ABOUT US
Reclaiming Communities and Transforming Lives
“To seek vulnerable population & high risk groups in depressed demographics and provide a set up to meet health, learning & recreational needs, acquire life & vocational skills and build a positive attitude equipping them to become ethical, literate and productive global citizens”.
Introduction
Sustainable Intervention Drive (SID) is a conceptual framework to develop social ecosystems, act as a service provider for organization, institutions, groups and individuals to interact and collaborate on scalable, replicable and sustainable participatory development models.
Overview
In the year 2013 the concept of SID took shape in the villages of Vehari, a district in the province of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Small projects for marginalized communities were successfully implemented. These included setting up stitching units, working with women in small brick kiln factories (Bhatta), facilitating minority Christian community, working on jail inmates including setting up the jail library, computer center and provision of free legal services, providing interest free microfinance loans, facilitating education, clean water projects, food and clothing drives, work in flood affected areas and several other initiatives. Gaining confidence SID moved from villages and small towns to the environs of urban Lahore. Work was done on libraries for SOS Children’s villages and uplift of orphans, slum dwellers, transgenders, mentally and physically challenged, drug addicts, work was also done in old homes and hospitals. In recent years communities in Yasin, Gilgit Baltistan, Chitral and a village near Larkana, Sindh were also facilitated. From these small-scale interventions, the idea was developed to make replicable, scalable and sustainable intervention models.
Latest project
Cluster Homes
Boys Hostel
Mochi Gate
Key Objectives
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Set up replicable, scalable and sustainable participatory development models
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Bring together individuals, institutions and organizations (public, private and/or non-profit) to address the issues and needs of vulnerable, marginalized and high-risk groups
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Work within the administrative structure such as the Union Council and Ward level involving the counsellors, administrative officers and local CBOs
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Develop connectivity between individuals and groups working on social development and community service projects
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Lend expertise to individuals and groups pursuing developmental goals
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Create systems for children and adults of low-income households to access health facilities, acquire education, knowledge and skills which would not only increase their employability, but would help them develop holistic personal traits, ultimately allowing them to lead fulfilled and dignified lives as contributive members of society
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Ensure the objectives mentioned above are pursued with efficiency