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ANNUAL

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ANNUAL

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CONTENTSAbbreviationsNote from the ChairmanThe Year in ReviewIntroduction

I. Origin and FormationII. Our ApproachIII. FIDA Map & Outreach

IV. Institutional CapacityV. FIDA Organogram

Social Mobilization

Camapigns and ProjectsCommunity Stabilization through Multi Sectorial LivelihoodSupport Program Case Study- Small Scale Enterprise Grant: Shazadas Story

Improving WASH Facilities in Flood Effected Areas

Case Study- Prioritizing the Needs of Children Who RequireSpecial 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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ABBREVIATIONSADP Association for Development in Pakistan

ASI Adam Smith International

AUS AID

The Australian Agency for International DevelopmentBMST 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 Ofce (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 PakhtunkhwaLSO 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 PartnershipRSPN 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 CHAIRMAN

Making its second year as a not-for-prot company, FIDA has continued to strengthen its operational and

management systems to improve transparency and increase the impact of its work in the eld. 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 IN

REVIEW

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-ood 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 ood rehabilitation

project is the rst long-term project FIDA has implemented through Oxfam GB. Over 18,000 men, women

and children have directly benetted from health and hygiene awareness, latrines, water purication

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 householdswere 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 seriesof 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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INTRODUTION

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 ancestralhomeland, 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-prot,

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-prot 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 thebelief that poor communities have an innate

potential to manage their limited resources if they

organize themselves and are provided technical and

nancial support1.

Our Approach

VisionA 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 ProgrammesNetwork Annual Report (2013)


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MissionTo 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

identied development goals in a sustainable and

replicable manner.

Guiding PrinciplesOne 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 efcient 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

signicant 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 formulatescomprehensive strategies that help communities

deal with their problems holistically. FIDA also works

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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 rst

ve years of operation were viewed as a research

and development period, allowing time in the

eld 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 oods 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-nanced and donor funded

projects by the German Embassy in Islamabad (FFO),

Oxfam GB, USAID (Gender Equity Program & SmallGrants 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 nancial and operating

systems in order to register itself as a not-for-

prot 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 quarterlybasis by internationally reputed rms 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 ofce in Islamabad and a Regional

Ofce in Dera Ismail Khan where its project and

eld 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 Ofcer, FIDA

Ms. Shandana Humayun Khan- Chief Executive

Ofcer, 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 Agencyand Former Federal Minister

Our core staff is comprised of a senior management

team based at our head ofce 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 eld 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

& ProgramsCEO

COO

Manager Grants &

Communication

Grants &

Communication OfficerM&E Officer HR Officer

District Program

Manager

Finance Officer

Engineer

M&E Officer

Admin Officer

Manager OperationsManager M&E

Admin & FinanceOfficer

Project Coordinator

Manager Finance

FIDA ORGANOGRAM


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SOCIAL

MOBILIZATIONFIDA 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 theimplementation 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

beneciaries for transparency and sustainability of

the interventions. Once the COs are equipped with

requisite knowledge and skill, they are entrustedwith the nomination of beneciaries, in accordance

with FIDAs pre-designed selection criteria.

Following the RSPNs three tier social mobilization

model, COs are the rst 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 Councilto form a Local Support Organization (LSO), an institutioncapable of mobilizing and implementing larger projectsand create productive linkages between the public andprivate service delivery organizations.

To date, FIDA has formed and fostered 351 communityorganizations and 20 Village Organizations (VOs) in 23Union Councils of D. I. Khan, Tank, Frontier Region Tank

and South Waziristan Agency.

Currently the greatest challenge for FIDA is mainstreaminggender in culturally sensitive areas that have tribal rootsand are resistant to social change. A deteriorating law andorder situation has made communities suspicious aboutNGOs and development work. Over time, FIDA has beenable to win the condence of the communities and hasformed 54 women and mixed Community Organizationsin D. I. Khan and Tank and is taking a more concentratedapproach towards inclusion of women in CommunityOrganizations.

Men COs

Women & Mix COs

Oxfam

FFO-2

FFO-1

WWF

USAID

ADP

IRD

Sungi


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CAMPAIGNS & PROJECTS

Community StabilizationThrough Multi-SectorialLivelihood Support Program

After a successful partnership in providing

alternative energy through bio-gas, the Federal

Foreign Ofce (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 benetted a total of2,691 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 beneciaries, 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. Beneciaries

were also given training in the operation and

maintenance of the plants, to ensure they are

used efciently. Promoting solar energy was also a

large component of this project. As access to clean

potable water is a basic necessity for communitiesin 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

benetted 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 ENERGYCOMMUNITY PHYSICALINFRASTRUCTURE


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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 gardeningand 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 prots through

home-based enterprises. Beneciaries were also

given Business Management Skills Training (BMST)

to teach them the basics of running their own

enterprise. In addition, fty 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 mobilerepair, computer hardware and software repair and

electric work.

