ANNUAL

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2013
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ANNUAL
REPORT
2013
CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Note from the Chairman
The Year in Review
Introduction
I. Origin and Formation
II. Our Approach
III. FIDA Map & Outreach
IV. Institutional Capacity
V. FIDA Organogram
Social Mobilization
Camapigns and Projects
Community Stabilization through Multi Sectorial Livelihood
Support Program
Case Study- Small Scale Enterprise Grant: Shazadas Story
Improving WASH Facilities in Flood Effected Areas
Case Study- Prioritizing the Needs of Children Who Require
Special Care
Building the Capacity of Parent Teacher Councils
Advocacy Campaign against Gender- Based Violence
Case Study- Saving Sumera: A Lawyers Story
Finance
Auditors Report
Balance Sheet
Income and Expenditure Sheet
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ABBREVI ATI ONS
ADP Association for Development in Pakistan
ASI Adam Smith International
AUS AID The Australian Agency for International Development
BMST Business Management Skill Training
CBO Community Based Organization
CO Community Organization
CHV Community Health Volunteers
CMST Community Mobilization Skills Training
DFID Department for International Development
D.I. Khan Dera Ismail Khan
DWSS Drinking Water Supply Scheme
ESP Education Sector Plan
FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas
FFO Federal Foreign Offce (Germany)
FIDA Foundation for Integrated Development Action
GBV Gender-Based Violence
GDP Governor Development Program
GEP Gender Equity Program
GWP Global Water Partnership
IDPs Internally Displaced Persons
IEC Information, Education and Communication
KPK Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
LSO Local Support Organization
MNA Minister National Assembly
NCHD National Commission for Human Development
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
OXFAM GB Oxford Committee for Famine Relief Great Britain
PHED Public Health Engineering Department
PIA Pakistan International Airlines
PTC Parent Teacher Council
PWP Pakistan Water Partnership
RSPN Rural Support Programmes Network
SGAFP Small Grants Ambassadors Fund Program
UC Union Council
USAID United States Agency for International Development
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF United Nations Children Fund
WAPDA Water and Power Development Authority
WASH Water, Sanitation, Health & Hygiene
WWF World Wildlife Fund for Nature
WWOP Women Welfare Organization Poonch
VO Village Organization
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NOTE FROM
THE CHAI RMAN
Making its second year as a not-for-proft company, FIDA has continued to strengthen its operational and
management systems to improve transparency and increase the impact of its work in the feld. FIDA has
also worked on developing a comprehensive social mobilization strategy, to help develop its current 365
Community Organizations to the next tier of Village Organizations in the future.
This year, FIDA focused on building its expertise in alternative rural energy. Not only have we built over
one thousand biogas plants in the last four years, we have also introduced solar energy in the region
through solar submersible pumps that are being used to power drinking water supply schemes in seven
Union Councils in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank.
Working with government and donors to help implement the Education Sector Plan in the province, FIDA
partnered with Adam Smith International to build the capacity to Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs) in Karak,
Kohat, Lakki Marwat and Dera Ismail Khan. This proved to be a good learning experience for our staff and
an opportunity to build our portfolio in education.
Despite working in traditionally conservative areas, a key area of concentration for FIDA during 2013 has
been womens empowerment through advocacy campaigns on womens rights and the inclusion of women
in livelihood development initiatives and health and hygiene promotion. It is important the organization
continues to promote gender equality and increased women participation in all its project interventions.
Going forward, FIDA will continue to develop its focus areas by learning through past experiences and
collaborating with local stakeholders to strengthen and expand our work in social mobilization, especially
engaging youth in this development process. FIDA will also work towards expanding our geographical
coverage to other parts of the province, including Chitral.
I am grateful to our board members and donors for their continued support and would like to thank our
staff and community members, who are our core strength and asset.
Siraj UlMulk
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THE YEAR I N
REVI EW
In 2013, FIDA implemented four projects in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Karak, Kohat, Bannu and Lakki Marwat.
