Development Enhancement & Effectiveness Partners - DEEP

INCREASING RESILIENCE & CAPACITY BUILDING OF DISABLES FOR BETTER HEALTH AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY (PILOT PHASE)

DEEP Hyderabad is implementing the project “INCREASING RESILIENCE & CAPACITY BUILDING OF DISABLES FOR BETTER HEALTH AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY (PILOT PHASE of 12 months Oct 14, Sep 15)” in facilitation with DEEP Head office in Rawalpindi. This project has been funded by the ABILIS Foundation, Finland.

This project is unique in its objectives and the related issues are really challenging but in collaboration and guidance of DEEP Head office in Rawalpindi, DEEP Hyderabad doing its level best and the neglected, disappointed and poor disable youth is being empowered. It is hoped that once they are trained, they will be able to create opportunities to earn for themselves, for their families and will be useful citizens of the society as they will be contributing in sustainable development.

Project Activities

• The identification and enlisting process started in September 2014. The project team at DEEP Hyderabad identified 50 PWDs belonging to different areas, faiths, having different disabilities.

• Launching ceremony of the project took place on September 26, 2014.

• Awareness seminars and celebration of international day of PWDs were conducted.

• Vocational trainings are being conducted in collaboration with available institutions / workshops etc and the trainees and monthly stipend Rs.1000.- is being paid to each trainee regularly.

• Upon the successful completion, 15 trainees will be given loan for starting their own business at small scale.

• Meetings with different departments / institutions and civil society organizations are being conducted by the project team and head office as well for linkages building for future interventions.

• Monitoring of the activities is also being conducted by project team of DEEP Hyderabad and one monitoring was conducted by a team of DEEP head office in December 2014.

The project is in its 9th month and the team working hard to make it a success facing all the challenges. We thank ABILIS FOUNDATION Finland for joining hands with DEEP for the neglected segments of society.