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EPS News:

PSWD-HPP Grant Award Ceremony Abt Associates Inc organized a Grant Award Ceremony on Monday 30 June, 2008 at Islamabad Club, Main Murree Road, Islamabad between11:30 to 13:00 hrs. The chief guest of the ceremony was Ms. Anne Aarnes, Mission Director, USAID/Pakistan.

One-Day Training On Advocacy/lobbying, Leadership Environmental Protection Society (EPS), SAP (PK) SDGP organized One day training program in the EPS head office Saidu Sharif Swat on: 21/06/2008. The training was participated by SDGO advisory group (DFGs) members, PWGs from six selected Union Councils (Shahdara, Burn, Saidu Sharif, Islampur, Gul kada, Qamber) and representatives from media.

Meeting with Provincial Minister of Environment EPS management & PFWR project team conducted a meeting with Provincial Environmental Minister, Mr. Wajid Ali Khan on May 24, 2008 at his residence.

Initiative for Umbrella Coalition of CBOs & CCBs of Mingowara City A meeting was conducted with different CBOs and CCBs of Mingowara city on May 15, 2008 at EPS office. EPS ED chaired the meeting accompanied by PFWR project Coordinator.

World Thalasamia Day “Blood Donation Camp” Environmental Protection Society (EPS) organized Blood Donation Camp on World Thalasamia day dated May 14, 2008 in EPS head office.

National Conference for Farmer’s Policy SAP (PK) SDGP organized a seminar, which took place in the Haseeb Memorial Trust building Lahore on: 01-02/05/2008. The seminar was participated by SAP-PK Provincial Offices Members, District Partners Members, DFGs, PWGs and Minorities, Rural women and Representatives from GLAs.

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Mitigation Operations for Health Issues among Migrants (MOHIM) project Shangla:
After the successful implementation of Community Based Health and Disaster Management Program in district Shangla EPS in collaboration with CARE International in Pakistan started Mitigation Operations for Health Issues among Migrants (MOHIM) project in the four highly affected union councils of district Shangla initially for one year.

Aims of the Project:

The project aims at providing primary health cover to the sixty thousand displaced people especially women and children in four union councils (in settled and tent villages) worst hit by the earthquake in Shangla.  Developing a workable model of health cover provision to disaster displaced communities anywhere in the future is also aimed at.

Activities:

  1. Formation of village committees.
  2. Establishing and promotion of community health volunteers
  3. Training of community health volunteers
  4. Establishing tent clinics
  5. Mobile medical camps
  6. Training of TBAs
  7. Establishing and maintaining referral linkages
  8. Coordination and networking

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