Citizens Voice Project

Subaward Application Template

Cover Page Lead or primary Applicant Official name of applicant organization

Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration & Control) Ordinance 1961 (XLVI of 1961) Date of such registration 03-04-2004 Postal address G 2, Gulshan e Sufiyan, Arba Town Samungli Road Quetta Balochistan Website of the applicant organization, if any www.ocsd.org.pk RFA number DEA-CVP-Cycle-5-02-2013
Date of application Title of proposed activity Duration Current geographical coverage Geographical coverage of proposed activity Relevant thematic area Other partner organizations/institutions for the proposed project Contact for the prime Applicant having legal authority to sign grant agreement Name Title or position Postal/ office address

Type of lead organization (NGO/CBO/Private Sector/ Other specify) Law/regulation under which it is registered with Government of Pakistan

Organization for Community Services and Development (OCSD) NGO

CVP Grant Cycle 005 04 Months Balochistan Tehsil Chiltan Town of Quetta Citizens Voice for Free, Fair and Peaceful Elections None

Irfan Alamgir Khan Executive Director G 2, Gulshan e Sufiyan, Arba Town Samungli Road
Quetta Balochistan

Landline phone number(s)

081-2871820

Mobile telephone number(s) E-mail address Fax number(s) Technical contact person to answer any questions related to the grant application, if different from the above-mentioned contact person Name Title or position Postal/ office address Landline phone number(s) Mobile telephone number(s) E-mail address Fax number(s) Name of primary banker with account number, title and branch address Authorized signatures, print name, title and date

03008388067 ocsd@ocsd.org.pk 081-2871821

Irfan Alamgir Khan Executive Director 13-02-2013

Certification: By submitting this information the applicant confirms and certifies that the information provided in this application and the annexes/ attachments is correct and true to his/her knowledge and belief. Also, any further information requested by TDEA and its agents/subcontractors at any stage during the process of award will also be provided as true and correct. Provision of any incorrect or falsified information may result in rejection of the application at any stage during the preaward process or even after the award. By submitting this application, the applicant also confirms and certifies that s/he has carefully read and understood the requirements contained in the RFA document, any clarifications provided to the applicant specifically and, general guidance available on the project website. Note: Please ensure that the contact information provided is current and telephone and email addresses are functional.

Table of Contents Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Cover Page Table of Contents Management Plan Institutional Capacity Past Performance Certificate of Registration CVs of key personnel Organizational chart Organizational Profile Page Number 1 3 4 Attached (Y/N) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

a) Management Plan

The OCSDS intends to work in 12 union councils (i.e. Aghbarg, Ahmed Khan zai, Almo, Arbab Karam Khan, Baleli, Chashama Jeo, Deba, Forest Nursary, Hudda, Ismail, Jaffar Khan Jamali, Kechi Baig and Kuchlak) of Chiltan town of Quetta. The project activities will be monitored through Executive Director (ED) and Monitoring Evaluation and Research Officer (MERO) with the help of Finance and Admin Officer. The main office located in Quetta will be responsible for overall coordination and administrative support. OCSD shall hire a full time project coordinator and four assistant project coordinators two each male and female to handle all the project activities in coordination with head office. Following is the management structure and responsibility grid: Role of Quetta Office Task To hire project team To coordinate with district officials and politicians To engage media at district level To ensure the smooth execution of all project activities To do administrative and financial reporting To deal matters relating to finances, including giving salary and maintaining financial records To facilitate project team in financial planning To facilitate project team in documenting project activities by preparing monitoring tools To prepare periodic reports To assist project coordinator in improving project activities through planning and developing volunteers training material Role of Project Coordinator (PC) Officer Responsible ED

F&AO

MERO

1. To assist and work closely with Head Office in carrying out project activities
2. To develop field plans and execute project activities at local level though project team

3. To design and manage social media campaign to increase voter turnover 4. Linkage building and organizing communities 5. To look after financial and administrative affairs at local level Role of Assistant Project Coordinators (APC) 1. To provide assistance to Project Coordinator in carrying out project activities 2. To identify and train volunteer groups

