Ground Report

CHITRAL:   A three days long Change Management Workshop for Local Support Organizations (LSO) leadership concluded here in local hotel. Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) Chitral organized the workshop. District Nazim Chitral Haji Maghfirat Shah was chief guest on the occasion while Muhammad Karam, Miraj Khan were facilitators of the workshop. Addressing on the occasion district Nazim said that we always support and welcome any non-governmental organization who working for benefit of local community of Chitral. He said Chitral is a vast and wide area and it is not possible to provide relief to each citizen by government agencies. He said that LSO face different challenges by different segment of the society but you should to tolerate and continue your work. He said we acknowledging importance and need of LSO for uplifting of different backwards areas of Chitral. He stressed upon the stakeholders to must involve local community for ownership of your projects and sustainability. Engineer Sardar Ayub Regional Program Manager of AKRSP while talking on the occasion emphasized on stakeholders to come forward and play vital role in development of the area. He said that LSO have great responsibilities and people are looking forward with hopeful eyes towards LSO for brining positive changes. Miraj Khan of AKDN briefed the stakeholders on development and governance. He said that only way of development that we should to bring positive changes in our attitude. He said that development bring by integrity, responsibility, respect to the Laws and Rules, respect to rights of other citizens, work loving, strive for saving and investment, will of super action and punctuality are ethics of development and we never stand in the line of developed nations until we follow these principles. At last RPM Sardar Ayub distributed certificates among the participants of 3 days workshop.