(I)     Vocational Training

Saifullah Foundation has in hand a number of projects for vocational training courses for promoting self-employment among the youth in trades such as repair facilities for radio, TV, other electrical appliances, bicycle repair, plumbing, carpentry, building electrician, auto electrician and similar other vocations. This would go a long way in creating self-employment opportunities for the young and thereby help in the reduction of poverty.

(II)  PROMOTION OF LOCAL ARTS AND CRAFTS

The arts and crafts, its evolution, changes in patterns reveal character of the people of the area. Mostly our village women folk are custodians of this local heritage. Craft art requires lifetime individual efforts to produce quality products. Girl children traditionally inherit these skills from their mothers and grandmothers. In earlier times craft items were exchanged for food & clothing. Such craft works provided enough room for women to render income generation activities at home and traditionally allowed some space for women’s mobility and marketing activities.  The valuable heritage of this region is now fading away and crafts such as pottery making, weaving cotton and woolen cloth, woodcarving, mat making with date palm leaves etc. are slowly disappearing from the rural scene.  SFSD is planning for the revival and promotion of such arts and crafts. For this purpose SFSD firstly plans to sensitize and mobilize the community about the significance of traditional arts and crafts. Secondly, arrange training for traditional skills for income generation, marketing the product through design improvement, building confidence among women and supporting self help initiatives. And, lastly to pursue this program as an income generation source for the long-term institutional sustainability.

(III)   AVAILABILITY OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER

Seventy percent population of Pakistan is known to have little access to clean & safe drinking water. This problem is more acute particularly in rural areas of   D.I. Khan, Lakki Marwat, and Karak etc. In many rural communities, it is the women and children who are responsible for locating and transporting water for domestic consumption. Fulfilling this daily responsibility often leaves little time for women to pursue more productive work and for the young little time for education. The task of providing clean drinking water would not only protect rural population against common water borne diseases but also help them to pursue more productive activities and spare children’s time for attending school. SFSD plans to start survey of appropriate spots for locating and sinking hand water pumps in selected villages. In 2005 the Foundation plans to install hand operated water pumps in 05 union councils.