SAFWCO

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SAFWCO
Well Come To

• Social Safety Net / TUP
• UC/Taluka Kharo Chan District Thatta

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Targeting Ultra Poor Program

• SAFWCO has started a pilot project of Social
  Safety Net Project in Thatta district which is
  supported by CGAP, World Bank through Pakistan
  Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF).
• The purpose of this pilot is to organize the
  ultra poor who are most deprived segment of our
  population, lacking even the most basic
  necessities.
• SAFWCO program aims to assist the targeted
  population through economic support, a special
  investment program in the form of a grant of
  asset/capital in kind and stipends, skill
  development training, social services. After two
  years, the program intends to merge into the
  mainstream microfinance program.
• The program has been start from October, 2007.
• The Total Cost of the Program in PKR is 12,
  201,000.

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Program Objectives

• Life skill development and technical capacity
  building through training.
• Improvement and strengthening of livelihood
  conditions of the ultra poor.
• Improvement of economic conditions of the
  participants and aiding in asset building.
• Inclusion into the mainstream development
  activities of the microfinance program or other
  poverty alleviation program.

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Project Activities

• Research
• PRAs Validations and Development of Social Map of
  18 Villages
• Field Visits with IRD team for the meetings
• Organized meetings with VDO's
• Design the Rout Map for the Survey
• Conflict Management in the field
• Base Line Survey by IRD
• Staff Capacity Building
• Staff Training TOT on Enterprises and Social
  Mobilization Skills and Exposure Visits of TUP
  Partners
• Enterprise Development Training of SOs
• Training Manual for TUP Clients
• Livelihood Strategy
• Market Survey completed with ECI Team Completed.
• Identification of Livelihood Options Completed.
• Livelihood Strategies on business basis
  Completed.
• Research
• Revalidation of 18 Villages with aim to find the
  actual ultra poor

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• Public Lottery
• Introductory Meetings with VDO's regarding the
  Lottery.
• Brainstorming on Public Lottery Guidelines and
  for testing purposes.
• Training Need Assessment (TNA)
• Develop and implement the TNA Format for
  identification of actual businesses in low cost.
• Training
• To organize the village/community based trainings
  for indigenous ultra poor
• Assist them through these trainings for they
  become sustainable and resourceable livelihoods
• Assets Transformation (In Process)
• To purchase the assets from domestic market
  according to the need of TUPs
• To develop interlinks in between TUPs and
  Middlemen, service providers and contractors for
  generation of reliable income in order to across
  the poverty line.
• To provide the alternate livelihood support to
  TUPs in order to enable them and their family
  members for graduate their living conditions
• Substances Allowance (In Process)
• To provide the financial support for Food
  security of TUPs
• To provide the financial support for Health
  Security of TUPs
• This support will able them to proper look after
  their assets
• Saving
• The concept of saving for their assets, income in
  order to proper run its business and increase its
  products
• In the any emergency or threat conditions, it
  must utilize its saved amount for problem or
  difficulty being faced by TUP in order to proper
  look after its assets

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List of Targeted Villages
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Revalidation Updates, November, 2008
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Public Lottery Updates
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Village Wise TNA Updates
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Village wise Training Updates
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Assts Distribution

• 74 Assets Distributed to Females of 9 villages
• All assets were distributed with kind support of
  village heads, VDO representative entire Team
  of SAFWCO

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Methodology for Asset Purchasing

• Formation of Purchasing communities
• Involvement of VDO Representatives
• Local Livestock Expert
• SAFWCO Social Organizer
• Veterinary Doctor
• Purchasing of Assets
• Identification of Local Market by Purchasing
  committee
• Purchasing of Poultry Assets from Mirpur Khas
• Purchasing of Livestock (Goats) from Mirpur Sakro

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Main Livelihood Options

• Chicken shop,
• Cabin,
• Grocery/fruit/vegetable shop,
• Mobile cloth selling,
• Mobile cosmetics,
• Home based shops,
• Home poultry, livestock (Goat/Sheep/cow),
• Dry wood shop,
• Tea shop,
• Embroidery,
• Quilt making,
• Tailoring shop,
• Barbour shop,
• Thrashed sheets making,

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Public Lottery Guidelines

• Meeting with VDO/CO officials for setting date,
  time and venue of public lottery.
• All the identified ultra poor be informed through
  VDO/CO.
• The date, time and venue should be feasible for
  all the identified ultra poor.
• The identified ultra poor him/her self must
  participate in public lottery.
• Any relative, friend, landlord or influential
  person should not participated on the behalf of
  any ultra poor.
• With the help of VDO/CO a local person should be
  select from community who writes the names of all
  identified ultra poor.
• The names of ultra poor should be written on
  chits clearly and be shown to all available
  persons.
• Explain clearly that the selected persons through
  lottery would be treated as target group. Explain
  them that all the selected ultra poor will be
  supported to start an enterprise at village
  level.
• Write the names of all identified ultra poor and
  share with all participants loudly and get their
  signatures on list.

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Public Lottery Guidelines (Continue.)

• A list of selected ultra poor and target groups
  should be prepared on the spot and be
  computerized at office.
• If possible, there should be an agreement between
  VDO/CO and selected ultra poor that the given
  support/amount will only be utilized for the
  selected enterprise and its further improvements
  (the Affidavit of Rs. 10 can be used).
• The minimum or maximum amount Rs. 15,000 should
  not be shared with the selected or control group.
  We can share that the support is subject the
  demand of selected enterprise within the
  limitations of project.
• It should be shared that VDO/CO or PO and other
  supporting organizations/institutions will
  frequently visit and check/monitor the purchased
  asset or business.

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Future Plans

• Conduct TNA of remaining 14 villages.
• Community Trainings of Beneficiary Groups
• Asset Transfer
• Saving Mobilization and Collection
• Distribution of Subsistence Allowances
• Health Facility through local Doctors
• Health Insurance of TUP Clients