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Monthly Progress Report - September
2004
Brief
News
- Board
of Directors Meeting was held on
September 14, 2004. Following
BOD members attended the meeting:-
- Dr. Shahnaz Khan (Chaired the
Meeting )
- Dr. Sameeh Khan (BOD Member)
- Lt Gen Rtd Muhammad Maqbool (BOD
Member)
- Engineer Fazal Hussain (BOD Member)
- Mr. Saghir Aslam (BOD Member)
- Major
decisions taken during the Board
Meeting:-
- Following
staff benefit aspects and policies
were presented by the COO and
approved by the Board after
deliberations:-
- Gratuity
for staff has been introduced.
- Leave
rules have been revised.
Casual leave and maternity/paternity
leave have been introduced.
- Leave
encashment up to maximum
of 15 days has been allowed
at the end of the year.
- Scales
of TA/DA and hotel stay
authorization have been
revised.
- Lower
limit of support staff enhanced
from rs. 2,500/- to Rs.
3,000/ Per month.
- Eid
allowance of Rs. 500/- allowed
for support staff on both
Eids.
- Meal
allowance at the rate of
Rs. 30/- per day for drivers
performing duty beyond 6:00
pm and compensatory allowance
of Rs. 150/- per day for
performing duty on holidays
has been allowed for all
support staff.
- Staff
selection and induction
policy has been approved.
- Following
were deliberated and approved
by the board as result of presentations
made by the relevant PMs/Section
Heads:-
- Impact
studies will be carried
out for Community Physical
Infrastructure, Education
and Credit programs of HDF.
- Proper
proposal will be prepared
and presented with annual
budget before launching
any project of HDF i.e.
Education, Health etc.
- BOD
approved transport allowance
and increase in Teachers'
emoluments/honorarium as
one time measure, on the
basis of duration of employment.
- The
scaling down of micro credit
in general was approved
and it was suggested by
BOD to plan other means
of economic development
for community members.
- The
Ramadan appeal plan of HDF
Foundation Development section
was approved as presented
by PM-Foundation Development.
- BoD
also approved the supplementary
budget and revised budget
for the remaining part of
year 2004.
- HDF
had its quarterly progress review
meeting in September 2004 and was
attended by the staff of National
Office and RPMs/TLs from the regions.
The progress of the previous quarter
was reviewed and plans for the next
quarter were revised.
FOUNDATION
DEVELOPMENT
- HDF is in
a process to initiate/develop partnership
with UNDP for its Rahim Yar Khan
(RYK) Region, where HDF is exploring
possibility of collaborating with
UNDP for their GEF Small Grants
Program.
- UNDP Representative
Mr. Onder Yucer and National Coordinator
Mr. Fayaz Baqir visited Rahim Yar
Khan on September 21st to participate
in the inauguration ceremony of
a project on "Arsenic mitigation
from drinking water" of 40
girls government primary school,
funded by UNDP to Jouhar Education
and Welfare Society, a local NGO.
HDF RYK Region also participated
in the event, where Mr. Fayaz Baqir
introduced HDF as a future partner
organization of UNDP. RYK Region
also coordinated a meeting of Mr.
Fayaz Baqir with representatives
from Bahawalpur Rural Development
Project (BRDP) and Punjab Water
Supply and Sanitation Project. The
agenda of the meeting was to mobilize
funds from these 2 departments,
who are financed by Asian Development
Bank (ADB) for a water supply project
in Sadiqabad.
- RYK participated
in a meeting of UNICEF- EPI program
with NGOs working in Rahim Yar Khan.
The agenda of the meeting was to
share the strategy of ensuring 100%
vaccination in rural areas. Following
NGOs and line departments' representatives
participated: HDF, PRSP, Al Saeed
Welfare Society, Youth Commission
for Human Rights, Rural Education
and Economic Development (REED),
EDO-Health and DO-Health. RPM-RYK
stated that HDF is also working
on achieving this goal and works
through already organized forums
of DOs, VDOs and UDOs in HDF's program
areas. The DO-Health appreciated
the work of HDF in Rahim Yar Khan
and expressed their willingness
to extend their cooperation to HDF
wherever possible.
