TH A RD EEP RU RA L D EV ELO PM EN T PRO GRA M M E

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Volume 1, Issue 1
October, 2006

H R D C a l c u l a t e d Ef f o r t s
Capacity building is the starting
point, and a necessary ingredient
for success of many global goals
such as human security and devel-
opment . Well developed and imple-
and other institutions. HRD looks
at capacity building as a process Inside this issue:
that involves value added instruc-
Social Capital 2
tion, the training of trainers, ac-
tivities with multiplier effects, Village Immersion Programme 3

mented capacity building initiatives and net wor king. This involves bot h Local Support Organizations 3

lead to the effective development institutional capacity-building, as Gender Sensitization 4

of human potential, which eventu-
ally results in better human secu-
rity and all-round development.
HRD's capacity building approach
aims at (a) the upgrading of knowl-
edge, communication and managerial
skills necessary to address more
effectively the emerging issues in
sustainable development; and (b) to
promote information dissemination
among local communities, policy
makers, academics, researchers,
An O v e r v i e w
Mainly this quarter was focused on intu-
itional development rather than focusing on
programmatic activities. In this quarter the
efforts were made to strengthen HRD head
office along with regional HRD delivery.
During the quarter reporting & filing was on
top priority, each event /activity report was
written & circulation within the three days
in this regard the team of course worked
hard every individual performed their job.
New manuals were developed on Primary
well as human capacity-building at
grass root & partner level.
Learning by doing
Orientation for Staff & Planning, Monitoring
& Evaluation. Looking in the upcoming op-
portunity Basic Management Skill Training
was redesigned, the manual is complete &
team is computerizing. During the quarter
HRD availed the opportunities to work for
Akida. A ToP is also signed with BRSP for
joint venture. During the period HRD were
focusing on strengthening the liasioning
between other segments of societies too.
Basic Management Skills 4
Local Government Programe 5
Carpet Survey 5
Dear Colleagues
We in our different forums
observed that information
sharing is reducing day by day.
This is an attempt to share the
information, we are also striv-
ing to share the monthly up-
date on regular basis.
This time we are simply shar-
ing our progress report but
next time I hope we will be
sharing with you the thought
provoking material & informa-
tion.
We will be looking for your
comments & suggestions
PA GE 2 H RD Q U A R T ER LY N EW S B U LLET I N

So c i a l C a p i t a l
Indigenous cultures are under enormous threat c rea se & em p o w er ind ig enous g roup s; p rom otio n
from burgeoning globalization as evidenced by: of collaborative learning with indigenous organi-
decreasing indigenous populations, disproportion- za tions; growth of projects led by indigenous
ately high poor health standards, disparities in groups;
em ployment to non-indigenous populations, rela-
tively high crime rates, marginalization from tradi- increase recognition and use of indigenous cul-
tional homelands, threats to natural resources, ture; the paradigm shift towards holistic thinking
degradation of the natural and spiritual environ- about integrated catchments management; ca-
ment, decrease in the use of indigenous cultural pacity building programmes for indigenous peo-
practice, rapid social readjustment and transfor- ples; social policy and planning to achieve in-
mation, breakdown of tradi- digenous aspirations; and indigenous-led strate-
tional societal values and tra- gic planning for sustain-
ditions, and loss of traditional able development and
knowledge. Indigenous cul- economic growth.
tures are being increasingly
Social capital refers to
swamped by a tide of global
amorphous cultures domi- the institutions, rela tion-
na ted b y c a p ita lism , c onsum- ships and norms that
erism, and Westernisation, shape the quality and
which are being used to de- quantity of a society‘s so-
fine a new set of core values cial interactions. Increas-
and principles based on ing evidence shows that
these ideologies. Further- social cohesion is critical
more, “globalisation carries for societies to prosper
the threat of homog enization and universalisa- economically and for development to be sustain-
tion” (UNESCO 1998), able.

