SANJH PAKISTAN has adopted SDG-01 (No Poverty) as one of its major thematic focus area with a faith to end poverty in all its forms and manifestations, to graduate the poor from their existing stage and to bring the poor out from economic shocks and crises through; their livelihood Development, Enterprise Development, Skills Development and Business & Linkages Development with a special focus on women economic empowerment.
1-Bazm-E-Niswan (Women Assembly)
SANJH Pakistan established 20 Peace Skill Centers in each selected non main-stream school of Banbosan (Multan) and Ahmadpur East on 1st December, 2021. Below are the details of each Peace Skill Center in Annexure 11).
SANJH Pakistan team established “20-Peace centers” under the Grant-PCD097 (Bazm-e-Niswan) from of which 08 peace centers has been established in 5-UC’s of Banbosan (Multan) and 12-Peace centers have been established in 5-UC’s of Ahmadpur East (Bahawalpur). The objective of establishing peace skill centers was to engage the females of different sects so they can sit together as well as they can learn stitching and talk about peace and tolerance. SANJH Pakistan provided 05-sewing machines in each peace center along with all the stitching & embroidery material and 02 sitting carpets. IP was required to train 450 females in 15 peace skill centers including(30 females in each peace skill center), while having 5 extra peace skill centers, SANJH Pakistan engaged 610 female participants to develop the stitching skills of local community females and to train them about peace and tolerance and aware them regarding acceptance of diversity.
| Sr. | Peace Skill Center | Village | UC | Town | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st Peace Skill Center | Hafiz Abad | 83-Jhok Wains | Banbosan | Multan |
| 2 | 2nd Peace Skill Center | Haji Pur | 83-Jhok Wains | Banbosan | Multan |
| 3 | 3rd Peace Skill Center | Liaqat Abad | 83-Jhok Wains | Banbosan | Multan |
| 4 | 4th Peace Skill Center | Mardaan Pur | 84-Ailam Pur | Banbosan | Multan |
| 5 | 5th Peace Skill Center | Islam Abad | 85-Bosan | Banbosan | Multan |
| 6 | 6th Peace Skill Center | Basti Rawaan | 85-Bosan | Banbosan | Multan |
| 7 | 7th Peace Skill Center | Basti Bagraan | 86-Jungle Kalraan | Banbosan | Multan |
| 8 | 8th Peace Skill Center | Nawaz Abad | 86-Jungle Kalraan | Banbosan | Multan |
| 9 | 9th Peace Skill Center | Jindu Chanar | 41-Mubarak pur | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 10 | 10th Peace Skill Center | Basti Kalyar | 41-Mubarak pur | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 11 | 11th Peace Skill Center | Basti Muhammadi | 41-Mubarak pur | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 12 | 12th Peace Skill Center | Basti Sadaat | 41-Mubarak pur | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 13 | 13th Peace Skill Center | Jhabeel Sial | 41-Mubarak pur | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 14 | 14th Peace Skill Center | Ghulam Qadir | 42-Ali Kharak | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 15 | 15th Peace Skill Center | Ali Kharak | 42-Ali Kharak | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 16 | 16th Peace Skill Center | Basti Sial | 42-Ali Kharak | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 17 | 17th Peace Skill Center | Ganj Pur | 42-Ali Kharak | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 18 | 18th Peace Skill Center | Basti Khooiyan | 45-Mehrab Wala | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 19 | 19th Peace Skill Center | Basti Sipra | 48-Khuda Bux Mahr | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
| 20 | 20th Peace Skill Center | Karam Khan | 56-Kotla Musa | Ahmad pur East | Bahawalpur |
2-Five Peace Skills Centers (Women Economic Empowerment)
During execution of the project “Women for Peace Leaders in Bahawalpur” Sanjh Pakistan established five peace centers in 05 UCs in this project. The basic aim of these peace Centers was to provide a platform where females of diverse background could sit together without any segregation of sectarianism and linguistic difference using the tool of sewing and embroidery centers to the underprivileged women who wanted to do course in sewing. Sanjh Pakistan team briefed them about the selection criteria of females to form women group.
Sanjh Pakistan’ team has successfully conducted Five Craft Exhibitions in Ahmed Pur Sharqia East’ five targeted UCs as 45-Mehrab Wala, 42-Ali Kharrak, 56- Kotlah Musa Khan, 41-Mubarak Pur, 48-Khuda Bux Mahar on the dates of 24th to 28th February, 2020. Craft Exhibition activities provided a display place to the female of peace skill centers, who made items for showing and presenting their works so that they could get popularity among the folks of their community. 523 participated in the Crafts exhibition. Detail of those center are given below
| List and Location of Peace Centers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Peace Centers | Venue | UC |
| Peace Center Bux Mahar | Basti Ghos pur | Khudaa Bux Mahar |
| Peace Center Kotla Mosa Khan | Basti Dahar | Kotla Musa Khan |
| Peace Center Ali Kharak | Basti Thaeem | Ali Kharak |
| Peace Center Mahrab Wala Kharak | Gulan laar khizar Hayat Dera | Maharb Wala |
| Peace Center Mubarak Pur | Basti Punjabi | Mubark Pur |
3-Women Aman Crafts Exhibition:
In the project Women as Peace Emissary, 05-Crafts Exhibitions were organized. Women head teachers of all targeted madrassas organized five cultural exhibitions with the support of Sanjh Pakistan for showcase their local and traditional skills. The target of beneficiaries in each (was of 100 and Sanjh Pakistan targeted beneficiaries in those five craft exhibition were 526 females. Five groups of diversified females (including six females in each group) were assigned one week ago to make the local things of embroidery and on the day of Craft exhibition they displayed their local skills with the masterpieces of their crafts like local embroidery, chapatti-serving plates (changair), handmade fans, and baskets.
