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PDI and other civil society organizations formed Balochistan Humanitarian Forum [PHF]
Quetta: In a grand provincial level consultative workshop organized on October 26, 2009 in Quetta by PDI jointly with Oxfam Novib, PDI and other civil society organizations decided to form Balochistan Humanitarian Forum. The consultation was attended by a large number of civil society organizations from Quetta and about 20 other disaster prone and vulnerable districts of Balochistan.
Majority of the Women Beneficiaries of Sindh Government Land Distribution Program Still Waiting for Land Ownership Documents, PDI Study Says
An Study conducted on the issues in the land distribution program of Sindh government has disclosed that above 50 percent of women land grantees of the program are still without legal land ownership documents, while in some cases influential people have occupied the land granted to the women due to lack of proper follow up support to the land grantees by the government.
Livestock Vaccination Camps held at DRM Project Area Khuzdar
The vaccination campaign of livestock has been the most crucial objective of Community Based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihood Program as in project area seasonal diseases outbreaks in cattle bring about sudden deaths and killings providing little time for treatment and ultimately cause heavy financial and emotional loss on the livelihood of pastoralists/ farmers.
"PDI Distributes 300 Livestock Among Poor and Vulnerable Women"
Going along with the Community based disaster risk management & livelihood program PDI with the support of EC and Oxfam just this month distributed 300 livestock among poor and vulnerable women.
PDI Campaign on Climate Change: Orientation Meetings held in Six Districts of Balochistan
Quetta: PDI has initiated awareness and advocacy campaign on climate change with the support of Oxfam GB. In this connection PDI organized district level orientation meetings on climate change in six districts of Balochistan. The orientations meetings were held in Lasbela, Awaran, Gwadar and Kech Districts on August, 20, 21, 27 and 28 respectively, while Khuzdar and Kalat orientation meetings were held on September 8, and October 19, 2009 respectively.
PDI organizes District Level DRR Trainings in Khuzdar and Kalat"
In collaboration with Oxfam Novib, Participatory Development Initiatives organized a district level training workshop for the officials and civil society representatives in Disaster Risk Management in Balochistan. 2-day training workshop on DRM was held in two districts, Khuzdar May 4-5, 2009 and in Kalat Balochistan on May 7-8, 2009.
Elected Representatives Demand Revision of Petroleum Exploration and Production Policy 2009"
Islamabad [June 11 2009] Elected representatives, community leaders, civil society activists and experts have termed the newly prepared “Petroleum Exploration and Production Policy 2009 as unfriendly towards the local communities of the oil and gas producing areas as well as the provinces and have demanded the revision of the policy by engaging all the stakeholders including the local communities, district and provincial governments.
PDI Workshop Declares World Bank Climate Change Strategy as "Bundle of Contradictions"
World Bank South Asia Climate Change Strategy is a “Bundle of Contradictions’ as on the one hand it is full of rhetoric of growing threats of climate change while on the other hand, it emphasis on the World Bank lending on the dirty fossil fuel including oil, gas and coal and mega irrigation infrastructure projects including dams etc in South Asia.
PDI Establishes "Peoples Budget Resource Center" in Pakistan
Going along with the Community based disaster risk management & livelihood program PDI with the support of EC and Oxfam just this month distributed 300 livestock among poor and vulnerable women.
PDI to Organize National Consultative Workshop on World Bank South Asian Climate Change Strategy
Climate change has emerged as the key threat to the biodiversity and the natural livelihood resources of the world. With the sudden increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters including droughts, earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis, the global debate with regard to climate change and its relationship with
PDI Forms DDM Forums in Khuzdar and Kalat
PDI jointly with Oxfam GB has launched a campaign on land rights specially the land rights of women in Sindh province of Pakistan. In this campaign PDI goals to contribute towards land rights and equitable landownership of the poor and vulnerable groups especially women in Sindh (Pakistan) for their socio-economic and livelihoods empowerment, while the campaign purpose is that poor
PDI Selected as a [NCO] in conducting a global study on DRR
Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GN) Launched in 2007, is now conducting a research project on the status Of Implementation on Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) called 'Views from the Frontline'. PDI been selected by GN to be the National Coordinating Organization [NCO] in Conducting this research in Pakistan by the.
PDI Launches campaign on Land Rights
PDI jointly with Oxfam GB has launched a campaign on land rights specially the land rights of women in Sindh province of Pakistan. In this campaign PDI goals to contribute towards land rights and equitable landownership of the poor and vulnerable groups especially women in Sindh (Pakistan) for their socio-economic and livelihoods empowerment, while the campaign purpose is that poor
Oil and gas firms accused of violating environmental laws
Friday, January 30, 2009RSpeakers accused the oil and gas companies of not fulfilling their environmental obligations, saying initial surveys and seismic operations—blasting and drilling—are being conducted without using the guidelines of the Environmental Protect Act 1997.
Balochistan not prepared to tackle natural disasters’
By Malik Siraj AkbarThese observations were made in a day-long conference on climate change and disaster management in Balochistan on Thursday. The conference was held by the Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI) in collaboration with Oxfam, and attended by leading experts on the environment and several government and non-government agencies.
Founder YGDP Khalida Brohi selected for Leadership Award in Washington DC
Khalida Brohi has been selected for a 2008 YouthActionNet Global Fellow Award thanks to her work in advocating for the empowerment of women and youth in Khuzdar, a small rural town in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran.
PDI Launches Climate Change Campaign to Mitigate and Prevents its effects
Keeping in view the impact of climate change on the increasing disasters including floods, cyclones, sea intrusion, droughts and consequent natural resource degradation and poverty in Pakistan, the Board of Directors of Participatory Development Initiatives [PDI] has decided to launch "Climate Change Prevention and Mitigation Program".
PDI Launched Pakistan’ First Local Fishermen Cooperative Society at Kharo Chan District Thatta Sindh
An Study conducted on the issues in the land distribution program of Sindh government has disclosed that above 50 percent of women land grantees of the program are still without legal land ownership documents, while in some cases influential people have occupied the land granted to the women due to lack of proper follow up support to the land grantees by the government.
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