A glimmer of hope has become patches of reality

in the arid zones of Sindh similar to other parts of
country, where, from federal government to the
community level, examples provide increased “Ind ig enous c ultures a re b eing inc rea sing ly
rec ognition of the importance of indigenous cul-
swamped by a tide of global amorphous
ture and knowledge. Within the area of commu-
nity development examples illustrate a realign- c ultures d o mina ted b y c a p ita lism,
ment of indigenous concepts and values with c o nsum erism, a nd Westernisa tion”
contemporary thinking. This is an attempt to in-

W h a t w e d id ……….
Keeping scenario in mind TRDP-HRD organized documented and process reports are available in
the trained activists workshops (social capital), HRD.
284 activists including 59 women from 227 villages
of 71 Union Councils participated in 14 one day
workshops from Tharparkar, Khairpur, Dadu and
Jamshoro districts. Zaheer udin Manager HRD was
the Resource Person in all the workshops. All team
of HRD facilitated in sorting out & screening proc-
ess of the activists. Those short listed activists were
invited in Regional workshops. All workshops were
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Vi l l a g e Im m e r s i o n Pr o g r a m m e
Thardeep’s HRD believes in the potential and power of the people, Village Immersion Programme is one
the initiatives which provides opportunity to live & learn from the indigenous communities. This is a regu-
la r p rog ra m m e a c tivity; d uring the rep orting p eriod a g ro up of DMGs fro m Civil Servic es Ac a d em y La-
ho re d id the im m ersio n w ith the villa g ers of Mithrio Bha tti. This im m ersio n w a s b uilt a round the them e of
social mobilization through participatory rural development. 7 DMGs including two women joined the
immersion team. The video documentary of whole process is available at HRD Audio Visual Lab.

Lo c a l Su p p o r t O r g a n i z a t i o n
In c olla b ora tion w ith RSPN, Tha rd eep – Human Re-
sourc e Develop m ent org a nized 02 d a ys orienta-
tion w orkshop on LSO for Ma na g em ents, p ro fes-
siona ls, lea d p ersons a nd soc ia l org a nizers to d e-
velop c onc ep tua l c la rity a b o ut LSO, its need , im-
p orta nc e a nd roles in soc ia l m ob iliza tion fo r p o v-
erty red uc tion a nd a ssess the sta ff und ersta nd ing
on the institutiona l d yna m ic s a nd sha red the or-
g a niza tiona l c a p a c ity a nd too ls a nd tec hniq ues.
The w o rkshop sc hed ule w a s fro m Sep tem b ers 14-
16, 2006 a t Tra ining Ha ll Mithi Reg io n. Som e 30
tea m m em b ers p a rtic ip a ted in the event. Mr.
Muha m m m a d Ali Azizi Sp ec ia lists of Soc ia l Mob ili-
zation – RSPN w a s the lea d Tra iner w hile Za heer
ud in Ma na g er HRD w a s Co tra ine r in entire the
c ourse. Ba sic a lly LSO id ea is g enera ted in visua liz-
