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Dasht-e-Imkaan, IDSP Annual Report 2008 (Jan-Dec 2008)

IDSP MissionTo Nurture and Develop the Individual and communities that will change the power structure by

demystifying the process of Education and Development, Generate the value-based Partnerships

and Practices at all levels.

External VisionPolitically socially and culturally aware individuals that create interdependent, self reliant societies,

that guarantee and acculturate dignified living for all.

Internal VisionViews itself as a regional learning institution recognized and known for its innovative learning

mechanism for regeneration of repressed knowledge values interdependent practices.

DirectorDr. Quratulain Bakhteari

Report CompilerAsif Lehri

EditingAli A. Naqvi,

Designing and GraphicAsim Riaz

CorrespondenceInstitute for Development Studies and Practices (IDSP-Pakistan)7-A Al- Mashriq Street Arbab Karam Khan Road Quetta.

E-mail: [email protected] / web: www.idsp.org.pkPh: 0092-81-2470243-2471776 / Fax: 0092-81-2447285

Table of Contents

Report Overview 1

Director Message 3

Young people can make it happen 5

Women are pivotal fora tolerant society 6

With peace, development is impossible 7

learning is life long 8

Fellowships by Learners and Community

Partnership Program9

Initiative invokes innovation 10

Preparing for the response 11

National conference on world food crisis 12

13Services rendered by IDSP

Institutions are by people 15

Women Center Psihin 16

Partnership is the key 17

Networks and Collaboration 19

What has been achieved 20

Thriving Partnership 18

Financial Report 21

2Acknowledgment


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This report presents the outcomes of IDSP's initiatives in 2008. IDSP has now entered in its

11th year of inception. During these years, IDSP's key achievements are

Development of a core team, including its faculty, fellows and systems

members,

Sound permanent programming office in Quetta, Balochistan

Established itself as leading not for profit community development

organization for human

Resource development in the country and

core thematic working areas are started to provide results.

The report is capturing the essence of these interventions in following five areas:

Human Resource Development for Self Sustainability

Gender Mainstreaming

Peace and Pluralism

Education and Life Long Learning

Sustainable Livelihood

The present report is different in its nature. The previous two annual reports on 2006 and

2007 focused on internal processes, methodologies and project progress. This report is an

attempt to capture the essence of IDSP activities and its impact in a divided society.

The year of 2008 was dedicated to Peace by IDSP. Within the report you will come acrossquotations of famous personalities from history. We hope these quotations will give all of us

hope in desperate times.

We hope that the report will provide the information on IDSP's outcomes and its future

course. We look forward to your feedback and hope that the report satisfies the general

informational needs of the concerned readers. In case detailed information is required, we

are at your service.

Though every attempt has been made to make this publication error free, in case mistakes

are found, the undersigned take the full responsibility of the errors.

Report Overview

Institute for

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IDSP is grateful to all the individuals, groups, communities, organizations and institutions

who supported us with their sincere, thrilling and unconditional contribution. The energetic

youth and the team of IDSP consistently played vital role while continuing our journey

towards the institutional vision and goals.

IDSP is fortunate to have concerned and sincere friends in the country, region and at

international level. It is their unconditional support and encouragement which has

contributed in the vibrancy and dynamism. We are extremely grateful to all the financial

supports, who have directly supported IDSP for materializing its concepts and ideas.

IDSP by the grace of Al Mighty has taken off towards attaining its envisaged goals. The

Government of Balochsitan and the local governments in the different districts of

Balochistan are constantly supporting IDSP. Their support in not merely monetarily but they

are keenly interested in IDSP to flourish and enable youth. We are grateful for their

contributions and continuous encouragement.

SKOLL foundations timing has been perfect. It provided IDSP the needed resources, to test

its ideas of institutional development, venturing in high risk ideas and above all providing

the Skoll Forum to develop professional linkages and fostering friendships.

Infaq Foundation is standing with IDSP. Their support for campus development is highly

appreciated.

IDSP is indebted to the CIDA, Fund for Global Human Rights, UNICEF, National Endowment

for Democracy, DIFID, British High Commission, British High Commission and Friends of Al-

Falah (Netherland) for supporting various dynamic initiatives of IDSP Fellows.

IDSP's friends and partners across the world are appreciated for just being friend. Berkanas

support for Zimbabwes Art of Hosting, gathering was an amazing experience. It helped the

two young fellows to broaden their horizon and think back towards their roots. We are

especially thankful to, BERKANA, ASHOKA and Learning Societies Network for their

continued support to young people of Pakistan.

IDSP deeply acknowledge the partnership with (PCE) Pakistan Coalition for Education,

We would like to name few individuals who stood for IDSP and are contributing towards its

efforts. We are deeply grateful to services and guidance of Mr. Kamil Khan Mumtaz

(Anjumane- Maimaran) Professor Bakat Ali and Ms. Kasur S.K for continued their support as

member of Trust for IDSP.

We are also grateful to the members of the Executive committee, and general body forencouraging the institute towards new dimensions of learning and practice.

IDSP is grateful to Dr. Quratulain Bakhteari, the founding and present director of IDSP, who

has been leading the institute with continued zeal and enthusiasm for attaining the long

term goals and vision. She has demonstrated an unconditional, loving and growing

leadership which has helped the team to emerge and grow as professionals with human

sensibility.

Acknowledgement


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By the grace of Allah Almighty IDSP has entered in its 11th year of its creation as a learning

by practice space for the young people of Pakistan. 2008 has been dedicated as the year of

peace and tolerance, as the country witnessed some very violent, political crisis and bloody

out bursts across the four provinces, followed by a devastating earth quake in Balochistan,

the young graduates and fellows of IDSP focused their energies in responding to the

fundamental causes and effects of violence and terror in and on civil society.

