Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (CAMP) is a national non-profit and non-governmental organization established and registered in May 2002, under the Societies Act of 1860 (Registration No. 192/5/2946). We work with some of the most underprivileged communities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan; responding to emergencies, improving access to quality health and education, creating livelihood opportunities and working closely with communities and government departments to promote human rights, peace and security.(Read more about CAMP)

Communities for Change Project : Phase - I

Tue, 19/05/2009 - 17:46 — CAMP

Policies for FATA are made at the Federal level, leaving very little opportunity for the people of FATA to voice their needs and demands. And although the Government of Pakistan is taking steps to increase development spending in FATA, there is a need to facilitate and create a sustained and viable grassroots movement, which would assert and protect the social, political and economic rights of the people. With support from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, CAMP initiated a 21- month project in May 2009, titled 'Communities for Change'. The objective of this project is to empower the people of FATA to claim and defend their social, political and economic rights, as well as actively develop their resilience to sectarian and inter-tribal conflict and influences. The project will form and strengthen a sustained network of Community Based Organisations (CBOs) of local leadership in FATA, and build grassroots level capacity to tackle issues that are contributing to poor governance, underdevelopment, radicalization, deteriorating law & order, and violation of human rights, through partnership and networks. The project strategy will be CAMP's underlying strategy in all its work: to encourage active participation from all community members without any discrimination. The foundation of the project was laid by identifying CBOs where they existed, and forming new CBOs where there were weak or did not exist. With 102 CBOs selected by November 2009, a three day consultative workshop was held with members of CBOs to identify their needs and gaps, on which CAMP's capacity building programme will be built. The training programme is due to start in January 2009, and will focus on the following areas: human rights and democracy, advocacy and lobbying skills, effective communication and presentation skills, project management and leadership, and conflict resolution. The Project will continue to support and enhance advocacy efforts through consultative dialogues, IEC (information, education and communication) material, reports and a monthly newsletter. For latest updates, please see 'Voices from FATA' the Project's monthly newsletter.