ing the up c om ing o p p ortunities & if w e loo k in
our ra p id g ro w ing & inc rea sing num b er o f Men &
Wom en Pa ra Develop m ent Com m ittees w hic h
som e tim es c a uses the less intera c tion b etw e en
RSPs p ro fessiona l sta ff a nd PDCs/ VDOs, a lso it ha s
b ec o m e im p ossib le for sta ff to a ttend m onthly
m eeting s of PDC/ VDO d ue to lim ited resourc es,
c onseq uently, sta ff m a inta ins lia iso n only w ith a c-
tive PDCs a s w ell a s a ll b ene fits g o to these PDCs.
So a ny org a niza tion c a n’ t ind uc t sta ff a nd like to
p rep a re a c tive g roup
a m ong them w hic h
ha s a full a c c ess to ser- “ Basically Local Support
vic e p ro vid ers. So there
Organization idea is to
is a need to streng then
PDC/ VDOs for sm ooth strengthen the Para
rec eiving m ec ha nism Development Committees”
& inc rea sed netw ork-
ing . As w e think the
LSO is the m ost suita b le
um b rella org a niza tion a t Union c ounc il level. The
c ore o b jec tives of w o rkshop w a s to susta in the
VDOs a t villa g e level throug h intra linka g es a s
they c a n g et a c c ess to servic e p rovid ing a g en-
c ies, ensure the c o ntinuity o f RSP w o rk a nd d evel-
op m ent ob jec tives, to org a nize p eop le a t villa g e
a nd UC level thro ug h PDC/ VDO a nd ensure the
eq ua lity for a ll a t villa g e level. Due to lim ite d re-
so urc es, c onseq uently, sta ff m a inta ins lia isons o nly
with active PDCs as well as all benefits go to these
PDCS. So Tha rd ee p c a n no t ind uc t te a m a nd like
to p rep a re a c tive g ro up a m ong them w hic h ha s
a full a c c ess to servic e p rovid ers. There is a need
to streng then PDC/ VDOs for sm ooth rec e iving
mechanism and increased networking.
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G e n d e r O r ie n t a t io n
TRDP in ea c h a c tivity foc use s &
fa c ilita te s the v ulne ra b le
g roup s, w hic h a re m a inly c hil-
d ren & w o m en. To ensure the
a c c ess to the se vulnera b le &
m a rg ina lize g roup s TRDP HRD
o rg a nized a n o rienta tio n w ork-
shop on “ Gend er” in c o lla b o-
ra tion w ith RSPN o n Sep tem b e r
26-27, 2006 a t Tra ining Ha ll
Mithi. Som e 25 sta ff m em b ers
from all the five regional offices
(Chachro , Mithi, Sehw a n, Na ra
a nd Um erkot), HRD a nd hea d
o ffic e p a rtic ip a ted in the w ork-
shop.
so tha t they a re p rep a red to p la n, im p lem ent a nd m onito r
the d evelop m ent p rojec ts
a nd a c tivities in a g end e r
sensitive m a nner a nd a p p ly “ gender workshop was to
tho se p rinc ip les in their p er- provide knowledge of Basic
sona l a nd job situa tion in fu- Gender Concept and Gender
ture. Initia l tw o d a ys of the and Development “
workshop w ere sp ent o n
g end er c o nc ep ts, a nd o n
the la st d a y the p a rtic ip a nts c ritic a lly a na lyzed the TRDP p o li-
cies & programmes in gender perspective.