3. To carryout campaign in increasing voter turnout 4. To organize information stalls 5. To organize communities at local level The Project Management Structure In the first five days of the project the hiring of project team will be completed. The hiring will be done through local head hunting and advertising through email groups. The preference will be given to those who are residents of the 12 UCs under this activity. After the hiring the project team will be oriented by Head Office on their roles and activities. This will be done during the first ten days of the project i.e. by march 10th. The project team will then translate the work plan into action plans at local level and execute the project activities. The main locations will be marked to hold information stalls. The same stalls will be used to register at least 6 volunteers preferably with balanced gender participation. The locations will be UC based. Each UC will have 2 stalls and each stall shall last for 2.5 days facilitated by APCs parallel in two UCs. The registered volunteers will be given further information and training. The visitors will be motivated to write their expectations in the form of letters to local politicians. These letters will be posted by the APCs later after putting their cover letter. It will be expected that each stall could get 5 letters written cumulating to 120 letters written to local politicians. In this manner each UC will have 5 days of field engagement whereas 6th day in office when all the volunteers will be called and trained on Free, Fair and Peaceful Elections concept. Altogether 24 stalls will be held in 12 UCs of intervention area and a total of 60 volunteers trained as core group. These volunteers shall be given a task of passing the message to others through text messages and writing letters to officials and public representatives on the issues and needs of the area. The project Coordinator and M&E officer will monitor the field area and facilitate APCs in holding stalls administratively and financially. They will also help in holding a corner meeting near stall location on the second or third day of stall. So by the end of this first phase, there would have been 12 corner meetings held and documented. This phase will be completed in 6 weeks starting from 11th March to 19th April including holidays. At the end of this phase PC will hold a press conference to share successes and challenges of the activity and to share the expectations from future. The trained pool of volunteers will be called again upon the completion of the second phase. They will be involved in planning to identify weak segments of population with poor record of voter turnover. It is expected that at least 60 volunteers with equal representation of gender will be trained and involved. They will be motivated to write one letter each about their expectations from the forthcoming elections and sign the pledge of non violence and peaceful elections. The APCs will divide UCs among the volunteers and themselves. Each pair of APC (male and female) will be given 30 volunteers (15 male and 15 female). They will start going in UCs for household visits to the targeted population. Each team will at least visit 500 households per UC

in 2 days and so each team will cover 3 UCs in six days. That way, in two weeks, both teams would have covered 12 UCs and have approached 6000 households at least. At the end a one day session of reflections will be facilitated by the project team of all the volunteers. During that session they will be motivated to write letters to different local, provincial and national level officials, legislators and politicians. Altogether it is expected that at least 120 letters would have been written to authorities at different levels. Each volunteer will be motivated to commit the involvement of other friends into improving the electoral process by writing to higher officials and local candidates. The project team shall facilitate each and every interested motivated individual in writing letters and demanding commitments. The volunteers will be paid a sum of Rs. 2000 each as stipend to meet the expenses of travelling. They will be paid the amount at the end of the activity. This phase shall start from 22nd April to 4th May. During this activity, PC will ensure the timely administrative support to the teams. PC will also continue parallel project activities. At the end of this phase PC will hold a press conference to share successes and challenges of the activity and to share the expectations from future. The PC along with ED will continue the other project tasks in parallel to above phases. These include 2 weekly meetings with local authorities on the issues of voter turnover and measures to be taken to improve access of female voters with arrangement of polling station being suitable for disabled voters. That will be 20 meetings during ten weeks starting from 11th March. The ED with PC and other head office team will hold three seminars inviting representatives of local NGOs and other government officials to formally announce the project and introduce team in the first ten days of March and then late another seminar after the completion of second phase of activities to share the achievements and invite civil society to participate in free, fair and peaceful election process. The last seminar will be held at the end of all the project activities to share challenges and successes. These seminars will be held in the Quetta office. The ED with PC and other head office team will meet with local contestants and present them the project activities along with the copies of letters written by locals to them and to other legislators and relevant authorities at local, provincial and national level. The team will orient the contestants about the candidate forum and seek dates and invite them to attend the same. These meetings will be locally held. The candidate forum shall be preferably held in the second week of May and before elections. This will be attended by the volunteers, local people, journalists and relevant government officials. The signed copy of commitment will be made public by getting it published through a press release of the event. Journalists will be encouraged to promote the forum and publish the motivational columns in news to improve voter turnover. The last phase of the activity will be to monitor and to promote the concept of addressing disputes arising during the process of elections. Meetings with both the winning and losing contestants of the relevant constituency will be held very after the election is done and results are announced. They will be requested to share their views about improving the election process. A seminar will be held in the end of May to present the suggestions from the representatives of

political parties and the contestants. This seminar will be followed up by a press conference in which documented responses will be shared with media. A press release will be issued on the same. The project staff along with volunteers shall meet with local authorities in their office to present documented suggestions of improving EDR. The efforts will be taken to engage medium level landowners and notables to accompany in these meetings. This activity will be done in the month of June. The officials will be requested to keep project team and other notables in the loop while forwarding the received requests to higher authorities. A detailed report will be made covering project activities and its findings along with the suggestions on improving election process and EDR mechanism coming from contestants of election from relevant constituency. This report will be launched in the last seminar of the project. A press release will be issued at this occasion and the same report shall be sent to PM, ECP, CJ of Supreme Court, Legislators and other media organizations through print and electronic mode.
b) Institutional Capacity

