Issue #4 2012 December

Muhammad Ayyaz Khan of LACIP PMU reviewing record

keeping of a community organization in D.I. Khan LACIP Update

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT & PROMOTION OF SMALL COMMUNITY

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

Mr. Haroon Razzaq from KfW visits

District Charsadda

The LACIP team and Mr. Haroon visited 3 Community Organiza-tions where SRSP have completed physical infrastructure Projects such as Water Lining Course, Link Road and installation of Flood Protective walls. Mr. Haroon interviewed the members of the 3 Community Organizations and asked about their involvement in the Projects and whether they were content with the quality of work being done by the Partner Organization. LACIP PMU member Fahd Usman reviewed the infrastructure schemes and provided recommendations to SRSP and the commu-nity members regarding their maintenance and sustainability.

A team consisting of KfW Project Manager Mr. Haroon Raz-zaq Qureshi, PGM-LACIP Mr. Masood Khalid and LACIP PMU member Fahd Usman visited the Union Council Dhakay in Charsadda to review the progress of community physical infrastructure schemes initiated by SRSP. SRSP’s Regional Coordinator Mr. Abdur Rehman and the SRSP field team provided a comprehensive presentation to Mr. Haroon regarding the on ground status in terms of the Project components of LACIP and what has been achieved by the Partner Organization in the past six months.

Mr. Haroon and Mr. Masood Khalid monitoring a water lining course constructed by SRSP in Union Council Dhakay in Charsadda.

A Community Organization named Rukhana showing the completed Link Road Project to the visiting LACIP Team.

LACIP PMU in the field at Swabi, D.I. Khan and Buner

Muhammad Ayyaz Khan of the LACIP PMU (Middle) standing with a community organization named Wanda Khokar in the Union Council Korai in District D.I. Khan

GIS Coordinates of all the components of LACIP have been up-loaded on the LACIP Webpage

Disbursements to all

Phase 3 have been completed.

Two Union Councils as

a livelihoods value chain model will be developed by Dr. Mar-tin Dietz from which the successful model will be replicated in other Districts.

Progress at a glance

A total of 278 CPI Schemes have been

initiated

53 CPI Schemes have been completed

526 Community Organizations have been

formed

220 Community Organizations have been

revitalized

2,163 Livelihood Investment Plans completed

373 Asset Transfers have been completed

Manager LEP Unit Mr. Muhammad Riaz and LACIP PMU mem-ber Taimur Jehangir interviewing a community organization regarding the status of asset transfers to the beneficiaries

The LACIP PMU visited 7 Partner Organizations in the month of December, 2012. The visits included 24 communi-ty organizations, 6 Community Health Centers and 3 schools in the Districts of Swabi, Charsadda, Buner and D.I. Khan. During these field exposures, the focal persons from LACIP PMU explained the procedures of implementa-tion for Livelihood Investment Plans and asset transfers to the community members. The issues related to liveli-hood improvement for landless asset transfer beneficiaries were discussed in great detail with the Partner Organi-zations.