Our major focus included concluding a two year post-food rehabilitation Water Sanitation, Health &
Hygiene (WASH) project in two Union Councils in D. I. Khan and implementing a Multi Sectorial Livelihood
Support Program in four Union Councils in D. I. Khan and three in Tank. The post food rehabilitation
project is the frst long-term project FIDA has implemented through Oxfam GB. Over 18,000 men, women
and children have directly beneftted from health and hygiene awareness, latrines, water purifcation
and management systems and drinking water supply schemes (DWSS). FIDA worked closely with the local
government to repair six of their water supply schemes and also helped build the capacity of government
line authority representatives.
Using this experience, FIDA used solar submersible pumps to power seven drinking water supply schemes
under its Community Based Stabilization through Multi Sectorial Livelihood Support Program, funded
by the German Embassy in Islamabad. One drinking water supply scheme was constructed in each Union
Council as model initiative to foster its work in Alternative Rural Energy. Hundreds of rural households
were given access to renewable, clean energy source through the provision of 245 biogas plants. As
Pakistans energy crisis continues to grow, it is imperative to provide alternative energy solutions to rural
communities.
To help diversify household incomes, FIDA provided men, women and youth with small grants, vocational
skill trainings and livelihood packages to help increase their household income. This project also involved
the establishment of seven handicraft skill centers for women and a display center in Dera Ismail Khan
and Rawalpindi.
Expanding its work on gender & advocacy under the Gender Equity Program, FIDA led another advocacy
campaign against gender-based violence in D. I. Khan, Tank, Karak, Kohat and Bannu through a series
of seminars, school events and roundtables, as well as an extensive radio and an extensive IEC and radio
campaign.
This year, FIDA also moved a step further for the promotion of education by building the capacity of 783
Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs) in Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Karak and Kohat. This initiative was
part of the UKs Department For International Development (DFID) partnership with government of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa in implementing a Education Sector Plan (ESP) aimed at improving access to and the quality
of education throughout the province.
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I NTRODUTI ON
Origin and Formation
Established in 2004, Foundation of Integrated
Development Action (FIDA) was founded by Faiysal
AliKhan and his grandfather, the late Brigadier
Sadiq Nawaz Khan Awan in response to the years of
government neglect and resulting human suffering
in Dera Ismail Khan and its surrounding areas in
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The district
was chosen as a starting point as our founders
wanted to give something back to their ancestral
homeland, but also because of its multi-ethnic,
multi-linguistic composition and its location as a
crossroads neighbored by Punjab, Balochistan and
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
These factors made this area a challenging yet
deserving place to begin development work.
FIDA was originally registered as a non-proft,
non-governmental, social welfare organization
under the Social Welfare Ordinance of 1961. After
expanding its portfolio during emergency responses
in 2009 and 2010, FIDA felt the need to strengthen
its internal systems and institutional capacity,
after which it was re-registered in April 2011 as a
not-for-proft company under Pakistans Companies
Ordinance of 1984.
In 2012, FIDA became a member of the Rural
Support Programmes Network (RSPN), the largest
development network of Pakistan, with an outreach
of over 35 million rural Pakistanis. All RSPs
have a common approach to development: Social
Mobilization. Social Mobilization is based on the
belief that poor communities have an innate
potential to manage their limited resources if they
organize themselves and are provided technical and
fnancial support
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.
Our Approach
Vision
A society built around good governance and
democratic attitudes, supported by a sound economy
and the sustainable use of resources.
1 Adapted from Who We Are from the Rural Support Programmes
Network Annual Report (2013)
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Mission
To mobilize and build the capacity of existing
political and social structures and to act as a link
between civil society and marginalized communities,
thereby empowering all stakeholders to achieve their
identifed development goals in a sustainable and
replicable manner.
Guiding Principles
One of the key elements in FIDA's approach to
development is cooperation. An integral part of
this cooperation includes partnerships with donor
agencies and other NGOs. It is FIDAs belief that
sharing of resources, knowledge and expertise will
lead to a more effcient and sustainable system
of development. FIDA has therefore positioned
itself as an entry point for organizations wishing
to do work in the districts of operations. This is a
signifcant role in areas where a major challenge of
development lies in establishing relationships, trust
and credibility. FIDA has already established these
critical elements and can provide the resources and
access needed to implement development projects.