The report brings out the outcomes of the engagements that IDSP fellows and graduates, are

now making on the lives of ordinary people and on the young generation. One can see that

preparation of past several years is now resulting in serious directions taken by IDSP'sfellows and learners in their own communities.

Each outcome is leading towards a programmatic direction for IDSP, the efforts of peace and

tolerance by a team of 8 fellows led by IDSP's founding faculty member Mr. Raziq Fahim is

providing basis for livelihood, education and health for the communities at one level, while

developing leadership in these eight men and women at the other level. Parallel to all of this,

he is creating institutional basis for a college of peace and pluralism. Raziq is its Director,

and evolving a program for livelihood and education for IDSP. This one initiative has

impacted more then 10,000 people within one year. IDSP now has a methodology of

community based development in tribal areas of Balochistan.

The second area the graduates of IDSP supported by IDSP faculty has been the human rights

initiatives, these challenges are now fundamental for peace and justice for helping civil

society to stabilize and to work on with a focus on keeping the developmental spaces open.More than 300 people are impacted. The 200 women graduates have designed their

program of leadership and education in more then six districts of Balochistan, more then

1500 street children in IDSP's four drop in centers are given daily food, education and

recreational facilities, while 200 women are now registered in home based skilled workers

for livelihoods. This group is organized by IDSP's fellow in Mominabad, a community of

extremely marginalized people of Balochistan. IDSP fellows were able to create some very

meaningful partnerships in institutional building with marginalized Christian communities.

The program has engaged more then 300 Christian youths in education and skills

development projects. IDSP team have been very effective in earth quake areas of

Balochistan and Azad Kashmir. Large number of families has been rehabilitated with their

homes, schools and water and sanitation facilities. All the above mentioned projects by

IDSP fellows gave excellent opportunities to practice fund raising, management, training

and teaching for hundreds of young people in leadership and in the process gain their own

identity as a peaceful, hard working and caring persons.

The third area that was focused this year was continuation of IDSP's internal growth and

development in a more systematic process. An internal course on professional

development was launched engaging 20 internal fellows of IDSP. This course develops

practice based learning areas of individual professional development, programming the

impact and institution building. The course resulted in a process of learning , its

assessments, levels and outcome. One very important outcome is that IDSPs position of

director ship is also opened for young fellows to practice the responsibility of director of a

learning organization like IDSP.

Director`s Message

Dear friends and supporters,

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Mr. Shah Jahan Baloch IDSP's graduate of its first course in 1998 graduated to take on this

position of IDSP's directorship from 1st March 2009. Mr. Shah Jahan will remain IDSP

Director for two years. Shah Jahan is a young man belonging to Balochistan, who has

completed ten years in IDSP from teaching mentoring, managing, taking over the position of

first IDSP`s director who is focused on Institution building for IDSP.He also negotiated

several very important and strategic partnerships mentioned in this report. He is also

preparing to launch a large scale (1.03 US Million) project of literacy, skills and education in

five districts of Balochistan. This project is awarded by Japanese government to IDSP from

Pakistan and other countries Gambia, Senegal and Cambodia were also awarded the grant.We all look forward to the leadership of Mr. Shah Jahan.

It will be a great experience for IDSP and for young graduates to actually learn by practiceorganizational leadership while being its fellow.

Peace, love and life for all

Dr. Quratulain BakhteariFounding Director- IDSP-Pakistan


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Young people constitute the largest [67% reside between the age 15-35] segment of

Pakistani population. Those from low and middle income groups, have few opportunities to

develop their full potential. Poverty is widespread, education level is low, youth

unemployment is high and traditional culture does not encourage young people to take

decisions on issues concerning them. There is limited scope for young peoples positive

local engagement in grassroots politics and community development. The situation

becomes more complex when it arrives to the reality of youth of traditional societies such as

Balochistan and North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Number of cases reported indicate

youth involvement in unlawful activities including but not limited to illegal trade, human

trafficking, militancy [ethnic and religious] and communal violence.

IDSP since 1998 is creating basis for creating an institution led by the young people. IDSP'svision is to create, nurture and develop individuals and spaces that will help include the

excluded young population of Pakistan and eventually around the world, by engaging them

in diverse social and economic activities that promote tolerance and peace, life and

livelihood opportunities. Thus mainstreaming the excluded young people in developing

their own skills, creating organizations and building institutions of peace and livelihood, and

emerge as an entrepreneur of holistic development of life and livelihood.

IDSP launched the first Internal Course for Professional Development for its internal fellows.

20 internal fellows participated in this course. The course was supposed to build their

capacity to understand the self and importance of individual development, process of

program development and institution development. Purpose of this course was:

To build an understanding of IDSP fellows on the basic principles, processes,

fundamentals of program development.

To facilitate the fellows in developing concrete actions plans of program anddistrict based campuses.

To develop institutional mechanisms of program reviewing, planning, monitoring,

financing, facilitating, assessment processes and understanding administration.

Course was based on theory and practice. All the fellows learnt basic theories of individual

development, program development and institution building, while all the fellows were

given the assignment for practice. The practicing assignments were:

Practicing self assessment and improving individual assessment mechanisms.

Introducing the systems in district based campuses, and practicing systems in the

institution

Writing the program documents and practicing the program development

processes.

The process will be formally concluded during the month of Feb 2009 by conducting

tutorials with all the fellows.

Young people can make it happen.....