In addition to providing women with livelihood

packages, fty 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 womento 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

prots and income. All the activities under thisintervention 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 frompoor 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 diversied their familyincome

87 63

Distribution Of Vegetable Seeds For KitchenGardening

150 families have become self-sufcient 87 63

Distribution Of Tree Saplings 65 families have increased theirhousehold income

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Distribution Of Cash Grants To 70 Individuals enterprise opportunities for 70 poorfamilies

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Establishment Of 7 Handicraft Centers ForWomen

>150 women have access to skill centers 103 45

2 Display Outlets For Handicraft Work InIslamabad and D I Khan

>150 home based women workers havemarket access

150 -

245 Households Provided With Bio-gas Plants >1500 individuals have access to cleanrenewable energy for domestic use

980 945

Installation of 7 Solar Pumps For DrinkingWater Supply Schemes

> 2000 men, women and children haveaccess to clean drinking water

1,290 1,110

Construction of 15 Link Roads And StreetPavements

>1500 beneciaries have access toimproved road network

1,020 700

Construction of 7 Water Supply Schemes >1000 beneciaries have beneted fromwater management systems for domesticand agriculture use

675 438

Repair And Maintenance of 2 Govt. DWSSSchemes

>1500 individuals have easy access toclean water

840 685

8 Training Sessions On Community MobilizationSkills Training

204 CO members trained in socialmobilization and record keeping

120 84

8 Training Events For Operation & Maintenanceof Biogas Plants

245 biogas beneciaries trained tomanage their plants

140 105

6 Business Management Skill Training Events 120 individuals have improvedmanagement and nancial skills

80 40

7 Advocacy Sessions On Women Rights >400 individuals have basic knowledge ofwomen rights in the constitution

239 184

7 Awareness Sessions On Importance OfEducation

>400 women sensitized about thebenets 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

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One Month Vocational Training For Women 50 women trained in basic embroidery,stitching and tailoring

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CASE STUDY SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE

GRANT - SHAHZADAS STORY

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Shahzada lost her husband during the oods 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 changairsand also started traditional embroiderywork 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 beneciaryfor a cash grant of thirty ve 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 ofcer and has

now increased her daily income to ve to six hundred

rupees, nancially 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 Facilitiesin Flood Affected Areas

In the summer of 2010, Pakistan experienced

devastating monsoon oods that inundated one

fth 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 ood

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 ood 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 PHYSICALINFRASTRUCTURE

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An extensive radio campaign that aired2,700 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 lters were installed in 240

households to purify contaminated water

from ponds and irrigation canals for

drinking purposes

Six ltration galleries were installed in six

villages to ler and provide clean water to

2,000 beneciaries.

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 improvegeneral hygiene conditions and 27 of

these latrines were specially designed for

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CASE STUDY PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF

CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Sabo was veryrelieved, Allahhas listened to my

prayers. Now Sabircan use the toilethimself with littleassistance from meand this has givenhim so much self

confdence.

It is alwaysan unpleasantexperience for meto take Shumailaoutside. People donot understandher needs and she

often cries fromembarrassmentwhen other childrenmade fun of her.Many times shedoes not evenwant to go out toavoid humiliation."

Sakina Bibi

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In Pakistan, little priority is given to accomodate the needs ofindividuals with disabilities, especially in remote districts likeD. I. Khan. During the monsoon oods of 2010, the disabledpopulation living in village Gara Noor Khan became the mostvulnerable victims of this natural catastrophe damaged alarge amount of infrastructure, including sanitation facilities.People had to resort to open defecation, which increased thelikelihood of illnesses.

Sabo Bibi is a mother of eighteen-year-old Sabir, who hasstruggled with a mental and physical disability since childhood.She spoke about the difculties she faced as a result of nothaving a bathroom in her home. Being a woman, it is veryembarrassing for me to carry my son outside our home so hecan relive himself. As I get older I nd it difcult to carryhim to more isolated areas but I have no other choice; theonly latrine we had was damaged by the oods. Sakina Bibi,who belongs to the same village, faces the same issue withher fourteen-year old daughter, Shumaila. She told FIDA, Itis always an unpleasant experience for me to take Shumaila

outside. People do not understand her needs and she oftencries from embarrassment when other children made fun ofher. Many times she does not even want to go out to avoidhumiliation.