In an attempt to reach as many people as possible,
FIDA works with a wide variety of communities and
groups throughout the region. FIDA also works to
create links and partnerships with neighboring
districts, in order to strengthen and replicate the
work that is being done.
FIDA believes in a multi-sector, community-driven
approach to development. Rather than dealing
with single issues in isolation, FIDA formulates
comprehensive strategies that help communities
deal with their problems holistically. FIDA also works
FI DA GEOGRAPHI CAL OUTREACH
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to build and strengthen the capacity of Community
Organizations (COs) and Village Organizations
(VOs), thereby creating social transformation that
is meaningful and sustainable.
A cornerstone of FIDAs existence has been a long-
term approach to development. Therefore, the frst
fve years of operation were viewed as a research
and development period, allowing time in the
feld to understand the traditional mechanisms,
structures and cultures of the areas, as well as the
development needs of the communities. Building
meaningful relationships and maintaining integrity
of process were imperative when working in areas
that were often hostile to NGOs, suspicious of
outsiders and vulnerable to security issues.
This strategy enabled FIDA to respond quickly and
effectively to the displacement caused by military
operations in South Waziristan in 2009, acting as
the sole implementing partner for the Provincial
Government, UNHCR and others and assisting
over 270,000 individuals. FIDA continued this
emergency relief and rehabilitation work with the
displaced communities and did so again after the
unprecedented foods that occurred in 2010 and
2011.
Following this series of emergency humanitarian
responses, FIDA focused on building internal
capacity and returning to its core competencies.
These include alternative rural energy, community
physical infrastructure, livelihood development,
gender & advocacy health and education. Over the
course of its operations, FIDA has implemented
more than 50 self-fnanced and donor funded
projects by the German Embassy in Islamabad (FFO),
Oxfam GB, USAID (Gender Equity Program & Small
Grants Ambassadors Fund Program), World Wildlife
Foundation (WWF), UNFPA, UNICEF, Australian Aid,
Association for Development in Pakistan (ADP),
Governors Development Program (GDP)and Adam
Smith International (ASI).
Institutional Capacity
FIDA developed strong fnancial and operating
systems in order to register itself as a not-for-
proft company under Pakistans Companies
Ordinance. Comprehensive Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) were established and have
been implemented since September 2010. Internal
and external audits are conducted on a quarterly
basis by internationally reputed frms like Anjum
Asim Shahid Rehman (AASR) (Grant Thorntons
representatives in Pakistan), KPMG and Awais
Haider. Capacity assessment exercises have also
been carried out by KPMG and the UNFPA.
FIDA has its head offce in Islamabad and a Regional
Offce in Dera Ismail Khan where its project and
feld staff are based. A dynamic Board of Directors
comprised of the following individuals governs the
team:
Mr. Siraj Ulmulk (Chairman)- CEO Hindukush
Heights; Former PIA Pilot
Mr. Faiysal AliKhan- Founding Member and
Chief Executive Offcer, FIDA
Ms. Shandana Humayun Khan- Chief Executive
Offcer, Rural Support Programmes Network
(RSPN)
Brigadier (Rtd.) Muhammad Aslam Khan-
Director GWP/PWP, Former Vice Chairman
National Peace Council, Ex-Director NCHD
Sayid Ghazi Gulab Jamal- MNA Orakzai Agency
and Former Federal Minister
Our core staff is comprised of a senior management
team based at our head offce in Islamabad
who provide strategic oversight, institutional
backstopping and guidance to our regional team.
Our regional team is comprised of local professionals
who have spent many years in the feld and are
familiar with the culture and context of FIDAs areas
of operation. The core structure of our team is
shown in organizational chart on page 11.
