Editorial

HANDS NEWS BULLETINJanuary-March, 2016

Patron ChiefM. Anis DanishExecutive Board Member

Chief EditorDr. Shaikh Tanveer AhmedChief Executive

EditorsDr. Muhammad Aslam KhanChief HID Executive

Dr. Sarwat MirzaChief Research & Development Executive

Mr. Ghulam Musatafa ZaorChief Enterprise Development Executive

Mr. Anwar IqbalChief Finance Executive

Editorial TeamDr. Anjum FatmaSenior General Manager (Health)

Dr. Irfan AhmedSenior General Manager (RM)

Ms. Rahila RaheemSenior General Manager (GAD/LEP)

Ms. Rubina JafferySenior General Manager (MER)

Mr. Qalendar Bux BehraniGeneral Manager (Education)

Ms. Huma SiddiquiGeneral Manager (HR)

Mr. Raheem MariGeneral Manager (DM/SM)

Mr. Muhammd IqbalGeneral Manager (Procurement & Logistics)

Mr. Muhammd KashifGeneral Manager (Administration)

Mr. Muhammad Zahir KhanGeneral Manager (Finance)

Mr. Nayyar IlyasSenior Consultant

Dr. Muhammad Suleman OthoConsultant PPP

Mr. Nadeem WaganGeneral Manager (ICR&A Program)

Contents1. Quality Food Cooking Demonstration in

Communities of Tharparkar2. Kirans and Teachers received smart phone

for their advocacy in community againstChild Marriage and for Girls Empowermentin Malir District, Karachi.

3. Two Days Capacity Building onCommunity Mobilization and Advocacyaround the Issues of Child Marriages andHappy Family

4. International Women Day5. Disaster Prevention and Disaster Resilient

Rehabilitation Project6. Community Capacity Building Trainings

under Multi Year Humanitarian Program(MYHP) Project at District Muzaffargarh& Jhang

7. Trainings and Workshops8. Progress against Planned Targets9. Integrated early recovery building on initial

humanitarian assistance for vulnerableaffected population

10. Distributed Kitchen Gardening Seed AndTools

11. Exchange Visit of Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) Committees at District Shikarpur,Kashmore, Jacobabad & Ghotki underDPDRR Project.

12. Two Days Community Capacity BuildingPackage Training Report

13. MARVI Presentation at InternationalConference on Family Planning at NusaDua Indonesia

14. Three Days Training on Health ActionSchool (HAS)

15. Benazir Housing Cell (BHC)16. Three days training on "Monitoring

Evaluation & Planning (MEP)" at Sukkur17. 6 Days Training of Marvi Workers on Marvi

Integrated Services Modules18. Webinar on "Performance Appraisal"19. Webinar on Ms. Excel "Some Advance

Techniques"20. Webinar on "Performance Management"21. Training of Trainer (ToT) for Adult Literacy

Workers in HANDS MISALI Project22. The Community Mobilization Program

(CMP)

Pakistan is going through a crucial civil and economic crisis. Duringthe past decade the standard of living has deteriorated, poverty ratiohas been raised manifold, public institutes have decayed and failedto provide the quality services, public and political institutes havelost the public trust due to corruption. In this pathetic situationHANDS continues playing important role in the development ofPakistan. HANDS is committed to play its significant role in thefield of education, health care, water and sanitation, genderdevelopment, women empowerment, and agricultural and livelihooddevelopment. It is playing an important role to uplift societies ingeneral and poorest of the poor in particular.

HANDS was founded by Prof. A. G. Billoo (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) in 1979.HANDS has evolved in 35 years as one of the largest Non-ProfitOrganizations of the country with an integrated development modeland disaster management expertise. HANDS has a network of 31offices across the country and has access to more than 22 millionpopulation nearly 22,000 villages/ settlement in 47 districts ofPakistan. HANDS strength is 12 volunteers Board Members, morethan 1900 full time staff and thousands of community based volunteersof >5600 partner organizations.

