Establishment of Focal Point for PWD

Prepared By

Farrukh Saleem Field Officer

Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled Persons (VREDP)

H-8/4, Islamabad

Name of Project : Establishment of Focal Point for PWD

Time Period : 1 Year ( Starts from October 2013)

Target Group : PWD especially PWID

Target Community : Ali Pur Farash and its surrounding towns/villages

Long Term Objective : Enhance Economic & Social functioning of PWD in the

area

Short Term Objective : Access of PWD to the services by the support of

community

Background

Persons with Disabilities were the unprivileged and unattended segment of

society prior to the emergence of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities. The convention made possible for the PWDs to get attention and inclusion in

the social world. Their rights must be ensured and they must be given equality not only to

participate in all walks of life but also to play significant role for the development of social

world as the normal can do.

With the passage of time the boundaries of Islamabad are redefining and many far

flung localities are now becoming the part of Islamabad as rural settings. Islamabad is

administratively divided into two segments, namely Islamabad Urban and Islamabad rural.

The rural area is further divided into twelve Union Councils.

Alipur Farash is one of the settlement in ISLAMABAD, located on the Lehtrar

road and covering the areas of Kirpa, Jiggiot, Jhang Sayedan, Partal, Saknal, Panjgran,

Chak Shehzad and Ali Pur Farash itself. Most of the services for PWD is located at urban

part of the city. The proposed focal point will likely to facilitate the disabled population of

respected communities. The approximate population of cited villages is 2 hundred thousand

and the disability figures are quite prominent and it is not possible for them to visit the main

territory of Islamabad Urban for their socio-economic and psychological rehabilitation.

The disabled of these communities are very hardworking and devoted as reported

by the community based organizations. Moreover, Ali Pur Farash located on main road and

rich in respect of business markets. So, there is no access problem for PWD.Therefore, it is

expected that with the establishment of focal point for the PWD within the area of Ali pur

Farash, it will become easier and more convenient for PWDs to access the services.

There are many private/public schools in the area, but there is no concept of

inclusive education in the community. There is need to create awareness among the

community & educational institutions in this respect especially for PWIDs.

Activities

Activity 1 :

Data Collection/Record Keeping

To collect data from every aspect regarding PWDs living in Ali pur Farash and its

surroundings towns/villages. It will be done by the volunteers of local NGOs on prescribed

performs. With the help of local community they will arrange home visits for registration

and assessments purpose.

Persons In charge : President/G. Secretary of the Local NGO of respective area.

Supervised by : Field Officer

Budget : Budget provision is available for paying RS 1500/- per volunteer for

Food & Travel Expenses.

Supporting Agency: Vocational Rehabilitation & employment for Disabled (VREDP)

Activities

Activity 2 :

Counseling & Guidance

To provide counseling & proper guidance especially to the parents of PWDs

regarding the disability of their child. Also provide assistance/guidance in respect of their

education/vocational training/rehabilitation.

Counseling & Guidance will be provided twice a week. Schedule for whole

month will be issued for this activity so that parents may visit the focal point according to

schedule.

Persons In charge : Social Welfare Officer/Field Officer

Budget : Social Welfare Officer/Field Officer is the employee of Governments

of Pakistan and GOP already paying salary & other benefits to social

welfare officer/Field Officers.

Activities Activity 3 :

Create awareness in the community regarding PWD & inclusive Education

In order to create awareness in the local community regarding PWDs especially

PWIDs, small community meeting in villages will be held . The local community has least

knowledge about the PWID, so it necessary to create awareness regarding PWID. These

meetings will be held twice a week. Local community leaders will arrange these meeting.

There are many private/public schools in the area, but there is no concept of

inclusive education. There is need to create awareness in this respect especially for PWID to

accommodate them in the local schools. The teacher’s training for special need class will be

held at National Institute of Special Education (NISE), Islamabad.

Persons In charge : Social Welfare Officer/Field Officer

Budget : RS 25000/- (Printing Material)

Supporting Agencies : National Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (NCRDP)

National Institute of Special Education (NISE)

Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment for Disabled (VREDP)

Killer Assumption : It might be possible that school administration does to cooperate in

order to develop inclusive setup in their schools for PWID.