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Board of Directors
Director Grants
& Programs
CEO
COO
Manager Grants &
Communication
Grants &
Communication Ofcer
M&E Ofcer HR Ofcer
District Program
Manager
Finance Ofcer
Engineer
M&E Ofcer
Admin Ofcer
Manager Operations Manager M&E
Admin & Finance
Ofcer
Project Coordinator
Manager Finance
FI DA ORGANOGRAM
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SOCI AL
MOBI LI ZATI ON
FIDA has a participatory approach to development
based on the concept of social mobilization. This
process consists of organizing communities into
grass root institutions that gradually evolve into
larger institutions at the village and Union Council
level. Through social mobilization, households
are organized into settlement or mohallah level
Community Organizations (COs). FIDA builds the
capacity of these COs to enable them to become
self-sustaining and self-governing grassroots
level institutions that are able to mobilize their
internal and external resources to participate in the
implementation and monitoring of development
initiatives in their area. Social mobilization and its
consequent processes enable communities to realize
their inherent potential, create social awareness
and avail capacity building opportunities that allow
them to become self reliant in the future.
Community mobilization is the foundation for all
of FIDAs development initiatives. Interventions
are designed on the basis of need arisen through
community organizations at a grassroots level. COs
take part in implementation, supervision and quality
assurance through cost contribution, managing and
supervising the physical construction or delivery
of schemes and above all they are the major
stakeholder in social collateral between FIDA and
benefciaries for transparency and sustainability of
the interventions. Once the COs are equipped with
requisite knowledge and skill, they are entrusted
with the nomination of benefciaries, in accordance
with FIDAs pre-designed selection criteria.
Following the RSPNs three tier social mobilization
model, COs are the frst tier of social mobilization,
consisting of 15-20 households. COs eventually
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evolve into Village Organizations having more
visibility, voice and access. VOs consist of
representatives from each CO in the village. The
third tier represents VOs from the entire Union Council
to form a Local Support Organization (LSO), an institution
capable of mobilizing and implementing larger projects
and create productive linkages between the public and
private service delivery organizations.
To date, FIDA has formed and fostered 351 community
organizations and 20 Village Organizations (VOs) in 23
Union Councils of D. I. Khan, Tank, Frontier Region Tank
and South Waziristan Agency.
Currently the greatest challenge for FIDA is mainstreaming
gender in culturally sensitive areas that have tribal roots
and are resistant to social change. A deteriorating law and
order situation has made communities suspicious about
NGOs and development work. Over time, FIDA has been
able to win the confdence of the communities and has
formed 54 women and mixed Community Organizations
in D. I. Khan and Tank and is taking a more concentrated
approach towards inclusion of women in Community
Organizations.
Men COs
Women & Mix COs
Oxfam
FFO-2
FFO-1
WWF
USAID
ADP
IRD
Sungi
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CAMPAI GNS & PROJECTS
Community Stabilization
Through Multi-Sectorial
Livelihood Support Program
After a successful partnership in providing
alternative energy through bio-gas, the Federal
Foreign Offce (FFO) of Germany in Islamabad
supported FIDA to improve the standard of living
and economic prospects for a hundred villages in
Dera Ismail Khan and Tank. This multi-sectoral
initiative aimed to diversify and increase income
opportunities for poor individuals, especially
women, through advocacy sessions, small grants,
vocational skill trainings, small infrastructure
projects, natural resource management activities
and the creation of market access for women home
based workers. The project has beneftted a total of
2,691 households in nine months.
Organized community participation was the core of
all project activities to ensure community ownership
and project sustainability. FIDA formed and trained
102 Community Organizations (COs) that took the
lead in nominating benefciaries, identifying small-
scale infrastructure schemes and monitoring the
construction of biogas plants. Communities also
made a 50% contribution (in the form of labor or
material) for the construction of biogas plants and
20% for community physical infrastructure projects
that included link roads, street pavements and
water supply schemes.
Building on its work on alternative energy, FIDA
built another 245 biogas plants (140 in D. I. Khan
and 105 in Tank) to provide rural households with
renewable fuel for cooking purposes. Benefciaries
were also given training in the operation and
maintenance of the plants, to ensure they are
used effciently. Promoting solar energy was also a
large component of this project. As access to clean
potable water is a basic necessity for communities
in these target villages, solar powered pumps were
used to power seven drinking water supply schemes.
