| About Project |
Project Basic Info.
Duration
Dec. 2008 - Nov. 2011 (Three years)
Target area
Selected 12 Union Councils in District Abbottabad, NWFP
Counterpart Organizations
- Directorate General of Special Educatiion,
Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education, Government of Pakistan
- Zakat, Ushar, Social Welfare & Women DDevelopment Department,
Government of NWFP
- District Coordination Office,
District Government, Abbottabad
- District Office, Social Welfare & Womeen Development Department,
District Government, Abbottabad
Project Master Plan
OVERALL GOAL
Activities regarding social participation of Person With Disabilities (PWDs), both men and women, are extended to other Districts and contribute to the implementation of National Plan of Action for PWDs (NPA).
PROJECT PURPOSE
Social participation of PWDs, both men and women, is promoted in Abbottabad District.
OUTPUTS
0. The network between Federal, Provincial, District Govt., and NGO is built.
1. SHO, DPO and Family Associations of PWDs are organized and strengthened, with a perspective of gender, ethnicity, age and other socio-cultural factors.
2. Discrimination and prejudice against PWDs and their family, both men and women, are reduced.
3. Information accessibility for PWDs, both men and women, is improved.
Project related documents
What is Social Participation?
Activity-oriented Approach
A STAR Project's approach is "Flexible Activities -> Various Outputs > Achievement of Purpose", called as "ordinal approach", rather than "Series of Activities -> One output -> Achievement of Purpose", called as "activity-oriented approach". The government of Pakistan formulated National Policy for PWDs and National Plan of Action to implement the Policy, but not yet be implementated. On the other hand, one of the weakness of ordinal approach, Project Cycle Management (PCM) is a lack of consideration in implementation. Therefore, A STAR Project examined the activity-oriented approach under consideration of purpose & outputs and existing community resource. Salient features are "low risk", "low cost" and "Pararell capacity development of project related persons" etc.
It is necessary to get various outputs to achieve the purpose. However there must be huge activities and inputs. This activity-oriented approach was born after the question, "Why is there only one output after a series of activities ", that is, "Can one activity produce various outputs?". In addition to this point, the Project focused on the capacity development of project related personnel. Table 1 shows the difference between Ordinal Approach and Activity-Oriented Approach.
Figure 1DOrdinal Approach and Activity-Oriented Approach
| Approach |
Ordinal |
Activity-Oriented |
| Risk Management |
High Risk:
If there are any problems in activity and outputs, it become difficult to achieve the purpose. |
Low Risk:
Possible to try various activities, which support to achieve the purpose, if there are any problems. |
| Monitoring & Communication Management |
Good(Conditional):
Easy to share the existing plan.
Note: On condition that project related personnel are interested in the project. |
Good:
Not to finish the activity by turns, but to plan, prepare, implement, check progress and share information of various activities. It'd give interest to the project related personnel. |
| Cost Management |
High Cost:
All activities need some cost. |
Low Cost:
One activity produce various outputs. |
| Supply Management |
Good(Conditional):
Necessary inputs are planned
Note: Difficult to deal with not identified community resource before planning |
Good:
Existing community resource are utilized for activity planning.
|
| Personnel Management |
Good:
Activities'd been done in accordance with the plan. This process develops capacity of project related personnel. |
Good:
Plan, Preparation, Implementation of the activities fully utilized community resource. This process develops capacity of project related personnel. |
| Concept |
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Let's see the frame of A STAR Project as ordinal approach. (Figure 1)
Figure 1. A STAR Project, ordinal approach
Except activities not mentioned on the project frame, there are at least two point, which are to collect base line data in order to measure the achievement of outputs and purpose and to develop the project related personnel through running the project. As you see, we have to do various activities to achieve the purpose. Now let's see the frame of A STAR Project as activity-oriented approach. (Figure 2)
Figure 2. A STAR Project, activity-oriented approach
On-going activities, "Assessment of PWDs & Family" and "Awareness Raising Campaign" have relation with all outputs and various activities not mentioned in the project frame. These activities include the consideration of community resource and condition, like PWDs leader candidate working as project staff, resource persons with/without disabilities can be invited as workshop lecture/facilitator, feature as the city of education, Annual sports festival for PWDs held in Abbottabad, Some GO/NGOs working in related sector, etc). The feature is as follows;
1.Assessment of PWDs & Family: All staff are PWDs or PWDs family
It is very "effective" and gives big "impact" that all staff are PWDs or PWDs family. Also it'd be "efficient" and have "sustainability", if staff with disabilities become to leader and work in the government, non-government, private sectors. On the other hand, this project is beneficial directory to PWDs and PWDs family through employing them.