Some of the initiative rendering results in Pishin

Hospital constructed 7,500 community members

7,200 community members and 300 distressed

families and approximately 1000 acres of land

1,000 women, 100 Families and 1000 total

160 children, 100 families and 1000 people

Karez (Underground water conduit) Reconstruction (Local and traditional

source and Chanel of water)

Women Skill Development Center

Additional School Rooms and repair of structure

One School reactivated


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Women are pivotal for a tolerant society.....Women in Pakistan especially in Balochistan face many hardships. These hardships come

from the misinterpretation of religion and culture and thus reduce the active role of women

leaders in the family and society in general. Which include political education, social

organizing, understanding and working on cultural and religious issues, understanding the

political education, understanding the various movements on gender

and contextualizing their role in family, community and local

government. It was an effort to mainstream gender at self, family and

community development and local government level. In 2002 IDSP

initiated the process of young women leadership development under

the banner of Mainstreaming gender and development in

Balochistan. The initiative has taken roots. Women in district Pishin,

Khuzdar, Sibi and Mastung have assumed the leadership of IDSP

Campuses or centers. In sixth year of the program IDSP engaged allthe young women leaders in a gathering "Women Leadership in

Traditional Societies" in Quetta.

The gathering first of its kind provided following recommendations

besides celebrating new women leadership in traditional tribal

society of Balochistan.

The PurposeThe purpose of this Gathering was to celebrate and analyze the practices of IDSP working

with traditional women in Balochistan and explore venues of engaging women in a process

of leadership development.

Objectives Consolidating IDSPs practices in gender and development in Balochistan

Exploring venues and spaces for alternative mainstreaming

gender

Theme of GatheringWomen leadership in Traditional Societies; opportunities and

Potential

The Gathering Recommended

Promotion of the practices which discourage discriminations

and nurture humanity, love, equality, and respect for other

cultures and religion for positive social change.

Establishment of institutions that are committed to develop

human resource especially who encourage women to take theleadership.

Affirmation that discrimination is not the solution of any issue; we need to

being together for bringing a positive change in our society.

The following film provides the stories of these young women leaders:Http:// Www.archive.org/details/WomenDevelopmentInTraditionalSocities

Provincial Minister of IT

Mrs. Parveen Magsi presenting

presidential speech

A role play, traditional women

in everyday life.


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The situation of peace in Pakistan and generally in the region is deteriorating. The

emergence of extremism, with consistent incidents of violence, hatred is common place.

The violence against women in spreading, the ethnic, religious, sectarian riots are on the

rise. For institutions like IDSP it is time to indulge in peace making activities. The available

education and political system is not creating mass level awareness regarding existing

situations. They neither have the capacity to comprehend these situations in its totality, nor

capable to take the challenge of creating alternative spaces and pportunities that nurture a

counter veiling power among youth and communities against extremism and militancy and

create basis for sustainable peace.

IDSP dedicated the year 2008, a year for Peace. IDSP's founding faculty member, Raziq

Fahim took the initiative and created the basis of the program on peace and pluralism.

Systemic Exclusion Raziq is classical model of IDSP's human resource development. He

joined IDSP as teaching associate and later, joined the faculty. He became manager of

IDSP's Learners and Community Partnership Program and proceeded to become

Coordinating Manager. He finally assumed the position of Director IDSP for a brief penial

During all of these years Raziq has been the intellectual leader for developing new concepts,

initiative and programs at IDSP. Raziq has been to the US as a young Islamic Scholar, he is

Chevening Fellow, concerning role of religion for peace and pluralism in modern world and

has been a visiting trainer, presenter around the world. The new initiative is rooted in core

philosophy of IDSP. His quest has brought about the new programming initiative of Peace

and Pluralism. Young people are gathered in youth forums in Khuzdar and Pishin. Khuzdar is

the hub for nationalist movement in Balochistan and Pishin is surrounded by the religious

extremists closely linked with Afghan. Both of the regions are marred by constant acts ofviolence, use of drugs, exploitation of youth on confused political ideologies. Developing a

program that enables non violence, creative solutions to myriad problems is a challenging

task.

The process adopted though still in its infancy is rendering results. It enabled the following:

Youth of different identities are getting together to understand the myths

created about each other's identities, ethnic, religious, gendered or sectarian.

Together they are creating processes of non violent movements to curb social

evils

Some of the young leaders are engaged in reviving lost community spaces

through traditional means of engaging community elders

The process is so powerful that Raziq is further converting the idea in to a College of Youth

Activism. The idea at the time of this publication has inspired Ashoka and Raziq is given a

Without peace, development is impossible.....

Cultivating hope, youth and peace building....

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Learning is life long.....Education is one of the leading areas at IDSP. The core team of IDSP emerged disillusioned

from one of the large education projects in Pakistan. The project enabledover 300,000 girls enrolment through nearly 2,000 community schools inBalochsitan. The process remained incomplete and the team saw thedownfall of a very innovative experience. One of the reasons of creation ofIDSP was the disillusionment from such futile experiences. IDSP though hasmoved forward. Understanding the historical and conceptual basis ofschooling, engaging with public to dissect the chronic disease of theeducational system, IDSP has initiated the process of life long learning at twolevels. The one is within IDSP, the model of fellowship for its internal teamand the model of combining literacy, livelihood skills and citizenshipdevelopment on the other hand. The current model emerged after six yearsof detailed discussions and was awarded as one of the innovative projects.

Zant (quest for knowledge in Balochi) is going to engage over 4,000adolescents in eight districts of Balochsitan.

The educational interventions of IDSP revealed following:

The onus of system dis-functionality is on people, the system developed promotesexclusion, e.g. criteria for opening and upgrading schools.

Its alien content, text books development.

