SRSP-PEACE third interim technical implementation report

March 2014 – July 2014
Submitted by: Sarhad Rural Support Programme
INTERIM TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
EU-SRSP Programme for Economic Advancement and
Community Empowerment (PEACE)
Contract No: (DCI-ASIE/2011/283-007)

CONTENT
Abbreviations i
Programme Description
ii
Executive Summary iii-iv
Major Highlights of Reporting Period 1- 6
Section 1: Expected Result 1 7-20
Section 6: Partnership and Other Cooperation 51
Section 7: Challenges and Mitigation Measures 52
Section 8: Programme Visibility 53-54
Section 9: Annual and Global Work-plans 55-64

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ABBREVIATIONS
BIG Business Interest Groups
CI Community Institution
CMST Community Management Skill Training
CO Community Organization
CPI Community Physical Infrastructure
DWSS Drinking Water Supply Scheme
EDT Enterprise Development Training
ER Expected Result
EU European Union
Go-KP Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
GoP Government of Pakistan
HRBI Honey Bee Research Institute
KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
LMST Leadership and Management Skill Training
MCO Men Community Organization
MHPs Micro Hydro Projects
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MVO Men Village Organization
NARC National Agriculture Research Center
NCHD National Commission for Human Development
NOC No Objection Certificate
O&MC Operation and Maintenance Committee
PCNA Post Crisis Needs Assessment
PEACE Programme for Economic Advancement and Community Empowerment
PMC Project Maintenance Committee
PPM Programme Planning Meeting
PSU Programme Support Unit
RSP Rural Support Programme
SOU Social Organization Unit
SRLM Strengthening Rule of Law in Malakand Division
SRSP Sarhad Rural Support Programme
TNA Training Need Assessment
UC Union Council
UNDP United Nation Development Programme
VC Value Chains
VCD Value chain Development
VDP Village Development Plan
WCO Women Community Organization
WVO Women Village Organization

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PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
Name of beneficiary of grant contract Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP)
Name and title of the Contact person Mr. Masood ul Mulk, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Name of partners in the Action NA
Title of the Action
Programme for Economic Advancement and Community
Empowerment (PEACE)
Contract number DCI-ASIE/2011/283-007
Start date and end date of the reporting period March 2014 to July , 2014
Target country(ies) or region(s) Pakistan; 7 districts of Malakand Division
Final beneficiaries and/or target groups (if
different) (including numbers of women and
men)
Target Groups: Local communities comprising men,
women, youth with a special focus on flood and disaster
affected population in selected 100 Union Councils of
Malakand Division.
Final Beneficiaries: 2.7 million conflict and disaster
affected population of Malakand Division
Country(ies) in which the activities take place -

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This is third interim technical implementation report (March-July 2014) of Programme for Economic
Advancement and Community Empowerment (PEACE). The programme is supported by European
Union (EU) and implemented by Sarhad Rural Support Programme. With a financial outlay of €40
million, PEACE in its four years implementation period (October 2012-September 2016) is envisaged to
cover 100 union councils of seven districts (Swat, Shangla, Buner, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Chitral and
Malakand) of Malakand Division benefitting 2.7 million communities with a focus on flood and conflict
affected population. The overall goal of the programme is “to support the Government of Pakistan to
reduce the negative impact of economic deprivation, poverty and social inequality in areas affected by
security crisis and natural disasters and to turn this into opportunities”. The specific objective of the
programme is ‘to revitalize rural economy and promote renewable energy to enhance social cohesion
and opportunities for sustainable livelihoods in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’.
PEACE will contribute to overall goal through achievement of five expected results;
This report provides a detail assessment of programme progress and performance on five major
components; community mobilization, community managed MHPs, Improvement of CPIs and basic
social services, self-confidence of women, and growth of economic activities. It clearly reflects positive
trends in terms of expansion to new areas and delivery programme services in, preferably, impoverished
areas and communities. Reviewing progress of all five major components during reporting period, it is
evident that programme is likely to overshoot targets set for year 1 & 2. The notable progress is
attributed to meticulous approach adopted by SRSP for delivering programme packages and services in
target areas coupled with acceptance of the programme at local level. Though expansion of the
programme has been a priority, nevertheless, there had been no comprises on quality of services
delivered.
An ownership of three tier social mobilization process at local level has resulted in formation of apex
level organizations; an aspect which would be one of the core focuses in upcoming periods. The
programme has also been able to achieve formation of significant number of women community
organizations, a milestone not less than a miracle keeping in view local socio-cultural context of
Malakand Division in view. An overwhelming response from local population of all ages especially

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youth is one of the major highlights of reporting period. Completion of micro hydro projects and small
scale infrastructure schemes has also been one of the notable features.
The completed schemes (MHPs and CPIs) have started generating benefits at local level, which
essentially have contributed to improving socio-economic conditions in target areas. Value chains,
enterprises, and entrepreneurs developed and supported through the programme has started producing
immediate impacts; generating net profits contributing to an improved and strengthened livelihoods in
programme districts besides generating local employment.
The programme has developed good working relationship at regional and district level and with all
government line agencies and other major important stakeholders. Their participation is ensured for
adding value to the programme. Formal agreements and Memorandum of Understanding have been
developed and signed with relevant departments to strengthened and formalize working relationships.
The programme is not static rather continuously refining its approaches and strategies based on field
learning, experiences and local needs. This adaptable nature of the programme has helped in
overcoming challenges through local solutions.
The report has been organized in sections. A brief summary of programme progress and achievements
is followed by five core sections (Section 1-5) to discuss intricacies of respective components. Overall
achievements, trends and immediate impacts through brief case studies are presented in these core five
sections. In last part of report (Section 6-8), brief discussion on challenges and mitigation measures,
partnerships and programme visibility has been presented.

Programme for Economic Advancement and Community Empowerment (PEACE)
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Major Highlights
Consistent with Post-Crisis Needs Assessment for KP and FATA (PCNA) and Malakand
Comprehensive Stabilization and Socio Economic Development Strategy (Malakand Strategy), PEACE
supported by EU has a strategic importance to support Government of Pakistan and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa’s efforts for reconstruction and stabilization in North-West Pakistan especially disaster
and militancy affected Malakand Division. The programme is flexible enough to be responsive to local
diversities and context and it capitalizes on developing human and social capital for socio-economic
development of target areas. The programme is well into its second year of implementation and has
taken its roots in target areas and communities. A critical review of the results achieved under respective
components during reporting period reflects a high degree of acceptability of PEACE at local level.
Under Result 1; establishment & strengthening of an inclusive & representative system of community
mobilization, a rapid expansion in terms of coverage to new union councils has been observed during
reporting period. With addition of 11 new union councils, the programme now is operational in 98
union councils in; selected seven districts. Accordingly, social mobilization and establishment of
community based organizations is also on fast track and by the end of reporting period, 5,357
community based organizations have been nurtured representing over 111,000 men and women.
Notwithstanding religiously charged areas, trends of women participation in programmatic activities
have shown remarkable improvements during reporting period. Formation of 1,215 women community
based organizations covering 24,000 women members during this period can be termed as a major
achievement of the programme and one of the definitive indicators of women’s enthusiasm and zeal to
participate in local development. These women have taken a step further to federate at least 460
community based organizations into 115 village based organizations, which would ensure development
at households and respective villages’ level. Capacity building of men and women office bearers
continued and during this period, nearly 19,000 men and women activists were trained in technical and
managerial skills. An integral part of the programme was to provide exciting and challenging
opportunities to 11,000 youth members for their overall cognitive, personal and social development.
Their engagement is likely to continue throughout programme period as return on investment at this
young age is very high besides being a major contributor in developing this youth as responsible citizen
of Pakistan.

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Tapping potential of natural resources, the programme under Result 2; electrification for rural
households through micro hydro power generating systems, has identified 109 potential sites to
initiate micro hydro-electricity projects (MHPs) in all seven districts of Malakand Division. During this
reporting period, it has initiated 15 new MHPs with an active support of local communities. The total
number of MHPs initiated/in process or completed by the programme is 78 generating 6.05 megawatt
electricity and benefiting 27,000 households. Sustainability, being a prime concern, has urged the
programme to develop community based operation and maintenance mechanism. Under the
mechanism, MoUs have been signed with respective communities, which entails assigning
responsibilities for ensuring placement of an effective local mechanism to generate resources and
develop technical capacity of local communities to manage these micro hydro projects in the long run.
Under Result 3; improvement of community physical infrastructure & basic social services, the
programme has also taken proactive measures to improve delivery of basic social services through
developing and improving small scale infrastructure schemes. A two pronged approach has been
adopted; rehabilitation and improvement of government schemes predominantly health and education
while other has an active role of local communities in identification, implementation and maintenance of
productive infrastructure schemes. One of major highlights of this reporting period was series of
successful meetings with provincial education and health departments resulting in signing separate
MoUs with these two department enabling SRSP-PEACE to develop and rehabilitate education and
health facilities identified in collaboration with relevant departments in Malakand Division. So far at
least 100 schemes have been initiated with these mentioned public institutions. In case of community
based infrastructure schemes, the programme rather on expansion focused on
consolidation/completion of already identified and initiated schemes. With addition of 43 schemes
during reporting period, total number of schemes identified and initiated is 315 benefitting nearly
570,000 population. These schemes, in order of preference at local level, comprise drinking water supply
schemes, communication, sanitation and irrigation. During this quarter efforts were geared to complete
initiated project and during the process 130 productive infrastructure schemes were completed and
handed over to local institutions. Following RSPs approach, operation and maintenance committees
have been constituted and their capacities enhanced in maintaining these schemes.