OCSD is a not for profit organization working at grass-roots level in Quetta and six rural districts of Balochistan. As the todays world is of information and technology and without accessing to modern developments we cannot compete it. If we look at the situation of Balochistan we would find far behind the province in so many areas and especially the information technology. This was the main thrust of the OCSD that some practical measures were needed to carry forward the modern developments in the province. Performance of the Organization: Over the past eight years, the organization made substantial efforts to promote social sector service for the marginalized communities. In these efforts generous financial support from the donors and kind cooperation from Government of Balochistan at both Provincial as well Districts level through their line departments, UNHCR, CAR and active participation of local communities are highly commendable. OCSD acknowledges their valuable contributions and looks forward more in future. Certainly without their involvement it was unable for the organization to achieve remarkable achievements. OCSD is also dependent on donor community to further its interventions. Therefore, within its available budget the organization has always tried to utilize whatsoever funds available for the benefit of the poor segments of the society. Detail of the Projects OCSD started its operations with meager funds in early 2004 like any newly born organization, OCSD also committed most of time for the establishment purposes. Side by side efforts continued to search for funding sources in order to start physical interventions for refugees, IDPs and host communities.

List of Projects: Improving Health Delivery Systems Establishment of Community Primary Schools Project Training of Local Government Officers for Citizen Community Board (CCB) Registration & Functioning in Balochistan Learning Needs For Out Of Schools Adolescents through Advocacy Supporting To Non Formal Basic Education NFBE Program in Pakistan Project Cycle Management (PCM) Trainings for CCBs Skills Development / Vocational Trainings Program Computer Literacy / English Language Basic Computer Education Literacy Phase 1, 2 & 3 Establishment of Youth & Adult Literacy Centers at District Sibi Phase 1 & 2 Basic Computer Education / Literacy Program Sustainability of the Program Interventions: Sustainability of interventions can be the major concern of the donor community which really needs to be addressed. The organization is consciously enough to address this particular issues. For this purpose, the activities are designed in such ways that involve all stakeholders. At one level, the organization carries out activities in close collaboration with government while at the other level it is also ensured that local communities are also practically involved in the planning, implementation, monitoring and post completion requirements of the interventions. In case of community primary schools, computer and non-formal education projects, respective government departments are fully on board which is another step towards ensuring the sustainability. Besides this, notables from the community are also taken on board in order to win their support in social sector activities. This unique approach adopted by the organization strengthens the efforts in order to ensure sustainability of the interventions.

c) Past Performance

The template has been attached.

d) Cross cutting issues including gender and environmental protection

Gender equity is a problem in the targeted population but at the same time there some examples after which people have realized the importance of women empowerment. The opportunities to improve this image will be welcomed there. Therefore volunteer teams formation in this project is kept in a way that it engages both male and female members. The teams of volunteers will have equal proportion of female members. It will be tried at best that none of the activities harm natural environment. Therefore, plastic and other synthetic material will be avoided at most. The smoking and other health harming habits will be discouraged during the intervention.

Certificate of Registration

CVs

Organization Chart

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

ORGANIZATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES & DEVELOPMENT (OCSD)

G 2, Gulshan e Sufiyan, Arbab Town Samungli Road Quetta Balochistan Phone: +92 081 2871820, Fax: +92 081 2871821 E-mail: ocsd@ocsd.org.pk Website: www.ocsd.org.pk
1. Name of the Organization: Organization for Community Services & Development (OCSD)

2.

Contact Information: Contact Person (s): Irfan Alamgir Khan (Executive Director)

Address:

G 2, Gulshan e Sufiyan, Arbab Town, Samungli Road, Quetta Balochistan

Phone Fax: Cell: Email: Website:

+92 081 2871820 +92 081 2871821 0300 - 8388067 ocsd@ocsd.org.pk, irfan@ocsd.org.pk, ocsdquettapk@yahoo.com www.ocsd.org.pk

3.
UN Ministry International NGO National NGO

Status of the Agency/ Organization:

Community Based Organization Other

4.