Its distance from the reality around it, reflecting needs of people and its considerationof people/ communities as having no part in its educational or learning framework.

Central and hierarchy system of management, such as academic year.

The existing system is based on the principles of exclusion

Envision diverse goals but correspond with limited options

Reluctance to recognize Institutional limitations of existing system

Strait jacket: one size Fit all

Doesnt see communities as genuine partners

The format, institutional framework and mechanism of learning on one hand excludepeople from the mainstream politics on the other hand Education system is not enablingpeople to cop up with the situation of contemporary life.

What we are aiming to achieve:

Education must lead its graduatestowards a conscious citizenship, meaningfullivelihood skills, thus eventually contributingtowards a just, peaceful and progressivesociety.

The education system must encouragediversity in approach and delivery in order toreach the majority population of children,adolescents and youth.

The whole philosophy ofthiseducation isto match up with the ways of communitys

way of learning, systematize it with communitys ownership, and compliment withpeoples sense of living and learning. It should account the local values; adjust withlanguages, timings, material, and method of teaching.

It should be structured to reach to all section of the society from settled to nomadic,from urban to rural, coastal and desert, agriculture to livestock based economies.

Understanding Communityengagement..

Young female community leaders were given opportunities to thrivethrough Mainstreaming Gender and Development

15 Mentors were trained

Adolescent learners were certified in non-formal education

Established partnership for self sustainability of the centers 2 Sewing Machines were donated by Local Govt. Generated staff salary from the income of skill component of thecenters

Youth are engaged in music, education and community development activities.

Young community activists were developed through course

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Fellowships by Learners and CommunityPartnership Program

Program has awarded four fellowships to four learners based on their

ideas

Mirani Dam is constructed across Dasht River, about 30 kms west of

Turbat, Makran division of Balochistan. When the dam construction

started the authorities claimed that the project will irrigate 33,200

acres land of the command area. The issues of food insecurity and

poverty will be addressed and the farmers will enjoy a prosperous life.

50,000 people were displaced due to the construction of the dam. They

were promised to be provided with alterative housing and agricultural

land. Kech district received unprecedented rain and the capacity fullreservoir refused to absorb more inflow. This brought unpredicted

flash floods in the villages all around and inundated dozens of villages

as far as 35 kilo meters from the confluence point. One of the learners of IDSP from Turbat,

Sharif Shambaizai, showed his interest in conducting a study of the victims of the Mirani

dam. Program has awarded him fellowship for mobilizing the flood affected communities

for taking practical steps for their rehabilitation and to build pressure on local government

for compensation and implementing the resettlement scheme developed by Balochistan

Government. He gathered the data, met with the displaced population. His study later

converted in to a series of newspaper articles on plight of the Mirani Dams, displaced

population. Sharif continues to with the displaced population. The displaced people have

organized themselves. Together they are negotiating with government for replacement

claims on one hand. On the other hand the group is rebuilding their homes at the new sites.

The fellowship have provided much needed space for collective

reflection and action from the people, who were earlier dependent ongovernment support only.

Mr. Masood Sumro belongs from Hyderabad district and is a

rights activist. His interest was to work on improving the human

rights situation in Hyderabad Sindh. During the course he raised

the issue of bogus police encounters, police totture on

innocents, violation of human rights by Police. Once the course

completed he requested IDSP for fellowship. Through hisfellowship he formed a street theater group for providing

awareness to the common people against police torture and

facilitated 15 days training with police official on behavior

change and human rights constitution. He also interacted with district bar council

and requested them to provide legal support to the victims of police torture.

Learners of Khuzdar in

Idea Generation workshop

organized by LCPP

Consultation meeting with

Loralai District Learners

organized by LCPP.


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One question that cames to IDSP on routine basis has been, what aboutthe livelihood options for its graduates. Though IDSP never claimed thatits graduates will get some or better remuneration in developmentagencies. The question remained a potent discussion point within IDSP.

At IDSP campus site, one of the fellows of IDSP, Safdar Hussain initiatedthe idea of generating some revenue. The cut flower project was born.Little that we knew, that the idea will take shape and will become a testlab of many innovations at IDSP for the general public. Safdar, an ITgraduate, is converting his ideas of sustainable living and livelihood inreality. The campus site is his idea testing ground. Flowers for love,peace and growth are becoming the leading activities of IDSP. Pleaselook at the following video:

The campus site now has models of solar energy, recycling of leafs andconverting them in natural fertilizer. The space has several integrated demonstration modelof traditional housing and living, irrigation through water conservation methodologies.

These models are now taken up by IDSP learners who have land but due to several factors,were not confident of utilizing their lands. The seeds are shared, the practices arereplicated, the education is on-going. Pakistan is prone to earthquakes. People haventforgotten the 2005 earthquake, when another powerful earthquake hit the scenic valley ofZiarat, just two hours drive from Quetta. IDSP participated fully in the relief andrehabilitation activities, building on its experiences in the 2005 northern Pakistansearthquake. Pakistan is prone to earthquakes. People havent forgotten the 2005earthquake, when another powerful earthquake hit the scenic valley of Ziarat, just two hoursdrive from Quetta. IDSP participated fully in the relief and rehabilitation activities, buildingon its experiences in the 2005 northern Pakistans earthquake.

The winter was settling in and people were desperate for warm housing. The experience ofbuilding a small model based on traditional housing of Hanna valley worked well here. IDSPin consultation and with the lead of the local communities in earthquake areas managed toprovide housing. Basic shelter material was given to the communities. The communitiesdesigned the housing based on their traditional wisdom. The design was approved by the

engineers and district government for its suitability to the environment,safety features, low building and maintenance cost. The design waslater taken by the international relief agencies since it suits theenvironment and avoids the transport of material from distance, thusreducing dependency.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-weHWsqup2s.

