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Closing Ceremony of Leadership Management Skill Training (LMST)

Malakand Continental Hotel Mingora Swat (May 13, 2014)

Funded by European Union Implemented by SRSP

After successful completion of five days residential

trainings on “Leadership Management Skills Training

(LMST)” for men activists from different community

organizations of UC Aladand and Thana Bandajat

District Malakand, the closing ceremony was held, in

which apart from Regional HRDO Swat Region, 26 men

activists (training participants) participated. Mr. Gohar

Khan (Protection Officer, Social Welfare Department

Swat) also participated in the occasion as chief guest.

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Mr. Bahadur Ali Regional HRDO Swat, while

expressions his views, thanked the chief guest

for sparing his precious time and timely

participation in the occasion. While expressing

his views, he highlighted the SRSP vision and

mission as well as working approach and

objectives to the specific training event. He

further added that we on behalf of SRSP are

trying our best to organize and facilitate such

types of training events with all possible

arrangements. He also added that we believe

that communities have potentials to do and

the SRSP is going to explore these potentials in

the shape of organized communities.

The LMST closing

ceremony was started

with recitation from the

Holy Quran performed

by one among the

training participants.

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Mr. Umar Farooq (President of Taj CO, UC

Thana Bandajat), while giving his feedback

regarding the five days residential training

of LMST he appreciated the attitude of

resource persons and the valuable contents

of LMST. He was also of the opinion that

after getting this training we are now able

to get to know about our duties/rights,

rules and responsibilities. He further added

that we will onward convey the SRSP core

message to the concerned communities.

Mr. Ishtehar Hussain (President of Miras

Khel CO, UC Aladand) among the training

participants, while giving his feedback

regarding the five days residential LMST

training, he added that we learned a lot of

about social mobilization, development

concept and role of community activists. He

further expressed that we would onward

live in communities as brothers and work

together for ensuring sustainable

development in our local societies.

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The Respected Chief Guest (Mr. Gohar Khan, Protection

Officer Department of Social Welfare Swat) during his

speech thanked SRSP and the entire participants. While

expressing his concluding remarks he added that we are in close

coordination with SRSP in various activities and interventions.

He was of the opinion that there is no doubt that the SRSP

interventions have brought visible change in community

development, which seems towards sustainable rural

development. He further expressed that this five days training

would be more fruitful for all the participants in the sense of

real development in communities at grassroots level and would

help us in revival of our cultural traditions i.e. Hujra, Ashar,

Jerga and collectivism. He further suggested for making

registration of community institutions with government

registration authorities, in which the social welfare department

will extend all possible cooperation. He stressed the

participants to ensure their access to different departments so

in this way the gaps between line departments and

communities would be bridged. He briefed the participants

regarding social welfare department and its activities and asked

them to get freely, if there is any question. Several questions

were raised by the participants, which were clarified by the

chief guest with entire satisfactions of the participants.

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The chief guest then awarded certificates to the

training participants

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