Introduction and background: It was early in the year 2004 when some like minded development professionals got together to establish an organization that could deliver quality services in the area of social sector. Their dream came to be true when the foundation of the organization for Community Services & Development OCSD was laid down. OCSD is a not for profit organization working at grass-roots level in Quetta and six rural districts of Balochistan. As the todays world is of information and technology and without accessing to modern developments we cannot compete it. If we look at the situation of Balochistan we would find far behind the province in so many areas and especially the information technology. This was the main thrust of the OCSD that some practical measures were needed to carry forward the modern developments in the province.

The team comprises of a group of energetic and fully charged with the mission to serve the deprived segments of the society and especially the displaced ones. The development professionals working with OCSD have a vast experience in development and relief assistance activities. The organization works without any caste and creed differences, political and religious motives.

The working approach is such that the organization seeks to promote durable solutions that are realistically achievable and sustainable. Its interventions serve the refugees, internally displaced and local communities without regardless of creed, nationality, ethnicity, race, political beliefs and gender or social status. The organization strictly follows the principles of solidarity, dignity, transparency of funds and most importantly serving the marginalized in a very effective and efficient way. Social mobilization plays a central role in all the interventions of the organization.

4.1

Vision: Creating a World of peace, justice and harmony where all disadvantaged have equal & equitable access to resources and opportunities.

4.2

Mission: We believe:

OCSD believes in the provision of the best possible social services to the community particularly the disadvantaged women and children. It also ensures active community participation;

i. In all facets of development and support interventions ii. In equal access to the latest forms of technology and the provision of information and services iii. In providing a learning environment for adult and non-formal education Further, the mission is supplemented with some more ingredients like personal attention to the work taking as an essential component and using technology as a supportive source; work sustainability aiming at strengthening and community empowerment, advocating effectively on community needs, strengthening donors-partnerscommunities-volunteers loop and lastly the capacity enhancement of CBOs.

4.3

Goal: The goal of the organization is to provide social services through active community participation that could result into communitys self-reliance and promote ultimately sustainable development.

4.4.

Program of Works: The following areas form the program mix in order to serve the marginalized communities through their active participation and generous support of our donors.

a. Emergency Relief / Rehabilitation: (Food / NFIs, Education, Shelter, WASH & Health) b. Education: (Primary Education, Non Formal Education, Adult Literacy, Computer literacy, Skills Development / Vocational Trainings programs) c. Capacity Building: (Training of Govt. Officials & Teachers ) d. Advocacy: (Out of School Adolescents and other related programs) e. Health: (Nutrition, First Aid, HIV/AIDS, Health / Hygiene Awareness & Counseling, Referral cases, Basic Health Support) f. Livelihood: Agriculture, Livestock & Poultry etc. g. Protection / EVIs: Identification, Assistance, Referral and Community Based Solution

4.5.

Program Outreach: The organization presently strives to focus on different districts of Balochistan under following Regions:

A. Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, Ziarat, Loralai B. Bolan, Sibi, Naseerabad, Jafferabad, Jhal Magsi and Lasbela The organization also has the network of Civil Society Organization CSOs & Community Based Organizations CBOs who are working under baseline NGO to implement / carryout and monitor the project / activities.

4.6

The BOD / Governing Body: The Governing Body comprises of seven members who has the mandate to review the progress of the organization and provide strategic guidance, whereas other three members provide their support to organization as and where it is required. The following is the composition;

i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. 4.7

President Sr. Vice President Vice President Joint Secretary General Secretary Finance Secretary Press Secretary Member Member Member

Registration under the Act / Memberships: The organization is registered with Government at both Provincial as well National level which shows its legal status and geographical area of working;

a.

Social Welfare Department Government of Balochistan under Voluntary

Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance 1961 (XL VI of 1961) (Registration No. DSW-1273, date 03-04-2004). b. State and Frontier Region Division Ministry of SAFRON Government of Pakistan Islamabad (Reg. No. No. F .5(15)-AR-II/2004, date 08-02-2005). c. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan (Reg. No. 70, date 16-07-2011). d. Member of Network for Electoral Participation (NEP) Election Commission of Pakistan formed by SDEPP II project of UNDP (Membership No. NEP 169 / Balochistan) e. Enrolled with the Ministry of Youth Affairs Government of Pakistan Islamabad. (Enrollment certificate is awaited) 5. Program Functions: The core team consists of technical experts and professionals involved in program development, implementation and community mobilization and associated with well reputed national and international non-government organizations. This provides strong technical backstopping to the organization. Apart from this, like any organization OCSD has its well established administrative, program and finance sections which make a dynamic force to provide social services to the communities, accounts of the organization are audited both internally and externally in order to maintain transparency in utilizing the funds.

