Livelihood Restoration and Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province

Unprecedented and devastating floods battered Pakistan in 2010 and 2011, destroying infrastructure, homes and agricultural lands, affecting 20 million people, one fifth of the country. The disaster-prone Sindh Province, home to 34 million people, was particularly hard hit with 90% of the rural population engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry as their primary occupation. The floods had a disastrous impact on the already tenuous food and economic security situation of those most vulnerable. ​

The overall goal of the programme is to restore and protect the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable peasants dependent on tenant landholdings and made vulnerable by recurrent natural disasters, with a focus on the following objectives: (i) increase the economic security of rural communities with improvements in agriculture and alternative income-generating activities; (ii) enhance the skills and knowledge of men and women farmers, landless people and unemployed youth through technical training and increased awareness in disaster risk reduction and adaptations to climate change; and (iii) empower community organizations, including women’s groups, to improve their management of natural resources (land, water, vegetation), strengthen their resilience to future shocks, and give voice to those most marginalized. ​

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Programme Summary
Case Studies compiled by ILO: Rebuilding Flood Affected Farmers’ Communities – Inspirational Human Stories