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The careful approach adopted during first year of the programme to initiate women activities (under
result 4; Self-confidence of women & their ability to independently participate in social & economic
activities) is paying dividends now. To be relevant to local context and keep pace of activities at
optimum level, SRSP has developed at least 196 women master trainers to facilitate formation of
community based organizations and women interventions under the programme. With this new women
work force, noticeable achievements, if not amazing, have been observed. A total of 129 Adult Literacy
Centers (ALCs) were established by the end of reporting period, out of which 53 ALCs have completed
their 5 months course. These 53 ALCs produced 1,302 graduates possessing functional command over
literacy and numeracy skills, while 1,900 women have enrolled themselves in newly established 76 ALCs.
To engage women in economic development and become an earning hand, the programme has
constituted 91 Business Interest groups covering over 1,500 potential women entrepreneurs’ along-with
identification of potential trades. Out of these 1,062 women went through basic enterprise development
trainings (EDT), while livelihood skill trainings were imparted to 91 EDT trainees. Upon successful
completion of livelihood skill development trainings, 47 trainees were provided with livelihood
resources or tool kits to establish economically feasible and financially viable small scale businesses. To
refine women leadership, 453 members were developed on technical aspects related to management of
community and village based organizations. This could be seen as one of the strategic steps to start
handing over roles and responsibilities to these women members to take charge of development in their
areas.
Under Result 5; facilitating growth of economic activities, a comprehensive approach entailing
technical and managerial support for establishing and supporting potential value chains, small scale
enterprises and entrepreneurs have been adopted. Formation of Business Interest Groups (BIGs),
enhancing and refining business skills at local levels, exposure visits, orientation on markets/trends and
linkages with renowned and known business development services providers were some of major
achievements under this component. So far the programme has been able to organize over 2,000
farmers around Business Interest Groups (BIGs). A total of 171 farmers were provided with numerous
trainings during this period thus overall SRSP-PEACE has been able to train over 1,202 men and
women members in value chain development. Depending on nature of value chains or businesses, at
least 289 men and women were exposed to major markets besides developing their linkages with
Business Development Service Provider (BDSPs); National Agriculture Research Center (NARC),

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Islamabad, Honey Bee Research Institute (HBRI), Islamabad, Agriculture Research Institute (ARI),
Islamabad, Fisheries Department Government of Pakistan, Agriculture Extension Department,
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department.
Involvement of these BDSPs has helped improving and refining products as per national and
international standards. An interesting aspect under this component was introduction of agro climate
compatible Cut Flower (glades) in upper Swat and Dir Upper. The farmers were exposed to down
country markets and supported with imported quality seeds of cut-flowers. The participating farmers
succeeded in producing over 50,000 plants of glades, which would be ready for marketing in following
months.
A brief summary of immediate impacts is presented below, which shows that programme is well on
track to achieve its desired objectives;
Components Indicators
(outcome)
Baseline figures Programme Achievements Analysis/Remarks
ER 1
Establishment and
strengthening of an
inclusive and representative
system of community
mobilization for social and
economic development
federating villages at the
level of Union Councils.
- Increased
percentage of
participation and
collective action of
communities in
decision making,
planning and
implementation at
local level.
1,296 community based
organization (28,810 member
households) as per baseline
report.
Since inception, 5,357 men and women
community based organizations formed
in seven districts of Malakand division.
These figures also include 1,296 existing
men and women CBOs.
The programme has been able to
constitute 4,061 new community
based men and women institutions
bringing over 83,000 members into
organized fold, which, essentially,
has increased participation of poor
and vulnerable community members
in decision making at local level.
Furthermore, formation of 389
village organizations have also been
formed, which eventually be an
integral part of Local Support
Organization.
A study to assess institutional development
of these CBOs has been completed.
Analytical report would be shared with
EU shortly.
ER 2
Electrification for rural
households through setting
up of community managed
micro-hydro power
generating systems;
- Increase in the
number of rural
households with
access to electricity.
At least 79,000 households are
without electricity in six
districts excluding Malakand as
per baseline figures.
Since inception, 78 MHPs during
reporting period has been initiated. Out
of these 11 MHPs have already been
completed. Overall, these 78 initiated
MHPs would be generating 6.055 mW
electricity benefitting 27,000 households.
At least 27,000 households (over
baseline figures) have been provided
micro hydro electricity under the
programme.
Tools for conducting Impact study on Micro
Hydro Projects have been finalized and
study would commence during current FY
by Monitoring and Evaluation Unit in
following months.

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ER 3
Improvement of
Community Physical
Infrastructure and Basic
Social Services
- Increase in number
of households with
access to improved
basic infrastructure.
Out of the total 344,000
households in seven districts
of Malakand division;
- 225,240 households (65%)
have an access to clean
potable water.
- 139,939 households (41%)
have an access to sanitation
facility.
- 173,323 households (50%)
have an access to link roads.
- 152,484 households (44%)
have an access to irrigation
channels.
- 134,294 households (38%)
have an access to
RCC/suspension bridges.
Since inception, 315 CPIs have been
initiated with community based
organizations. Through which
- 12,382 households (10% over baseline
figures) provided clean potable water.
figures) provided with sanitation
facility.
figures) provided an access to link
roads.
figures) benefitting from irrigation
channels.
figures) provided an access to
RCC/suspension bridges.
In addition, through rehabilitation of 100
small scale schemes with public
institutions (predominantly health and
education), the programme has been able
to;
o Improve access of 5,535 households
to basic health facilities
o Improve access of over 19,322
children to government schools,
College and Special Education Center.
Over 71,000 households (as per
details provided in column to the
left) have been provided with an
access to improved basic
infrastructure in their respective
districts and union councils.
Tools for conducting Impact study on CPIs
have been finalized and study would
commence during current FY by
Monitoring and Evaluation Unit in
following months.

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ER 4
Self-confidence of women
and their ability to
independently participate in
social and economic
activities enhanced
- Percentage of
women with
increased
resources,
expanding their
options towards
diverse social and
economic roles.
Precise figures not available
but baseline shows
involvement of women in
traditional sectors and activities
limiting their mobility and
participation.
Since inception, 1,100 women
community based organization and 115
village organizations have been formed
enhancing participation of women in
socio-economic activities.
Programme has organized at least
24,000 women beneficiaries in target
areas. In addition, 1302 women have
been provided literacy and numeracy
skills, while 1,900 women are on
their way for graduation in 76 newly
established ALCs. Furthermore 91
Women Business Interest Groups
formed covering at-least 1,500
women entrepreneurs. Essentially,
20,000 women beneficiaries would
be participating in socio economic
activities under the programme. 453
women activist were trained on their
roles and managing their
organizations (VOs). Furthermore,
91 women provided with livelihood
skill development trainings while
1,062 women provided with
enterprise development trainings 47
women provided with livelihood
resources/tool kits
Selected case studies would be conducted to
share impact of interventions under this
component.
ER 5
Facilitating growth of
economic activities.
- Increase in
number of poor
households with
enhanced incomes
and economic
opportunities.
As per baseline assessment
52% poverty incidence has
been recorded in target union
councils.
Under this component, 8 value chains
have been identified and supported.
Further 160 Business Interest Groups
have been formed and supported. These
BIGs and value chains are invariably
benefitting poor and vulnerable
population.
- 30 tons of certified rice seed
produced during rice value chain
development was marketed
among the rice growers of
through Farm Services Centers of
Agri Extension Departments of
Malakand and Swat.
- Glades (Cut-Flower) Value Chain
has been introduced among poor
farming communities
- In collaboration with Agriculture
Research Institute, 57,000 buds
have been provided to 13 nursery
producers, which would be
certified from FSCRD.
Studies on increase in income of value
chains have been shared .

Section 1: Expected Result 1
Establishment & Strengthening of an inclusive & representative system of community
mobilization for social & economic development federating villages at level of union councils
Under Expected Result 1, a total of 14major activities have to be undertaken. Table 01 below present a
snapshot of the achievements against respective activities:
Table 01- Snapshot of activities under Expected Result 1
# Indicative Activities
Targets Achievements
Overall
4 Years
Previous Current Cumulative
(Oct 12 to Feb 14) (March to July 14) Oct 12 to July 14)
1.1 Establish baselines using PRA, Socio-
economic Profiling and Poverty Score Card.
100
union councils
Baseline Established against key indicators
1.2 Mobilize & organize communities & form
broad-based community institutions & federate
them at village/ union council level
12,000
CBOs in 100 UCs
4,042 CBOs (3,146 M
& 894W)
1,315 CBOs (994 M &
321 W)
5,357 CBOs ( 4,140 M
& 1,215 W, 2 Mix)
1.3 Prepare and delivery community management
skills training to community institutions 24,000 men
& women
10,339 (7,388 men &
2,951 women in 471
sessions)
5,097 (3,355 men & 1,742
women in 201 sessions)
15,436 (10,743 men &
4,693 women in 618
sessions)
1.4 Prepare and delivery leadership management
skills training to community institutions 12,000 men
& women
3,652 (2,552 men &
1,100 women in 144
sessions)
1,197 (797 men & 400
4,849 (3,349 men &
1,500 women in 194
sessions)
1.5 Prepare and deliver training on financial
management and systems, and proposal writing
at the community level
300 men
and women - -- --
1.6 Develop Master Trainers 1,200 Mater
Trainers
421 (235 men & 186
women in 18 sessions
36 (26 men & 10 women
in 2 sessions)
457 (261 men & 196
1.7 Facilitate experience sharing among
community-based organizations through
arranging Manager Conferences
224 Conferences
organized
50 conferences
attended by 2,589
participants (1,647 men
& 942 women)
12 conference attended by
618 participants (433 men
& 185 women)
62 conferences
attended by 3,207
participants (2,080
men & 1,127 women)
1.8 Arrange Exposure Visits for community
activists
100
visits
6 exposure visits for
139 men & 25 women
1 visits for 09 men
community members
7 exposure visits for
148 men & 25 women
1.9 Engage youth in the development process by
arranging co-curricular/recreational activities
20,000 youth
participate in 400
events
121 events for 7,801
(7,120 boys & 972
girls)
48 events for 3,555 (3,264
boys & 290 girls)
169 events for 11,646
(10,384 boys & 1,262
girls)
1.10 Organize provincial level LSO convention for
influencing pro-poor policies
3 KP Provincial
LSO Conventions held - - -
1.11 Organize and facilitate stakeholder’s
meetings/workshops
112 meetings
organized
28 meetings 16 meetings 44 meetings
1.12 Programme Planning Meeting 72 meetings
organized
35 meetings 11 meetings 46 meetings
1.13 Capacity Building for Programme Delivery 25 events organized
15 events 7 events 22 events
1.14 Programme Planning Meeting for Master
trainers
252 Events Organized
-
9 events organized for 115
men and 4 women master
trainers
9 events organized for
115 men and 4 women
master trainers

