Food & Security Livelihood Services
The Food & Security Livelihood Enhancement Department was initiated in 1998 focusing on the development of communities through income generation opportunities, skills enhancement and overall improvement in the FSL of the underprivileged.
In 2022-23, HANDS carried out 14 FSL-related projects in 43 districts and 6,887 villages and urban settlements with 1.29 Million Beneficiaries
14
Projects
43
Districts
6887
Villages/Urban Settlement
1.29M
Beneficiaries
|
Description
|
2022-23
|
Up-to-date
|
|---|---|---|
|
Interest-Free Loan (IFL) Borrowers
|
4,128
Amount in PKR
(116 million) |
35,197
Amount in PKR
(862 million) |
|
Agriculture Cash Grant Beneficiaries
|
1,035
Amount in PKR
(30 million) |
56,396
Amount in PKR
( 790 million) |
|
Non-Agriculture Cash Grant Beneficiaries
|
45,294
Amount in PKR
( 857 million) |
124,820
Amount in PKR
( 2,237 million) |
Services Models
Non Agriculture Interventions
This model focuses on the economic empowerment of women. The program provides vocational training and establishes community-based enterprises like small shops, pushcarts, sewing machines, donkey carts, plumbing & electrician tool kits, Quingqi rickshaws, labor in irrigation channels, culverts, water ponds, flood-protection walls etc, to uplift the socio-economic status of vulnerable groups. The aim is to enable financial self-reliance, skills and social security for women.
This year 45,294 beneficiaries received PKR 857 million as conditional grants in non-agriculture areas.
