Sustainable Livelihoods
How do the development programmes introduced in rural areas ensure that their benefits are essentially reaching where they are actually required? This is only possible through taking a differentiated understanding of the people (men, women in different roles) living in that area. IC has made an effective and practical use of the adapted version of Sustainable Livelihoods Framework. The framework explores: which assets are available to which people, in which form; what are their present livelihood strategies; what are the existing potentials that can be capitalized to improve livelihoods; and which vulnerabilities exist that need to be addressed to safeguard existing livelihood.
In the project for Livelihood Improvement (PLI: 2003-2007) in Dera Ismail Khan (D.I Khan), the household typology was introduced halfway through the project’s first phase. It assisted the project staff and its NGO partners in gaining more insights into the dynamics of the different households and their livelihoods, to refine indicators to monitor change and to check whether or not their activities were inclusive of and focused on the poorest households. The Livelihoods Programme of IC not only is capitalizing on this learning and applying this approach, but is also further fine tuning the tools on a large scale including six districts.
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Helvetas and Intercooperation merger
On 1st July 2011 – the two organizations merged to become one with a new corporate name “Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation HSI”. Both the organizations have a collective work experience of more than 80 years, hence a rich set of experiences is being merged to pool all the competences for a more effective well-being of people.
Helvetas was founded in 1955 as the first private organisation for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 38,000 members, more than 40,000 sponsors and 15 regional volunteer groups. With 18 partner countries, Helvetas currently operates in Africa, Asia – including Central Asia and the Caucasus – and Latin America.
In case of Pakistan, the merger initially arrives with a change of name since Helvetas is not presently working in the country. The organization will enrich itself for combining its forces against poverty and or gaining more competences.
IC New Website is Live now
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The IC annual report 2011
The IC annual report for 2011 is in process of compilation. The report will be uploaded to the website soon after its publication process completes.
The annual report of 2010 along with other publications of IC are available on the publications section of the website.