Initiative invokes innovation.....

Revival of Karez( Underground water conduit )

IDSP Fellows working on

IDSP Land.

Restoration of the Karez,

the indigenous method

The small project in this village focused on rehabilitation of a 176 yearsold karez which remained dry since the last 12 years. It used to irrigate800 acres of land and was the sole source of drinking water andirrigation, but flood water caused severe damage to its form wells out of102 wells. Thus making it useless. Absence of water has severelyaffected the agriculture/ orchards and forced 40 families from thevillage to migrate to other places/ cities. This karez needed excavationof the two blocked wells and rehabilitation of the rest of the karez which

cost Pak Rs.1, 200,000/-. In this project IDSPs contribution was PKR. 750,000/- whereasthe community contributed Pak Rs. 450,000/-. IDSP was given financial supported by CIDA.

Acommittee of 8 people was responsible for the implementation and supervision of theproject. The project was formally launched on 1st September, 2008. Abdul Hayee (fellow)was working on this intervention. The intervention has been concluded successfully and thewater in the Karez has appeared.

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Preparing for the response....

Policy Dialogues on Education Policy

Global Action Week

Institutions prepare people for the unknown. This is the established role of credible

institutions. IDSP since its establishment has been keen to engage people in processes that

enable the response for the future threats. Its initiative of mother

language and globalization, Iqbals theory of liberation, cultivating

hope, inspirations from Edward Said and many other initaitves provided

the basis for collective community action. The quest continues. In 2008

IDSP held several public gathering emerging challenges to life,

livelihood, education and women.

In April 2008, Ministry of Education has launched the new education

policy for public consultations and reviewing the document. Civil

Society and other concerned individuals and institutions have initiatedthe process of reviewing this document at different level.Pakistan

Coalition for Education led by IDSP in Balochistan launched a provincial

level consultation in Quetta on the education policy draft and invited all the concerned

individuals, organizations, government departments, students, parents, civil society,

educationists, and intellectuals to review this document.

PCE Balochistan has initiated the Global action week by organizing an opening press

conference at provincial level, where it requested media for coverage of the whole week and

providing assistance in raising the collective voices for improving the quality education and

increasing the budget of education in Balochistan.

During the visit of different schools politicians shared theircomments

Education budget must be increased in national as well as in

provincial budgets

The current educational system does not fulfill the needs of a

common man. It should be reviewed and revised according to the

needs of people.

Due to certain formalities current formal education system does

not allow working.

Children who are out of school and involved in economic

generation activities for their families to be the part of formal education, Those certain

criteria i.e. Uniform, strict timing etc. should be reviewed by policy makers and to create

opportunities for children who are out of schools. To promote quality education it is required that teachers must be well qualified and

should be aware of quality education.

Monitoring and supervision mechanism of school needs to be improve by

education department.

The physical environment of schools needs to be improved on immediate bases.

District education committee should be formed at district level and that committee

should regularly visit government schools and present recommendations to district

government for betterment of education and schools.

MGDC Gathering participants

in session on Arts &

Development

Celebrating Global Action

Week in District Washook.


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Speakers at the Seminar

Participants in the Seminar

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Looking towards the situation of existing world and the food crisis, IDSP has launched a

national conference for understanding the dynamics and the politics

of food crisis. It is honor for IDSP that is committed to make people

concern as well as aware about the growing situation of the world and

the sufferings of common people. The conference was a successful

event in the country and people from different spheres of life

appreciated the initiative. Academic program took the leadership of

organizing this important event. After making many efforts academic

program got success in inviting different resource persons across

Pakistan and conducting this conference.

Objectives of the conference

To Understand the historical patterns of food security issues

Unpack the vicious circle that surrounds food security

Bring about fresh ideas around ensuring food for all.

The conference was designed around two sessions. The first session was mainly around

the presentation of the people concerned about the issues of food security while other

part was to encourage formal/ informal debates and discussions on surrounding issues.

Key areas of the conference

This conference was addressing the following aspects of the food security, the history,

economy, sociology, politics, food, agriculture, development and media aspects. More

than 300 participants participated in this conference.

Key note speakers and their topics

Politics-of-food-economy-Talk by Mr Kaisar Bangali

Food Crisis-An Alarming Threat for Balochistan Dr Khair

Mohammed Kakar

Water Crisis and How to cope with it Dr Abdul Majeed

The global Food Racket and the solution that always

existed Ms. Najma Sadiq

Tradition and possibilities to over come the crisis Mr. Barkat

Shah Kakar

National Conference on World Food Crisis


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Services rendered by IDSP.....

The project Improving Child Protection Measures by Involving Key stakeholders Through

Dialogues and Interventions has jointly been initiated by IDSP-

Pakistan and UNICEF since July 2006. The project aimed at providing

a protective environment to working and street children exposed in

motor garages and streets of Quetta city. The project is also

sensitizing the people living in communities about child protection

and exploitation issues, benefits of childbirth registration. The

project was extended for the year 2007 with inclusion of girls DIC on

double road and expansion to another area Almo chowk UC 49. Child

Participation has been added to the project for the PCA March, to

December, 2008. The project is also providing SupplementaryNutrition to 400 children daily in all four DICs.

