Maternal and newborn health outcomes in the region are appalling. The lack of skilled health workers contributes hugely to the problem. Supported by IDEALS UK our long-term partner, and in collaboration with the FATA Health Directorate, we began this initiative in December 2008: having recruited young women with the necessary academic qualifications, motivation and family support, their 20 month training programme to become the first community midwives to operate in Khyber Agency and adjacent Frontier Regions began in April 2009.
There is a huge burden of trauma within FATA, arising primarily from road traffic accidents, gunshot wounds and landmines/unexploded ordnance. Obviously the burden is currently much greater given the conflict and floods ravaging the region. Due to a lack of suitably skilled health workers and the necessary equipment people are dying unnecessarily and being left with avoidable disability. In conjunction with IDEALS, a UK based NGO, and the FATA Health Directorate, CAMP addressed these issues with the following interventions:
The figure of 17.42% of people in FATA being literate presents a very dismal scenario, but more pitiful is the female literacy which is less than 3% (1998 Census). This leaves most FATA youth with little or no education and inadequate coping skills. With little opportunities to access vocational or higher education they are practically unemployable for trades and jobs that require semi-or higher skilled workers, and as a result are vulnerable to exploitation and extremism.
The promotion of durable and sustainable peace and development has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges that the FATA and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa region are facing, especially in the past few years. Young people in FATA struggle with a number of cultural, educational, economic and social obstacles. Most young people in FATA do not complete their basic education, lack core life skills, and are excluded from mainstream opportunities for livelihood and development.
Pakistan is classified as a low prevalence, high risk country, with an adult HIV seroprevalence of 0.1%. (number of infected individuals divided by the total number in the population). However, within the highest risk group of injecting drug users this rate is a more alarming 16%. If Pakistan follows the Asian model the next stage will be spillover of HIV infection into other high risk groups (such as sex workers) and thereafter through the bridging populations (clients of sex workers, truck drivers and migrant workers) to the general population.
Supported by IDEALS, a comprehensive survey was conducted at Bedadi village, Mansehra district, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa in 2008. We identified a number of children with significant health problems, including severe malnutrition, anaemia and visual impairment. Subsequently all these children were assessed and investigated by child health and eye specialists in nearby Mansehra city, receiving drug treatment and corrective glasses as needed.
In April 2006 CAMP launched its first participatory water supply and sanitation project in Mohmand agency with the financial support of British High Commission, Islamabad under the Small Grants Scheme (SGS).
CAMP implemented a women's literacy project in Mohmand Agency with the financial support of the British High Commission, Islamabad in 2005 -2006. The project aimed to empower women in the community through an integrated approach to literacy that creates a foundation for personal growth, family strengthening and community development.
Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), CAMP rehabilitated and reactivated 25 government primary schools for girls in Mohmand agency. The one year project started in March 2005 and was completed in March 2006. CAMP coordinated the activity closely with the Agency Education Office in Mohmand, and the FATA Secretariat.
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)
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