How to Resolve : In the case of private schools, influence of local community leaders &

member of parliament may be used. But in the case of government

schools CAD (Capital Administrative Division) might be approached

through official procedure.

Activities

Activities

Activity 4:

Medical Camps

To arrange small medical camps in different villages of the proposed area.

Doctor having experience in different disabilities i.e PH/VI/HI/MR/ID may be invited to

conduct medical camps. Besides providing basic medicines & referral services, this activity

will also helpful in order to create awareness regarding different disabilities especially

PWID. This activity will be held once a month in any proposed area.

Persons In charge : Director VREDP/Deputy Director VREDP

Budget : Rs 10000/- (for basic medicines)

Supporting Agencies : National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicines (NIRM)

Centre for PHC

Centre for MRC

Centre for HIC

Activities Activity 5:

Vocational Training Centre

To establish small vocational training centre with the help of local community in

order to provide vocational training to PWDs that will be helpful in the rehabilitation process.

It is proposed that Training of Tailoring/computer may be arranged for 10 to 15 PWD &

PWID at a time. Small skills like envelop & candle making may also be provided to PWD.

Persons In charge : Vocational Teacher

Supervised by : Field Officer

Budget : Rs 8000/- (salary of vocational teacher)

Rs 10000/- per month (Supporting/raw material)

Supporting Agencies :

1.National Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (NCRDP)

2.Paksistan Bait-ul-Mal

3.National Training Centre for Special Persons (NTCSP)

Activities

Killer Assumption

i. It might be possible that due to the limited resources of local community it will be

difficult to arrange the salary of vocational teacher.

ii. It is difficult for local community to provide the Raw Material for the proposed

vocational training centre.

How to Resolve

I. The services of vocational teacher may be obtained from National Training Centre

for Special Persons, Islamabad.

ii. Various corporate/Multi-national companies will be contacted for the donation in

the shape of Raw material.

iii. Raw material for training purpose can also be obtained from National Training

Centre for Special Persons.

Expenses

Rental Space

Three rooms required to establish the focal point/service centre for PWD in area

of Ali Pur Farash, Islamabad. The approximate rent for proposed place is RS 7000/- p.m.

The rent for proposed Focal Point will be arrange with the help of local

community/Corporate organizations/Nation wide NGOs.

Killer Assumption

There is a possibility that we may failed to arrange the proposed rent.

How to Resolve

-Through official request we may use space within the building of Social Welfare

office.

-Tailoring centre for Girls (PWD) is already working in the village of Jaggiot

with the support of community, its space may also be utilized.

Expenses

Utility Bills

Utility bills will be paid by the cooperation of local community.

Killer Assumption

It might be possible that local community failed to arrange utility bills expenses

on regular bases.

How to Resolve

-Through donation from wealthy community living in urban areas of Islamabad.

- with the help of Zakat System. (Zakat is one of the five basic Pillars of Islamic

faith. Zakat is not an option it is a compulsory act for all Muslims is to give

2.5% of one’s wealth to those in need).

Expenses

Printing Material

Printing Material for awareness purposes will be arranged with help of

printing press owners as donation.

Killer Assumption

There is very less possibility, but in any case if we failed to print awareness

material.

How to Resolve

Available resources in the VREDP office, such as computer, Cyclostyle

& photocopier machine will be used for this purpose.

Evaluation/Monitoring

WHO: Evaluation and monitoring will be done by following organizations.

1. Directorate General of Special Education.

2. Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment of Disabled Persons (VREDP)

WHEN : Evaluation will be done after one year.

HOW: To check the complete record regarding services provided to PWD by focal point.

INDICATORS:

• How many PWD visit the focal point in a year.

• No. of PWD who get vocational Training.

• No. of referral cases.

• No. of Medical camps arranged/No. of persons who got medical checkup.

• No. of meetings arranged for community awareness.

Sustainability

Firstly, this project will initiated for the period of one year. Besides the running of

this project a comprehensive case will sent to finance division (Government Of Pakistan)

through proper channel for the provision of financial resources in order to meet the expenses

of project. In the case Government of Pakistan owned this project, it will be more easy for

this project to sustain.

Secondly, this project can be run successfully with the help of local

community/available resources/donations and corporate organizations. Only commitment &

devotion of attached persons with the project is required.

THANKS