A drinking water supply scheme was built in each
target Union Council as a model initiative that
beneftted an average of 200 households per Union
Council. This, in addition to other infrastructure
schemes including link roads, water management
systems and repairing of government drinking water
supply schemes (DWSS), gave these 100 villages
access to basic facilities, thereby, improving their
standard of living.
LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT
ALTERNATIVE RURAL ENERGY
COMMUNITY PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
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The inclusion of livelihood development packages
was a new initiative for FIDA and was designed to
help vulnerable individuals increase their household
income and food security through the provision
of small enterprise grants, distribution of honey
bee hives, vegetable seeds for kitchen gardening
and fruit & tree saplings. This initiative has been
particularly favorable for women, many of whom
used the grants to open general and grocery
stores and are now able to earn profts through
home-based enterprises. Benefciaries were also
given Business Management Skills Training (BMST)
to teach them the basics of running their own
enterprise. In addition, ffty young men who were
interested in setting up their own business or were
out of work attended a one-month vocational skill
training courses where they learnt about mobile
repair, computer hardware and software repair and
electric work.
In addition to providing women with livelihood
packages, ffty women took part in a month long
vocational skill training in tailoring and hand
embroidery. Seven handicraft centers for women
were established in each UC to promote local
embroidery and craftwork and to encourage women
to use this skill to earn an income.
Over a hundred women registered with these centers
and used them to make clothes, handbags, cushions,
shawls, baby clothes, hand-made jewelry boxes and
kitchen accessories. A display center in Dera Ismail
Khan and Rawalpindi were also established under
this project to promote the work of these centers
and to allow women direct market access without
having to go through middle men that erode their
profts and income. All the activities under this
intervention were aimed at increasing the standard
of living of the target communities.
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Twenty-one advocacy sessions were arranged on
topics of women rights, the importance of education
and environmental preservation in order to
sensitize the population towards these important,
yet largely ignored issues. Through seven advocacy
sessions, more than 400 uneducated women from
poor households received basic information on the
importance of womens rights, women protection
laws, and the importance of women participation
in decision making, gender equity and developing
their livelihoods. Another 406 were sensitized
on the importance of gaining education for their
socio-economic uplift, towards a better future.
To complement the natural resource management
component of this project, seven awareness sessions
on the topic of Environment Preservation were
arranged in which more than 400 participating men
learnt about tips and techniques for maintaining
a cleaner and healthier environment, which would
help reduce costs of ill health. The inclusion of
advocacy sessions worked to fortify impacts of
other project activities through sensitization of
community, hence creating a favorable environment
for future interventions
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Community Stabilization through: Impact D.I. Khan Tank
Formation Of 102 Community Organizations 1,819 community members engaged 1,092 727
Distribution Of 300 Honey Bee Hive Units 150 families have diversifed their family
income
87 63
Distribution Of Vegetable Seeds For Kitchen
Gardening
150 families have become self-suffcient 87 63
Distribution Of Tree Saplings 65 families have increased their
household income
35 30
Distribution Of Cash Grants To 70 Individuals enterprise opportunities for 70 poor
families
40 30
Establishment Of 7 Handicraft Centers For
Women
>150 women have access to skill centers 103 45
2 Display Outlets For Handicraft Work In
Islamabad and D I Khan
>150 home based women workers have
market access
150 -
245 Households Provided With Bio-gas Plants >1500 individuals have access to clean
renewable energy for domestic use
980 945
Installation of 7 Solar Pumps For Drinking
Water Supply Schemes
> 2000 men, women and children have
access to clean drinking water
1,290 1,110
Construction of 15 Link Roads And Street
Pavements
>1500 benefciaries have access to
improved road network
1,020 700
Construction of 7 Water Supply Schemes >1000 benefciaries have benefted from
water management systems for domestic
and agriculture use
675 438
Repair And Maintenance of 2 Govt. DWSS
Schemes
>1500 individuals have easy access to
clean water
840 685
8 Training Sessions On Community Mobilization
Skills Training
204 CO members trained in social
mobilization and record keeping
120 84
8 Training Events For Operation & Maintenance
of Biogas Plants
245 biogas benefciaries trained to
manage their plants
140 105
6 Business Management Skill Training Events 120 individuals have improved
management and fnancial skills
80 40
7 Advocacy Sessions On Women Rights >400 individuals have basic knowledge of
women rights in the constitution
239 184
7 Awareness Sessions On Importance Of
Education
>400 women sensitized about the
benefts of basic education
241 165
7 Awareness Sessions On Environment
Preservation
384 individuals learnt about the
importance of environment preservation
226 158
One Month Vocational Training For Men 50 men trained in skills like electrician,
mobile repairing and computer hardware/
software
32 18
One Month Vocational Training For Women 50 women trained in basic embroidery,
stitching and tailoring
35 15
CASE STUDY SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE
GRANT - SHAHZADAS STORY
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Shahzada lost her husband during the foods in 2010, and
was left with no choice but to return to her poor parents
with an uncertain future. Her parents could only offer her
a room, as her father was old and physically impaired and
her mother was already overwhelmed with taking care of
him and trying to make ends meet.