Details of abovementioned activities under Expected Result 1 are presented below:
1.1. Establish baselines using PRA, Socio-economic Profiling and Poverty Score Cards
Utilizing internal/external resources and technical capacities, baseline against set of indicators has
already been established. This would eventually contribute in assessing programme’s contribution in
social and economic development of target areas, refining planning processes, improve field level
implementation and at a later stage facilitate evaluation of outcomes of the programme as per desired
objectives. Using qualitative and quantitative assessment tools, the baseline survey was completed in all
union councils with programme presence.
1.2. Organize & form community institutions & federate them at village/union council level
A positive trend in terms of expansion to
new areas has been observed and by the end
of review period, PEACE has been
expanded to all 98 union councils.
Accordingly, an exponential increase in
numbers of community based organizations;
1,315 has been observed. The total number
of community based men and women
organizations by end of reporting period
(July, 2014) is 5,357 covering over 111,000 members. The formation trend since inception (as presented
in table-02) clearly shows that programme is on target and is likely to achieve desired targets of social
mobilization.
Table 02: District wise Number of Community Institutions organized from October 2012 to July 2014
Description District
Current Progress (March - July 2014) Achievement
Buner Chitral Dir Lower Dir Upper Malakand Shangla Swat Total Oct 12 -Feb 14 Cumulative
Formation
of COs in
Nos.
MCOs 103 24 446 167 51 30 89 910 2,958 3,868
MVOs 8 9 7 35 6 9 10 84 188 272
WCOs 18 8 34 37 33 43 122 295 805 1,100
WVOs - 2 7 3 - 2 12 26 89 115
Mix VO - - - - - - - - 2 2
Total 129 43 494 242 90 84 233 1,315 4,042 5,357
Membership
(No.)
MCOs 2,110 880 10,991 3,990 1,026 652 1,617 21,267 66,321 87,588
WCOs 369 293 838 884 664 935 2,217 6,200 17,930 24,129
Total 2,479 1,174 11,829 4,874 1,690 1,587 3,834 27,467 84,251 111,718

Federation of 1,156 into 389 (272 men and 115
Women & 2 mix) Village Organizations during
reporting period can be regarded as a strategic
step towards self-reliance of these community
based organizations. As also mentioned in
following sections, SRSP has also started
investing in developing capacities of these Village
Organizations in various disciplines, which has
resulted in transferring roles and responsibilities
at local level. The process of formation of at least
two Local Support Organizations (LSOs) is at final stage. In forthcoming period, more LSOs would be
constituted and supported to eventually hand over roles and responsibilities to these local institutions
for long term sustainability. Despite socio-cultural constraints in religiously charged Malakand Division,
the programme has been able to form over 1,100 women CBOs bringing 24,129 (21% of total
membership) women members into organized fold.
Mainstreaming poor and focusing poverty
Following core principles of RSPs to focus on mainstreaming poor in PEACE programme, a brief
assessment exercise was conducted in 5 districts. 50 MCOs and WCOs each were randomly selected in
these districts. During the process, data of over 2,100 men and women CO members was collected,
assessed and analyzed. It is worth mentioning that 54% of members in men and women CBOs are from 0-
23 category, which is clear reflection of programme’s focus on poor and poverty (table below).
Districts 0-11 12--18 19-23 24-100 Total
Buner 28 93 70 189 380
Dir Lower 38 104 73 197 412
Malakand 26 92 126 212 456
Shangla 60 123 101 226 510
Swat 24 79 108 164 375
Total 176 491 478 988 2133
%age 8% 23% 22% 46% 100%

1.3. Prepare and deliver Community Management Skills Training to community institutions
1.4. Prepare and deliver Leadership Management Skills Training to community institutions
Community Management Skills Trainings
Post formation managerial trainings commonly
known as Community Management Skills
Training (CMST) followed by Leadership
Management Skills Trainings (LMST) are
considered to be an integral part of support
provided to respective men and women CBOs
in order to develop their managerial capacities
and enhance leadership skills. The programme
has intensified efforts to conduct these essential set of capacity building events for multiple purposes. A
positive correlation between trained members and performance of men and women CBOs has been
observed and based on this experience the programme during this period has taken proactive steps in
delivering these important trainings. The two
pronged approach to deliver CMSTs has proved
to be effective as more and more men and women
managers have been developed as potential leaders
at local level. During reporting period, 201 basic
level capacity building events (CMSTs) have been
arranged at community level ensuring participation
of 5,097 men and women members from
organized community institutions. This trained cadre has been utilized effectively by the programme to
Institutional development assessment exercise
The programme is at end of its second year of implementation. At this important juncture, an extensive assessment exercise to gauge
institutional development of men and women CBOs was conducted in all 7 districts. During the process 60 (30 men and women each) CBOs
were randomly selected in each district or in other words 420 CBOs (210 men and women each) representing over 10,000 members were
selected and assessed in all 7 districts. A comprehensive assessment tool based on sound research was developed for this assessment exercise.
The tool helped in assessing following major aspects of institutional development; organizational motivation, capacity, performance and
external factors. Based on the results, 52% of the CBOs falls either in inactive or institutional infancy categories, while 48% falls in institutional
developed or independent categories. The assessment identified critical areas of support, which would be ensured through field teams
especially social mobilization to further support and strengthen CBOs in order to make them self reliant.

expand outreach and maintain proper record in respective community organizations. Overall since
inception, SRSP-PEACE has developed capacity of more than 15,400 men and women members as per
details presented below;
Table 03: District wise Number of CMST Events and Participants
Description
Progress During the reporting period Achievements
Buner Chitral Dir Lower Dir Upper Malakand Shangla Swat Total
Previous
Cumulative
(Oct 12 – Feb 14)
Men
No of Events 27 6 41 17 15 7 21 134 297 431
Participants 675 165 1,025 425 383 167 515 3,355 7,388 10,743
Women
No of Events 10 9 6 7 5 5 25 67 120 187
Participants 250 222 150 175 171 149 625 1,742 2,951 4,693
Total
No of Events 37 15 47 24 20 12 46 201 417 618
Participants 925 387 1,175 600 554 316 1,140 5,097 10,339 15,436
The figures in table reflect an overall 62% achievement in terms of developing capacity of community
members in basic managerial skills. Encouragingly, one third i.e. 34% women participants were also a
part of these training events, thus programme is investing considerably in developing women leadership
at local level. The gender ratio on participation of men and women in these training events is presented
in graph below:
Leadership Management Skills Trainings
As mentioned above, the basic level
managerial skills trainings were
followed by more rigorous and
intensive 5 days training events
conducted internally. These trainings
are aimed at further improving and
enhancing leadership skills of
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
73%
43%
87%
71% 69%
53%
45%
66%
27%
57%
13%
29% 31%
47%
55%
34%
Men
Women

potential community leaders. At least two members from respective men and women organizations were
given opportunities to participate in these events. During reporting period, SRSP organized 50
Leadership Management Skill Training events for 1,197 comprising 400 women leaders as well. The
district wise details are provided in table 4 below:
Table 04: District wise Number of Leadership trainings events and participants
Description
Previous
Cumulative
(Oct 12 – Feb14)
Men
No. of Events 6 4 5 7 4 3 5 34 101 135
Participants 150 76 125 176 90 54 126 797 2,552 3,349
Women
No. of Events 4 3 3 3 - 1 2 16 43 59
Participants 100 75 75 75 - 25 50 400 1,100 1,500
Total
No. of Events 10 7 8 10 4 4 7 50 144 194
Participants 250 151 200 251 90 79 176 1,197 3,652 4,849
As evident from the table above that programme has been able to develop, refine and improve
leadership skills of over 4,800 members. A healthy 24% gender ratio has been maintained in these
leadership skills training events, which is likely to further improve in upcoming quarters.
Spin-offs of Managerial Skills Trainings
Enhancing/improving managerial skills of leadership of community has multiple outcomes. On one
hand appropriate level of record is maintained at community level reflecting investments of the
programme while on other it has also facilitated expansion of the programme. The trained cadre is an
extension of social mobilization unit influencing communities to form local community based
organizations.
Based on their intensive interaction and exposure to RSPs approach, it is very easy to further develop
capacities of this trained cadre in functional/thematic aspects e.g. conducting poverty score card to
identify and mainstream men and women in organized folds or collect useful data to formulate their
areas development plans prioritizing their needs. Through enhancing capacities at local level, the
programme has developed an ‘information sharing channel/mechanism’ through which community
needs are shared with PEACE and relevant stakeholders for improved decision making and allocating
need based resources for socio-economic development of target areas.

Master Trainers; Catalyst for local development through Social
Mobilization
Sahib Khan, a 26 years old young teacher, belongs to union council
Minadam, District Swat. When he heard of EU PEACE, he approached
SRSP local team to form community based organization. Being educated,
he had been a useful resource to deliver sessions in C/LMSTs. Taking EU
PEACE to masses, he has been able to influence other communities to
form CBOs in their respective areas for improving and strengthening their
livelihoods. Due to his efforts 58% of the total households in his UC have
been organized in 9 out of the 10. Sahib has a passion to form a local
development organization in his UC to benefit local men and women.
1.5. Develop Master Trainers
Master Trainers are skillful and specialized community members from community based organizations,
selected with consent of local community
members, to assume specific roles and
responsibilities at inter and intra
villages/union council levels. A
comprehensive 7 days training has been
designed to develop these men and
women master trainers. The contents
comprised details of PEACE
programme, gender and development,
communication and presentation skills,
development plans and ensuring quality factors. The training has been designed by programme team in
Knowledge is power
Humaira Parvaiz was only 7 when her father Muhammad Parvaiz passed away. This tragic death left her family in shackles. The
situation got even worse when a small piece of land (their only belonging) was forcefully sold by her uncle. Her mother tailoring skills
came to rescue this vulnerable family comprising 4 sisters and a son. Though tough, but her mother saved every single penny to
educate her children. This intelligent step of her mother paid dividend at a later stage when Humaira’s elder sister got a job. Humaira
continued to avail education and after completing her Masters, she got a short term job. Fortune favors the brave and this brave
family continued to struggle to change their economic status. When EU PEACE was launched in Humaira’s village, she became a
general secretary of her CBO. Soon she was identified by local social organizer as potential master trainer. Her skills were improved
through specialized training conducted under EU PEACE. Based on her experience, motivation and commitment she was assigned
with different tasks as resource person to facilitator in various trainings. She is now a seasoned trainer and stipends paid for her
services is supporting her family. She had earned a respect and she is even asked to go beyond her community to deliver sessions. Her
efforts would invariably result in improving quality of local organizations and developing new Humairas for supporting local
development.