2.Awareness Raising Campaign:PWDs/PWDs Family/Project related personnels' independent participation
A STAR Project focus on the promotion of participation into the project itsself. Awareness Raising Campaign is one of the method for participation. PWDs/PWDs Family/Project related personnels become implementators of the activities. It make easier to achieve the outputs and purpose with joy. Joyful activities raise the interest of the project related personnels and lead to sustainability.
Workshop for Assessment Staff
| Date |
Facilitator
Lecturer |
Theme |
Topic |
Material |
| 2009/2/6 |
Expert |
What is disability?-I |
Lecture:Medical Model & Social Model, Four Varriers |
PPT
38KB |
| 2009/2/13 |
Expert |
What is disability?-II |
Indian Film "Talay Zameen Par", What is normal, Group Discussion |
PPT
56KB |
| 2009/2/20 |
Expert |
What is disability?-III |
Movie "Agents of Change" Produced by STEP, What is Special?, Group Discussion |
PPT
22KB |
| 2009/2/26 |
Expert |
What is disability?-IV |
American Film"Born on the fourth of July", Lecture:Cause of disabilities and prevention-What you can do-, Group Discussion |
PPT
358KB |
| 2009/3/6 |
Expert |
Universal Design |
Movie "Independent Living" Produce by APCD, Lecture:Universal Design & Varrier-free, Group Discussion, Accessibility Check at Special Education Centre, Fed. Govt. |
PDF
6,195KB |
| 2009/3/11-12 |
- |
Islamabad Training Trip |
Meeting with APCD Mission, Visit at Milestone(IL center) and Director General of Special Education |
PPT
37KB |
| 2009/3/20 |
Expert |
What is disability?-V |
Indian Film "Lagaan", Lecture:Definition of Disability, What is Social Participation, Review of Training Trip |
PPT
144KB |
| 2009/3/27 |
Expert |
Government's Policy |
Movie "CBR" Produced by APCD, Lecture:Law, Policy and Plan of Government of Pakistan, Group Work(Project Opening Ceremony, Project Slogan&Logo Competition, Awareness Raising Activity, Sport of PWDs) |
PPT
271KB |
| 2009/4/3 |
Expert |
Intellectual and Developmental Disability |
Indian Film "Ankeen", Lecture:Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Group Work(Project Opening Ceremony, Project Slogan&Logo Competition, Awareness Raising Activity, Sport of PWDs) |
PPT
207KB |
| 2009/4/10 |
PhysioTherapist |
Cerebral Pulsy, Polio |
Indian Film "Black", Lecture:Cerebral Pulsy, Polio, Group Work(Project Opening Ceremony, Project Slogan&Logo Competition, Awareness Raising Activity, Sport of PWDs) |
PPT
270KB |
| 2009/4/17 |
STEP(DPO) |
Disability Equality Training |
Lecture and Group Discussion about Disability Issue |
- |
| 2009/4/23 |
Expert |
Vocational Training and employment of PWDs |
Indian Film "Khamoshi", Lecture:Vocational Training and employment of PWDs, Role Play "Assessment of PWDs" |
PPT
392KB |
| 2009/4/30 |
Expert |
Project Whole Plan |
Lecture:Project Whole Plan and Our Organization |
Word
130KB |
| 2009/5/8 |
Expert |
Staff Interview |
Interview and Practice for assessment |
|
| 2009/5/21 |
Expert |
Assessment Method-I |
Assessment Method |
- |
| 2009/6/5 |
Expert |
Assessment Method-II |
Assessment Method |
- |
| 2009/6/12 |
Expert |
Assessment Method-III |
Assessment Method |
- |
| 2009/6/22 |
Expert |
Assessment Method-IV |
Assessment Method, Review of Opening Ceremony |
- |
| 2009/6/26 |
Expert |
Assessment Method-V |
Assessment Method, Review of Opening Ceremony |
- |
| 2009/7/10 |
Expert |
Intellectual and Developmental Disability |
Indian Film "Ghazini", Lecture:Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Lecture: Office Rule |
PPT
1,178KB |
| 2009/7/17 |
Principal of Private School(PST member) |
"Peace" |
Lecture:Peace, Drawing Competition "Peace" |
PPT
996KB |
| 2009/7/24 |
Incharge of Special Education Centre |
Social Case Work |
Relationship with parents of children with disabilities |
- |
| 2009/7/31 |
Sub-incharge, National Institute of Special Education |
