Introduction
SRSO is a Rural
Support Programme at the level of Sindh Province was set up by the
Government of Sindh as a non profit organization and registered under
the Corporate Law Authority (CLA) under the nomenclature of Sindh
Rural Support Organization (SRSO). SRSO is funded by government of Sindh
to work in the designated districts of Sindh. This policy has been endorsed
by government to achieve the goals of poverty reduction through community
empowerment, skills enhancement, capacity building and development of
community supported infrastructure projects, and the provision of support
for income generation, enterprise development and micro credit.
The
primary task of SRSO is to work as a Catalyst to empower
and capacity build communities. People and the government are supported
in forging partnership and inculcating the sense of ownership among
the people. SRSO is presently entrusted with the
responsibility of fostering a countrywide network of community organizations
at the grassroots level in 9 districts
of Sindh and works in the following sub-sectors while applying the participatory
development approach.
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SRSOs Approach
The
people need social guidance to harness
their potential. Such guidance
is
essentially needed for the
following purposes.
To get organized for pooling of their resources , cutting down overheads,
achieving economy of scale, etc.
To identify genuine leaders /activists/cadres from amongst themselves
or
the community. It is only these cadres and not outsiders that can
bring
out the willingness and harness the people’s potential.
To identify and prioritize what the people are willing to undertake
in terms
of opportunities and needs and not demands which have to be
provided by
outside agencies (the assumption in social mobilization
is that guided or
blue print approach is not effective).
To assess the feasibility of the identified portfolio opportunities
and needs
in terms of peoples capacity, willingness, requirement of
resources and
availability of resources from within and outside.