Like many women from Dera Ismail Khan, Shahzada
had never been given an opportunity to complete her
education. To help her mother with household expenses,
Shahzada started making changairs (baskets made
with dry leaves of date trees), which she sold for meager
twenty or thirty rupees.

In 2011, through borrowed money and her own savings,
Shahzada started a small shop that sold bangles,
cosmetics, toiletries and house items for women. As she
could not afford to rent a shop, she displayed the items
in one corner of her room, where women from the local
neighborhood would visit. Shahzadas average arupees,
which was not enough to support her son. She continued
to make changairs and also started traditional embroidery
work to help her earn enough to send her son to school.
When FIDAs staff met with Shahzada, now 22, she
was a perfect candidate for Business Management Skill
Training, one of the many components under a multi
sectorial livelihood support project through the support
of the German Embassy in Islamabad. The BMST training
helped Shahzada manage records of her daily sales and
the amount she spent on inventory purchase. Once she
completed the training, Shahzada was nominated by her
local community organization as a potential benefciary
for a cash grant of thirty fve thousand rupees.
This grant enabled Shahzada to increase the quantity and
variety of the products in her shop. She was provided
technical assistance by FIDAs enterprise offcer and has
now increased her daily income to fve to six hundred
rupees, fnancially empowering her to enroll her son in
school. Shazada is grateful to be given an opportunity in
an area where women are restricted to their homes and
have limited opportunities for economic development.
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Improving WASH Facilities
in Flood Affected Areas
In the summer of 2010, Pakistan experienced
devastating monsoon foods that inundated one
ffth of the country. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was one
of the worst affected provinces. FIDA partnered
with Oxfam GB and the European Commission to
improve WASH facilities in the two most food
affected Union Councils in Dera Ismail Khan.
From August 2011 till December 2013, FIDA was
able to provide over 18,000 men, women and
children with access to safe drinking water and
improved hygiene practices in 48 food affected
villages in UC Parova and Naivella through the
following activities:
Formation and capacity building of twenty
Community Based Organizations (CBOs),
including ten women CBOs, for identifying
and prioritizing community health
problems. Apart from their engagement
in actual project implementation, these
CBOs became self-governing institutional
entities registered and recognized by the
Department of Social Welfare.
140 Community Health Volunteers (CHVs)
(including 70 women) were trained and
conducted 742 health & hygiene sessions
attended by over 1,600 individuals. These
sessions outlined health precautions
and hygiene methods like hand washing
techniques, perils of open defecation,
proper disposal and sanitation methods,
personal hygiene, water and sanitation
management that would prevent illness,
especially those caused from waterborne
diseases.
1,300 children participated in interactive
Child-to-Child (C2C) activities including
hand washing and snakes and ladders
games to learn about hygiene and health
practices.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
COMMUNITY PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
WATER, SANITATION, HEALTH
AND HYGIENE (WASH)
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An extensive radio campaign that aired
2,700 messages was used to promote
health and hygiene awareness.
Six government DWSS including community
tube wells and drinking water supply
schemes were rehabilitated, providing
approximately 25,500 men and women
with potable drinking water
Bio-sand flters were installed in 240
households to purify contaminated water
from ponds and irrigation canals for
drinking purposes
Six fltration galleries were installed in six
villages to fler and provide clean water to
2,000 benefciaries.