Ms. Sha kila Pro g ra mm e Offic er

Gend er & Develop m ent a nd
Ms. Sa d a f Prog ra mm e Asso c i-
a te G&D RSPN w ere Reso urc e
Persons in entire the course.

The p urp ose of g end er w ork-

shop w a s to p rovid e know l-
ed g e of Ba sic Gend er Con-
c ep t a nd G end er a nd Devel-
o p m ent to TRDP Ma na g em ent,
p rofessiona ls, So c ia l Org a nizers

Ba s i c Ma n a g e m e n t s k i l l d e v e l o p m e n t
Thardeep – HRD org a nized a 04
d a ys Ba sic Ma na g em ent Skill
Develop m ent Tra ining for m en
a c tivists fro m of VDO from BRSP.
There a re 16 PDC m em b ers
from 02 UCs p a rtic ip a ted the
event sc hed uled o n Sep tem b er
26-29.09.2006 a t HRD tra ining
ha ll Mithi. The a im s a t reinfo rc-
ing the p a rtic ip a nt’ s m otiva tio n
a nd p rom oting c a p a c ities to
d evelop the c om m unity institu-
tions on susta ina b le a nd d y-
na m ic b a sis. Besid es, c ourse
w a s a lso foc used on orienting
the p a rtic ip a nts, reg a rd ing the
c onc ep t of g end er a nd its rela-
tio nship w ith the p roc ess of c om-
m unity d evelop m ent. Contents
inc lud ed ; stra teg ies for m ob ilizing
c om m unities, Sta g es o f c o m m u-
nity org a niza tio n. C onc ep tua l
orienta tion on need s a nd d e-
m a nd s, p a rtic ip a to ry need a s-
sessm ent, too ls for need a ssess-
m ent, m ethod a nd c riteria for
p rioritiza tio n, c ha ra c te ristic s a nd
the role of a c o m m unity o rg a n-
izer, c ha ra c teristic s a nd role of a
c om m unity a c tivist, c onc ep t o f
g end er a nd d evelop m ent, lea d-
ership : c ha ra c teristic s a nd role.
At the end tra ining c ertific a tes
w ere d istrib uted a m ong the p a r-
ticipants.
On special request of HRD, Mr.
Ali Kallar, Mr. Waryam Balouch,
Kashif Bajeer shared their experi-
ences with the participants.
Chief Executive Officer, General
Manager F&A, Manager BRSP,
Manager Sehwan region partici-
pated in the workshop wind up
ceremony.
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O p e n f o r u m s - Lo c a l G o v e r n m e n t
Pr o j e c t s
TRDP-HRD in c olla b ora tion w ith
Na tiona l Dem oc ra tic Institute
(NDI) org a nized Pub lic Forum s
on “ Wa ter Sc a rc ity a t Um erko t”
on July 03, 2006 a t Um erko t re-
g ion. The m a in o b jec tive w a s to
d isc uss on d rinking w a ter –
situa tion & how to e nsure the
a c c ess o f c o m m unity. The role
of p ub lic p riva te p a rtnership is
very important for development
activities. 300 m em b ers a c tively
p a rtic ip a ted in the d isc ussion.
Mr. Ka nw eer Ha m eersing Zila
Na ib Na zim Um erkot Distric t w a s
the c hief g uest in the event.
July 04, 2006 a t Isla m ko t a p ub-
lic op en forum w a s org a nized
Now w e know w ha t u mea nt b y w a ter sc a ric ty : DMGs
C h i l d La b o r i n c a r p e t i n d u s t r i e s
TRDP-HRD in c o lla b ora tion
w ith AKIDA Ma na g em ent
C o n sulta n t La h o re c o n-
d uc ted Surve y o n Ca rp e t In-
d ustries o f Tha rp a rka r a nd
Um erko t d istric ts. The m a in
ob jec tive o f this surve y w a s to
a na lyze the situa tion o f c hild
la b o r in c a rp et ind ustries.
Fed era l Burea u o f Sta tic ’ s se-
lec ted the villa g es & HRD
tea m s c o llec ted the info rm a-
“ the development initiatives are fruitful if
equal struggles are being made from all
segments of society”
tio n. Befo re c o llec ting the in-
form a tio n three orienta tio n
w o rksho p s w ere o rg a nized fo r
survey tea m s. Mr. La c hm a n
Tha ri too k the lea d ro le a s
field Sup ervisor. Ma inly there
w ere fo ur ra nd o m c a teg o ries
for collecting the information,
1) c a rp e t w ea ving house
hold
2) Carpet weaving child
3) Tea c her o f tha t villa ge
PA GE 5
the d isc ussio n w a s fo c used on
“ Ed uc a tio n Cond itions in Tha r-
p a rka r” w a s held a t To w n
Com m ittee Ha ll Isla m ko t. 111
elec ted m em b ers, a c tivists a nd
offic ia ls o f line d ep a rtm ent p a r-
tic ip a ted in the op en forum . Mr.
Ha ji Na b i Bux Ba lo uc h Mem b er
of BOD c ha ired the o p en fo-
rum s w hile So no Kha ng ha ra ni
CEO sha red the exp erienc e
a nd to ols for ensuring the q ua l-
ity ed uc a tion a nd ow nership of
servic es a t g ra ssroo ts. Mr. Ma z-
ha r La g ha ri Pro g ra m m e Offic er
NDI a lso b riefly introd uc ed the
National Democratic Institute.
( w here c a rp et lo om s
were identified )
4) Co ntra c to rs of c a rp et
lo o m s w e re inte r-
view ed d uring the sur-
vey.
To ta l 1600 fa m ilies 12 tea c h-
ers & 6 contractors were inter-
view ed in 80 villa g es o f Um er-
ko t a nd Tha rp a rka r d istric ts
the form a ts a re sent to AKIDA
for analysis.
 We will be anxiously waiting for your feed back &
comments on this bulletin we also request you to
send your informative material for next bulletin .

For further details feel free to contact

Jalal Jani
Programme Officer - HRD

“We believe in the potential

of indigenous communities”

TH A RD EEP RU RA L D EV ELO PM EN T PRO GRA M M E

Near Darghah Hussain Shah

Siran, 69230 Mithi
Tharparkar Sindh
Pakistan
Phone: 0232-261462,261661
0232-301459
Fax: 0232-261379
mail: zaheer@thardeep.org