Objectives of Manager Conferences
- Enabling different Community Organizations to learn from each other’s
experiences through regular interaction.
- Facilitate developing linkages between Community Organizations and
Government Line Agencies.
- Development of inter and intra Community Organization linkages.
- Replicate and adopt best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
of respective CBOs.
- Mobilize resources at local/external level
consultation with all relevant sections at head office. During reporting period, only 2 events with active
participation of 36 men and women community members were conducted. Overall, 20 master trainers
capacity building events covering over 457 against an overall target of 600 men and women members
have been conducted since inception. The details are given below in the table:
Table 05: District wise Number of trained Master Trainers
Description
Previous
Cumulative
(Oct 12 – Feb14)
Men
No. of Events - - - - - - 1 1 9 10
Participants - - - - - - 26 26 235 261
Women
No. of Events - - - - - 1 - 1 9 10
Participants - - - - - 10 - 10 186 196
Total
No. of Events - - - - - 1 1 2 18 20
Participants - - - - - 10 26 36 421 457
Their skills have been utilized well by the programme to consolidate already formed men and women
community based organizations and facilitate in developing linkages with development partners. In
addition, services of master trainers as resource persons in basic and leadership management skills
trainings have also been utilized. Having a good knowledge of their respective areas, these master
trainers provided useful support to the programme in completion of development plans and establishing
baseline of the programme in record time, which otherwise would have not been possible in such a
short time and with limited resources. It is worth mentioning that developing such a resource at local
level is part of exit strategy. The programme plans to interact with this trained cadre on regular basis to
nurture them, besides gradually shifting programmatic roles and responsibilities to this developed cadre.
1.6. Facilitate experience sharing amongst CBOs through arranging Manager Conferences
Manger Conferences
continued to be useful
platforms to encourage
activists and office bearers of men
and women COs to share their
useful experiences. Generally, these
manager conferences bring together members and office bearers of COs/VOs from adjacent
villages/union councils, village elders, religious leaders, and political leadership. Participation of relevant
government line agencies providing services in these areas is also ensured to create an interface of local

communities and state departments or in other words strengthening state-citizen relationship. Besides,
sharing of progress of respective communities, an essential component of these events is to ensure
transparency and accountability through open discussion on progress, investments in various sectors
and areas in front of broad based community. During the process opinion of every participant is valued
and everyone is encouraged to comment, ask or raise any concerns.
Through these manager conferences,
stakeholders are, regularly, informed on
local issues and priorities. In addition,
investment of SRSP-PEACE supported by
EU is also highlighted to avoid duplication
of and optimum utilization of resources.
During reporting period, the programme
has been able to arrange 12 (8 men and 4
women) manager conferences attended by
over 600 men and women members. Overall, against target of 112 manager conferences, the programme
has been able to arrange 62 manager conferences duly attended by approx. 3,200 men and women
members. Details of district wise manager conferences are presented below:
Table 06: District wise Manager Conferences
Description
Previous
Cumulative
(Oct 12 – Feb 14)
Men
No. of Conferences 1 1 - 2 2 1 1 8 30 38
Participants 52 50 - 81 118 52 80 433 1,647 2,080
Women
No. of Conferences 3 - - - - 1 - 4 20 24
Participants 121 - - - - 64 - 185 942 1,127
Total
No. of M/W
4 1 - 2 2 2 1 12 50 62
Conferences
Total Participants 173 50 - 81 118 116 80 618 2,589 3,207
1.7. Arrange exposure visits for community activists
During reporting period, SRSP organized 1 exposure visits for community activists to successful local
institutions nurtured by SRSP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These exposures provided an opportunity for
communities of Malakand Division to interact with some of established Local Support Organizations

and learn from their experiences in terms of expansion, resource mobilization, organizational
development and mainstreaming poor and vulnerable in process of development. Based on their
learning through these exposure visits, communities in Malakand division can follow basic principles
and approaches for successful interventions at local level. In all 7 exposure visits, a total of 173
community activists including 25 women were facilitated to observe best practices in other parts of
province.
1.8. Engage youth in development process by arranging co-curricular/recreational activities
Through development of youth and
their meaningful engagement, the
programme aims at developing
harmony and co-existence at local
level, promote tolerance, and
supporting peace in programme
areas. PEACE,
since
inception, has
been able to
provide exciting
opportunities to youth for
active participation in curricular, co-curricular and recreational activities. The programme is well aware
of the fact that investment at this young age has a high rate of return and such activities can immensely
contribute in refining social, creative, cognitive and emotional skills. This investment in long run is
envisaged to contribute in developing youth (30% of total population of Malakand Division) to be
responsible citizen of Pakistan. In terms of youth development, a flexible approach has been adopted
encouraging youth from programme and non programme union councils, school going or out of school
youth to participate in planned activities and events. Diversity in these activities; physical,
environmental, intellectual, awareness and cultural, can be termed as a distinctive feature as mentioned
below:

A great deal of enthusiasm has been observed as reflected in high number of youth (66 per event)
participation in these events. Since inception, PEACE through 169 events has been able to engage over
11,600 youth in set of activities mentioned above. A critical review of the figures reveals that if same
pace is maintained, then the programme is likely to achieve target of engaging over 25,000 against
overall target of 20,000 youth by end of programme period. The following table provides district-wise
details of youth development activities;
Table 07: District wise Number of Youth Development Activities
Description
Previous
Cumulative
(Oct 12- Feb 14)
Boys
No. of Events 6 5 15 - 6 5 7 44 105 149
Participants 883 825 100 - 555 453 448 3,264 7,120 10,384
Girls
No. of Events 2 1 - - 1 - 4 16 20
Participants 129 100 - - - 61 - 290 972 1,262
Total
No. of Events 8 6 15 - 6 6 7 48 121 169
Participants 1,012 925 100 - 555 514 448 3,554 8,092 11,646
Physical Development
Events: Cricket,
Badminton, Volley Ball,
Football, Hockey and
Table Tennis
Tournaments and Cross
Country Race.
Environmental: Tree
plantation campaigns
Intellectual: Quiz and
Speech, Qirat and Naat
Competitions
Awareness:
International Women
Day, International Peace
day, Walk for a cause;
Dengue or increasing
enrollment
Cultural: Local sports
e.g. polo and cultural
dress shows

“Corruption is Curse”
A Seminar cum Walk in District Shangla
“Corruption is a Curse” was a key message of a seminar
organized by SRSP under PEACE in Shangla district. The
seminar was attended by students of schools and colleges,
members of national and provincial legislative assemblies,
representative of law enforcement agencies, school teachers and
prominent community members. Speaking at the occasion,
speakers expressed their views on the topic and highlighted its
impacts on individuals and society as a whole. They urged the
need to address the issue in light of religion and law. At the end
of seminar, an awareness raising walk was also organized which
was attended by a number of school children and community
members. Participants of the walk were holder banners and
placards inscribed with slogans against corruption
Mr. Rashid Khan Member Provincial Assemble said “Self-accountability
and transparency are the best tools to eliminate corruption and promote good
practices in all matters,” Corruption is a social evil and people from all
walks of life should play their role to eliminate it, he added
Deputy Commissioner Shangla Mr. Zafar ul Islam, who was chief guest of
the seminar, said that corruption has been a major factor in deteriorating and
poor performance of public institutions and can be eradicated only if we
educate our new generations on this and create a sense of responsibility and
respect for law

1.9. Organize and facilitate Stakeholders workshops
Development effectiveness, in an ideal
condition, is realized if synergy
amongst all major stakeholders is
developed and resources available are
pooled together. This ideal condition
may not be achievable; nevertheless,
the programme has developed a good
working relationship at respective
districts and division levels with all
major partners including district and
division administration, government line
departments and political leadership through organizing stakeholders’ workshops. These workshops can
be considered as a useful channel to disseminate programme related information in order to develop
goodwill and gain support in smooth implementation of the programmatic activities. Since inception,
SRSP-PEACE managed to arrange 44 stakeholders’ meetings/workshops mostly at district level. The
programme also hosted visits of EU missions, consultants, and sector specific experts. These visits
aimed at progress review, provision of technical support in micro hydro projects and enabling
community physical infrastructure projects, refining and aligning procurement processes (compliance)
and assessing effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the programme. Besides these workshops, the
programme staff has also ensured participation of these major stakeholders and EU team in various
activities e.g. basic and leadership management skills trainings, dialogues to initiate MHPs and
engineering schemes, manager conferences and youth development activities. This blended approach of
sharing details on programme and exposing stakeholders to field interventions has proved to be an
effective tool in sensitizing them on pro-poor and vulnerable development through participatory
approaches.
1.10. Programme Planning Meetings
Programme planning meetings (46 in nos.) continued to be held regularly at various levels to review
progress and performance of the programme. Besides participation of field teams, these meetings are

attended by head office, programme and district management to mutually discuss issues and measures
for improving overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme.
1.11. Capacity building for programme delivery
To be able to deliver programme as per desired objectives and maintain an appropriate level of quality,
SRSP-PEACE has been focusing on developing staff capacity through organizing sector specific
capacity building events. During reporting period, a total of 7 capacity building events were arranged,
while overall 22 events since inception has been arranged. The details of events and number of staff
developed during this quarter are presented in table below:
1.12. Programme Planning meetings of Mater Trainers
Training for Master Trainers as Community Resource Persons is an ongoing regular activity of the
Programme. During course of
implementation and based on
feedback from communities, it was
assessed that role of Community
Resource Persons (CRPs) will be
more effective if, in addition to their
capacity building, they are actively
engaged at field level. Based on the
feedback, a forum has been created
where all CRPs within a district comes
together to share key learning from
the field, develop objective based
work-plans and suggest improvements keeping in view local contexts. So far, the programme has
arranged 9 meeting of CRPs bearing encouraging results. The district wise details are highlighted in table
below.
Table 08: Details of Staff Capacity Building Programmes
District Buner Chitral Dir Lower Dir Upper Malakand Shangla Swat Total
No. of Events 2 2 - - 1 1 3 9
Participants-Men 34 32 - - 11 18 20 115
Participants-Women - - - - - - 4 4