HANDS Pakistan is registered under Societies Act, is certified byPakistan Center of Philanthropy (PCP) and Tax exempted by theIncome Tax Department Government of Pakistan. HANDS hasqualified the Institutional Management Certification Program (IMCP)of USAID of management standards. HANDS is accredited withEuropean Union. HANDS also possess membership withHumanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) and the member ofIUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).

HANDS International recently established its offices in London,United Kingdom and Kathmandu, Nepal. HANDS international -UK is registered as Non-Profit Organization in Companies Act 2006of England and Wales.

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Quality Food Cooking Demonstration inCommunities of Tharparkar

Community Based Management of Acute Malnutrition

(CMAM) activities continued in district Tharparkar, Sindh

with innovation, like cooking demonstration in community

to pursue food diversity and behavior change regarding food

quality. Major Improvement in health was observed in ongoing

CMAM beneficiaries. Health awareness session was also

conducted. Three mobile medical camps have also been started

with weekly follow up.

Kirans and Teachers received smartphone for their advocacy in communityagainst Child Marriage and for Girls

Empowerment in Malir District, Karachi.HANDS successfully conducted Annual Learning Forum of

Kirans Year II under Awareness to Action Project on 25th

January 2016 at Saleh Muhammad Goth, Malir Karachi,

supported by Rutgers Pakistan. Mr. Qadeer Baig Country

Representative of Rutgers Pakistan and Dr. Anjum Fatma

(Senior General Manager Health Program, HANDS) lead the

program.120 Kirans and 10 school teachers received their

incentives (Smart phone).This incentive was the token of

appreciation to all Kirans and teachers because they spread

the message successfully against child marriage and girls

empowerment.

Two Days Capacity Building on

Community Mobilization and Advocacy

around the Issues of Child Marriages

and Happy FamilyTwo Days Capacity Building on "Community Mobilization

and Advocacy around the Issues of Child Marriages and

Happy Family" has been conducted on 3rd-4th Feb.2016 at

Bin Qasim Town Karachi, under Awareness to Action

Project.40 Kirans leaders were trained. Capacity of Kirans

also developed on community mobilization and advocacy on

issue of child marriage and benefit of happy family. Dr. Jabbar

Khattak Editor of Awami Awaz, Mr. Qadeer Baig CR of

Rutgers Pakistan and Dr. Anjum Fatma (Senior General

Manager Health Program, HANDS) were the main guests.

International Women Day

HANDS with the collaboration of civil society organizations,

organized International Women Day on 11th March. Program

Moderators were Ms. Rahila Rahim and Ms. Sabiha Shah.

On the occasion Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed CE HANDS

spoke on Sustainable Development Goals and Women Rights

in Pakistan, Barrister Shahida Jamil spoke on Access to

Justice for Women, Ms. Mehnaz Rehman introduced the

History of Women Struggle in Pakistan, Retd. Justice Majida

Rizvi shared views on Role of Sindh Human Rights

Commission for the Protection and promotion of Women

Rights, other speakers including Nusrat Sahar Abbasi MPA,

Kishwar Zahra (MNA) also shared their views on this occasion.A Kiran receiving tablet from SGM Health HANDS

A view of interactive session during capacity training of Kirans

HANDS staff conducting practical session on quality food cooking

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Disaster Prevention and Disaster

Resilient Rehabilitation ProjectHANDS- Pakistan under Medico International and BMZFunding Project "Disaster Prevention and Disaster Resilient

Rehabilitation Project" is being implemented in four districtsof northern Sindh. Main objective of this project is to increaseability of Government institutions, civil society organizationsand the population of 414 villages of the district Ghotki,Jacobabad, Kashmore ( Kandhkot) and Shikarpur to withstandnatural disasters.

In this quarter HANDS conducted four coordination meetingsat district level one in each district, and organized 10 eventsof exchange program visit of DRR committees in districtJacobabad, Shikarpur, Kandhkot and Ghotki, totally 207participants from 207 DRR committees participated in theseevents.

