restoration of damaged essential infrastructure
schemes:
In total,18 communal infrastructure schemes were
restored that include water supply systems (spring/
gravity water flow, dug-well, hand-pump), farm to market
roads, pedestrian trails, irrigation channels, livestock/
water ponds, street pavements/drainage etc. Sphere
standards regarding quality, quantity and community

13. access was ensured for all drinking water supply
schemes.
The summary of beneficiaries & cash for work of
schemes is tabulated below
Table
Provision of training for effective operation and
maintenance of infrastructure:
In order to ensure the monitoring and effective
management of the infrastructure schemes repaired
under this project, project committee from each target
location were be given Operation & Maintenance (O&M)
training. These trained O&M committee resulted in
proper operation and maintenance of the infrastructure
schemes, sustaining their benefits beyond the project
duration.

14. Democratic Governance Program (DGP)
Donor: The Asia Foundation (TAF)
Democratic Governance Program is designed for
insuring the creation of state’s governance mechanism
regarding economic, political and administrative roles
and responsibilities having the following characteristics.
To this end, IRSP is working on all the following
components of DGP;
• Governance monitoring
• Political & Electoral Violence Education
• Constituency Relation
• Voter Registration and CNIC information
Governance Monitoring:
The structure of foundational principles of democracy
is built on the assumption that there is a correlation
between the quality of services provided to the general
public and the nature of governance system which
has the ability and flexibility to reflect and represent
aspirations of the masses. Through this component IRSP
is making regular snap visits to public institutions and its
subsidiaries on monthly and quarterly basis to monitor
the conduct and performance.
IRSP has conducted 75 monitoring visits to different
public institutions during 2010 and reported to FAFEN
secretariat accordingly.
Political and Electoral Violence:
Under this theme monitoring of electoral and peace
events is regularly done and reported as and when
occurs. The goal of the PEVER component is to increase
public awareness about political and electoral violence.
To increase support for the prevention and reduction
of political and electoral violence is another goal. IRSP
has observed and reported more than 35 events of this
nature.
Constituency Relations:
Under this component, IRSP has formed Constituency
Relation Groups all the three national assembly
constituencies of Mardan District known as CRG.
CRG comprises of 15 to 25 members and this CRG is
expected to work as bridge between the constituents
and their elected representatives as well as between
citizens and public institutions. Anyone who agrees to
the program can join this group.
IRSP team is endeavouring to build their capacity in
identification of governance related issues, its root
causes and planning advocacy strategy for its solution.
Advocacy on issues is the beauty of CRP.
CNIC Registration:
IRSP is successful in creating mass awareness about
Civic rights at community level as well as at duty
bearer level. The result of this awareness sessions at
community level and engagement at departmental level
is that IRSP facilitated more than 7000 people in getting
their CNIC through mobile registration van from NADRA.
Voter Registration:
IRSP would start ‘Voter Registration Campaign’ in
3-constituncies of Mardan district. The aim behind
this is to facilitate increasing citizens’ participation
in democratic process to enhance their participation
in legislative, policy-making and decision-making
processes that affect their lives.

15. Emergency Response for Flood Affected Population-
ERFAP in Districts Charsadda, KPK Pakistan
Funding: Concern Worldwide
Goal:
To meet the emergency needs of flood affected
vulnerable families in district Charsada of KPK, Pakistan
by providing food, non-food items including hygiene
kit, debris removal kit, conducting hygiene sessions,
construction and rehabilitation of latrines and provision
of safe drinking water through water tankering and hand
pumps installation.
Objectives:
1. To meet the food requirement of 200 flood affected
vulnerable families in district Charsada by end of
the project
2. To meet the non-food requirement of 2,550 floods
affected vulnerable families in district Charsada by
end of the project.
3. To meet the safe drinking water needs of the flood
affected families in district Charsada through water
tankering and installation of hand pumps by end of
the project.
4. To fulfill sanitation needs of 250 poor and
vulnerable families through construction of 250
latrines by end of the project.
5. To promote safe hygiene practices by carrying out
100 hygiene sessions.
Summary of activities and their benefited families
Below table show benefited families against each
activity in villages and segregated data of male & female
beneficiaries including children participation in hygiene
sessions.
TABLE

16. Emergency Response to the Flood Affected
Communities
Project Duration: 4 Months (1st August 2010 to 30th
November 2010)
Target Beneficiaries 10,000 Flood affected families,
40,000 Individuals and Camps
Project Location: 11 union councils, 1 Official and 5
Spontaneous Camps
Donor: Oxfam GB
Over all Objectives:
The overall objective is to address the urgent
humanitarian needs of the flood affected families.
The specific objectives are;
• To ensure access to clean drinking water
• To ensure access to sanitation facilities
• To ensure hygienic practices including usage of
latrine, hand washing with soap and special focus
on personal hygiene
Achievements:
1. Total Union Councils 11
2. Total Villages 51
3. Total Families 10,000
4. Water Tankering (liters) 1,894,500
5. Repair of water system 3
6. Disinfection of wells 89
7. Water Quality Testing 105
8. Installation of hand pumps 49
9. Distribution of Aqua tabs 208,600
10. Construction of emergency latrines 205
11. Construction of wash rooms 106
12. Construction of tank base 53
13. Construction of laundry pad 11
14. Construction of washing pads 39
15. Construction of trench latrines 600
16. Village cleaning campaigns 13
17. Distribution of household kits 10,000
18. Distribution of shelter kits 2,000
19. Distribution of winter kits 1,080
20. Distribution of camp cleaning kits 25
21. Conducted hygiene sessions 1,955
22. Wash Committees formation 96

17. International Exposure
Fifth Gender Water and Equity Workshop Nepal
This was a 5 days training workshop organized by
SaciWater India which was held in Kathmandu Nepal.
Two participants from IRSP (Rashid & Hina) participated
in the event. The purpose of the training was:
• Understanding the larger political context of water
where in gender and equity issues are placed at the
center
• Strengthening participants’ perspectives on gender,
water, and equity issues
• Examining analytical frameworks that could
incorporate gender in the planning and
implementation of programs in the water
21st South Asian Fundraising Workshop Agra India
Leaders and fundraisers from over 300 non-profit
organisations from all over Asia attended and learn how
to increase support for the causes they represent. The
theme was“INTERACT, INSPIRE, INNOVATIVE” which is
most timely and appropriate. Four officials from IRSP
(Sajjad, Saif, Altaf and Fazal) participate in the event.
Global Conference on Climate Change Kathmandu Nepal
Workshop on Proposal Development Tools and
Approaches in Social Accountability Dhaka Bangladesh
IRSP was shortlisted for this final round of ANSA grant
and this workshop was joined by 2 Officials (Saif &
Altaf) from IRSP. The workshop was designed to build
the capacity of 15 organizations from South Asia on
Proposal Development Skill and Approaches and tools
used in Social Accountability.
CLTS training Workshop Kabul Afghanistan