Electrification for rural households through setting up of community managed micro-hydro
power generating systems
Expected Result 2 under PEACE programme aims to establish small to medium scale micro hydro units
in Malakand division to address a major basic need of electricity at local level. The electricity thus
generated can either be used at household level for general consumption or by local small to medium
enterprises to generate economic activities. Based on an enormous potential in these districts, PEACE
during its four years would establish at least 240 micro hydro units of various capacities ranging from
25kW (min) to 500 kW (max) to produce 21.7 mW electricity in selected 6 districts (please note that
Malakand has no MHP potential). Since inception, work on 78 micro hydro project comprising 15 in
reporting quarter has been initiated to produce 6.055 mW electricity and benefit over 27,400
households. Out of total 78 units, 11 micro hydro units have been completed and started producing
electricity. Table-09 below presents a brief snapshot of activities under Expected Result 2:
Table 09- Snapshot of activities under Expected Result 2
S. NO Major Activities
Target Overall
4 Years
Achievements
Previous
(Oct 12 to Feb 14)
Current
(Mar 14 to July 14)
Cumulative
(Oct 12 to July 14)
2.1
Sites identification for micro hydro power
units
240 Sites 73 Sites 36 Sites 109 Sites
2.2
Feasibility surveys and project technical digest
preparation
240
project digests
63
project digests
15
project digests
78
project digests
2.3
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and
‘Works Contracts’, if necessary with
Community Institutions
240
MoUs
63
MoUs
15
MoUs
78
MoUs
2.4
Prepare & delivery technical training for
community-based Project Management,
Audit, O & M Committees
720
Committees
189
Committees
45
Committees
234
Committees
2.5
Initiate and complete schemes 240 MHPs 63 MHPs 15 MHPs 78 MHPs
2.6
Facilitate process of establishing community-
based O & M mechanisms for MHP
240 MHPs 63 MHPs 15 MHPs 78 MHPs

Major Parameters of Social Feasibilities
- Demography & socio-economic status of the village;
- Basic details of CBOs (formation date, membership, names of office
bearers, Bank Account information.
- Capacity and willingness of communities to contribute towards
scheme’s operation and maintenance
- Expected outcomes of the scheme for the development of the area.
Details of activities under Expected Result 2 are presented below:
2.1 Site Identification for Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Units
Identification of potential sites for establishing micro hydro projects continued during reporting period.
In consultation with and active participation of local communities, the field teams essentially comprising
social organizers and field engineers, visited potential areas and identified prospective sites for
establishing MHPs. Few important aspect of these site identification visits comprised available
slopes/gradient and availability of water in rich and lean periods. Since inception, a total of 109 sites
have been identified comprising 15 potential sites during reporting period in selected six districts.
2.2 Conduct feasibility surveys of MHP schemes and prepare project technical digests
The social and technical assessments
conducted jointly by social mobilization and
engineering teams are considered to be in
amongst most important steps for establishing
any potential micro hydro project. The
social/economic feasibility as explained in
figure here is based on four major parameters
to facilitate assessing cost effectiveness of
identified MHPs. It also takes into account any conflicts in communities which can adversely affect
implementation or operation and maintenance of proposed scheme. In contrast the technical feasibility
is assessed by carrying out technical survey; location for installation, its design, environmental screening
and cost estimation of proposed scheme. The process is led by SRSP field engineers supported by
Regional and PSU engineers with an active involvement of communities for their capacity-building and
inputs. The approval of MHPs is based on its social, technical and economic viabilities. By end of
reporting period, SRSP PEACE has conducted 78 feasibility surveys; 26 in Swat, 1 in Buner, 12 in
Shangla, 2 in Lower Dir, 24 in Dir Upper and 13 in Chitral and prepared an equal number of project
digests.

2.3 Sign (MoU) and Works Contract (if necessary) with Community Institutions
The approvals of potential micro hydro projects are followed by initiation of MHPs in presence
members and non-members, elders of representative villages and notables from communities. The
details of approved schemes (MHPs) are shared with participants during initiation dialogues to ensure
transparency. During dialogues, Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) are also signed with partner
communities. These MoUs entails long-term partnership between community institutions and SRSP
with a focus on mutual roles and responsibilities. Under PEACE programme in order to comply with
European Commission Procurement Procedures, different contracts to procure works, services, and
equipment may also be signed between SRSP and community institutions (if required). So far, SRSP and
communities have singed 78 MoUs for initiation of MHPs in all target districts.
2.4 Prepare & deliver technical training for community-based Project Committees
Following best practices, SRSP-PEACE programme at onset of any micro hydro project constitute the
following three district committees with specified roles thus ensuring community participation at a very
early stage:
So far for all initiated 78 MHPs, SRSP has been able to constitute 234 Project Management, Project
Audit and Operation and Maintenance Committees.
Project Management
Committee (PMC)
PMC ensures project implementation in accordance with approved/agreed plans,
design and quality, and timeframe. It is also responsible for supervision of work-in-
progress and procurement of material. This committee maintains all records relevant
to the project.
Project Audit Committee
(PAC)
PAC ensures project implementation as per MoU between community institutions
and SRSP. It keeps a check on records maintained by PMC for its accuracy and
transparency besides ensuring quality control. If need be, PAC is also responsible
for compliance with terms and conditions of ‘works contract’ between SRSP and
Community Institutions in accordance with European Commission’s procurement
procedures.
Operation and
Maintenance Committee
(O& MC)
The O&MC establishes a functional mechanism for maintenance of respective
schemes upon completion through mobilization local resources. SRSP technical and
engineering staff engages respective community organizations throughout
implementation process and provide coaching and mentoring support.

2.5 Initiate and complete MHP schemes
So far, by the end of reporting period, 78 projects of various capacities have been initiated. Details of
these MHPs are presented in table-10 below:
District Union Council
Capacity Beneficiaries population in Nos Cost Share PKR in million
(KW) Households Men Women Total Donor Community Total
Buner
Malak Pur 25 100 338 413 750 4.10 0.45 4.55
Total 25 100 338 413 750 4.10 0.45 4.55
Chitral
Ayun 325 636 2,147 2,624 4,770 32.40 2.81 35.21
Chitral 2 80 200 675 825 1,500 12.97 0.60 13.57
Khot 350 900 3,038 3,713 6,750 49.05 3.89 52.94
Laspur 230 550 1,856 2,269 4,125 38.64 3.00 41.64
Oveer 50 270 911 1,114 2,025 8.34 0.79 9.12
Oweer 200 400 1,350 1,650 3,000 25.22 1.90 27.12
Terich 30 95 321 392 713 7.09 0.63 7.72
Total 1265 3,051 10,297 12,585 22,883 173.70 13.62 187.32
Dir Lower
Lajbook 80 215 774 839 1,613 10.30 1.40 11.70
Total 80 215 774 839 1,613 10.30 1.40 11.70
Dir Upper
Barikot 25 60 216 234 450 4.14 0.39 4.52
Dir Urban 165 880 3,168 3,432 6,600 20.18 2.15 22.33
Dislor 50 130 468 507 975 7.17 1.11 8.28
Kalkot 125 321 1,156 1,252 2,408 13.31 1.20 14.51
Nehag 230 910 3,276 3,549 6,825 29.37 1.99 31.35
Patrak 90 260 936 1,014 1,950 12.79 1.36 14.15
Qulandi 285 1,002 3,607 3,908 7,515 41.98 5.29 47.27
Shahi Kot 135 850 3,060 3,315 6,375 24.33 3.14 27.47
Sheringal 50 200 720 780 1,500 2.80 0.33 3.13
Tarpatar 75 160 576 624 1,200 10.78 1.09 11.87
Total 1230 4,773 17,183 18,615 35,798 166.84 18.05 184.89
Shangla
Damori 585 2,619 8,839 10,803 19,643 72.86 1.29 74.16
Kuzkana 35 399 1,347 1,646 2,993 5.03 0.72 5.75
Lilownai 50 432 1,458 1,782 3,240 5.37 0.89 6.26
Pir Khana 230 2,274 7,675 9,380 17,055 33.81 4.53 38.34
Shahpur 25 205 692 846 1,538 4.69 0.62 5.30
Total 925 5,929 20,010 24,457 44,468 121.76 8.05 129.81
Swat
Aka Maroof Bamekhail 25 306 1,033 1,262 2,295 4.18 0.42 4.61
Balakot 270 1,990 6,716 8,209 14,925 32.01 2.71 34.72
Beha 100 1,163 3,925 4,797 8,723 15.20 1.58 16.78
Fatehpur 25 417 1,407 1,720 3,128 4.29 0.54 4.83
Gwalerai 75 1,026 3,463 4,232 7,695 12.23 1.29 13.52
Kalam 1400 3,604 12,164 14,867 27,030 244.92 0.00 244.92
Kishwara 30 720 2,430 2,970 5,400 4.05 0.38 4.43
Maindam 90 595 2,008 2,454 4,463 11.82 0.81 12.63
Mankyal 345 1,716 5,792 7,079 12,870 47.86 2.51 50.37
Utror 170 1,845 6,227 7,611 13,838 23.29 1.29 24.59
Total 2530 13,382 45,164 55,201 100,365 399.85 11.54 411.39
Grand Total 6055 27,450 93,766 112,109 205,875 876.55 53.11 929.66