Under DPDRR trainings were also conducted on kitchengardening for 150 beneficiaries and then distributed tool kitsand seeds to these beneficiaries in six villages of districtJacobabad.

Community Capacity Building

Trainings under Multi Year

Humanitarian Program (MYHP) Project

at District Muzaffargarh & Jhang

In the Community Capacity Building Package (CCBP)

Trainings at District Muzaffargarh & Jhang, total four trainings

were conducted for two days each, in which all the Community

Based Organization were told to participate. Main topics

covered were introduction of project in which all interventions

of the project were covered like Wash, Livelihood &

Infrastructure, CBO Record in which basic information of

the village, how to write a resolution, Membership record,

Stock record, visit record, special activity record savings

record and financial record. Total participants were 100 from

each District in which 50 male and 50 female were trained.

Trainings and Workshopsl In this quarter 8 Training on "Community Capacity Building

Package" were conducted for CBOs presidents. 100 male

and 100 females were trained in the organization

management, leadership skills and record keeping by the

Social Mobilization Program at district Muzaffargarh and

Jhang.

l 4 Trainings of community resource persons were conducted

for construction of flood resistant shelter Punjab early

recovery phase. Total 100 Community Focal Persons were

trained for all the techniques required to build the shelter

which can safely bear the flood and heavy rains. These

trainings were conducted through construction of shelters

practically and each step was clarified as narrated in the

Training Manual designed for construction at district

Muzaffargarh and Jhang.

l 4 Trainings of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)

and Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation (PATS) were

conducted for females Community Resource Persons

(CRP's) in District Jhang and Muzaffargarh. Each training

was conducted for 3 days and 25 CRP's participated in

the training. Total 100 CRP's were trained in 4 training

cycles. Training Manual "Azm-e-Alishan" was followed

for conduction of the training.

l 4 Trainings of Kitchen Gardening and Permaculture were

conducted for female CRP's at District Jhang and

Muzaffargarh with 25 participants trained in each training

cycle. This training was conducted by Livelihood

Enhancement Program as per manual of Kitchen Gardening

designed by the program.

l During the reporting period earthquake Early Recovery

Orientation workshop was conducted at Islamabad for the

HANDS staff. 27 staff was trained on conduction of

activities of Early Recovery and selection of beneficiaries

in earthquake affected areas of Chitral and Shangla.

Beneficiary selection criteria were clarified to all staff

members and related concerns and challenges were also

discussed regarding the project activities to be conducted

for Early Recovery phase.

A view of training on kitchen gardening

A view of two days training on CCBP at Muzaffargarh

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Distributed Kitchen Gardening Seed And

Tools

HANDS Livelihood enhancement program has conducted

four two days training at Muzaffargarh and Jhang (two

trainings in each districts) for Female CRPs under MYHP

project and also distributed kitchen gardening seed and tools

to 800 women beneficiaries of flood affected areas to address

food security and Livelihood need.

Progress against Planned Targets

l Three districts were selected for Earthquake response in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. These included Chitral, Shangla and

Bajour Agency with a target to reach 5,000 beneficiaries. Bajour Agency target of 1000 beneficiaries was later on equally

shifted to Chitral and Shangla districts because of NOC issue.

l Following table shows the overall target and achievement for EQ Response at Chitral and Shangla.

1 Chitral 2500 1986 2500 2087 2500 2087 500 139 400 400 10 10

2 Shangla 2500 1931 2500 1931 2500 1931 0 0 0 0 10 10

Total 5000 3917 5000 4018 5000 4018 500 139 400 400 20 20

Sr. District

Shelter Repair Kit Winterization Kit Hygiene Kit Latrine Kit Water Filter DWSS

Target Achieved Target Achieved Target Achieved Target Achieved Target Achieved Target Achieved

l 3,917 Beneficiaries received support in EQ Response

through distribution of Shelter Kits.

l Winterization Kits were received by 4,018 families.

l Hygiene Kits were distributed in 4,018 families.

l 139 Emergency Latrine Kits were provided to affected

families.

l 400 Water Filters were distributed to the beneficiaries.

l 20 Drinking Water Supply Schemes for rehabilitation of

water supply systems were completed in this quarter. Local

CBO's were engaged for the completion of task. Funds

were transferred to the CBO's as per BOQ against Terms

of Partnership duly signed by both HANDS and CBOs.

