| SAFWCO at Glance |
| Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization |
Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization (Safwco), started its developmental journey from a small initiative, launched in 1986 by a group of five social activists led by Mr. Suleman G. Abro in Shahdadpur Taluka of Sanghar District. Concerned about depleting sources of livelihood and employment, increasing poverty and social deprivation in rural Sindh and propelled by its own vision of sustainable, equitable and just society, Safwco initiated a process of social mobilization in District Sanghar initially. It was apparent at the time that there will be no effective grass roots development and real improvement in the living standards of the poor, without an integrated development initiative focused at targeting poverty from different aspects. From beginning social mobilization has been a key aspect of Safwco’s development strategy. Safwco started its activities with an objective to facilitate peoples’ participation in development on self help basis; and facilitating to build institutional infrastructure in their villages to achieve the goal of sustainable development.
Safwco envisions ‘sustainable communities achieving equitable economic, social, political and cultural development through indigenous community organizations. Safwco aims ‘to become self sustaining resourceful, disciplined and specialized training and support institution access to under privileged with a view to build capacities of community organizations as model development organization’.
Safwco’s mission is to mobilize the poor under the common plateform and to support them to carryout sustainable development. The objectives of organization are to: |
- Organize rural and urban communities (men and women) for undertaking sustainable development initiatives primarily on self help basis
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Build the capacity of the COs/VOs/LSOs to make them sustainable
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Undertake participatory development programs for poverty alleviation and improvement of quality of life of the poor
- Facilitate women participation in the development activities and promote their socio economic empowerment
- Promote conservation of natural resources, take efforts for improving environment and facilitate health and education
- Engage in advocacy and networking for addressing social issues of the society
- Promote the culture of sustainable development
- Cooperate with national and international development organizations for poverty alleviation and sustainable development |
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| Safwco programs |
- Social Mobilization (SM)
- Credit and Enterprise Development (CED)Program
- Community Physical Infrastructure (CPI) Program
- Education Development (ED) program
- Health Program
- Human and Institutional Development (HID)
- Environment and Climate Risk Management (ECRM) Program
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Program
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Offices |
- Head office 1
- Liaison office 1
- Field offices 30 |
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| Coverage |
- Integrated Program: Sangher, Matiari, Jamshoro, Thatta Districts
- Project Intervention: Hyderabad, Dadu, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur Mir’s, Tando Allahyaar, Badin |
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| Vision |
| Safwco envisions ‘sustainable communities achieving equitable economic, social, political and cultural development through grass roots development institutions. |
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| Mission |
| Safwco's mission is to mobilize the poor under a common platform and to support and to support them to carry out sustainable development |
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| Views & Openions |
Pakistan: One-room Revolution
By Zofeen T Ebrahim
Karachi, WFS)-Lal Khatoon was very Excited the night she learned to write her name for the first time in her native language, Sindhi.
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