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Donate to SRSP Sarhad Rural Support Programme

Mission

Create Social Capital by mobilizing communities for poverty reduction in NWFP and Fata

Vision

Create a Society where poverty is reduced and sustainable means of livelihood ensured.


SRSP Sarhad Rural Support Programme


After the success of Livelihood centered "Rural Support Programme" (RSP) Approach to rural development in the northern mountain regions of Pakistan in the eigthies, enlightened individuals in the government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) members of the civil society and academia had joined with an international donor agency to establish a non-government/non-profit organization called SRSC in 1989 to replicate the model in NWFP. Subsequently renamed Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) and registered under company's ordinance 1984, SRSP is the largest non-profit/non-government organization of NWFP. It has pro-actively promoted people-centered development by improving livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities, while maintaining the special focus on women, playing a leading role in supporting poverty reduction in NWFP over the past two decades. SRSP has also been entrusted with the task of extending the working of RSP to FATA region.





Partners in Development

Qatar students working at computerPrompted by the concern that the progress in the fight against poverty needs to be augmented, SRSP has been facilitating partnerships and forging alliances of development partners. Today SRSP hosts a number of programmes and projects supported by national and international donors to facilitate and strengthen livelihoods and sustainable development in NWFP. The list of the partners is given below.
  • Pakistan Poverty Alleviation fund
  • UK Department for Int’l Development
  • IFAD Asian Development Bank
  • International Labor Organization
  • United Nations Development Program
  • Rural Support Programmes Network
  • Plan Pakistan
  • DWHH-German Agro Action
  • UK Learning for Life
  • Swiss Development Corporation
  • Khushaal Pakistan Fund
  • Canadian Int’l Development Agency
  • German Agency for Technical Cooperation
  • United Nations (FAO, UN-Habitat and UNHCR)
  • ICCO/Kerk in Actie
  • International Development Relief Fund, Canada


SRSP Organizational Profile

Human Resource Development in SRSP

SRSP has a three tier organizationalstructure including Headoffice, Regional offices and Field Units. In addition, separate project management units/offices are also established to run various projects under the programme. The HeadOffice, based in Peshawar, provides leadership and is responsible for quality assurance, resource mobilization, donor liaison and technical supervision for the field activities of the programme. At field level, the programme is run and managed by six regional teams based in Peshawar, Kohat, Abbotabad, Mansehra, Shangla and Chitral. Each regional team supervises a number of districts. The programme operates on the principle of subsidiarity where regions enjoy autonomy to make decisions at the local level. To ensure that planning is reflective of community needs, the regional and field teams conduct in-depth dialogues/diagnostic surveys in programme areas resulting in preparation of community/village/union council micro-development plans. All the development inputs received by the men or women community members are need and opportunity driven communicated through organized forums at the community, village and union council level. The organization has a proven track record in planning, implementation, management, steering, monitoring and evaluation of community development, improvement in physical infrastructure, microfinance, human resource development and gender awareness and mainstreaming in rural areas of NWFP. SRSP comprises of over 1000 professional/support staff members but its scope extends far beyond, encompassing an extensive network of partner organizations and former staff members across the development landscape of Pakistan.






Board of Directors

Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Research

The seventeen member Board of Directors, including for eminent women of NWFP, is responsible for setting the strategic direction, reviewing and approving business plans and developing guiding policies for SRSP. Day to day management of SRSP’s affairs and implementation of its strategy and policy initiatives are delegated to the Chief Executive Officer and Programme Managers/Regional Programme Managers. The Board is a balanced mix of representatives from public and private institutions, press, intelligentsia, academia, agricultural sector and industries. The Board meets on quarterly basis to review the physical and financial progress besides guiding the implementation team on enhancing programme efficiency and effectiveness.