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Visit Of Worldbank Supervision Mission
 Combined
team of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation
Fund (PPAF) and their main donor World
Bank paid an immersion visit to HDF
Mardan Region from March 31-April
1, 2004. The team comprised three
senior officials of PPAF and two from
the World Bank. The main purpose of
this immersion mission was to closely
interact with the communities as well
as the field staff of HDF. COO along
with the relevant PMs of National
Office joined the Regional Program
Manager and his team for the conduct
of this visit.
 The
conduct of the visit started with
a detailed briefing about the history
and program activities of HDF with
particular emphasis on the partnership
aspects with PPAF, followed by specific
briefing about the regional details
by RPM. The team was divided into
two groups (male and female) keeping
the cultural values of Mardan in mind.
The male members attended the male
DO-meetings and female guests attended
the female DO meetings in Villages
Mahu-Dheri and Chamtar. The delegates
interacted with the DO members, saw
their progress, evaluated the overall
performance of the DOs and discussed
the issues related to their development.
 The
team also held interviews with two
successful male entrepreneurs/borrowers
named Ghayas Muhammad and Tahir Ahmed,
who proved their excelling entrepreneurship
skills. Ghayas Muhammad from DO “Khanpur”
told the delegates that he had successfully
repaid back 3 loans of HDF, which
he used to establish/strengthen a
mobile oil and Light Pressure Gas
(LPG) business. Currently he has one
additional employee who assists him
in managing his business. The second
entrepreneur got a credit of Rs. 26,300
from HDF and established a “Grocery
plus Sweet Shop”. The representatives
of World Bank got detailed information
from the borrowers and recorded their
case studies. The delegates also visited
the Irrigation Channel Scheme in Village
“Chamtar” and 3 projects
of Hand Pumps in “Bakri Banda”
and “Mahu Dheri” villages.
 The
mission was served with a traditional
dinner followed by a musical program
of folk songs by the community, which
greatly amazed the guests.
On the second day before their departure,
the female guests were shown “Elementary
and Secondary School” of HDF.
The girls attending the schools were
interviewed, and their achievements
were highly appreciated.
Date/Time Last Modified: 4/28/2004 11:08:43 AM
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