The all four DICs provided Protective Services i.e. Life skills based

education, basic literacy and non formal education, knowledge and

awareness, psycho social support, recreational activities livelihood

skills, health & hygiene, ICT, religious education and supplementary nutrition to 1795

Children (girls 370 & boys1425) in all 4 DICs of 3 union councils in Quetta District. The

children benefitted with these services are the vulnerable belonged to different working

professions. These include scavengers, domestic workers, mechanics, waiters,

shopkeepers, cobblers, blacksmiths, beggars, etc. These children were aware about how to

read & write basic Urdu and English, how to deal with hard time of life, to how to maintain

health & hygiene, what is computer, what are its uses, and how to use it

Children at Child Protection

Center.

Name of DIC

Girls DIC

Double road DIC

Alamo Chowk DIC

New Jan Mohammad Road

Total Registration

Previous registration

300

450

200

400

1350

New registration

70

60

32

83

445

Total registration

370

510

232

483

1795

S.No

1

2

3

4

Child Protection Center

The 29th Oct 2008 earthquake with a series of strong tremors jolted nearly 7 districts of

Balochistan, Districts Ziarat and Pishin have been the most affected areas with a huge

human and capital loss. The earthquake took over 500 lives in district Pishin and Ziarat. Two

union councils of Ziarat are most affected. It is estimated that 47000 people are displacedor have left their homes. Due to winter season people requested the government and non-

government organizations for providing shelters for protection from cold and snow.

IDSP has initiated its work in different settlements, like Ummi, Zawarkan, Tora Ghbargai,

Naryan and Killi Baghdad areas of District Pishin. The estimated populations of the proposed

villages are 8000 and 69 households and people were living in extreme poverty.

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Achievements:

Semi-permanent structure has been constructed for at least 46

families of EQ affected areas.

Hygiene kits have been provided to 46 families with necessary

sensitization to the community members.

Food items have been provided to 69 families of the above area for

immediate consumption.

Organize medical camp for families and livestock of the community

and provide necessary medicines to each affected family.

Solar lighting system will be provided to Tora Ghbargai 23 families.

IDSP has launched its next project with the financial support of UNICEF in Azad Jammu

Kashmir. The project was focused on School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE). The

focused districts of this project were District Bagh, Muzaffarabad and Neelum.

Achievements

Total 264 teachers & Facilitators (CYC) are trained during the C To C 3 days Training

approach in District Bagh, Muzaffarabad & Neelum.

203 School Management Committees formed and trained in one day SMC training

organized by IDSP

203 School Environment committees formed at school level.1218 Key Hygiene Sessions delivered by IDSP Hygiene Promotion Team in WES Project.

203 Water supply schemes completed in 203 Schools.

581 Semi Permanent Latrines have been constructed in 203 schools.

203 Washing places have been constructed in 203 schools.

203 Water tanks installed and connected to store safe & clean water for school children.

210 Waste Bins Installed to clean the environment by disposing off the waste spread

around the school.

19700 (School going Children (Boys & Girls) are the direct beneficiaries of the Project.61,

200 (Teachers, SMC, Community Members, etc.) are the indirect beneficiaries of the

project

Response to Relief andRehabilitation of Earthquake AJKIDSP team during needassessment in Ziarat

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Institutional development is a complex phenomenon. They cannot be created overnight

and their sustainability is even cumbersome. IDSPs methodology of

investing in people is rendering results. Three new civil society

institutions are on the horizon. Al Falah Without Walls, a community

center for Christian minority is born and a resource center in Azad

Jammu Kashmir is in the making. While the exiting campuses of

Khuzdar, Sibi and Mastung have continued their courses and

community development programs. Amozghah is also building

partnerships.

IDSP AJK Resource Center

During the year 2008 Learners and Community Partnership Program

organized several brainstorming sessions and conducted workshops

with the AJK team for establishing an independent resource center in

Azad Jammu Kashmir based on their experiences after the devastation of 2005 earthquake.

The team conceptualized the idea of establishing a resource center which could be the

organization who can provide services to the communities and to educate the young people

in different areas for their professional development.

Institutions are by people.....

A musical evening

at Al-Falah

Al-Falah Without Walls

Al-Falah without walls is the concept of Ilyas Inderyas, senior faculty member of IDSP. He

intended to support the young men and women of Christian minorities. The purpose of the

organization is to build the capacity of young men and women in professional development,

to assist the young individuals in their career and formal education and to build their needbased skills by providing them a platform for practicing on their ideas.

Youth, Parents and Community Mobilization Process

In order to mobilize and engage youth, parents, and community, the project was formally

launched through a community seminar at the 72nd birth anniversary of Fr. Otto Postma

(OFM) with two hundred and fifty community members, youth and, parents. Fr. Otto Postma

(late) was given tribute through high-words speeches and messages by Dr. Qurat-ul-Ain

Bakhteari (Director, IDSP), Mr. Raziq Fahim, Lead Faculty Member, IDSP, Mr. Shah Jahan

Baloch, Associate Director, Mr. Ilyas Inderyas, Project Director, Franciscan Sisters, Fellows

and some ex-students of Al-Falah for his forty years commendable and meritorious services

for the community.

What could be done or from where to begin in order to address the issues of marginality

and disempowerment of youth and parents A training workshop was conducted for

mobilizing and educating youth and parents. The theme of the workshop was: . Training

workshop was designed in such a way that facilitated the participants not only to reflect

collectively on their deep-rooted issues but also coming up with possible and viable way-

outs that are seldom and rarely utilized by them. The workshop commenced through

preparing gifts by fellows, singers, musicians and students while utilizing waste materials

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an opportunity to regenerate and stimulate their energies and creativities while doing art and

craft-works. Some of the participants started preparing healthy and economical food

together. Youth also prepared a theater themselves that they performed before the parents

and community that gave the messages of positive and constructive role of youth at family

and community levels.

