Rural Support Programmes Network

Non-Profit & Charitable Organizations · Pakistan · 98 Employees

The Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) consists of ten member Rural Support Programmes (RSPs) that espouse a common approach to rural development: social mobilisation. Social mobilisation centres on the belief that poor people have an innate potential to helpthemselves, that they can better manage their limited resources if they organise and are provided technical and financial support. The RSPs provide social guidance, technical and financial assistance to the rural poor. RSPN provides capacity building support to RSPs, and assists them in policy advocacy and donor linkages. Set up by the RSPs in 2000, RSPN works closely with government, donors and communities to promote the RSP approach to community driven development that has significant pro-poor impacts. The RSPs have a long standing relationship with the Government of Pakistan, this is highlighted by the fact that five of RSPNs partner RSPs have received substantial support and seed grants from the government, however they are all registered as not-for-profit organisations and are independent. RSPNs edge is its vast outreach to rural communities through the RSPs, its strong and influential relationship with government for impacting pro-poor public policy, and its central position that brings together over thirty years of knowledge in participatory development work with Pakistans rural communities. RSPs are local, flexible and responsive organisations, RSPs find localised community-based solutions to help take Pakistans development agenda forward. The scale of RSP work now covers 4,401 union councils in 149 districts including the newly merge districts of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier Regions (FR). Community Organisations now number 496,352 with a membership of over 8.4 million organised households, covering a population of 54 million. Our vision represents the basic philosophy of RSPs social mobilisation approach to CDD. RSPNs work therefore aligns itself with RSPs work and centres on the belief that poor men ...Read More

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