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Credit
and Enterprise Development Program |
Since
the turn of the century, Safwco’s many economic
development initiatives have been consolidated into
a Credit and Enterprise Development Sector and comprises
of the following three sub programs: |
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Capacity Building and Enterprise Development (CB and ED) Program |
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Saving Mobilization (SM)
Program |
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three components are managed together and specifically
targets women as beneficiaries. The sector continues
to improve the socio economic conditions of the poor
communities in the areas of three districts including
District Sanghar, Matiari, Nawabshah, Hyderabad and
has started Social Safety Net Project in District
Thatta targeting the ultra poor. |
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Rural
women in Sindh lack mobility, voice and are not supposed
to be seen. Although they carry out numerous tasks
including tending to livestock, horticulture, embroidery
and other micro level income generation activities
besides the daily routine of reproductive activities.
Their contributions are never accounted for as household
income, even in cases where their contribution to
the household income is more than the men's. Secondly,
livestock both goat rearing and dairy farming support
the income and food needs of the household but they
are looked down upon as insignificant ventures. |
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Credit
and Enterprise Development Sector was supported by “IDRF
Canada” for “Low Cost Housings Project”
in 1994, “TVO” for “Goat Rearing Program”
in 1996, “The Asia Foundation” for “Socio
Economic Development of Rural Women” in 1998,
“CRS” for “Women Empowerment”
in 2002 and in January 2001, “Pakistan Poverty
Alleviation Fund (PPAF)” offered Safwco a small
credit line for micro credit. Safwco saw this as an
opportunity to scale up and applied for the higher credit
line. Since then PPAF (2001-till date) is supporting
the sector for uplifting of the Socio Economic condition
of rural people.
In
late 2001, Safwco established a micro credit cell on
professional line. The staff members were provided specialized
and on job training and institutional restructuring
made the sector independent in terms of staffing, office
management, resources and operations. Six social organizers
of Safwco with good relations in the community and understanding
of credit operations decided to work in the newly formed
Credit and Enterprise Development Sector. They were
reinforced with a professional management and an information
management system. |
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Rain
Flood 2007 (new updates) |
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Annual
Activity Report DMER-SAFWCO (NEW) |
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Disaster
Management and Emergency Relief (2006) |
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Images
of distribution of Emergency Relief supported by CRS
(2006) |
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Images
of distribution of Emergency Relief supported by OXFAM |
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Images
of Emergency Relief supported by UNICEF(2006) |
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