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Drought in District Tharparkar-Sindh – Situation Update 1

23:00 hours at 11 March 2014 Government of Sindh has announced drought emergency in district Tharparkar and officially launched a request to UN humanitarian Coordinator was requested by Sindh government to organize a joint UN mission to review the reports of high number of child deaths in the district.[i] NDMA has declared Chahro, Islamkot, Khinser

Drought in District Tharparkar-Sindh – Situation Update 2

12:00 noon on 18 March 2014 NDMA has declared Mithi, Chachroo, Diplo, Islamkot and Nagarparkar as most affected parts of Thar district. According the situation update of NDMA, Rs 30 Million have been released by provincial government for Mithi DHQ. 40 composite medical camps have been set up in the area and they are assessing

Drought in District Tharparkar-Sindh – Situation Update 4

12:00 noon on 27 March 2014 According to NDMAsituation update of 26th March 2014, the medical services have been reached to 96054 [i]persons that include 32537children, 34004 females and 29441 males. So far 2044 cattle heads have been reported perished and 2.649 million have been vaccinated against the deadly disease of Sheep Pox in Tharparkar,

AAWAZ Consortium Partners

DAI AF SAP-PK SDPI ODI DFID Federal Ombudsman Ministry of Human Rights

AAWAZ Consortium Partners.

AAWAZ Districts

Punjab Aawaz Districts SPO Districts Khyber Punkhtunkhwa

Management Stucture

MO- Overall Program Management DAI (Development Alternative Initiatives) Consortium A-Implementation Partners SPO (Strengthening Participatory Organization) AF (Aurat Foundation) SAP-PK (South Asia Partnership, Pakistan) SDF (Sungi Development Foundation) Steering Committee-Strategic direction Consortium partners, Advisory Committee + DFID

Workshop conducted for SPO staff on ‘Interpersonal Communication Skills and Power of a Positive Attitude’

Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) conducted a training workshop in Lahore on ‘Interpersonal Communication Skills and the Power of Positive Attitude’ starting from Sep 30th – Oct 1st, 2013 for its associate level staff. A total of 23 staff members from the National Center and all Regional Centers participated in the interactive workshop which discussed topics

Provincial level consultative meeting on ‘Effective Women Participation in Local Government’

Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) Lahore region organized a provincial level consultative meeting on ‘Effective Women Participation in Local Government’. Salman Abid, Regional Head SPO Lahore while addressing the consultative meeting stressed the need for development process to be inclusive. This was possible if all groups of people especially women contribute to creating opportunities as per