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The planting of tens of millions of trees and the development of hundreds of acres of marginal lands, developing a cadre of more than 50,000 community activists, mobilization of nearly $5 million village savings, and the establishment of more than 4,993 community organisations.
On May 18, KP Chief Minister Mr. Mehmood Khan his official Visit To Dir Lower acknowledged the role Of Community Driven Local Development Program for its successful model of Implementing Community owned projects and schemes. He announced to regularize CDLD staff for futuristic envisioned social development at gross root level.
The Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) is the largest development network in Pakistan with an outreach to over 34 million rural Pakistanis. [1] It consists of a network of 12 Rural Support Programmes (RSPs). [2] The RSP’s rely on a community driven model of development.
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [1] It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local ...
Pakistan’s Rural Support Program (RSP) movement pioneered bottom-up, community-driven development using a flexible, autonomous, politically neutral approach, which has been replicated successfully across PakistanPakistan as well as in India and Bangladesh. [25] [26]
The term rural development is not limited to issues of developing countries. In fact many developed countries have very active rural development programs. [citation needed] Rural development aims at finding ways to improve rural lives with the participation of rural people themselves, so as to meet the required needs of rural communities. [20]
Microfinance Program (Mawakhat) provides small and interest-free loans to underprivileged individuals in Pakistan to help them start or expand their businesses. [21] Alkhidmat's Mawakhat program includes dedicated efforts to empower and support the transgender community, fostering economic independence and livelihood opportunities. [35]
The program thus far has trained 4,000 developers successfully in fields as varied as Cisco’s CCNA certification, Graphic Design, and Startup Entrepreneurship along with the Web and Mobile App development skills to spur economic empowerment and allow its graduates to quickly become economically independent.