Procurement and work was processed by the CBO's, while

HANDS carried out the monitoring of the task and its

implementation.

Integrated early recovery building on

initial humanitarian assistance for

vulnerable affected population

l Khyber Pakhtunkhwa two districts (Shangla & Chitral)

were selected for Recovery phase of EQ Response. 1000

beneficiaries have been assessed by teams for recovery

needs.

l 2,000 beneficiaries have received Conditional Cash Grant

support for construction of Flood resistant shelters under

Multi Sector Early Recovery in Muzaffargarh and Jhang,

Punjab. Following graph shows the different stages of

shelters being constructed:

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Two Days Community Capacity Building

Package Training Report

Two Days Training on "Capacity Building Package" under

WaterAid project for project staff was held at ICD, HANDS

Karachi Urban office from 30th to 31st January, 2016. The

Exchange Visit of Disaster Risk

Reduction (DRR) Committees at District

Shikarpur, Kashmore, Jacobabad &

Ghotki under DPDRR Project.

The purpose of DRR Committees exchange visit was to let

DRR committee members know about the achievements and

experience sharing of other committee members and discuss

about future planning as how to respond to the future

emergencies. Preparedness was also discussed. It was a very

fruitful activity because in some Districts DRR Committees

have taken initiatives on Education by contacting other

Organizations. In Shikarpur one DRR committees have taken

School building of 7 rooms from a NGO and that is really

good achievement of CBO / DRR Committee. These exchange

visits have been conducted in District Shikarpur, Kashmore,

Jacobabad and Ghotki Community Based Organization (CBO)

Formation at District Chitral & Shangla under MYHP Project.

Multi-year Humanitarian Program (MYHP) recovery Project

has started in District Chitral and Shangla in which 500

shelters support in each District will be given to those families

who have yet not constructed their home. HANDS have

formed Community Based Organizations (CBOs) at District

Chitral & Shangla. Total CBO formation target of Chitral &

Shangla is 40 in each District, (20 Male & 20 female) which

are formed by implementing the strategy of HANDS Social

Mobilization & Disaster Management Programs.

HANDS staff briefing about HANDS to DRR committee

MARVI Presentation at International

Conference on Family Planning at Nusa

Dua IndonesiaInternational Conference on Family Planning was held from

25-28 January 2016 at Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Dr. Sarwat

Mirza, Chief Research & Development, Ms. Rubina Jaffri,

Senior General Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

and Dr. Adnan Ahmed, Research Consultant of MARVI

Project participated in this conference. Overall 02 research

papers and 02 poster papers were presented on HANDS

MARVI Model.

HANDS staff presented research paper on HANDS Marvi model at NusaDua Indonesia during International Conference on Family Planning

Three Days Training on

Health Action School (HAS)Three Days Training on "Health Action School "under Misali

project for project staff was held at Jacobabad/Jaffarabad

from 24th to 26th March, 2016. The facilitator brainstormed

on basic concepts related to Health Promotion and Role of

School in Health promotion in School and Child to Child

approach. Practice the use of Active Methods for Health

Promotion through Schools. Develop Action Plan for Child

to Child Health promotion activities in School.

training was facilitated by Miss Shehnaz Shahid (DPM,

WaterAid) and Mr. Maqbool Rahu (SDEM, HANDS) in their

introductory session they briefed that water and sewerage

boards are responsible for sewerage and water in the Karachi

city. For various reasons the implementation of their

responsibilities have declined. At Karachi somewhere water

is being wasted and elsewhere people are not getting this

facility. There are many causes of these issues for example

lack of harmony in the organization, rapidly growing

population and increasing urban population. On the other

side urban slums are fulfilling their need of water through

non standard/unhygienic places. Due to these circumstances

HANDS formatted a 4 years project with collaboration of

WaterAid. Basic aim of the Project is to make available

hygienic water within reach for all.