As evident from the table above, 78 MHPs are producing 6.05 mW electricity benefitting nearly 205,800
population. District wise summary is presented below:
o 01 MHPs in Buner generating 25 kW benefitting 750
population
o 13 MHPs in Chitral generating 1,265 kW benefitting 22,800
population
o 2 MHPs in Dir Lower generating 80 kW benefitting 1,600
population
o 24 MHPs in Dir Upper generating 1,230 kW benefitting 35,700
population
o 12 MHPs in Shangla generating 925 kW benefitting 44,400
population
o 26 MHPs in Swat generating 2,530 kW benefitting 100,300
population
Of the total MHPs initiated, 11 MHPs benefitting 28,000 population has been completed and started
producing 760 kW hydro electricity, details of which is presented in Table 11 below:
District
Total No. of Capacity Beneficiaries
population
Men &
Women in
Nos
Total Cost
(Donor and
Community)
PKR in M
No. of
Ongoing
MHPs
No of
Completed
MHPs
Generation
of power
through
completed
MHPs
MHPs initiated (kW)
Buner 1 25 750 4.55 1 - -
Chitral 13 1,265 22,883 187.32 12 1 50
Dir Lower 2 80 1,613 11.70 2 - -
Dir Upper 24 1,230 35,798 184.89 21 3 105
Shangla 12 925 44,468 129.81 12 - -
Swat 26 2,530 100,365 411.39 19 7 605
78 6,055 205,875 929.66 67 11 760
2.6 Facilitate process of establishing community-based O & M for MHP
SRSP-PEACE has taken measures to constitute local level operation and maintenance committees
commonly known as power committees. These committees are constituted to carry out specific roles
and responsibilities in terms of day to day management and operations of micro hydro projects. In
addition, these committees, based on power generation of respective MHPs and number of connections
extended to beneficiary households, set up tariffs, billing mechanism, collection of user charges and
ensure availability of trained MHP operators for efficient and effective operations of respective MHPs
to provide un-interruptive services.

2.7 Operation, Maintenance & Management Trainings for Communities
This activity was not part of actual budget nevertheless it has been added as one of the core activities
under ER 2 as per recommendations of EU's ROM Mission. Though as part of standard capacity-
building package, communities were provided
with basic O&M concepts, nonetheless, in
order to enhance sustainability and long-term
O&M requirements of micro hydro projects,
more in-depth training events to facilitate skill
and knowledge enhancement of communities
were carried out. So far, 78 operators from all
districts, in 3 days specialized training
workshops, have been provided an opportunity
to develop know-how on civil and mechanical
components of MHPs followed by practical exercise on electrical components. These specialized
training would ensure developing a technical know-how at local level for self-reliance.
Electrification of Kundimar, District Swat
Situated at a distance of 100 km from Swat town, Kundimar is a typical rural village in comprising 255 households (over 1,900
population). Over the years, Kundimar has been deprived of electricity and nearly 96% households were not connected to national grid.
People mostly used firewood for cooking, kerosene oil for lighting and diesel oil for running flour mills. Women and children in
Kundimar were responsible to collect fire/fuel wood. The resource (forest) due to excessive use has been depleting at an alarming rate
thus a major threat to environment and biodiversity. Utilizing water potential, SRSP under PEACE initiated a 25 kilowatt micro hydro
project in Kundimar benefitting 200 households. The project was completed in a short span of 6 months. It was initiated in June, 2013
and completed in December, 2013. The MHP is maintained by Falahi Tanzeem Kundimar, a community organization at village level.
"This power is wonderful', says villagers, 'All of us will benefit for many years to come'. In coming months, villagers will be able to
lighten up their homes, besides saving time for women and children and run small scale enterprises with this power. Overall, this MHP
project will bring life and resources to benefit impoverished community of Kundimar.

Kalam gets Electricity after Six Years
Kalam micro hydro project initiated and completed under EU-PEACE programme has started producing 400 kiloWatt (kW) electricity. A
dream come true for locals and hotel owners to benefit from electricity after six years. It is worth-mentioning that Kalam is one of the most
visited places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa especially in hot summers and existing source to provide electricity had been dysfunctional for the last
six years. The power project was inaugurated by Malakand Division General Officer Commanding Major General Javed Bukhari. The project
will provide 1,000 lines in Kalam, covering entire area, except Ashuran. The project is actually rehabilitation of flood and militancy affected
200kW MHP established by Pakhtunkhwa Hydel Development Organisation in 1984, which had been providing electricity to 500 domestic
and commercial lines. In recent past, the project equipment and transmission lines were either destroyed or washed away in disasters of 2008-
10. Manager of one local hotel, Al-Khalij-al-Kalam Hotel, Mohammad Rom, said that they used generators in their hotels which would cost
around Rs150,000 every month for fuel. “But with the electricity from the MHP, we will only have to pay Rs30,000 per month.” Residents of
Kalam said they faced numerous problems due to lack of electricity. “Though we have a hospital here, nonetheless we had to travel five hours
to established hospitals in Swat”. Locals said in this age of science and technology, their children have been deprived of modern education
and technologies. The project would overall benefit more than 500 hotels and equal number of local residents and bringing improvements in
quality of life.

Improvement of Community Physical Infrastructure and Basic Social Services
The Post Crisis Need Assessment (PCNA) and Malakand Strategy explicitly identify an improved access
of local communities to basic infrastructure as one of the core components in economic stabilization
and rehabilitation of Malakand division. Consistent with PCNA and Malakand Strategy, PEACE
programme, under Expected Result 3, has taken proactive measures to improve delivery of basic social
services through developing and improving small scale infrastructure schemes. A two pronged approach
has been adopted; a) rehabilitation and improvement of government schemes predominantly health and
education b) while other has an active role of local communities in identification, implementation and
maintenance of productive infrastructure schemes. The baseline conducted reflects that over 170,000
households in programme areas do not have an access to basic amenities including clean drinking water,
sanitation, paved streets, link roads and suspension bridges. To be able contributing in improving basic
infrastructure, a total of 771 small scale infrastructure schemes would be initiated and completed in all 7
districts under this component benefitting 145,000 households. So far, 315 small scale infrastructure
schemes have been initiated, while 130 schemes have already been completed. A brief summary of small
scale infrastructure schemes is presented below:
Table 12: Snapshot of Activities under Expected Result 3
Targets Overall
4 Years
Achievements
Previous
(Oct 12 to Feb 14)
Current
(Mar 14 to July 14)
Cumulative
(Oct 12 to July 14)
3.1
Sign MoU with concerned government
authorities for rehabilitation of govt. basic social
service delivery facilities
2 MoUs Achieved Achieved Achieved
3.2
Site Identification for community physical
infrastructure schemes
771 Schemes 272 schemes 43 schemes 315 schemes
3.3
Conduct feasibility surveys and prepare project
designs
771 digests 272 schemes 43 schemes 315 schemes
3.4
Sign Memoranda of Understanding and ‘Works
Contracts’, if necessary with Community
Institutions
771 MoUs 178 MoUs 137 MoUs 315 MoUs
3.5
Prepare & delivery technical training for
community-based project management, audit,
operational and maintenance committees
2, 313 Committees 618 committees 129 committees 945 committees
3.6 Initiate and complete schemes 771 CPIs 206 schemes 109 schemes 315 schemes
3.7
Facilitate process of establishing community-
based Operational & Maintenance mechanisms
for CPIs
771 Schemes 206 schemes 109 schemes 315 schemes

Details of activities under Expected Result 3 are discussed in detail below:
3.1 Sign MoU with concerned government authorities for rehabilitation of government basic
social service delivery facilities (identified and prioritized by the communities)
Series of successful meetings with provincial education department, health department, district
administration continued to develop and rehabilitate public infrastructure. So far 100 schemes have
been initiated with these mentioned public institutions.
3.2 Site Identification for community physical infrastructure schemes
In case of community based infrastructure schemes, the programme apart from expansion focused on
consolidation/completion of already identified and initiated schemes. During reporting period,
following RSPs standard bottom-up approach, the programme in consultation with local communities,
has identified 43 community based infrastructure schemes taking the tally of CPI schemes to 315 since
inceptions. Overall, identified schemes, in order of preference at local level, comprised drinking water
supply schemes, communication (link roads and suspension bridges), Sanitation (street pavement and
drains) and Irrigation.
3.3 Conduct feasibility surveys of CPIs schemes and prepare project technical digests
Following RSPs approach, comprehensive social and technical feasibilities were prepared by teams of
social organizers and engineers in respective districts. Based on these feasibilities, detail project
documents/digests (315 in total) were prepared for initiation of identified/prioritized schemes.
3.4 Sign MoUs and Works Contract (if necessary) with Community Institutions
Ensuring an explicit role of local communities in implementation of identified and approved small scale
infrastructure schemes through signing detail MoUs continued during reporting period. These MoUs
were signed in open meetings, commonly known as third dialogues, participated by members of
beneficiary organizations, local elders and notables, political leadership and religious leaders. Sharing
social, technical and financial details of initiated schemes in open meetings and developing a formal
MoUs between local communities and PEACE programme ensure transparency and accountability. In
addition, these MoUs spelled out specific roles and responsibilities to be assumed by partners involved
in implementation of small scale infrastructure schemes.

