National Humanitarian Network (NHN), Pakistan

NHN, an alliance of humanitarian national non-governmental organizations, focused on three interlinked components, i.e. awareness-raising, capacity-building and community engagement on PSEA. As a result, the NGO developed  and printed posters in 5 local languages, including Balochi, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, carrying culturally sensitive PSEA messages under four different hashtags disseminated through social media and displayed in public areas of major cities and rural hubs. Capacity building was organized through a national Training of Trainers for 20 CSO staff representing all provinces to develop a pool of experts on PSEA and through 20 community staff training for 587 staff members of local CSOs, community-based organisations and other stakeholders from across Pakistan. The network also held 5 focus group discussions at provincial and regional level with 68 participants and 50 community engagement sessions refugees and host communities, to create a discussion space, support the development of community-led initiatives and to enhance community leadership.

Shared resources include:

• a poster in Balochi, Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi and Urdu to raise awareness on PSEA and on the available reporting channels targeting affected communities, refugees and host communities.
• Capacity building exercises for CSO Staff – agenda, presentation and report.
• Focus Group Discussions with affected communities, refugees and host communities to create a discussion space, support the development of community-led initiatives and to enhance community leadership. The organization developed guidelines and questions and a report in English.