When FIDA started working in these areas to restore andrehabilitate infrastructure damaged by the oods, homeslike Sakina and Sabos were given priority because of theirchildren. After FIDAs team built latrines in their homes withdisabled access, Sabo was very relieved, Allah has listenedto my prayers. Now Sabir can use the toilet himself with

little assistance from me and this has given him so muchself condence. Sakina Bibi, was very grateful that Shumailacould now use a washroom in the comfort of her own homeand no longer has to be ridiculed by other children.

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Building the Capacity of ParentTeacher Councils

Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs) have a pivotalrole in school management and improving thequality of education in public schools. PTCs

play an important role in discouraging teacherabsenteeism, identifying missing facilities inschools and involving parents in their childrenseducation. Typically, each Parent Teacher Councilcomprises of ve parents, a senior schoolteacheror head master and a retired governmentemployee.

In June 2013, FIDA partnered with Adam SmithInternational (ASI) under the Education SectorPlan (ESP) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to build thecapacity of 783 PTCs through trainings on record-

keeping and nancial management to enablethem to efciently utilize government funds formissing facilities in schools.

FIDA worked in close liaison with the DistrictEducation Department to provide trainings to1,861 PTC members (994 women and 867 men)in D. I. Khan, Karak, Kohat and Lakki Marwat.Separate training sessions were arranged forwomen and men and each PTC was given a detailedbrieng about the governments EducationSector Plan and the role envisioned for PTCs inimproving service delivery. They were taught touse karwai registers, as well as cash and stockregisters. Follow up visits revealed many were

able to identify and provide missing facilities intheir schools that improved the infrastructure andlearning environment for hundreds of students.

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Advocacy Campaign AgainstGender-Based Violence

Continuing its work on raising awareness ongender-based violence (GBV) and womens rights,FIDA, in collaboration with Aurat Foundationunder USAIDs GEP program, launched anotheradvocacy and information dissemination campaignin ve culturally sensitive districts in KPK: Dera

Ismail Khan, Tank, Karak, Kohat and Bannu.The campaign was designed to raise awarenesson womens rights under Pakistans constitutionand highlight the facilities available for womenvictims of violence.

Roundtable sessions were attended by a varietyof stakeholders including community elders,students, lawyers, government representativesand other members of civil society organizations.These sessions aimed to mobilize these groups toact as catalysts in promoting an attitudinal shifttowards domestic violence and women. FIDA foundthat many women were not aware of their maritalrights and many had not even seen their nikkah(marriage document). Participants also agreedthat many women did not have other importantlegal documentation like national identity cards,birth and marriage certicates that prevented

Round Table Discussions

Provincial Seminar

District Seminar

School seminars

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES

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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, governmentofcials and NGO representatives to enable women from all backgrounds to access information abouttheir 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 andthe 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 airedin adjoining districts Bhakkar and Layyah. Through this campaign, FIDA was able to engage 1,212individuals along with thousands of indirect beneciaries. Awareness alone cannot tackle gender-based violence, especially in areas with tribal roots that are conservative and tend to adhere tocultural customs and norms. Therefore FIDA aims to continue its work on advocating for womensrights and protection at the grassroots level to try and create an attitudinal shift in society in thefuture.


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Sumera had a promising career in medicine while living in Kohat with her parents. She was only 25when she got married and became a mother to an infant daughter. Her husband, an engineer born andraised 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 fromher, 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 ew to Abu Dhabi to look forher. After months of searching, she was found unconscious in the washroom of a disserted buildingwhere her husband had kept her captive and subjected her to physical and mental torture. Her bodywas marred with countless cigarette burns and she was often drugged before enduring other forms ofabuse. She reported, My husband would come home intoxicated and would look for excuses to beatme up. Whether it was a loss in his investments or simply him having a bad day at work, I was theone to blame for all his troubles. When he had nothing to ght over, he would abuse and accuse meof 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. Herhusband began harassing the family for custody of their infant daughter and Sumera once again foundherself in a vulnerable situation with no lawyer ready to ght 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 wasinuential and she was unable to register her case in court. After several lawyers, her case was nallytaken up by Mr. Ghyas-ud-din, a lawyer who had participated in FIDAs seminars on womens rightsand 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 lookingto 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 toclaim charges against my husband for being abusive. With his help, I feel like a much stronger womanand 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

FINANCEFIDA has concluded projects amounting to a value of over

Rs. 83.9 millionIn the Fiscal year 2012-2013

Rs. 6.9 millionOf the overall funding came

from National Donors

Rs. 6.5 millionOf the overall funding came

from Individual Donors

Rs. 70.5 millionOf the overall funding camefrom International Donors


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BALANCE SHEET


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INCOME AND EXPENDITURE

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FIDA Annual Report 2013

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