SUCCESS Programme is based on the Rural Support Programmes’ (RSPs) social mobilisation approach to Community Driven Development (CDD). Social Mobilisation centers around the belief that poor people have an innate potential to help themselves; that they can better manage their limited resources if they organise and are provided technical and financial support. The RSPs under the SUCCESS Programme provide social guidance, technical and financial assistance to the rural poor in Sindh.
SUCCESS is a seven-year long (2015-2023) programme funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN), National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), Sindh Rural Support Organisation (SRSO) and Thardeep Rural Development Programme (TRDP) in eight districts of Sindh, namely: Kambar Shahdadkot, Larkana, Dadu, Jamshoro, Matiari, Sujawal, Tando Allahyar and Tando Muhammad Khan.
SUCCESS Programme aims to enable the Government of Sindh from 2018 to support and sustain local Community Driven Development (CDD) initiatives throughout the province, through the provincial budget, based on a dedicated and costed policy in partnership with community institutions fostered by RSPs.
The specific objective is to stimulate local CDD initiatives to reduce poverty in eight poor rural districts of Sindh, paying particular attention to empowering women. The SUCCESS Programme will lead to increased levels and diversified sources of income for the targeted communities and households.
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SRSO – Established in 2003, the Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) is the major Rural Support Programme in Northern Sindh. SRSO is present in 10 districts, namely Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Naushero Feroz, Sh.Banazirabad,Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Larkana, Kashmore-Kandhkot, and Qambar-Shadadkot.
RSPN, The Network of the RSPs, is the largest development network of Pakistan, with an outreach to over 40 million rural Pakistanis. It consists of 11 member Rural Support Programmes (RSPs), which have been operating since 1982. The RSPs espouse a common approach to rural development: social mobilisation. Social mobilisation harnesses people’s potential by fostering and strengthening participatory, transparent and accountable organisations of the people for poverty alleviation and to improve their quality of life.
Ernst and Young (EY) is a multinational professional services firm operating in Pakistan. In the SUCCESS Programme, EY is implementing the Technical Assistance (TA) component to aid the GoS in development of a Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) and CDLD policy for the province of Sindh.
