The Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project (SFERP) signed two separate agreements with National Rural Support Program (NRSP) & Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) to engage them as social mobilization partners for the provision of livelihood support amounting to US$75 million for the affectees of flood-hit areas in rural Sindh. The women and elderly people will be preferred to carry out restoration activities and will be given a chance to participate in local rehabilitation.
These two organizations will assist in the disbursement of funds to the communities under this scheme in a transparent manner. This program is designed to assist the severely flood-affected communities to enable them to earn a livelihood by engaging semi-skilled and unskilled labour for the rehabilitation of urgent basic services including clean water supply, sanitation, watercourse improvement, landscape restorations, road construction as well as maintenance.
It will also cover the provision of emergency support to smallholder livestock farmers to restore their animal stock and avoid losses due to animal diseases and underfeeding. This program will cover severely affected Talukas and Union Councils, which will be prioritized on the basis of damage assessment made by the Sindh Government for livelihood assistance.
The agreement was signed by Mr. Asghar Qanasro, on behalf of SFERP and Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Jamro, RGM, signed on behalf of NRSP while Mr. Dittal Kalhoro signed on behalf of SRSO.
