© action medeor / PVDP Info © action medeor / PVDP Pakistan Improved health, hygiene and nutrition for the rural population Programs Pakistan is facing multiple crises and challenges: An increasingly precarious security situation, not least due to the Taliban takeover in neighboring Afghanistan, a persistent economic crisis and also increasingly frequent natural disasters exacerbated by climate change. In the fall of 2022, a third of the country was flooded for months, affecting 33 million people. The project is being implemented in the province of Sindh in the south-east of Pakistan in the district of Mirpurkhas. Almost half of the population in Sindh lives in rural areas and, according to the World Bank, around 37% of the rural population live below the poverty line and are unable to meet their basic needs for food, shelter and healthcare. Around 2 million people live in the heavily rural district of Mirpurkhas, mainly from agriculture and livestock farming. 60% of small farmers in Sindh are landless and have to rent land from landlords. The conditions here are very exploitative, in which, for example, some of the seed is provided, but the majority of the harvest must also be handed over to the landlord. Crop failures, most recently on a large scale during the 2022 floods, quickly lead to high levels of debt for small farmers. Project descriptionProject Goal: Improvement of health, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), and food security in rural Mirpurkhas, SindhProject Focus: Primary healthcare, food security, water & hygieneTarget Group: Rural population from five villages in Taluka Shuja Abad, Mirpurkhas District, Sindh (100 households as the direct target group)Project Area: Pakistan, Sindh, Mirpurkhas DistrictProject Activities: Capacity Building: "Training of Trainer" (ToT) workshops on various topics Formalization and training of village committees Inter-village exchange meetings of the five village committees and meetings with authorities Health: Village community workshops on topics: Safe drinking water, hygiene & sanitation, healthy nutrition Training on building energy-efficient and smoke-reducing stoves Training on the use of biosand filters Awareness and sensitization event on "Women's Rights" Training for traditional birth attendants Food Security: Village community workshops on topics: Food and livelihood security, disaster risk reduction and climate change (adaptation), crop and pest management, livestock management Training on kitchen gardens Sensitization events on various international thematic days Project Duration: December 2023 – December 2024Financial Volume: 110,891 EurosPartner Organisation: PVDP (Participatory Village Development Programme)Funding: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)Project Number: 6000237 Your contact person Sarah Weiß Programme Manager Nepal, Syria and Bangladesh Phone: +49 2156 9788-152 TPL_EMAIL This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.