SAFWCO partnership with Oxfam-ECHO

OVERVIEW OF SAFWCO


SAFWCO (Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization), started its development 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 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’. 

Mission:

SAFWCO’s mission is to mobilize the poor under the common platform and to support them to carryout sustainable development. 

List of Relief Projects Executed by SAFWCO:   

S#	Name of Project	Beneficiary (H.H)	Support Organization	District
	Flood emergency Response in 17 UC’s	10,000	CRS	Jamshoro, Khairpur Mir’s
	Emergency Food Assistance to the families affected by Monsoon Floods in pakistan	10,000	WFP	Hyderabad
	Emergency food assistance to the families affected by monsoon Floods in Pakistan(food assistance)	10,000	WFP	Thatta
	Scaling up TLC in IDP shelters	2,500	UNICEF-EDU	Dadu, Jamshoro
	Flood emergency Response	10,000	Oxfam GB	Dadu,
	Clean Drinking water to flood Affected people	45,000	Planing and development department, govt; of Sindh	Thatta, Dadu
	WASH emergency flood response -2010	13,000	UNICEF-WASH	Thatta, Jamshoro
	Livelihood Enhancement and protection project(Capacity Building)	2,000	PPAF	Thatta
	Livelihood Enhancement and protection project(Livelihood)	2,000	PPAF	Thatta
	Livelihood Enhancement and protection project(Disability)	2,000	PPAF	Thatta
	Emergency WASH response to flood affected families	3,000	Oxfam GB	Jamshoro,
	CIDA-Agriculture & Mother & Child Health	2,500	CIDA	Thatta
	WASH Early Recovery project for flood affected families of Sindh	17,000	Oxfam Novib-ECHO	Thatta, Matiari, Khairpur
	Early Recovery WASH & EFSL Project	9,000	Oxfam GB,	Dadu
	WASH Emergency flood Response in southern Sindh	20,000	UNICEF	Dadu
	Early Recovery WASH & Shelter support for Flood Affected Communities	8,000	Oxfam GB,	Jamshoro, Dadu