3.5 Prepare and deliver technical training for community-based Project Management, Audit
and Operational and Maintenance Committees
Following best practices, SRSP-PEACE programme at onset of small scale infrastructure schemes
constitute Project Management, Audit, and Operation and Maintenance Committees with specified roles
to ensure community participation at an early stage (details on roles and responsibilities have already been
explained in section 2). So far for all initiated 315 small scale infrastructure schemes, SRSP-PEACE has
been able to constitute 945 Project Management, Project Audit and Operation and Maintenance
Committees.
3.6 Initiate and Complete CPI schemes
By end of review period, SRSP has initiated 315 CPIs, including 109 during review period, whereas 130
CPIs have been completed and handed over to communities. Out of the total 315 schemes, 215 have
been initiated with local communities, while 100 have been initiated with public institutions. SRSP under
PEACE has also ensured following highest quality standards. The field teams with an active support of
Head Office engineering team have conducted water quality testing for all completed DWSS Schemes.
In addition, Arsenic tests for all completed irrigation schemes have also been carried out. Details of
updated status of these small scale infrastructure schemes initiated either with communities or public
institutions are presented in tables 14 and 15 below:

Table13: List/types of Infrastructure Schemes initiated and completed with local communities
District Type of Project
No. of CPIs
Beneficiaries Population
Cost Share (PKR in million)
( In Nos.)
Initiated Completed Household Men Women Total Donor Community Total
Buner Bridges 1 - 180 608 743 1,350 2.06 0.19 2.25
DWSS 13 11 1,743 5,883 7,190 13,073 17.68 1.97 19.65
Irrigation 2 1 467 1,576 1,926 3,503 6.65 0.65 7.30
Protection Wall 1 1 210 709 866 1,575 2.63 0.31 2.94
Roads 8 3 2,995 10,108 12,354 22,463 17.90 2.48 20.38
Sanitation & Drainage 6 2 627 2,116 2,586 4,703 7.48 0.91 8.39
Total 31 18 6,222 20,999 25,666 46,665 54.39 6.52 60.91
Chitral Bridges 1 - 2,000 6,750 8,250 15,000 5.85 0.64 6.50
DWSS 7 5 460 1,553 1,898 3,450 10.37 1.09 11.46
Irrigation 4 4 425 1,434 1,753 3,188 9.11 0.90 10.01
Protection Wall 1 1 90 304 371 675 2.33 0.23 2.56
Roads 3 3 670 2,261 2,764 5,025 4.02 0.74 4.76
Sanitation & Drainage 2 - 360 1,215 1,485 2,700 2.15 0.40 2.55
Others 1 1 500 1,688 2,063 3,750 4.95 0.00 4.95
Total 19 14 4,505 15,204 18,583 33,788 38.79 4.00 42.79
Dir Lower Bridges 7 - 3,760 13,536 14,664 28,200 17.48 0.00 17.48
DWSS 17 - 1,567 5,677 6,150 11,828 16.54 0.00 16.99
Irrigation 5 - 2,980 10,728 11,622 22,350 8.13 0.00 8.17
Protection Wall 2 2 270 972 1,053 2,025 1.57 0.00 1.57
Roads 1 - - - - - 4.13 0.00 4.13
Sanitation & Drainage 2 - 680 2,448 2,652 5,100 1.22 0.00 1.22
Total 34 2 9,257 33,361 36,141 69,503 49.06 0.00 49.56
Dir Upper Bridges 6 2 4,480 16,128 17,472 33,600 15.27 0.21 15.47
DWSS 8 2 1,170 4,212 4,563 8,775 16.90 0.33 17.23
Irrigation 2 - 500 1,800 1,950 3,750 2.93 0.08 3.01
Roads 4 - 1,750 6,300 6,825 13,125 8.91 0.17 9.07
Sanitation & Drainage 2 2 1,100 3,960 4,290 8,250 2.75 0.08 2.84
Total 22 6 9,000 32,400 35,100 67,500 46.75 0.87 47.63
Malakand Bridges 1 1 110 371 454 825 0.68 0.11 0.79
DWSS 10 4 1,458 4,909 6,014 10,923 12.77 1.34 14.11
Irrigation 5 - 865 2,919 3,568 6,488 6.94 0.93 7.87
Protection Wall 1 1 90 304 371 675 2.77 0.15 2.92
Roads 5 2 1,700 5,738 7,013 12,750 12.70 1.02 13.72
Sanitation & Drainage 9 6 995 3,358 4,104 7,463 10.35 1.43 11.78
Total 31 14 5,218 17,599 21,524 39,123 46.21 4.98 51.19
Shangla Bridges 8 - 1,838 6,203 7,582 13,785 14.29 1.94 16.23
DWSS 15 8 3,198 10,793 13,192 23,985 19.70 1.64 21.34
Sanitation & Drainage 7 - 2,232 7,533 9,207 16,740 11.28 1.17 12.45
Total 30 8 7,268 24,530 29,981 54,510 45.27 4.75 50.02
Swat Bridges 3 1 550 1,856 2,269 4,125 5.23 0.65 5.88
DWSS 28 9 2,787 9,406 11,496 20,903 24.86 3.43 28.28
Irrigation 2 2 922 3,112 3,803 6,915 7.00 0.76 7.76
Roads 2 - 250 844 1,031 1,875 2.68 0.63 3.31
Sanitation & Drainage 13 8 1,955 6,598 8,064 14,663 18.51 2.52 21.03
Total 58 20 6,464 21,816 26,664 48,480 58.28 7.98 66.26
Grand Total 215 82 47,934 165,909 193,659 359,568 338.76 29.11 368.37

Table 14: List and type of Infrastructure Schemes initiated and completed with public institutions
District Type of Project
No. of CPIs
Beneficiaries Population
Cost Share (PKR in million)
( In Nos.)
Initiated Completed Household Men Women Total Donor Community Total
Buner AC Office 1 1 - - - - 0.91 0.00 0.91
BHU 1 1 180 608 743 1,350 0.77 0.00 0.77
District Jail 1 - 700 2,363 2,888 5,250 0.19 0.00 0.19
Hospital 2 - 2,250 7,594 9,281 16,875 1.26 0.00 1.26
School 7 6 935 3,156 3,857 7,013 4.02 0.00 4.02
Veterinary Hospital 1 1 250 844 1,031 1,875 0.85 0.00 0.85
Total 13 9 4,315 14,563 17,799 32,363 8.00 0.00 8.00
Chitral ASF Colony 1 1 30 101 124 225 0.12 0.00 0.12
College Colony 1 1 30 101 124 225 0.14 0.00 0.14
Hospital 1 1 100 338 413 750 0.34 0.00 0.34
Police Station 1 1 90 304 371 675 1.60 0.76 2.36
School 7 6 797 2,690 3,288 5,978 4.89 0.00 4.89
Total 11 10 1,047 3,534 4,319 7,853 7.08 0.76 7.85
Dir Lower School 7 - 1,880 7,380 7,995 15,375 5.42 0.00 5.59
Total 7 - 1,880 7,380 7,995 15,375 5.42 0.00 5.59
Dir Upper College 1 1 1,200 4,320 4,680 9,000 0.65 0.04 0.69
School 18 6 4,760 17,136 18,564 35,700 13.42 0.50 13.92
Special Education Center 1 - 200 720 780 1,500 0.60 0.04 0.64
Total 20 7 6,160 22,176 24,024 46,200 14.67 0.58 15.25
Malakand BHU 3 3 805 2,717 3,321 6,038 2.40 0.00 2.40
DCO Office 1 - 700 2,363 2,888 5,250 0.81 0.00 0.81
Dispensary 1 - 700 2,363 2,888 5,250 0.35 0.00 0.35
Hospital 1 - 600 2,025 2,475 4,500 0.57 0.00 0.57
School 15 9 5,430 18,326 22,399 40,725 6.70 0.00 6.70
Total 21 12 8,235 27,793 33,969 61,763 10.83 0.00 10.83
Shangla Agriculture 2 2 270 911 1,114 2,025 1.12 0.00 1.12
BHU 1 1 400 1,350 1,650 3,000 0.39 0.00 0.39
DCO Office 1 1 150 506 619 1,125 0.14 0.00 0.14
Fish Hatchery 1 1 170 574 701 1,275 0.63 0.00 0.63
School 2 - 720 2,430 2,970 5,400 1.13 0.00 1.13
Total 7 5 1,710 5,771 7,054 12,825 3.40 0.00 3.40
Swat AC Office 2 1 515 1,738 2,124 3,863 2.15 0.00 2.15
Agriculture Research Center 1 - 100 338 413 750 1.61 0.00 1.61
Army Head Quarter 1 1 300 - - - 1.03 0.00 1.03
BHU 1 1 500 1,688 2,063 3,750 0.84 0.00 0.84
School 15 5 3,400 11,475 14,025 25,500 12.29 0.00 12.29
Sport Complex 1 1 300 1,013 1,238 2,250 0.53 0.00 0.53
Total 21 9 5,115 16,251 19,862 36,113 18.45 0.00 18.45
Grant Total 100 52 28,462 97,468 115,022 212,490 67.86 1.34 69.37
As evident from two tables presented above, these small scale infrastructure schemes initiated with a
total cost PKR 437 million are benefitting over 570,000 population in selected 7 districts. Overall 134
completed schemes (82 with local communities and 52 with public institutions) have been handed over

to respective communities and public institutions. Snap shots (before and after) of selected small scale
infrastructure schemes are presented below:
BEFORE AFTER

3.7 Facilitate process of establishing community-based O & M for CPIs
In case of community initiated and managed projects, SRSP-PEACE has taken measures to constitute
local level operation and maintenance committees for long term sustainable operations of respective
CPIs and delivery of benefits at local level. In contrast, responsibility of operation and maintenance of
small scale infrastructure schemes developed and completed with public institutions lies with respective
departments.
Using Nature forces to Irrigate Barren Valleys; Revolution at the doorstep
Village Khairabad situated 40km away from Chitral town falls under jurisdiction of UC Drosh 1 in Chitral. The topography of village
presents an interesting picture. The low land is irrigated being nearer to the river benefitting very few households, whereas highlands
are barren for centuries due to acute shortage of irrigation water. There had been few efforts in the past to divert water from various
sources but these efforts had not been sustainable. To change the fortune of locals, using forces of nature was one of the plausible
solutions thus for the first time in history of SRSP, Solar pump was used for lifting irrigation water from main chitral river. Taking
water upto 400ft due to this innovative technology would enable locals to irrigate 360 acres of barren land benefitting over 600
population. Realizing importance of this innovative solution, people from outside have starting buying land in this village. A visible
appreciation in prices of land from PKR 150,000 to 400,000/kanal has been observed after completion of this scheme.