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Webinar on "Performance Appraisal"Ms. Huma Siddiqui General Manager HR&ID at HANDSconducted a webinar on 14th March, 2016 on "PerformanceAppraisal". The main objective of this webinar was todisseminate knowledge on performance appraisal .Performanceappraisals is to measure and improve the performance ofemployees and increase their future potential and value tothe company. Other objectives include providing feedback,improving communication, understanding training needs,clarifying roles and responsibilities and determining how toallocate rewards.

Webinar on Performance Appraisal

6 Days Training of Marvi Workers onMarvi Integrated Services Modules

Six Days Training on "Marvi Workers on Marvi Integrated

Service Modules "under Misali project for project staff was

held at Jamshoro from 1st to 6th February, 2016. The training

was facilitated by Mr. Bharat Kumar DFM. Training of Marvi

Workers for Marvi Workers on Marvi Integrated Services

Modules is distinctly different from traditional educational

and practical processes. It focuses on the specific knowledge,

attitudes, and skills needed to carry out a procedure or activity.

How the participant performs (i.e., a combination of

knowledge, attitudes, and most important, skills) is emphasized

rather than just what information the participant has acquired.

Competency in the new skill or activity is assessed objectively

by evaluating overall performance.

A view of newly constructed shelter under BHC project

Benazir Housing Cell (BHC)

HANDS, in collaboration with Benazir Housing Cell (BHC)

of Sindh is providing 'housing for the poor '.The project aims

to benefit 505 families at two district, 300 at Mirpurkhas and

205 at Umerkot respectively. The selection of beneficiaries

by the BHC is undertaken through member of National and

Sindh assemblies and party office bearers of the district.

During this quarter, 458 shelters have been completed and

handed over to the beneficiaries in both the districts. The

target of 300 houses was completed in Mirpurkhas and 158

houses at Umerkot. Colony of houses in both the districts is

in progress. Each unit comprises of two rooms, veranda and

a toilet and constructed at a cost of 255000/=

Three days training on "Monitoring

Evaluation & Planning (MEP)" at Sukkur

Three Days Training on MEP was held at Sukkur under CMP

project for project staff Sukkur from 18th to 20th January-

2016. The Training facilitators and visitors Madam Shama

Sheikh the Advisor Sindh Community Mobilization Program

IRD and Mr. Hammed Bullo welcomed the participants and

gave orientation on the training objectives. Hammed Bullo

the Advisor SCMP oriented on the Sindh Basic Education

programs, its components and provided knowledge about

SMCs (Structure, role & responsibilities). Madam Shama

Sheikh informed the participants that in this training effort

are to provide the basic idea and concept about the project

and to create better and clear understanding about the scope

of work in project and the functioning of project.

6 Days Training of Marvi Workers on Marvi Integrated Services Modules

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Webinar on Ms. Excel "Some Advance

Techniques"

Dr. Irfan Ahmed General Manager (RM) HANDS conducted

a webinar on 29th January, 2016 on "MS Excel "Some

Advance Techniques". The aim of this Webinar was to

disseminate advance techniques in use of MS Excel and add

to the knowledge of the participants for enhanced performance.

A view of participants of Webinar on Ms. ExcelSome Advance Techniques

Webinar on "Performance

Management"

Dr. Aslam Khan Chief HID Executive at HANDS is conducted

a webinar on 27th February, 2016 on "Performance

Management". The objective was to enhance the capacity

and competence of individuals so that they exceed

organizational expectation and work in a way that effectively

and efficiently attains business strategic objectives.

