Social Mobilization in District Mardan; Human Development Foundation

Muhammad Azam, Shaista Naz, Muhammad Ilyas, Asadullah and Waqas Khan
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Shaista Naz: Department of Rural Development Faculty of Rural Social Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
Waqas Khan: Department of Horticulture, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2018, vol. 4, issue 2, 16-22

Abstract: The research was carried on Human Development Foundation (HDF) with the objectives to study its work environment, and its main activities of Social Mobilization(SM) programme in district Mardan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. SM programme is operating in 79 villages of the district since 1999. The objective of the SM is to develop social capital and prepare the communities to undertake sustainable development initiatives by making VDOs including all segments of the society through Participatory Rural Approach. Findings of the programme revealed that 45 VDOs were in grade “A†, 9 in grade “B†and 25 were in grade “C†. The grading were needed on the basis of well up in the measuring indicates. Grade A was comparatively more well up than Grade B and Grade B was more well up than Grade C. Performance indicators including education, health, economic development, community physical infrastructure and social capital. Furthermore, the programme is operating since long in the district but did not achieve the sufficient required results due to insufficient male and female staff and community perceptions about tangible

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/GJIDD.2018.04.555631

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