Impact of Irrigation Channel, Charbagh district Swat
Agriculture is mainstay of village Charbagh, District Swat with population of 800 households/over 6,000 population. The area was
fed by an irrigation channel which was destroyed during floods of 2010. Under PEACE, SRSP took proactive steps in rehabilitating
irrigation channel with a total cost of PKR 4.4 million. The project was completed in March, 2014 and has started benefiting local
producers. According to a post completion study, farmers, as per tables presented below, have reported an increase in both yield
(40%/acre) and net income (26%).
Table A: Planting Pattern and Crop Yield per acre before & after channel lining
S. No Planting Pattern
Yield/acre
Increase in Yield/acre
Before Lining After Lining
1 Wheat 800 kg 1,200 kg 400 kg
2 Maize 560 kg 800 kg 240 kg
3 Rice 1,400 kg 1,800 kg 400 kg
Table B: Increase in annual income of farmers
S. No Purchase Price per kg (Rs)
Annual net income of farmers (PKR)
Increase in annual income (Rs)
Before Lining After Lining
1 Wheat 24,000/- 26,000/- 12,000/-
2 Maize 12,880/- 18,400/- 5,400/-
3 Rice 100,800/- 129,600/- 28,800/-
Link to Prosperity
Village Darra (UC Selai Pattai) is located at distance of two hours’ from Tehsil Head Quarter Batkhela, District Malakand. Home to
68 households, members of this village formed 3 CBOs and then federated it into a Village Organization named Rokhan Laar under
PEACE Programme. Through platform of VO, community members of village Darra identified and completed a link road in 6
months to connect this village with main road and local markets. Sajid Khan, a local of the area shared that once isolated village
Darra, in Malakand district is now connected to Dargai and Batkhela markets and to school, college, hospital and other modern
facilities. Mr. Fazal Ameen, the Secretary of VO shared that “now it takes only 7 minutes to travel from village Darra to main road,
otherwise the same distance would be covered in one hour. Due to low cost of transportation, irrigation department has constructed
three irrigation channels in the village to bring barren land under cultivation.

PEACE Bridge connecting people, District Dir Lower
Vllage Tatar, home to 760 households, is situated at a distance of 45 kilometer from
main Timargara city in union council Samarbagh. During floods of 2010, the only
bridge of village that connected it with rest of country was destroyed creating
accessibility issues for the locals. Under PEACE, the washed away bridge was
constructed with help of local communities in 4 months (Jan, 2014) with a cost of
2.9 million only. The local community organization has formulated a maintenance
committee responsible for maintenance and repair of the bridge.
.
Education revived in Shahikot, District Dir
Shahihot in remote part of district Dir, had suffered immensely from militancy and extremism. The school was destroyed by militants in
2010. When EU PEACE was initiated in the area, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) through concerned quarters approached the
programme to rehabilitate/reconstruct the boys primary school. Within 8 months ( August, 2013-April, 2014) the school has been rebuilt
keeping highest standards. Under close supervision of Armed forces, the school is providing education services to 250 students.

Self-confidence of women and their ability to independently participate in social and economic
activities enhanced
Under Expected Result 4, a total of 4 major activities have to be undertaken. Table 15 below present a
snapshot of the achievements against respective activities:
Table 15: Snapshot of activities under Expected Result 4
Targets Overall
4 Years
Achievements
Previous
(Oct 12 to Feb 14)
Current
(Mar 14 to July 14)
Cumulative
(Oct 12 to July 14)
4.1 Prepare and deliver training on literacy and
numeracy skills for women activists 6,000 women
- 1,302 women
graduated from
53 adult literacy
centers
- 57 teachers
trained.
- Total 1,900 women
learners identified for
76 Adult literacy
centers
- 1,900 women
learners would
graduate taking the
tally to 3202
graduates from 133
ALCs.
4.2 Prepare and deliver Livelihood training for
women
6,000 women - 40 Business
interest groups
formed (1000
women
members)
- 51 Business interest
groups formed(517
women members)
- 1,062 women trained
in Enterprise
Development
- 91 women trained in
Livelihood Skills
- 1 Livestock farmer
field school is
underway for 30
women
- 91 Business interest
groups with 1,517
women members.
- Enterprise
Development
training for 1,062
conducted.
- 91 women trained
in Livelihood Skills
- 1 Livestock farmer
field school is
underway for 30
women
4.3 Prepare and deliver training for VOs on their
roles and managing their organizations
2,000 women - 228 women
trained through
10 events
- 225 women trained 9
events
- 453 women trained
in 19 events
4.4
Train women community activists at village
level to extend technical support to the trained
cadre
200 women activists
- - 86 women trained in
Advance Enterprise
Development
training
- 86 women trained in
Advance Enterprise
Development
Training.
4.5 Provision of community-managed livelihoods
resource (toolkit/unit)
6,000 women - Potential trades
identified
- 47 toolkits/assets
are procured and
transferred to the 47
women
-
- 47 toolkits/assets
are procured and
transferred to the 47
women
-

The details of above-mentioned activities under result are presented below:
4.1 Prepare and deliver training on literacy and numeracy skills for women activists
Traditional practices may be an important cause of low literacy level in women nevertheless limited
opportunities and inadequate infrastructure have profound
impacts on social and economic well-being of women of
Malakand Division. Adult Literacy Courses under PEACE
have, therefore, emerged as viable solutions to improve
basic and functional literacy skills of rural women thereby
empowering them. A total of 1,302 women have already
graduated from 53 Adult Literacy Courses during 5 month
courses, whereas 1,907 new women have been enrolled in 76 newly established ALCs. The ALCs are
established during the reporting period. Overall, 129 Adult Literacy Courses, with 3,202 graduates, since
inception, has been achieved.
Table 16: Details of Existing Adult Literacy Centers in Districts
District
Progress During Review Period Previous Cumulative
No. of
ALCs
Enrolled
Learners
Drop out No. of ALCs Graduated
Dropped
Out
No. of
ALCs
Enrolled
Learners
Graduated
Dropped
Out
Buner 10 244 1 11 274 1 21 520 274 2
Chitral 10 250 6 140 10 16 400 140 10
Dir Lower 10 250 9 221 4 19 475 221 4
Dir Upper 10 250 9 224 1 19 475 224 1
Malakand 10 282 3 64 5 13 351 64 5
Shangla 10 247 3 4 100 - 14 350 100 3
Swat 16 377 3 11 279 3 27 662 279 6
Total 76 1,900 7 53 1,302 24 129 3,233 1,302 31
A women named Kakai
The Adult Literacy Centers (ALCs) established under PEACE have adopted curriculum established by National Commission for Human
Development (NCHD). The offered course ran over period of 5 months has enabled participating women to improve reading and writing
skills. Miss Kakai, aged 55, was enrolled in ALC, Roshni. “I could not go to attend classes in school due to unavailability of educational facilities in our village.
I felt like I was deaf and dumb in front of literate people. I always wished to read and write," shared by Kakai. She added that “I may not be very educated person
but now I can proudly do my routine work; few basic calculations and reading/writing different names”. She shared that she is also helping her fellow women
to read and write. Currently Kakai has also been selected as one of potential entrepreneurs under the programme.

Education has no age limit
“As a child I was never sent to school by my parents and adding to that I was married by the time I was 17 only. At the end my 36th birthday, I was still deprived
of education. When I heard about PEACE ALCs, I asked my husband to join it, which he allowed”. These are some candid thoughts shared by Rafida
in village Totakan, District Malakand. She shared that she would always feel embarrassing for not being able to read or write basic
messages. But now since she is a graduate of ALC, she can read, write and undertake basic calculations. She shared that she alongwith other
colleagues were taught for 3 hours daily for five months, which has contributed in improving their skills. She added that now she is aware
of the tasks assigned to her kids by school teachers and provide every possible support to undertake these tasks effectively.
Never Say Die
To be born with a disability is misfortunate; to be struck with disability out of the blue is traumatic; but to pull oneself up and live with
disability is heroic. This is the story of Syasat Bibi, belonging to an impoverished family of District Shangla. She was just one year old
when she developed a sore on her back that brought with it a long chain of difficult treatments. In the end it was operated that saved
her life but left one side of her body paralyzed due to a long bed stay. Despite physical challenges, Syasat was always interested in
acquiring an education, but fate was not kind to her and given her families meager income, she had to forgo her wish of enrolling in
school. Her father was also old and sick and she was responsible for taking care of him. However, not one to admit defeat, Syasat
approached her local Community Organization for admission into the local ALC Umeed (Hope) when it opened in her village. She
completed a five month course at the Center and is now able to do simple math and to read and write simple sentences. Ask her today
and Syasat responds with great pride and a big smile, “I am able to read now! When I had joined the Center, I could not read or write
anything but now I can read the expiry dates on my father’s medicines and can also check the last dates and amounts of our electricity
bills."

4.2 Prepare and deliver Livelihoods Training for Women
The Programme is also creating opportunities for economic reintegration of women as integral
component for building local economies and constructing equitable societies. It attaches credibility to
their role and recognizes contribution they can make in national reconstruction process. Although, the
Programme is consistently pursuing its objectives it is also sensitive about local context. It has taken an
incremental and organic approach to women inclusion. As a result, gradual increase in number of
women community organizations, extensive mobilization efforts and multiple exposure opportunities
through various interventions are all contributing to increased understanding of women needs. This, in
turn, is facilitating the Programme to adapt relevant and effective mechanisms to remove constraints
restricting women progress.
During reporting period, over 1,500 women were
identified who will be supported with setting-up small-
scale enterprises. Initial assessments, including poverty
score card exercise, were conducted to ascertain socio-
economic conditions, needs and existing skills of
identified women. Based on trade of interest, women
have been organized into smaller groups called
‘Business Interest Groups’ (BIG). 91 BIGs have been
organized, including 51 during the reporting period.
Previous experience of SRSP shows that formation of
interest groups enables effective collaboration among
women for experience sharing. They function as support mechanisms for boosting confidence levels
and fostering linkages with the markets.
Identification of Trades
During the reporting period, market assessments to identify trades were conducted in Programme areas.
It is interesting to see that local markets can provide women with opportunities in both on-farm and
off-farm trades. However, robust mechanisms for linkages with market are required. The table below
shows the identified trades.
Criteria for selection of Beneficiaries
- Poor House Hold with PSC (0-33)
- Women Headed HH/Widow having children under 18
year with low or no income
- Single /Divorced Women /detached head of HH.
- Disable women/Transgender/Disable Household
head with low income.
- Women with no prior enterprise/Unemployed with
low or no income/willing to establish enterprise with
skills
- Must be member of WCO/WVO

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