Performance Management shall not only provide for business

development but also self-development through organizational

support and guidance of managers and leaders

Webinar on Performance Management

Training of Trainer (ToT) for Adult Literacy

Workers in HANDS MISALI Project

Literacy opens the doors to better livelihoods, improves health

and expands the opportunities. The aim of HANDS Adult Literacy

Program is to increase literacy rate in respective communities

and to enable them to deal with their daily issues in a disciplined

manner. In this context HANDS also realized to provide optimal

opportunities to illiterate adults especially women.

The objective of Literacy Program are:

l To increase literacy rate (especially women in rural areas)

l To create learning environment in families

l To aware the families about the Importance of Literacy.

During this quarter, HANDS Education and Literacy Program

organized 06-days ToT for all District focal persons and

teachers of HANDS MISALI villages, datedfrom 5th to 10th

January 2016. During the trainings 10 focal persons and 78

ALC teachers/workers were trained on Adult Literacy Module.

After completion of training Mr. Qalander Behrani (GM -

Education Program HANDS), Ms. Shabina Ashfaque

(Manager Education Program HANDS), Mr. Guhram Ali

Khoso (Focal Person HANDS-MISALI Program) and Mr.

Lal Din Balal (Trainer) awarded certificates to all participants

and appreciated for their active participation during training.

HANDS is implementing "The Community Mobilization

Program (CMP) in four Provincial Districts of Sukkur, Larkana,

Kashmore and Jacobabad and three Karachi City Towns of

Lyari, Orangi and Gadap. Itis a five year program that

commenced in August 2013and to be continued till July 2018.

The program tracks and supports the construction, merging,

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ToT for Adult Literacy Workers in HANDS MISALI Project

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Students and community members were asked to participate

and reflect in activity by creating heightened awareness

of community based environmental issues and how

everyone should be good stewards of the earth. During

the events plants were also provided to students and

community members and a large number of plants were

planted in the schools.

3. International Women's Day

International Women's Day is a time to reflect on progress

made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage

and determination by ordinary women who have played

an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and

communities.

HANDS Education team also celebrated this globally

recognized Women's Day in different schools dated on

26th March 2016,with the support of HANDS CMP project

teams. A large number of students, teachers,community

members and district level officials participated in the

events and enjoyed different activities.

Several performances including drama, poetry, speech

competition, flower making competition, and tablows

were presented by students and teachers. This worldly

celebrated Women's Day provided women audience a

conclusive opportunity, to feel important and add positivity

into their minds and soul.

consolidation and upgrading schedule of Sindh Basic Education

Program(SBEP) and also works with neighboring schools

which fall within designated areas around new schools being

built under SBEP and are in accordance with the specific

criteria set by USAID for CMP activities.

A broader aim of CMP is to sustain community mobilization

and school based management through the engagement of

the private sector. CMP will leverage partnerships between

communities and the private sector through Education

Management Organizations to achieve sustainable schools

management.

During the quarter of January to March 2016, the following

mega activities were conducted in all 5 HANDS interventions

Districts of Sindh, Karachi, Sukkur, Larkana, Kashmore and

Jacobabad.

1. Session on Education Management Organization and

Public Pvt: Partnership for stakeholders of District

Education Department:

With the support of IRD and HANDS CMP teams, the

sessions were arranged for all the district level stakeholders

of Education departmenton 3rd, 16th, 23, 26thand

29thFebruary 2016at District Sukkur, Kashmore,

Jacobabad, Larkana and Karachi. The purpose of sessions

was to engage all stakeholders for EMOs to buildthe

consensus and seek their advices and support.

The sessions were attended by District Education Officers

(DEOs), Deputy DEOs (Primary and Secondary schools),

Town Education Officers (TEOs), concerned Head Teachers

of Construction Schools, CMP team and other stakeholders

related with education department.

2. School Cleaning Days.

HANDS CMP project teams organized "School Cleaning

Day" activities with the support of teachers, students,

SMCs and sub committees members in different schools

of 5 Districts of Sindh. The Purpose of this activity was

to engage all the community members and students in

school wide clean-up event,where majority of

students'(boys and girls) took an active part to promote

health and hygiene activities among all the community

members.

School cleaning day being celebrated by students