6. Performance of the Organization:

Over the past eight years, the organization made substantial efforts to promote social sector service for the marginalized communities. In these efforts generous financial support from the donors and kind cooperation from Government of Balochistan at both Provincial as well Districts level through their line departments, UNHCR, CAR and active participation of local communities are highly commendable. OCSD acknowledges their valuable contributions and looks forward more in future. Certainly without their involvement it was unable for the organization to achieve remarkable achievements. OCSD is also dependent on donor community to further its interventions. Therefore, within its available budget the organization has always tried to utilize whatsoever funds available for the benefit of the poor segments of the society.

6.1.

Projects Implemented: The organization has implemented a total of thirteen (13) projects for afghan refugees and host communities under its regular programs; it has also supported IDPs and other

communities in times of Emergencies by providing those Food / Non food items. These projects are aimed at Improving Health Delivery Services, establish community primary schools, build the capacity of LG officials, teachers, schools administration / staff in their relevant fields. The communities were also provided awareness on Health & Hygiene, HIV/AIDS plus STIs and STDs, management, Counseling and uplifting the literacy level and the provision of modern computer education to the intended beneficiaries.

The main funding sources include; a) United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) b) Asian Development Bank (ADB) through Government of Pakistan Finance Division under Decentralization Support Program (DSP) National Program Support Office (NPSO) Islamabad c) UNESCO through Directorate of Literacy & Non Formal Basic Education Government of Balochistan d) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) e) Ockenden International (OI) f) National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) g) Islamic Relief (IR) h) Muslim Aid in collaboration with Government of Balochistan Education Department i) Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (DTCE) j) Fund raising, donations and Self-financing The total numbers of beneficiaries are 44,556 of which 21,318 are male and 23,238 are female beneficiaries. It is highly encouraging to note that the organization is focusing more on the female side which is generally ignored in most of the projects. This supplements the organizations mission which is aimed at serving the disadvantaged segments of the society and especially the females (girls, children and women). Total cost of the projects is Rs. 28.565 million.

6.2.

Detail of the Projects OCSD started its operations with meager funds in early 2004 like any newly born organization, OCSD also committed most of time for the establishment purposes. Side by side efforts continued to search for funding sources in order to start physical interventions for refugees, IDPs and host communities.

THE PROJECT-WISE DETAILS ARE AS UNDER;

1.

Improving Health Delivery Systems: The project is funded by UNHCR under the RAHA (Refugees Affected Hosting Areas) initiatives and amid at improving systems of health services for targeted populations by improving infrastructural facilities provision of equipment & materials and building capacities of health staff at Basic Health Unit BHU UC-Saigai District Killa Abdullah.

2.

Establishment of Community Primary Schools Project: The project aimed at establishing community primary schools in the areas where no such school / education facility is available. The organization in collaboration with Government Education Department and generous support by Muslim Aid UK provided its technical support and established Community Primary Schools boys/girls in district pishin (tehsil Burshore-5 & Karezat-3) and Ziarat district (tehsil ziarat-1, Sanjavi-1). The schools were established for 2 (two) years based on need identified by the district education department and in coordination with other concerned I/NGOs and at the completion of the project the schools were handed over to District Government Education Department Pishin.

During the project period the schools were provided all required support as under;

Formation and meetings with WASH committees on weekly / monthly basis Health & Hygiene, sanitation, and sessions on first aid to communities, PTSMCs, Mothers and school children Counseling sessions for children in schools through teachers Formation and meeting with PTSMCs on monthly basis Broad Based Community Meetings Baseline survey Teachers hiring Provision of School Supplies / furniture Provision of Text Books / Stationery

Enrollment campaign for out of schools children Monthly/quarterly and final exams Teachers training Exposure visits Celebration of events Annual sports week and Monitoring / Support visits of schools on monthly basis

A total of 298 children were provided with basic primary education, whereas 10 teachers were trained on basic teaching techniques under this programs

3.