Under the city clean-up campaign, de-
silting of six main drains or nalahs in D.I.
Khan city was carried out over 3 schemes.
225 latrines were constructed to improve
general hygiene conditions and 27 of
these latrines were specially designed for
individuals with physical impairments.
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CASE STUDY PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Sabo was very
relieved, Allah
has listened to my
prayers. Now Sabir
can use the toilet
himself with little
assistance from me
and this has given
him so much self
confdence.
It is always
an unpleasant
experience for me
to take Shumaila
outside. People do
not understand
her needs and she
often cries from
embarrassment
when other children
made fun of her.
Many times she
does not even
want to go out to
avoid humiliation."
Sakina Bibi
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In Pakistan, little priority is given to accomodate the needs of
individuals with disabilities, especially in remote districts like
D. I. Khan. During the monsoon foods of 2010, the disabled
population living in village Gara Noor Khan became the most
vulnerable victims of this natural catastrophe damaged a
large amount of infrastructure, including sanitation facilities.
People had to resort to open defecation, which increased the
likelihood of illnesses.
Sabo Bibi is a mother of eighteen-year-old Sabir, who has
struggled with a mental and physical disability since childhood.
She spoke about the diffculties she faced as a result of not
having a bathroom in her home. Being a woman, it is very
embarrassing for me to carry my son outside our home so he
can relive himself. As I get older I fnd it diffcult to carry
him to more isolated areas but I have no other choice; the
only latrine we had was damaged by the foods. Sakina Bibi,
who belongs to the same village, faces the same issue with
her fourteen-year old daughter, Shumaila. She told FIDA, It
is always an unpleasant experience for me to take Shumaila
outside. People do not understand her needs and she often
cries from embarrassment when other children made fun of
her. Many times she does not even want to go out to avoid
humiliation.
When FIDA started working in these areas to restore and
rehabilitate infrastructure damaged by the foods, homes
like Sakina and Sabos were given priority because of their
children. After FIDAs team built latrines in their homes with
disabled access, Sabo was very relieved, Allah has listened
to my prayers. Now Sabir can use the toilet himself with
little assistance from me and this has given him so much
self confdence. Sakina Bibi, was very grateful that Shumaila
could now use a washroom in the comfort of her own home
and no longer has to be ridiculed by other children.
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Building the Capacity of Parent
Teacher Councils
Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs) have a pivotal
role in school management and improving the
quality of education in public schools. PTCs
play an important role in discouraging teacher
absenteeism, identifying missing facilities in
schools and involving parents in their childrens
education. Typically, each Parent Teacher Council
comprises of fve parents, a senior schoolteacher
or head master and a retired government
employee.
In June 2013, FIDA partnered with Adam Smith
International (ASI) under the Education Sector
Plan (ESP) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to build the
capacity of 783 PTCs through trainings on record-
keeping and fnancial management to enable
them to effciently utilize government funds for
missing facilities in schools.
FIDA worked in close liaison with the District
Education Department to provide trainings to
1,861 PTC members (994 women and 867 men)
in D. I. Khan, Karak, Kohat and Lakki Marwat.
Separate training sessions were arranged for
women and men and each PTC was given a detailed
briefng about the governments Education
Sector Plan and the role envisioned for PTCs in
improving service delivery. They were taught to
use karwai registers, as well as cash and stock
registers. Follow up visits revealed many were
able to identify and provide missing facilities in
their schools that improved the infrastructure and
learning environment for hundreds of students.
EDUCATION
Advocacy Campaign Against
Gender-Based Violence
Continuing its work on raising awareness on
gender-based violence (GBV) and womens rights,
FIDA, in collaboration with Aurat Foundation
under USAIDs GEP program, launched another
advocacy and information dissemination campaign
in fve culturally sensitive districts in KPK: Dera
Ismail Khan, Tank, Karak, Kohat and Bannu.
The campaign was designed to raise awareness
on womens rights under Pakistans constitution
and highlight the facilities available for women
victims of violence.
