Naway Saher - CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN 

What: Naway Saher, Pashto for ‘New Dawn’ is a Community services group working as CBO for resolving issues and community matters along with having youth mobilizing programme. Naway Saher activities include:

  • FM radio programme which is run by community, produced by the community.  

  • New production team of community volunteers (men and women) trained to produce content for FM radio programmes.

  • Youth sport programme started daily in the evening from October 2018.

  • Health service clinic for poor patients with free medicine donated by friends, and mobile motorbike service.

  • Community health slips with minimum charges for medicine and check up.

  • Clean water well for communities (see our blog)

Outcomes: Community members are gathering together to listen to radio

Community members are discussing health hygiene issues they hear on the radio and making changes to practice.

Community members are motivated to be included in creating programming that addresses local issues.

Women and young girls are participating in community health education and in radio production.

Our Role: Facilitation, project design, consultancy, training of community members.

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