Training of Local Government Officers for Citizen Community Board (CCB) Registration & Functioning in Balochistan: Under the Devolution Plan; the project was funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB) through Government of Pakistan Finance Division under Decentralization Support Program (DSP) National Program Support Office Islamabad.

The overall objective of the program was to enhance the capacity of Local Government LG Officials on Citizen Community Board CCBs registration and functioning in Balochistan.

The Specific objectives of the program are: CCBs; To provide mentoring/backup support and guidance to concerned LG officials in the registration and functioning of CCBS. To develop better understanding among concerned LG officials on the role of CCBs as envisaged in LGO 2001 and Budget Rules 2003; To facilitate and promote CCB registration and functioning in Balochistan; To acquaint the concerned LG officials with concepts of community participation in local level development through CCBs; To develop an understanding among concerned LG officials on the relevant sections of budget rules 2003 (dealing with CCBs); To build the skills of concerned LG Officials on registration and functioning of

4.

Learning Needs For Out Of Schools Adolescents through Advocacy Supporting To Non Formal Basic Education NFBE Program in Pakistan: The project was funded by UNESCO through Directorate of Non Formal Education Department Government of Balochistan to support Directorate of Non Formal Education for undertaking the following as under;

Developed poster on Free Education for All by organizing different competitions at both communities as well schools level and involved childrens in making different drawings / posters on Education. Prizes both cash and in-kind were also distributed among the 1st three finalist. Developed booklet on theme Learning Needs for out of School Adolescents through Advocacy Supporting to Non Formal Basic Education NFBE Program in Pakistan by initially meeting all concerned organizations working on Education specially Non Formal, 1 day consultative workshop was also conducted with concerned organizations including Government Education Department for sharing experiences. At the end of the project OCSD organized 3 day National Seminar at Quetta and concerned organizations from all over Pakistan together with UNESCO and its partner organizations were also invited to share their learning and experiences as well recommendations that can be forwarded to relevant authorities.

5.

Project Cycle Management (PCM) Trainings for CCBs: The project was aimed to monitor the implementation of 10 training workshops 3 day each on Project Cycle Management (PCM) for Citizen Community Boards CCBs at District Pishin and Mastung Balochistan, these trainings were implemented by Society for Community Support Primary Education in Balochistan SCSPEB and Innovative Development Organization IDO under the project funded by Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment DTCE Islamabad.

6.

Skills Development / Vocational Trainings Program: The project was funded by Ockenden International (OI) Quetta Pakistan to provide vocational trainings to afghan refugees living in suburbs of Quetta city. The organization successfully continued the program in Ghousabad & Hazara Town of Quetta city.

The basic objectives of this program were:

a. To provide vocational trainings to the extremely vulnerable individuals (EVIs) among afghan refugees b. To develop uniform syllabus of trainings c. To develop linkages with I/NGOs and concerned government departments for collective efforts for promoting Vocational Training programs

A total number of 100 direct beneficiaries were benefited from this program

7.

Computer Literacy / English Language: This project was also completed with the generous financial support from Ockenden International (OI) Quetta Pakistan. The organization has been successful in setting up two (2) computer centers in Afghan Refugee schools i.e., Ghousabad & Hazara Town.

The basic objectives of the program were;

a. To provide basic computer education along with English Language to the extremely vulnerable individuals (EVIs) among afghan refugee communities in targeted areas b. To develop a uniform syllabus for computer education and English Language programs c. To develop linkages with I/NGOs and concerned government departments for collective efforts for promoting computer education and English Language programs in other districts of Balochistan

A total of 250 direct beneficiaries were enrolled and learned Modern computer education and English Language.

8-10. Basic Computer Education Literacy Phase 1, 2 & 3: The project was funded by Catholic Relief Services CRS Quetta Pakistan and completed its three phases. The objective of the program was to provide Basic computer Education / Literacy to Afghan Refugees (70%) and Host Communities

(30%). The organization made tremendous efforts in establishing four (4) computer centers in suburbs of Quetta city.

The basic objectives of the program were;

a. To provide basic computer education to the extremely vulnerable individuals (EVIs) among afghan refugees and host communities b. To develop a uniform syllabus of basic computer education c. To develop linkages with I/NGOs and concerned government departments for collective efforts for promoting computer education programs in other areas of Balochistan

Fem ale beneficiaries 60%

Male beneficiaries 40%

A total of 441 (direct beneficiaries) were enrolled and provided with Basic computer education

In order to ensure quality of education, 70 teachers were trained in the teaching techniques, assessment methods, monitoring & evaluation of the centers and participatory approaches.