Roundtable sessions were attended by a variety
of stakeholders including community elders,
students, lawyers, government representatives
and other members of civil society organizations.
These sessions aimed to mobilize these groups to
act as catalysts in promoting an attitudinal shift
towards domestic violence and women. FIDA found
that many women were not aware of their marital
rights and many had not even seen their nikkah
(marriage document). Participants also agreed
that many women did not have other important
legal documentation like national identity cards,
birth and marriage certifcates that prevented
Round Table Discussions
Provincial Seminar
District Seminar
School seminars
PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
GENDER & ADVOCACY
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them from exercising their rights through the state justice system.
The district-level seminars focused on facilitating the active participation of lawyers, government
offcials and NGO representatives to enable women from all backgrounds to access information about
their rights and availing of state facilities including shelters, courts etc. In the provincial seminar,
an interactive discussion took place on the current laws in the country provisioned against GBV and
the need to improve and oversee their implementation.
A large component of this campaign involved disseminating information on pro-women legislation,
help lines and local shelters through IEC material and an extensive radio campaign that was also aired
in adjoining districts Bhakkar and Layyah. Through this campaign, FIDA was able to engage 1,212
individuals along with thousands of indirect benefciaries. Awareness alone cannot tackle gender-
based violence, especially in areas with tribal roots that are conservative and tend to adhere to
cultural customs and norms. Therefore FIDA aims to continue its work on advocating for womens
rights and protection at the grassroots level to try and create an attitudinal shift in society in the
future.
Sumera had a promising career in medicine while living in Kohat with her parents. She was only 25
when she got married and became a mother to an infant daughter. Her husband, an engineer born and
raised in Kohat but now based in Abu Dhabi, seemed a suitable match in her parents eyes.
A few months after Sumera moved to Abu Dhabi, her parents started receiving disturbing letters from
her, narrating stories of physical and psychological torture by her husband. Despite many attempts,
Sumeras parents were unable to contact her and soon after, they stopped receiving letters.
Gravely concerned, Sumeras father and a few of her male relatives few to Abu Dhabi to look for
her. After months of searching, she was found unconscious in the washroom of a disserted building
where her husband had kept her captive and subjected her to physical and mental torture. Her body
was marred with countless cigarette burns and she was often drugged before enduring other forms of
abuse. She reported, My husband would come home intoxicated and would look for excuses to beat
me up. Whether it was a loss in his investments or simply him having a bad day at work, I was the
one to blame for all his troubles. When he had nothing to fght over, he would abuse and accuse me
of having illicit relations with men. I dont know how I survived that living hell for over three years.
Sumeras troubles did not end even after she and her husband returned to Kohat to her parents. Her
husband began harassing the family for custody of their infant daughter and Sumera once again found
herself in a vulnerable situation with no lawyer ready to fght her case.
Sumera said, Every lawyer that I approached would drop our case after being bribed by my husband.
He threatened to kill me if I didnt agree to give my daughter to him. Her husbands family was
infuential and she was unable to register her case in court. After several lawyers, her case was fnally
taken up by Mr. Ghyas-ud-din, a lawyer who had participated in FIDAs seminars on womens rights
and pro-women legislation.
After attending these sessions, Ghyas was inspired to offer legal aid services for GBV victims in Kohat.
He also volunteered to lecture at subsequent awareness sessions on legal options for women looking
to access the justice system.
Sumera was full of praise for him, Ghyas offered to help us when no one else was willing to take up
our case. He has not only got my case registered in court, but has also helped me exercise my right to
claim charges against my husband for being abusive. With his help, I feel like a much stronger woman
and I see in him a ray of hope for other women in my area.
SUCCESS STORY- SAVING SUMERA
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Individual Donors
National Donors
International Donors
Grant Portfolio(Rs.)
70,552,442
6,528,206
6,908,787
FI NANCE
FIDA has concluded projects amounting to a value of over
Rs. 83.9 million
In the Fiscal year 2012-2013
Rs. 6.9 million
Of the overall funding came
from National Donors
Rs. 6.5 million
Of the overall funding came
from Individual Donors
Rs. 70.5 million
Of the overall funding came
from International Donors
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