Social Capital

Development

Social Capital Development (SCD) teams play a proactive and engaging role in mobilizing communities to identify their needs and find solutions to their problems. Embracing the right-based approach, HDF strives to develop self-sustained communities.

The process of social mobilization seeks to develop communities through building and strengthening local institutions as well as alliances formed on the basis of shared values, norms, vision and mutual cooperation. We facilitate institution building from the grassroot level up.

The UNDP Human
Development Report 2013 has
ranked Pakistan at 146th out of 187 countries on the Human Development Index ranking.
22% of female workers are concentrated in the category of ``unskilled workers” compared to 18% of male workers, which has a significant impact on youth employment.
HDF has institutionalized specialised technical, vocational education and training, and capacity building to fill the skill gap in Pakistan.
It is widely argued by disaster experts that knowledge, information and training make a community more resilient against the consequences of hazards.

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Training & Development

Capacity Building of CDOs

Human Development Foundation, Mardan conducted a two-day training on 26th-27th August 2021 of two Community Development Organizations (CDOs) on their primary role, project cycle management, participatory planning, budgeting, and monitoring & evaluation at HRDLCL Samar Bagh.

This training was delivered to representatives and executive cabinet of CDOs Kanjer and Khazana Dheri in order to strengthen their capacity to run and manage the activities of their own villages. The training was attended by 36 representatives of two different village councils of UC Maho Dheri and UC Khazana Dheri.

Nothing Is impossible to a
Determined Woman

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Ram Bai or Pholli as her friends call her, visits her temple every morning where she enthusiastically chants holy songs to please her deities and show her gratitude. Born in a lower-caste Hindu family, 19-year-old Pholli lives in a remote, underprivileged and ultra conservative village called Ranchor Kohli. Its stifling and conservative culture frowns upon the education and free movement of girls. This stifling environment made Pholli even more determined to make something of her life and the lives of her parents and three siblings.

Pholli remembers when in 2009, HDF first opened its organization’s office in Ranchor Kohli with the slogan, “help people help themselves” and with the aim to help all villagers irrespective of any specific community or caste. Realizing the dire need for education, HDF began a non-formal school, which proved a turning point for Pholli. She joined the school and completed her education till grade five; soon after she joined another HDF program – the Community Health Worker (CHW) Program where she was trained to raise awareness on personal hygiene, preventative health care and girl child rights.

However, continued financial hardships strengthened Pholli’s determination to further educate herself; she went on to complete her studies and became a qualified midwife. Now Pholli works in the local area spreading awareness about family planning and provides antenatal and postnatal services; in this way Pholli helps improve the quality of women’s lives while earning a good livelihood for herself.

Pholli was grateful that she had the support of HDF which provided her with opportunities to learn, earn a good livelihood and further enhance her skills. She always wanted to study, and was motivated by the Social Organizers who were women, just like us, but educated, confident and aware of everything.
Not being aware about contraceptives methods, we used to have big families. Now, I am aware, and being a CHW, I spread awareness about contraceptives, sanitation, health and hygiene in my locality.

Ram Bai
Midwife
Village Ranchor Kohli, TMK, Sindh