Management of Intellectual Disabilities |
Lecture:Management of Intellectual Disabilities |
PPT
435KB |
| 2009/8/18-22 |
Milestone(DPO) |
Independent Living |
Lecture & Group Discussion on Independent Living, Peer Counseling, Attendantship, What is Committment, What is Vision |
- |
| 2009/8/28 |
Expert |
Review of Milestone's Workshop |
Group Discussion: Review of Milestone's Workshop, Practice: Workshop Methods, Group Work(TRY AI, Scavenging in Islamabad, Eid Card Competition, Walk in main bazar) |
- |
| 2009/9/4 |
Project Staff |
Group work |
Group Work(TRY AI, Scavenging in Islamabad, Eid Card Competition, Walk in main bazar) |
- |
| 2009/9/11 |
Project Staff |
Group work |
Group Work(TRY AI, Scavenging in Islamabad, Eid Card Competition, Walk in main bazar) |
- |
| 2009/9/18 |
Project Staff |
Group work |
Group Work(TRY AI, Scavenging in Islamabad, Eid Card Competition, Walk in main bazar) |
- |
| 2009/9/25 |
Project Staff |
PCM workshop I |
Problem Analyse, Why there're many PWDs in Abbottabad |
- |
| 2009/10/2 |
Project Staff |
Sharing experience |
About assessment of persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illness through group discussion |
- |
| 2009/10/9 |
Project Staff |
Sharing experience |
About assessment of persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illness through case study |
- |
| 2009/10/16 |
Project Staff |
|
|
- |
| 2009/10/23 |
Project Staff |
Preparation of TRY-A |
Group Work |
- |
| 2009/10/30 |
Project Staff |
Review of TRY-A |
Analyse, discussion and sharing about strong & weak points |
- |
| 2009/11/6 |
Project Staff |
Why Group Making? |
Participatory workshop and practice, "Let's make a group!" |
PPT
40KB |
| 2009/11/13 |
Project Staff |
Why Awareness Raising? |
Participatory workshop and Group Discussion, "Our experience of discrimination" |
PPT
288KB |
| 2009/11/20 |
Project Staff |
Tree Roots Structure |
Participatory workshop, "What we can do" |
PPT
105KB |
| 2009/12/04 |
Fedral Govt. Officer |
National Plan of Action, PWDs, 2006 |
Lecture |
- |
| 2009/12/11 |
Fedral Govt. Officer |
VREDP:Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled People |
Lecture |
- |
| 2009/12/18 |
Project Staff |
Disability and Workforce |
Group Discussion |
- |
| 2009/12/25 |
Ex-trainee |
Report of PWDs leadership training in other country |
Presentation |
- |
| 2010/01/08 |
Project Staff |
Sharing experience of field work |
Group Discussion |
- |
| 2010/01/16 |
Ex-trainee |
PWDs leadership training for begginers |
Lecture/Group Discussion |
- |
| 2010/01/23 |
Project Staff |
Inclusive Education |
Group Discussion |
- |
| 2010/01/30 |
Project Staff |
PWDs leadership training for begginers |
Movie watching/Group Discussion |
- |
| 2010/02/10-13 |
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Nizamani |
Disability Equality Training |
Workshop |
- |
| 2010/02/19 |
Federal Govt. Officer |
Social Work for the Deaf |
Lecture |
- |
| 2010/03/05 |
Short Term Expert |
Self-Help Group |
Workshop |
- |
| 2010/03/09 |
Short Term Expert |
PWDs Leadership Training |
Workshop |
- |
| 2010/03/12 |
I Expert |
Developmental Disability |
Movie: MY Name is Khan (Asperger Syndrom)/Gruop Discussion |
- |
| 2010/03/19 |
I Expert |
Workshop Review 2009 - 2010 |
Workshop |
- |
Assessment of Disabled & Non-Disabled People(Sep. 1, 2010)
| Non-Disabled People |
4,032 |
| Physically Challenged People |
394 |
| Intellectually Challenged People |
435 |
| Visually Challenged People |
306 |
| Hearing Challenged People |
309 |
| Workers with disabilities |
60 |
| Students with disabilities |
10 |
| Internal Displaced People with disabilities |
67 |
| Effectiveness check of the Assessment by PWDs |
56 |
 Review: The Role of Project Steering Team(Sep.1 2010)
At the begining of 2009, A STAR Project Steering Team was established
as a project implimentor.
