commute 2-3 kilometers daily to fetch water from the neighbouring village.

The hand pumps installation not only resolved the decades old problem but also resolved their conflicts, improved health
indicators in the area and reduced workload for many disadvantaged and vulnerable communities
members.
Rural Development Project won the second prize for implementing the Link Road Scheme in
Babakra in District Buner. The link road improved connectivity of the villagers to the main routes to
have an improved access to schools, hospitals and markets. However, project witnessed many
hick-ups as a lawsuit was filed against the link road construction. RDP supported the communities to
resolve their issue amicably. The case study highlighted the excellent work of PO in empowering
communities to have a coherent voice for their rights.
National Rural Support Programme won the third place award for bringing a huge transformation in
the life of a poor woman. Under its Livelihoods Enhancement and Protection project, NRSP provided
income generating assets to Ms. Naheed Bibi, who not only started earning a decent living by selling
crockery at the community level but also started sending her children to school with the additional
income. Ms. Naheed Bibi graduated from being the wife of a beggar to the giver of charity and zakat
to other destitute community members.
Addressing the occasion, Jens Clausen, Division Head-Governance and Peace - KfW, informed the
participants that project funds are from Germanys taxpayers money, which is meant to transform
lives of the poor and marginalized people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Congratulating the award
winners, he said that PPAF partners deserve special accolades for implementing the project in
inaccessible and difficult terrains of the province. He added that future collaboration with PPAF
would be possible on the best results demonstrated by LACIP.
Qazi Azmat Isa, CEO of PPAF, congratulated all the implementing partners, community organizations
and KfW team for making this project a success. He appreciated the hard work put in by the implementing partners for transforming lives of target communities. He acknowledged KfW for reposing
faith in service delivery of PPAF, which firmly believes and adheres to the values of accountability,
inclusion, transparency and sustainability. He re-iterated the importance of enabling the communities to have a voice and empower them to ensure accountability and governance at the grassroots
level.
Senior Group Head, Grants-PPAF, Ms. Shahnaz Kapadia Rahat and Mr. Akbar Khan Durrani, General
Manager-LACIP, also spoke the occasion.

Livelihood Support and Promotion of

Small Community Infrastructure Program - LACIP

PPAF Livelihood Support and Promotion of Small Community

Infrastructure Program (LACIP) and KfW presents

Mashal-e-Khyber Awards 2014

LACIP is co-financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW. The total project cost is 31.5
million Euros and is being executed by PPAF through 23 partner organizations. The project targets
52 union councils in seven districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in five thematic areas of interventions
namely Livelihood Enhancement and Protection, Health & Education, Disaster Preparedness &
Mitigation, Institutional Development and Community Physical Infrastructure.
KfW and LACIP organized the first-ever Mashal-e-Khyber Awards Ceremony 2014 to acknowledge
best practices in project implementation under LACIP at a local hotel in Islamabad on April 23, 2015,
which was attended by KfW officials, PPAF senior management, representatives from partner organizations and award nominees. These awards were intended to appreciate hard work of partner organizations and encourage them to put their best foot forward and work competitively to alleviate
poverty in their targeted areas.
KfW announced the annual awards for partner organizations that displayed exceptional practices in
project implementation not only to highlight their good work but to motivate them also. A stringent
criterion considering impact, complexity of problem solved, innovation and efficiency & sustainability of the intervention was applied to evaluate the submitted case studies from partners. A total of
44 case studies were evaluated in three rounds by LACIP Unit, sector specialists within PPAF and by
a neutral third-party of PPAF against the abovementioned criteria.
Social Action Bureau for Assistance in Welfare and Organizational Networking (SABAWON), Rural
Development Project (RDP) and National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) won the first, second and
third prize respectively.
Qazi Azmat Isa CEO-PPAF and Mr. Jens Clausen, Head of Peace and Governance for the Region KfW,
presented shields, certificates and a prize of Euro 5000, 2000 and 1000 to the winners in first, second
and third categories. The prize money is meant to be used by grassroots organizations to enhance
their capabilities to serve their respective communities more effectively and efficiently to get the
best results under the projects.
Installation of hand pumps under Primary Water Supply Scheme implemented by Social Action
Bureau for Assistance in Welfare and Organizational Networking (SABAWON) in village Garha Matt in
D.I. Khan won the first prize. Before this intervention, the villagers, particularly women, had to