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Efforts for Productive Conduct of Business in Provincial Assembly

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Pak Women, a local not-for-profit organization in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, has worked with provincial legislators to form a working group that proposes recommendations to amend the Conduct of Business Rules of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assembly. The first-of-its-kind working group includes members of the provincial assembly, assembly bureaucrats such as the secretary and…

Desert Residents Get Livestock Vaccinated due to an Awareness Campaign

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Muhammad Wasan and his fellow villagers at Malsario, a settlement in union council (UC) Peelo, taluka Nagarparkar, district Tharparkar at Mithi, got their livestock vaccinated after the awareness campaign regarding citizen engagement with state institutions and the existing complaint redress mechanisms by the Sindh Rural Support Program (SRSP) – a not-for-profit organization based in Sindh,…

Collective Action Leads to Education After Years of Negligence

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Villagers from Khorooro in District Tharparkar at Mithi, Sindh used the advocacy campaign on engagement with the government institutions that lead to opening of their village’s primary school for the first time in six years, after its construction. The residents of Khorooro in the Union Council Sobhiyar, Taluka Deeplo achieved their objective through an application…

Entitlement of Government Employees Restored through Office of the Ombudsmen

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Rural Development Policy Initiative (RDPI) implemented a grant, in the thematic area of voice for effective grievance redress, through office of Ombudsmen that was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under the Citizens’ Voice Project in Dera Ghazi Khan and Layyah districts. The main objective of this project was to promote…

Draft for the first Sindh Youth Policy Revised and Advocated Amongst the Parliamentarians

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Almost 32 % of Pakistan’s population is between the ages of 15 to 29 years. Sindh is the second most populated province of Pakistan where 32 % of the population falls under this age bracket. Civil Society Support Program (CSSP), a partner organization of USAID Citizens’ Voice Project took up the initiative to form Youth…

Meet an Unsung Community Hero

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Pakistan has an ensuing energy crisis that is affecting the economy on a massive scale. The power sector is faced with the burden of debt, production issues and lack of resources on the one hand, and power theft and pending bill payments worth billions of rupees on the other. People blame the authorities for negligence…

Know Your “Right to Know”

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

For a democratic setup to flourish, it requires public participation as much as it needs other bolstering factors. Keeping public office holders involved not only ensures a transparent and accountable state but it also yields a sense of belonging into the hearts of citizens. This, however, is only possible if free flow of information prevails…

Giving Ownership

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

Goth Seengar Foundation started its project with an aim to improve the cleanliness situation in Jacobabad City by engaging with the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) for proper, timely, periodic, and effective solid waste disposal, a work which TMA should be doing otherwise. Initially, residents of the city were mobilized from eight union councils to male…

For Water and Life

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

“We used to cajole them and bribe them [the authorities] for our own right, but God bless PEHE. It is through their efforts that we can now stand with dignity in front of the public servants and demand our right in the most proper manner,” says a satisfyingly smiling Muhammad Ismail. A farmer turned small-scale…

Sustainable “Sahulat” Centers

Success StoriesBy tdeademo February 17, 2020

In Pakistan, electricity shortages, bad for years, have reached crisis proportions. The crisis is the product of multiple factors, from worn out power plants to crumbling transmission lines and from decades-old policy mistakes to circular debt in billions. One reason, however, stands above the others: lack of effective electricity governance. Sustainable power management, where electricity…

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Projects Related to Elections

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Project Related to Governance

Projects Related to Voice and Accountability

Proactive Disclosure

Get Involved

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Efforts for Productive Conduct of Business in Provincial Assembly

Desert Residents Get Livestock Vaccinated due to an Awareness Campaign

Collective Action Leads to Education After Years of Negligence

Entitlement of Government Employees Restored through Office of the Ombudsmen

Draft for the first Sindh Youth Policy Revised and Advocated Amongst the Parliamentarians

Meet an Unsung Community Hero

Know Your “Right to Know”

Giving Ownership

For Water and Life

Sustainable “Sahulat” Centers