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
- RYK Region
had a 100% recovery of credit from
due of the month during the reporting
month of September 2004.
- PM Social
Mobilization and Economic Development-Mr.
Naimatullah Khan had a meeting with
Manager Alliance Operation-Khushalibank
(KHB) regarding a proposal submitted
to KHB for RYK Region (where HDF
is already working with KHB). New
regions were also added in the same
proposal i.e. Shamsabad (SBD), Mardan
(MDN), Karachi Kachi Abadi (KKA)
and Islamabad (ISD). The manager
of KHB appreciated the efforts of
HDF and informed that final discussion
on this proposal will be held in
subsequent meetings.
- PM Social
Mobilization and Economic Development-Mr.
Naimatullah Khan visited Human Resource
Development Network (HRDN) and Institute
of Rural Management (IRM) for information
regarding a social mobilization
training manual and other literature
required by HDF. IRM provided a
Training Need Assessment (TNA) manual
to HDF.
SOCIAL
MOBILIZATION
- Rahim Yar
Khan (RYK) Region mobilized the
Village Development Organizations
(VDOs of HDF-unit 2 to form a Unit
Development Organization (UDO).
It is the second UDO formed in RYK
Region. SO far HDF has 5 UDOs i.e.
one in Mardan, two in Shamsabad
and two in Rahim Yar Khan Region.
- 73 new
Development Organizations (DOs)
have been formed during the reporting
month, through these DOs 828 more
households have been included.
COMMUNITY
TRAININGS
- A machine
embroidery training center was opened
in "Eno Bhatti" village
of Lahore Region, where the first
training was attended by 11 female
participants.
- In RYK,
a 4 days orientation training on
preventive health was arranged for
the HDF health staff i.e. 4 LHWs
and 4 TBAs. The Regional Head briefed
the participants about HDF's history
and its health program. The Regional
Doctor was the resource person for
this training.
- Keeping
in view the season (protecting and
controlling pest attack on cotton
crop) and the perceived need by
the community, 2 single day workshops
on agriculture-pest management and
livestock management were held in
RYK Region. The purpose of these
workshops was to transfer advance
knowledge about pest and livestock
management to the farming community.
A veterinary doctor and HDF's regional
staff jointly conducted the workshops.
- In Shamsabad
Region 28 male "DO" members
attended a Community Management
Skills Training workshop.
STAFF
TRAININGS
- A four days
training workshop on "Participatory
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation"
was held at HDF National Office
from 30th Sept-3rd Oct, 2004. Performance
Improvement Program (PIP) team,
PO-Credit and 2 training coordinators
from Mardan and Rahim Yar Khan regions
attended the training workshop.
COMMUNITY
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CPI)
- All CPI
projects of Phase II have almost
been completed by the end of September
2004. Region wise progress is a
follows:-
- In
Mardan Region two projects of
15 Hand pumps have been completed
through the DOs Al-Falah and
Shahbaz Khan. Part one of a
Water Course Lining (WCL) project
has been completed through the
"DO" Zamindar. Part
2 of a WCL project has been
completed through the "DO"
KD-2. Three drainage projects
have been completed through
the "DOs" Ittehad,
Sahar and Roshni. Three projects
of "street pavement"
have also been completed through
the DOs Naway Kalay, Al-Khidmat
and Saba.
- In Rahim
Yar Khan Region 7 handpump projects
have been completed through
the DOs Sir Syed, Charagh, Gulzar-e-Millat
and Islah-e-Muashra. 3 projects
of Water Course Linings have
also been completed through
the DOs Alvi Unity, Heryali
and VDO, however 1 WCL project
is in progress.