11-12. Establishment of Youth & Adult Literacy Centers at District Sibi Phase 1 & 2: The project was started with financial support from National Commission for Human Development NCHD through its region office Jaffarabad. A total of 50 adult literacy centers were established 25 centers in each 1st and 2nd phase. The centers were established in 6 union councils of district Sibi. The major activities in the Project are as under:

Fem ale beneficiaries 60%

Male benef iciaries 40%

a. Establishment of 50 adult literacy centers along with identification of teachers and potential learners,

b. c. d. e.

Teachers training Monitoring of literacy centers, Assessment of students, and Data base management

The organization implemented this project with great success with the support from District Local Government, Nazims, Education Department, Social Welfare Department and local communities of Sibi District.

A total of 1,500 beneficiaries 750 in each phase got awareness about adult literacy tools such as how to write their names, how to sign, simple basic calculations etc.

They were taught four books (book 1, 2, 3 & mathematics) provided by NCHD. The most important aspect of this project was to establish 3 x Literacy Centers for prisoners in district sibi Jail.

Teachers' trainings were made an integral part of the project in both the phases. A total of 100 teachers / social animators were trained in social mobilization, literacy center management, adult teaching techniques and assessment methods.

13.

Basic Computer Education / Literacy Program: The project was started in collaboration with District Government / Education Department Government of Balochistan, The basic purpose of the project was to introduce basic computer education concept in Government / private schools by establishing computer laboratories.

A detailed survey was carried out before the initiation of the program which amid to assess the needs of schools in terms of computers, teachers and trainings etc. OCSD provided all required support to the established computer laboratories and carried out monitoring against indicators.

It is worth mentioning that OCSD with its own funding established computer laboratories in 9 (nine) Govt. High Schools of Quetta and provided skilled teachers in these labs. The project was highly appreciated by the high level dignitaries including Mr. Awais Ahmed Ghani, Governor Balochistan, Mr. Shafique Ahmed Khan, member Balochistan assembly, Ms. Rahila Durrani, member Balochistan assembly and the Nazims of Chiltan and Zarghoon Town, Quetta. The District Education Department also extended cooperation in this project. As a result, nine schools were completely equipped with modern computer laboratories and trained teachers.

A total of 6,359 (direct-beneficiaries) students were benefited from the project and learned computer skills, whereas 135 school teachers of respective schools were also trained on basic computer education

6.3

Detail of Projects:

a. Projects Completed and on-going: S. No .

1.

Project Type

Funding Source
UNHCR

Duration

Total Cost (Rs.)

11,890,279

Improving Health Delivery System by Constructing Labor Room along with Clinical Laboratory (fully equipped) at Basic Health Unit (BHU) at UC-Saigai

6 months

(on-going project ) 2. Establishment of Community Primary Schools Capacity Building of Local Government Officials Advocacy Supporting To Non Formal Basic Education NFBE Program in Pakistan Monitoring of Project Cycle Management (PCM) Training of CCBs Vocational Skills Development Training (Masonry) Computer Literacy / English Language Computer Education Phase 1 Computer Education Phase 2 Computer Education Phase 3 Youth & Adult Literacy Phase 1 Youth Adult Literacy Phase 2 Basic Computer Education / Literacy Program Total: Govt. Edu. Dept. & Muslim Aid ADB/NPSO Directorate of DLNFE / UNESCO DTCE 2 year 9,325,814

3. 4.

Ongoing Since July' 2006 6 months

3,304,665 632,500

5.

3-months

150,000

6.

Ockenden International Ockenden International CRS CRS CRS NCHD NCHD GoB/Selffinancing

3 - months

160,000

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

6 - months 4-months 4-months 4-months 5-months 5-months 7-months

700,000 420,200 550,000 294,000 156,250 148,750 832,800

28,565,258

b.

Total No. of Beneficiaries with Breakup of Male/Female: Project Type Funding Source
UNHCR

S. No .
1.

No. of Beneficiarie s
34548

Mal e
16929

Femal e
17619

Improving Health Delivery System by Constructing Labor Room along with Clinical Laboratory (fully equipped) at Basic Health Unit (BHU) at UC-Saigai (on-going project ) Establishment of Community Primary Schools Capacity Building of Local Govt. Officers.

2.