Already 33 meetings had been held every after two weeks since its establishment.
The role of PST is to impliment and monitor the project.
Under the PST Guideline, which was prepared by PST member themselves at the end of 2009,
The PST has been holding the regular meetings.
The activity and member of PST is as follows;
Activity
- Reporting of Joint or Individual meetiing between Federal, Provincial, District Govt. and NGOs(Networking)
- Preparation, Implementation and followw up of PWDs & Family Leadership Training(Empowerment)
- Support to establish and strengthen DPPOs, SHGs and Family Association of PWDs(Empowerment)
- Preparation, Implementation and followw up of the awareness raising activity and training to decrease the prejudice and discrimination against PWDs and their family(Inclusion)
- Preparation and distribution the audioo-visual materials to decrease the prejudice and discriminatio against PWDs and their family(Inclusiion)
- Preparation, Implementation and followw up of the awareness raising activity and training to improve the accessibility of disability related information(Inclusion)
- Preparation and distribution the audioo-visual materials to improve the accessibility of disability related information(Inclusion)
Member
The PST consists of the project counterparts and experts and
about 20 volunteers, who are selected in Government and NGOs/Private sectors,
under the consideration about the participation of PWDs & Family, Gender balance and socio-economic background.
PWDs and Family members are written by red fonts.
There're three sub-groups in PST, 1) Networking, 2)Empowerment and 3) Inclusion.
| Sector |
Organization |
Designation |
Role as PST member |
| Project |
District Coordination Office |
District Coordination Officer |
Project Director
Chairperson |
| District Office, Social Welfare Dept. |
District Officer |
Project Manager
Networking |
| Coorperation Agency |
Expert |
Chief Adviser
Empowerment |
| Coorperation Agency |
Expert |
Coordinator
Networking |
| A STAR |
National Coordinator |
Networking |
| Federal Ministory of Social Welfare & Special Education |
Staff |
Project Assistant
Empowerment |
| Govt. |
Federal Special Education Center |
Principal |
Networing |
| District Planning Office |
District Officer |
Networking |
| District Health Office |
Deputy Director |
Networking |
| District Sports Office |
District Officer |
Networking |
| Provincial Law Office |
Law Officer |
Empowerment |
| Federal Ministory of Defence, Pakistan International Airlilnes |
Finaicla Officer |
Empowerment |
NGO/
Private |
Pak-Irish Rehabilitation Center |
Executive Director |
Inclustion |
| COMSATS institute of IT |
Assistant Professor
Molecular Biology |
Inclusion |
| Abbottabad International Medical College |
Advocator |
Inclusion |
| International Public School |
Principal |
Inclusion |
| SEWA(DPO) |
President |
Empowerment |
| CAMP(NGO for PWDs) |
Physiotherapist |
Networking |
| SUNGI(NGO for women & children) |
staff |
Networking |
| CHEF(Development Agency) |
Regional Director |
Networking |
| Abbottabad FM Radio |
DJ |
Inclusion |
| Individual |
Milestone(DPO) |
Ex-Staff |
Empowerment |
| SUNGI/A STAR |
Ex-Staff |
Empowerment |
| - |
Singer |
Empowerment |
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