EDUCATION
- Literacy
Day was celebrated on 8th September
2004 by the Ministry of Education,
EFA Wing in collaboration with UNESCO
at the National Library . Mr. Sajid
Hassan, Secretary Education was
the chief guest. HDF participated
in this event by displaying a stall
of course books developed by HDF,
brochures and other handicrafts
made by the HDF communities of different
regions. COO "Azhar Saleem"
held very useful discussion with
the Chief Guest during the lunch
hosted by the Ministry of Education
at the end of the event.
- HDF in
collaboration with the Ministry
of Education, EFA Wing has completed
a 6 months adult literacy course
through its 50 adult Literacy Centers
in the union councils Tumair and
Chirrah of Islamabad. At the end
of the project a literacy skills
assessment test was conducted by
the field staff of Islamabad region
from 27th-30th September 2004. Supervisors
from the Ministry of Education were
also present while the examinations
were conducted, results were found
to be highly satisfactory.
- Ministry
of Education, EFA wing arranged
a closing ceremony of ALCs on August
25th 2004 in the National Institute
of Science & Technology (NISTE)
Auditorium. The Secretary Education,
Mr. Sajid Hassan was invited as
chief guest. HDF also participated
in this ceremony by displaying its
stall.
HEALTH
- PM Health
"Dr. Mazhar Abbassi" visited
the Population Council and had a
meeting with their Deputy Program
Manager Dr. Syed Zakir Hussain Shah,
regarding the capacity building
of HDF's health staff. Dr. Syed
suggested two components of training
focusing on both technical and behavioral
change to meet the health staff's
capacity need. To work on it in
HDF's own perspectives, PM-Health
is working on a capacity building
plan of Health staff by the end
of November 2004. PM-Health also
had a meeting with Dr. Zareef Khan,
Deputy Program Manager, Prime Minister
Program of Primary Health, to share
the training module for LHWs used
by the PM's program.
- PM- Health
prepared a health coverage plan
for HDF's employees which was discussed
with the COO. It was decided that
it would be implemented after being
reviewed by the Board as a package
along with a comprehensive health
wellness plan in January 2005.
- The Ministry
of Health, Govt of Baluchistan provided
free medicines to the HDF-Community
Health Center CHC) in Zhob Region.
- Health
seminars were conducted according
to the pre-defined format and proceedings
recorded accordingly in the Islamabad
Region. This format is going to
be shared and replicated in the
other regions from October 2004
onwards to increase the effectiveness
of this activity.
VISITS
AND VISITORS
- Co-Chairperson
Dr. Shahnaz Khan and COO Azhar Saleem
visited Zhob Region to oversee the
program activities and to provide
technical and moral guidance to
Regional Staff.
- PM Health
paid a surprise visit to the Community
Health Centers (CHCs) in Islamabad
Region. Some short comings in the
data collection process and daily
activities were identified and feedback
was given to the regional health
coordinator for further improvement.
- Manager
NFBE and Training Coordinator -
Education visited the Child Friendly
Schools in Islamabad Region on 4th
September 2004 for providing technical
assistance and guidance to regional
staff.
- On 6th
Sept. 2004 Mr. Simon from Australia,
representatives from the World Bank,
Mr. Kashif Bajwa, Chief Executive
NRSP and Mr. Qazi Azmat Essa "Task
Leader of World Bank" accompanied
by HDF-Chief Operating Officer visited
the Community Health Center (CHC)
in village "Arra" and
Child Friendly School (CFS) in village
"Dhok Tabarak Shaheed"
of Islamabad Region. The visitors
listened to poems recited by the
students and the COO explained the
teaching methodology and HDF's education
policy. A PTA member of CFS Dhok
Tabarak Shaheed briefed the visitors
about the progress achieved in the
village with the cooperation of
HDF. The visitors appreciated the
efforts of HDF.
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Date/Time Last Modified: 12/1/2004 9:30:32 AM
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