Govt. Edu. Dept. & Muslim Aid ADB / NPSO

308

123

185

3.

EDO (CD), TO (P), DO (SW) & UC Secretaries of all the 29 Districts of Balochistan All District / Officials of Balochistan 200 CCB members and Union Council Secretaries

310

120

4.

Advocacy Supporting To Non Formal Basic Education NFBE Program in Pakistan Monitoring of Project Cycle Management (PCM) Training of CCBs. Vocational Skills Development Training (Masonry)

Directorate of DLNFBE / UNESCO Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (DTCE) Ockenden International

200

100

5.

189

11

6.

100

100

7.

Computer Literacy / English Language

Ockenden International

250

100

150

8. 9.

Computer Education Phase 1 Computer Education Phase 2

CRS CRS

191 250

129 110

62 140

10.

Computer Education Phase 3

CRS

120

48

72

11.

Youth & Adult Literacy Phase 1

NCHD

750

260

490

12.

Youth & Adult Literacy Phase 2

NCHD

750

253

497

13.

Basic Computer Education / Literacy Program Total:

GoB/Selffinancing

6,359

2,567

3,792

44,556

21,318

23,238

6.4

Detail of Projects Underway:

S. No.

Project/ Activities

Period (FromTo)

Location (Province/Di strict/Union Council) District Naseerabad & Jaffarabad

Project Cost

Funding Source

Remarks

Addressing Environmental Issues in Flood Affected Districts

3 year

58.785 Million

Ministry of National Disaster Management through Planning Commission GOP (a project of UNDP Sustainable Land Management Abu Dhabi Group

The project is almost approved and will be started soon after the funds transfer from Ministry

Improving 1 year Educational Services in Balochistan (IESB)

District Quetta, Pishin & Ziarat

8.08 Million

Awaited for final go/ letter from donor

7.

Future Plans and Challenges Ahead: It is imperative to state that social mobilization would be the core component of the future activities. This would certainly harness the communities potential in order to ensure affective and active participation in development and emergency programs. This would also result into greater ownership of the activities and would ensure sustainability

aspects. The organization wants to expand the scope of its social sector services as per following priorities in addition to existing programs in next five years:

Education (Primary particularly) Capacity Building in Public Sector Research & Studies

Based on the expansion strategy, the sector-wise plans are elaborated as under:

a.

Education The activities on primary education would be focused and carried out with the involvement of stakeholders and the beneficiaries. The interest areas under education sector would include:

i) ii)

Interventions in Primary Schools establishment Capacity building in Education Sector including: Training of PTSMCs Teachers' Training Soft skills for students

iii)

Adoption of non-formal schools for the improvement of academic needs, teacher trainings, school management, repair and maintenance and infrastructure improvements Establish and improve existing community / primary schools especially for girls and out of school children (boys and girls) Arrangements to ensure education for street children Improve and expand program for non-formal education for adults and youth Primary education for Afghan refugees and host communities including nonformal education along with the provision of computer literacy

iv)

v) vi) vii)

b.

Health

The plans related to health activities are as under; i) ii) iii) iv) Social and medical services at outreach, treatment centers at outreach and counseling Rehabilitation centers for drug addicts Awareness raising on Health & Hygiene, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and STDs Capacity Building of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs)

c.

Women and Child Rights The organization also has plans to work for the basic human rights generally and specifically for the women and children. The specific plans are:

k)

To emphasize, uplift and strengthen the level of women participation in community development ii) Awareness raising on gender issues which affect the women and girls child iii) Working for the child labor issues

d.

Capacity Enhancement There would be a focus on the capacity enhancement of the communities in order to transfer decision making skills, linkages development for accessing resources from other organizations and departments, and vocational skilled based workshops for Extremely Vulnerable Individuals (EVIs) especially the widows and orphans.

8.

Sustainability of the Program Interventions: Sustainability of interventions can be the major concern of the donor community which really needs to be addressed. The organization is consciously enough to address this particular issues. For this purpose, the activities are designed in such ways that involve all stakeholders. At one level, the organization carries out activities in close collaboration with government while at the other level it is also ensured that local communities are

also practically involved in the planning, implementation, monitoring and post completion requirements of the interventions. In case of community primary schools, computer and non-formal education projects, respective government departments are fully on board which is another step towards ensuring the sustainability. Besides this, notables from the community are also taken on board in order to win their support in social sector activities. This unique approach adopted by the organization strengthens the efforts in order to ensure sustainability of the interventions.