Education and Skill Enhancement Strategy

It remained challenging to ensure the ownership, commitment and participation of the

youth and parents for the project initiative while merely awarding them fellowships /

scholarships. Therefore, a concerted and rigorous strategy tightened up and narrowed down

the final selection of the students. Hence, they were further assessed through their (and

their parents) participation and commitment reflected by their attendance, regularity andpunctuality. Parents and community of one town (Basti Punchait) has provided a community

hall (free of cost) with electricity and gas facilities to run the matriculation and intermediate

classes as demonstration of their participation, ownership and commitment for this

initiative.

Parents and community of another town (Bashira Abad) have also provided a community

hall for matriculation and intermediate classes. They have also provided four computer

systems (for utilization purposes) and a computer room (separate building) where computer

classes are being planned (all facilities are free of cost). Out of the candidates who applied

for the fellowship for education and skill development, Fifty seven (57) cases were finalized

for higher education and twenty nine (29) are learning music and singing.

Women Center PsihinA women center in Pishin is in the making. IDSPs Pishin office had to close

down. The vested interest group, made a vociferous campaign against

IDSP. To safe guard the interest of the Pishin team, the office was closed

down, yet the activities went on, even with more rigor. The women leaders

at IDSP Pishin, took the initiative to open an exclusive center for women.

They engaged parents, brothers and community elders and made the

impossible, possible. The Women Skill and Education Center of Pishin is

set up by the demand, support and cooperation of the female learners of

the district. The female committee of the centre will be its mentor and

guide. The female of the traditional societies have the will, potentials and

capacities to take lead in every domain of life but there is dearth of

opportunities. They are well aware and can groom up if opportunities are

provided within their cultural limits.

Students in class room

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IDSP has been partnering with like minded organizations, institutional both

government and non government, at local, national and international level. Thesepartnerships have been key to IDSPs growth. In 2008, IDSP managed to foster

more partnerships with different institutions, following are the details.

Islamic School of MIAMI USA providing support in relief and rehabilitation activities in

earthquake affected areas of Balochistan province. These projects will help in creating

understandings with communities. IDSP will further build on their relationships in helping

them in their life and livelihood opportunities. This will be done by taking fellows from these

communities and engaging them in community development practices.

Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) & World Bank , Youth andAdolescents inclusion in education and livelihood skillsCollaboration in education and livelihood programs for youth and adolescents. IDSP has a

program to create 50 literacy and livelihood centers in five districts of Balochistan, in 2009.

These centers will enroll 1255 out of school children, adolescents for literacy, education

and skills and crafts, for three years three cohorts will complete the course and join the

district campuses for refining the skills and education and linked with market or help set uptheir business or get jobs. in three years around 4000 youth will graduate, if this approach

works and a third party evaluation found it successful then the model will be presented to

for a policy shift for including the excluded children and youth from its educational

livelihood institutions. In this approach the funding organization has not approved cost of

internship in all the districts, without internship it has serious limitations for the success of

the project.

ISOM USA

Friends of Al-Falah (Netherlands)Friends of Al-Falah is a group of young Christian people who have worked with a local

organization for Christians communities in Quetta, named Al-Falah. One of IDSP's Fellow is

reviving the organization, his support is coming from Friends of Al-Falah who has contracted

IDSP to help improve the youth situation in Christian communities. IDSP has engaged a

fellow from that community and supporting him financially, technically and professionally.

Ministry of Science and Technology, government of PakistanIDSP intend to explore alternative sources of energy, water conservation and other viable

means that support sustainable living. A process of consultation is getting matured with

Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy and Technology and Alternative Energy Board the

departments under the ministry of Science and Technology, and Effective Water

Management Systems Agriculture department government of Balochistan. It is intended that

environment friendly and sustainable means will be adopted for partnership models. In2009 IDSP will further experiment the installations of solar energy, wind mills, water

conservation channels and assess its variability and compatibility for Balochistan. Keeping

in view the emerging energy crises, communities will be mobilized to change their live style

and livelihood sources on more sustainable and viable energy options.

The Asia FoundationThe Asia Foundation (TAF) has supported IDSP in implementing the civic education programfor providing civic education to the youth of Balochistan. The project was implemented in 9districts of Balochistan.

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Fund for Global Human RightsFund for Global Human Rights partnership with IDSP began with a small initiative to supportthe Khuzdar Campus. The partnership later converted into institutional support. Thesupport has provided IDSP to opt for innovative practices. The development studies coursesare supported by the initiative. The mainstreaming gender and development program istaking partial support from the funds support and IDSPs fellowship program speciallyfellowships that concern human rights e.g. Mirani Dam, right of the displaced populationand a theater group organized to raise awareness against police torture are supportedthrough these funds. We hope that the support will last and will allow IDSP to further venturein human rights issues and create credible programming in the area.

National Endowment for DemocracyNED supported the Mainstreaming Gender and Development program when the initialfunding from Gender Equality Project (supported by British Council and CiIDA) came to anend. The fund is constantly supporting the initiatives. In 2008, with the support of theprogram, a gathering of women learners of the program held in Quetta. All the women fromfirst to the current courses participated with their families. In tense socio-political situationof the city of Quetta the gathering around the theme, Women Leadership in TraditionalSocieties was breath of fresh air. The Chairperson of National Women Commission onStatus of Women was the Guest of Honor. Leading intellectuals participated in the programand shared their thoughts on women leadership.

Skoll FoundationSkoll Foundation is the core supporter of IDSP with the support of Skoll IDSP managed tosecure its own programming office. It is constantly investing in it internal human resource.Skoll has enabled IDSP to engage large number of young people in the learning discourse. It

also helped in broadening the geographical presence of IDSP. The concept of fellowship isbeing tested and improvements in financial and administrative aspects is beingimplemented. Skoll has further extended the support to IDSP and we hope that ourpartnership will go a long way.

