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Dimensions of poverty

Naseer Memon | July 24, 2016 | Published in The News. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) have released a report “Multidimensional Poverty in Pakistan” which depicts a grim picture of social well-being in the country. The concept of poverty has evolved over time. As knowledge about

Six-day Batch 1& 2 Training brief organized for Youth network members of Liyari, Korangi and Sultanabad on “Mobilization awareness raising and advocacy, Community leadership, Negotiation and Communication skills and Conflict resolution”

The Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) is implementing a one-year project titled, “Enhancing Opportunities for Youth’s Livelihood and Employment in Garment Sector through social and community mobilization in Karachi Project” from 5th November 2015 to 5th November 2016, under UNDP’s Youth Employment Project funded by UNDP in District Korangi, Liyari Town and UC Sultanabad. The project

Monsoon menace yet again

Naseer Memon | July 10, 2016 | Published in The News. Monsoon has already descended on Pakistan. Weather pundits have forecast an ominous monsoon this year with an estimated 10-20 per cent higher rainfall. Considering the experience of devastating floods during recent years, this prediction has created pre-monsoon jitters. Capricious climate has been dodging the

Live. Laugh. Learn – Employee Retreat

This year SPO Head Office (Islamabad) arranged a small staff retreat which took place on the pleasant evening of 3rd June, 2016 at the beautiful & mountainous village of Shah Allah Ditta in the suburb of the capital. The retreat was merged with Certificate Distribution Ceremony. The Chief Executive presented certificates and performance cards to

The one-humanity dream

Naseer Memon | June 12, 2016 | Published in The News. The first ever World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul on May 23-24, 2016 has brought humanitarian affairs in the global limelight. Attended by 9000 participants from 173 member states of the UN including 55 heads of state and hundreds of other stakeholders, the event

Sufism and Peace Festival organised by SPO in Khairpur

SPO team under the umbrella of ‘Peace my Right Campaign’ and ‘Citizen First project’ organized a ‘Sufism and Peace Festival’ in Khairpur on 25th May 2016. The festival was organized at Arts Council Khairpur with the collaboration of the district government. Despite of the extreme weather conditions the event was attended by almost 2300 people

Promoting Social Cohesion & Resilience

Story of Sumera and Sawera The things went wrong when both families decided to finish all relationship on a tiny thing that one family forgot to invite other in a small family function. They left all behind against their ego and anger. It’s the story of Sumera and Sawera’s family, living in Deenpur UC of

Training on Community Based Monitoring of Service arranged by SPO

SPO Hyderabad has organised two Days Training on Community Based Monitoring of Services organized for citizen groups of 12 selected villages at District Khairpur Mir’s under Citizen First Oxfam Novib Project.

Community Consultation event organized by SPO Hyderabad

SPO Hyderabad conducted a traditional community consultation event on 6th May 2016 at Farm Village Larkana under ‘Citizen First Project’ by OXFAM NOVIB. The key objectives of the event were to increase peace and social harmony among different tribes, and discussion on their basic social issues and their possible solutions.

NARI Festival

SPO organized two Mega events at Dadu and Mirpur Khas called “Nari Festival”, in which more than 460 women and 290 men of 120 Villages participated along with District Govt. Officials, UNWOMEN, ILO, FAO, ACF, INGOs and civil society organizations.