Project Completion Report

Implementing Organization	Friends Welfare Association (Friends Pakistan)
Donor Organization	KnK (Children Without Borders) Japan
Project Title	Shelter construction for the NFS Sireen at village Sireen
Area	Village Sireen Jagori, Union Council Batal, District and Tehsil Mansehra
Project Time Period	January 5, 2009 to March 30, 2009.

Description of the Problem or issues at the target Site:

Sireen Jagori is a village of Uc Battal, which is located about twenty Kilometer away from the town of Shinkiari towards North East. Along with the village of Siren, other small settlements and Hamlets which surrounds Sireen include, KhalaBut, Kangar, Khel, Morni Naka and Bud Naka.

The children of the feeding school were subjected to a very vulnerable condition as it was not feasible for them to enroll at the primary school  of Jagori which is about two kilometers away from Sireen and the kids are too young to travel this distance. The community of Sireen had the contact with District Education Officer (DO) Mansehra and oriented him about the problem. He visited the site of the Feeding School Sireen and termed their concern as genuine. After that the district Education Officer had contact with Friends Pakistan and requested to support this school. Friends technical and social teams visited the target site of Sireen and prepared the social feasibility for the construction of shelters for this school which was considered a long term solution to this project.

Description of activities with the KnK Fund:

·        Construction of permanent Shelters for the long term educational support of the children of the Non Formal Feeding School (NFS) Sireen at Village Sireen to enable them to continue their education uninterruptedly in even the severest weather conditions.

·        Mobilization of local available resources from within the community to ensure their maximum ownership through their ample contribution in term of Land, Wood and Labor etc.

·        Awareness raising of the community about the effective use of local available resources and to undertake self help initiatives for addressing the dire needs of their community.

·        Capacity Building of the community based organization (CBO) Sireen on effective project Implementation, Record Keeping and developing linkages with other agencies working on rural development to enable them to undertake more sophisticated projects in future for their community development.

Work Implementation Details:

The work of the construction of NFS Sireen formally started after the signing of Terms of Partnership (TOP) between CBO Sireen and Friends Pakistan in which the roles and responsibilities of the both organizations were agreed. The Terms of Partnership (TOP) was signed on January 14, 2009.

The procurement of material such as Cement, Crush Stone, Sand and Blocks started on January 17, 2009. After the procurement the carriage of the procured building materials was made to the area of Sireen on Four Wheel Jeeps. On the same day, a visit of Sireen was made in which a meeting with the community of Sireen was conducted. At the same time, the Engineer started the work of layout at the plot.

After the completion of work on the walls & plaster, the work of applying PGI Sheets in the outer walls got started. The work of ceiling i.e. applying Ply wood and thermo pore in the under side of the roof and inner walls also got completed by March 12, 2009.

The work of Doors and Window’s fitting at the school site was completed until March 30th, 2009. Hence until March 30th, 2009 the project of Construction of Shelters of NFS Sireen was formally completed.

On March 29, 2009, the representative of KnK, Mr. Nobu visited the site of Sireen Jagori. He monitored the quality of work construction of school’s Shelters. Mr. Nobu appreciated the quality of work which was completed according to the specifications in a cost effective way within the allocated time.

Although, the weather conditions did not remain favorable as the project was implemented during the tough winter months of January, February and March but still the project was completed within the allocated time with an overrun of only ten(10) days as the project was planned to be completed by March 20th, 2009.

Direct/Indirect Beneficiaries:

Direct beneficiaries of the project are the children of Sireen. The population of Village Sireen and surrounding settlements whose children are studying at the NFS Sireen are the indirect beneficiaries of the project.

Achieved outcomes of project:

       One Feeding School has been constructed in the form of three spacious rooms and veranda at the village Sireen Jagori UC Batal to provide educational support to children of Sireen.

      Capacity of CBO Sireen has been built about effective project implementation, Record Keeping and developing productive linkages with agencies working in development sector for the development of their area.

      The ownership of the Feeding School NFS Sireen has been recognized by the community of NFS Sireen as well as their capacity of undertaking the self help initiatives has also enhanced.

      Thirty (30) volunteers from within the communities of Sireen Jagori have been identified who have shown their willingness to take part in any activity for the development of the area and especially for the rights of children and women.