SRSP Competencies
Social Mobilization
Following a three tier social mobilization strategy the programme aims to develop creative and productive partnerships with the rural and urban communities fostering new thinking, ways and means on rural development.
So far formation of 8651 community organizations (6,066 and 2,585 men and women) having membership of 244,851 households with total savings of Rs 76 million has been achieved.
At least 11 Local Support Organizations covering almost 19000 households in 5 districts have also been constituted.
Physical Infrastructure Water and Environmental Sanitation
Physical Infrastructure, Water and Environmental Sanitation The communities are involved in planning, implementation, operation and maintenance of small-scale, need based environmental friendly, micro-infrastructure schemes. So far, SRSP has initiated/completed 4,028 small-scale infrastructure projects including irrigation channels, micro-hydro projects, drip irrigation, mini dams, farm to market roads, protection bunds/retaining walls, drinking water and sanitation schemes and street pavements with local communities. These schemes with a total cost of 1.308 billion PKR benefit 308,540 men and women community members.
Natural Resource Management
Natural Resource Management Innovations, usage of new and appropriate technologies, research and demonstration, creating an interface of communities and relevant line agencies and working through two different models i.e. Arid Zone Model and Mountain Model are few of the core features of SRSP’s Natural Resource Management component.
Microfinance and Enterprise Development
Contributing to the overall vision of the organization, the microfinance program strives to reduce financial vulnerabilities of the disadvantaged by providing them with the opportunity to have an easy access to an institutional microfinance services. To deal with diverse patterns of livelihood in the province, SRSP employs three different models of microfinance i.e. Rural model, Urban Model and Village Banking Model. Instead of having one product that fits all, a complete product line is on offer to the target group that caters to the credit needs of various market segments. The average mark-up rate on all products comes to 15 percent, however each product demands its distinct client eligibility. Up until today, almost half a billion rupees have been extended in micro-loans to more than 50,000 clients (50 percent women) with an average loan size of 10,000 Rupees, which shows that the microfinance services by large have been made available to poor and financially vulnerable.
Relief and Rehabilitation
After the earthquake of 2005, SRSP emerged as the largest local intermediary organization involved in relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction working in NWFP.
SRSP because of its wide geographical presence and experience of working in the communities is ideally placed to provide relief in emergencies. It has also demonstrated experience in housing reconstruction, livelihoods, community built infrastructure, education and psycho-social programmes.
Watch Flash Presentation of SRSP Relief Activities
Policy Advocacy and Linkage
While support to grassroots institution continues to be pivotal, policy advocacy and linkage activities tailored to the new macro-economic environment with wide ranging political structural reforms have also been emphasized. SRSP has been actively engaged in influencing policies at the provincial and national level through active collaboration with government agencies giving them exposure to SRSP’s programme areas vis-à-vis developing their capacity in participatory development approaches and creating an interface of communities and government line agencies through dialogues and technical collaboration.
Social sector services
SRSP endeavors to improve delivery of Social Sector services through awareness raising events, establishment of community schools, establishment of adult literacy centers and various education and health related trainings. So far 73 community based ‘model’ schools, enrolling almost 5,000 poor children, especially girl child, have been established. SRSP has also been supporting improvement in delivery of education at provincial level through development of district education plans, developing systems and technological packages. SRSP has been a major player in reviving the education system in earthquake affected areas. Rebuilding of schools, providing access to almost 17,000 children, developing teachers’ capacity and developing schools facilities has been some of its notable achievements.
Gender and Development
SRSP is committed to involve both women & men for addressing poverty issues. A continuous effort is undertaken to address women’s practical and strategic needs within the prevailing socio-cultural environment. SRSP’s Gender programme is operational at three levels. i.e organizational, programme and external level. With gender policies and gender action plan in place, SRSP with its gender infrastructure has been one of the leading organizations to promote gender mainstreaming in NWFP.
Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Research
SRSP has been proactively engaging local communities in assessing the impact of its interventions at local level. Logical tools are used for designing and implementing projects effectively. Regular monitoring is a core feature at all levels of SRSP and communities have also been given a primary role in monitoring and evaluating programme impacts. SRSP has also been able to develop capacity of government line agencies in participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation.
