Abstract
Rural support programs (RSPs) are essentially NGOs they are outside the government and they are non-profit organizations and have developed substantial capacity to generate funds internally. The aim of this paper is to examine the contribution of Punjab and Sindh rural support programmers to rural livelihood improvement in areas of community participation, community physical infrastructure, health care and education and human resource development. The major findings of this paper was that social mobilization process of Punjab RSP has not fostered or helped community organizations developed institutional capacity to undertake projects on their own as joint entities. The frontline workers especially social organizers of Sindh RSP have not put enough efforts to nurture community organizations and helped expand the program by demonstration. Sustainability remain a challenge particularly as it pertains to community organizations and access to credit despite progress made by PPAF and other credit institutions. However a number of areas such as monitoring and evaluation, human resource development and gender disparity did not receive the attention they deserve. Despite difficulties associated with working in many villages of the target population, the - 34 - performance of both Punjab and Sindh RSPs have been moderately satisfactory. The future of both the two RSPs deserve serious consideration.
Rafiq Ahmed Chandio, Ambreen Zeb Khashkelly, Kehar Khan Khoso. (2014) Rural Support Programmes as Agent of Change in Pakistan: A Case Study of Punjab and Sindh, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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