UNICEFUNICEF is supporting IDSPs Child Protection initiatives. The support is enabling IDSP toreach out to the working children in and around Quetta, city. Due to numerous economicfactors, children are forced to work under extreme conditions. The centers are pivotal toprovide support in gaining literacy, health and hygiene and psycho-social support.

British CouncilBritish Council and IDSP go a long way back. Both have been partners in development foravery long time. The current support of British Council for Youths in Khuzdar and Pishin is

enablinglinkages of these regions between each other and among the other Pakistani youth.A video conference have been made with the youth in UK. We hope that this and otherinteresting ventures with British Council will continue.

CIDACanadian International Development Agency has supported IDSP in Balochistan ResposeFund, project implemented in District Pishin. The project was intended to engage the youngindividuals in community development processes. Apart from this, CIDA has also supportedIDSP In Balochistans Earthquake relief and rehabilitation activities.

Thriving Partnership.....


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Networks and CollaborationThe Berkhana Exchange Community

The BERKANA Institute is a very active group of young people across the globe growing

community, which strive providing opportunities to the various emerging leaders for

exchanging their innovative ideas and practices for making peace, pluralism and patterns of

livelihood development which are at the risk due to the market economy and factory

schooling.IDSP has been declared as one of the international learning centers of the

network. IDSP fellows have been participating in the learning exchange programs conducted

through BERKANA's Learning centers. Mr. Asif Lehri and Ms. Noureen Lehri (IDSP Fellows)

participated in Berkana Gathering in Zimbabwe during Oct, 2008.

Home NetIDSP is member of the Home Net which is widening the network by disseminating and

highlighting more and more issues about home based workers and the objectives of Home

Net.

Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE)Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE) was formed in April 2004, with the support of

Commonwealth Education Fund Pakistan. This coalition is consisting of the 135 civil society

organizations which are highlighting the critical learning and education issues in the leading

educational scenario. IDSP engaged the district level partners in the organization of global

action week, which mainly focus on the activation of the schools functionaries, awareness

regarding the citizen's rights of education and access for the local communities towards

better education facilities. The events are conducted each year from April 24th to 30th.

IDSP is the provincial secretariat of PCE. The activities being carried by the district level

partners are engaging politicians and social activists in the educational issues and

conducting advocacy activities for the better educational processes and facilities.

ASHOKAASHOKA is an outstanding global association of the world's leading social

entrepreneurs)men and women( with system changing solutions for the world's most urgent

social problems. Since 1981, it has selected over 1,800 leading social entrepreneurs as

Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a

global network of peers in more than 60 countries the director of IDSP is a ASHOKA fellow

since 1998. With our global community, we develop models for collaboration and design

infrastructure needed to advance the field of social entrepreneurship and the citizen sector.

Our Fellows inspire others to adopt and spread their innovations - demonstrating to all

citizens that they too have the potential to be powerful change makers.

Learning Societies NetworkThere is an emerging discussion around the world about the need to develop/connect

different kinds of spaces and opportunities to nurture a fuller range of human potentials and

human relationships. Unfortunately, this discussion has been limited to education expertsand elite policy making circles. Further, it is Jeopardized for being dominated by

technocratic and techno-centric visions of progress in which learning only serves elite

interests and corporate profit motives. For just and humanizing learning societies to unfold,

many more people and their experiences must be involved in the process. We would like to

invite you to join us in the discussion.IDSP has been one of the vital partners in the discourse

and gatherings around the issues of education and learning. IDSP hosted the Learning

Societies Conference in April 2006. IDSP fellows have been part of the online discourses,

exposure visits to the partners and have been part of the conference gatherings in India,

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New opportunities are generated for the youth in diverse areas of education,

gender development, information technology, disaster risk mitigation, peace, youth

activism and community development.

New models of sustainable livelihood have emerged, that are helping the youth

of Pakistan to contextualize their energies in economic activities rather than depending

on petty jobs, IDSP's financial base will be diversified with the livelihood partnerships

with communities and learners, contributing towards its sustainability and

independence.

New set of organizations especially women led, and innovations developed

addressing key social, economic and political issues, creating models of peace and

tolerance among communities. IDSP is recognized as out standing academic institutionin Pakistan offering diverse services in community development for excluded youth.

In 2008 IDSP has consolidated its learning practices from 1998 into a

framework of practice based learning of institution building, program development and

individual development in to a leadership/entrepreneurship. A group of 40 young people

are full time fellows of IDSP studying and learning within this framework since 2006.

More than 200 young women graduated from IDSP's district campuses, these

women graduates are now hired by education ,health, women's development programs

or projects by government and non government offices, before there were no women for

these positions as the traditions did not allowed them to come out of homes for jobs.

IDSP fellows worked very sensitively with the families, communities, district government,

educational institutions, politicians to create learning and development spaces relevant

to the traditions as well as addressing the need for women's development.

A Group of 100 young men went through the courses on development practices,

most of the graduates are engaged in development or livelihood activities. While two

senior fellows were given three months study leave to participate in a course in England,

two fellows were supported to travel to ,Zimbabwe for Berkana gathering.

Around 8000 young men and women have been directly engaged in learning and

action for grassroots activism, civic education, conflict preventions and community

development. The capacities of college teachers, heads of religious seminaries members

of youth groups have been provided series of trainings in working and sensitizing youth

vulnerable to extremism and violence.

Institutional support have been extended to the youth of religious minorities in

Quetta to create organizational basis that work with minority communities for

mainstreaming and development.

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