Sarhad Rural Support Programme

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AbbreviationSRSP
Founded1989
FocusSocial Mobilization, Poverty Alleviation, Community Physical Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Microcredit, Social Sector Services, Human Resource Development, Humanitarian Aid
Region served
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & FATA, Pakistan
Sarhad Rural Support Programme
AbbreviationSRSP
Founded1989
FocusSocial Mobilization, Poverty Alleviation, Community Physical Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Microcredit, Social Sector Services, Human Resource Development, Humanitarian Aid
Region served
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & FATA, Pakistan
Key people
WebsiteOfficial website
Formerly called
Sarhad Rural Support Cooperation

The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in North West Pakistan.[1][2] Established in 1989, its [3][4][5][6] mission is to reduce poverty and promote sustainable livelihoods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[7]

SRSP is part of the Rural Support Programmes Network, initiated by Shoaib Sultan Khan, a recipient of the United Nations Environment Programme Global 500 Award.[8][9][10][11]

Today, SRSP stands as the largest regional RSP, with extensive outreach across communities.[12][13] Due to its wide-reaching presence, SRSP has increasingly taken on a prominent role in responding to disasters affecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, making humanitarian relief, in addition to development work, a key area of focus for the organisation.[14][15]

SRSP began it operations in 1989.[16][17][18] It was established by members of the civil society, members of the government in their individual capacities, and members of the academia, media and training institutions.[19] SRSP was created to replicate the Rural Support Programmes approach from the province now called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[20][21][22][23]

Approach

SRSP's framework is based on the Rural Support Programmes (RSP's) approach to community empowerment, and economic and livelihood development.[24] At the heart of this approach is the belief that marginalized communities and disadvantaged people have within them the capacity for self-help. Pakistan’s Rural Support Program (RSP) movement pioneered bottom-up, community-driven development using a flexible, autonomous, politically neutral approach, which has been replicated successfully across PakistanPakistan as well as in India and Bangladesh.[25][26]

Programmes

SRSP specialises in social mobilisation, gender and development, community infrastructure, education, micro-finance, micro-enterprise development, governance, conflict resolution, humanitarian assistance, and human resource development.[27]

SRSP’s wide array of programmes includes support for developing/sustaining/advancing:

  1. Community physical infrastructure [28][29][30]
  2. Renewable energy [31][32][33]
  3. Community investment/livelihoods funds, microcredit, village banks [34][35][36]
  4. Social sector services [37][38][39][40]
  5. Human resource development [41][42][43]
  6. Enterprise and value chain development [44][45][46]
  7. Development and humanitarian programmes [47][48][49]
  8. Legal empowerment [50][51][52]
  9. Education [53][54][55]
  10. Health care [56][57][58]

Achievements

Donors/Partners

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