{"id":59590,"date":"2020-01-09T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59590"},"modified":"2020-01-21T11:05:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:05:21","slug":"livelihood-project-launched-locals-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/livelihood-project-launched-locals-refugees.html","title":{"rendered":"Livelihood project launched for locals, refugees in KP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) have launched a project to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for local communities and Afghan refugees residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan districts, according to news sources.<\/p>\n<p>As per the official press release, the project is estimated to cost PKR 320 million and will assist 3,000 Pakistani households; in addition to the 3,000 households already benefiting from the PPAF\u2019 existing livelihood programme. This initiative will focus mainly on Mansehra and Peshawar districts in KP and Chaghi in Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-financial-inclusion-initiative-poverty-alleviation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PM launches &#8216;Financial Inclusion&#8217; initiative for poverty alleviation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under this initiative, vulnerable households will be given intensive coaching in agriculture and entrepreneurship areas. They will be offered various packages (including livestock) and access to financial services.<\/p>\n<p>The UNCHR initiative is complementing the government\u2019s flagship Ehsaas programme aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-to-finance-provincial-poverty-alleviation-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleviating poverty <\/a>and boosting economic growth in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/policy-drafting-support-4-2-mn-orphans-initiated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Policy drafting to support 4.2 mn orphans initiated<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNHCR Representative in Pakistan Ruvendrini Menikdiwela spoke at the occasion and said these projects would significantly improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty. She said that refugees, when equipped with a set of skills, can become self-reliant and positively influence the economy of their host country and that of their homeland when they return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) have launched a project to provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for local communities and Afghan refugees residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan districts, according to news sources. As per the official press release, the project is estimated to cost PKR 320 million and will assist 3,000 Pakistani households; in addition to the 3,000 households already benefiting from the PPAF\u2019 existing livelihood programme. This initiative will focus mainly on Mansehra and Peshawar districts in KP and Chaghi in Balochistan. Read:\u00a0PM launches &#8216;Financial Inclusion&#8217; initiative for poverty alleviation Under this initiative, vulnerable households will be given intensive coaching in agriculture and entrepreneurship areas. They will be offered various packages (including livestock) and access to financial services. The UNCHR initiative is complementing the government\u2019s flagship Ehsaas programme aimed at alleviating poverty and boosting economic growth in the country. Read:\u00a0Policy drafting to support 4.2 mn orphans initiated UNHCR Representative in Pakistan Ruvendrini Menikdiwela spoke at the occasion and said these projects would significantly improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty. She said that refugees, when equipped with a set of skills, can become self-reliant and positively&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":48121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[14895,14896],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-details-on-livelihood-project-launched-for-locals","9":"tag-refugees","10":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livelihood project launched for locals, refugees in KP - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Peshawar: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) have launched a project to provide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/livelihood-project-launched-locals-refugees.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Livelihood project launched for locals, refugees in KP - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peshawar: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) have launched a project to provide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/livelihood-project-launched-locals-refugees.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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