Profile

National Integrated Development Association

(NIDA-Pakistan)

Head Office: Township Besham, District Shangla Post Code 20500 KPK Pakistan.
Provincial office: House No M-2 Old Bara Road University Town Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan
Phone No: +92-996-400327, +92-91-5844577
Fax No: +92-996-400327, +92-91-5844577
E-mail: niddapakistan@gmail.com, info@nidapakistan.org
Website: http//:www.nidapakistan.org
Introduction to the organization
National Integrated Development Association (NIDA-Pakistan) is a non-governmental
organization committed to aiding underprivileged communities across Pakistan, including Gilgit
Biltistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK).
NIDA-Pakistan is registered with Government of Pakistan under the Societies Registration Act
1860.

NIDA-Pakistan intervenes in both in disaster and non-disaster situations, aiming for the
sustainable development of marginalized communities. Since its registration in August 2008,
NIDA-Pakistan has directly implemented 20 different research and implementation projects in
Pakistan, large and small.
NIDA-Pakistan has undertaken its projects in areas of health, education, livelihood, water,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH), human rights, peace and development, human and institutional
development, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).

The organization has also contributed to emergency relief, recovery, rehabilitation and
development of rural and urban communities across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and in parts of
Punjab province. Inclusion of all sections of the community is a key focus of NIDA-Pakistan’s
interventions.

Vision
Social empowerment at grass root level for sustainable development

Mission
NIDA-Pakistan is striving to mobilize and organize marginalized groups for management and
development of resources.

Core Values
 Humanity
 Accountability
 Open mindedness
 Impartiality
 Integrated
 Neutrality
 Volunteerism

Objectives
 To ensure organized efforts of locals for making their lives better.
 To improve the livelihood conditions of poor communities through integrated interventions in
NRM, enterprise development and micro credit.
 To provide clean drinking water and building up sanitation infrastructure in Pakistan,
especially remote rural areas.
 To provide health care services in women reproductive health, childcare, HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.
 To impart skills and knowledge to improve human and institutional development through
training and consultancies with NGOs, CBOs, and community groups.
 To facilitate women empowerment through interventions for women rights, gender and equal
participation of women in leadership and decision making.
 To contribute in developing quality education through enhancing capacity of existing systems
with conscious efforts for increasing literacy in girls and deserving sections of society.
 To enable and engage youth in a constructive discourse for social and physical development.
 To organize events for promotion of peace, culture and harmony
 To network with likeminded organizations and forums for collective efforts at local, national
and international levels.

Areas of Interventions

Program sectors include:

 Food Security and Livelihood
 Formal and Non Formal Education
 Preventative and Curative Health and Nutrition
 Social Mobilization and Community Development
 Gender Development and Women’s Empowerment
 DRR and Climate Change Adoption
 Emergency Response and Humanitarian Assistance
 Civic & Political Education
 Governance and Democratization
 Peace Building
 Preservation and promotion of composite culture
 Social Protection and Human Rights
 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH).

BOD and Management of NIDA-Pakistan

Board of Directors (BOD)
NIDA is headed by an autonomous Board of Directors (BOD) consisting of seven members. The
BOD members are senior professionals, having vast experience in community based
development approaches/interventions with diversified academic and professional backgrounds.
BOD members are responsible for the policy advices to NIDA-Pakistan Management and
Programs. BOD members meet quarterly and whenever any meeting is needed regarding policy
matters. Following are the BOD members:

S# Name Position Occupation

1 Ms. Mehbooba Nisa Chairperson Food Security and Livelihoods Specialist
2 Ms. Shahida Sultan Vice chairperson Educationist and M & E Specialist
3 Mr. Badar Zaman BOD member Health and Nutrition Specialist
4 Mr. Farman Ghani Khattak BOD member Community Development Specialist
5 Dr. Nyla BOD member Sexual and Reproductive health Expert
6 Mr. Muhammad Arif BOD member DRR and CBDRM Expert
7 Mr. Muhammad Anwar Chief Executive Environmental & Climate Change expert

Advisory Council of NIDA-Pakistan

NIDA-Pakistan advisory council is consisting of senior and expert individuals who are supporting
the organization in technical areas and policy overviews. These are Sector Specialists and have
diversified experience in community development and working with NGOs as well as government
departments. Below is a list of members in advisory council;
S # Name Areas of Expertise
1 Eng. Fida Hussain Housing/ Settlement, Infrastructure and WASH Expert
2 Ms. Kokab Shah Nawaz Human Rights & Social Protection Specialist
3 Mr. Gulbaz Ali Research and Governance specialist
4 Dr. Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi Program development & health, Nutrition Expert
5 Ms. Misbah Shezad Women rights and protection specialist
6 Ms. Saima Fida Disaster management Specialist
7 Mr. Luca Salone WASH Specialist
8 Dr. David Eadi Environmental Engineer and WASH Specialist
9 Saeed Ur Rahman Legal Expert
10 Ms. Shahida Education and M&E Expert
11 Mr. Abdul Gahfoor Program Support services Specialist
12 Mr. Asghar Shah M& E Specialist
13 Mr. Muhammad Sabir Program Development Specialist
14 Mr. Riaz Ahmad Agriculture Specialist

Staff
Core Team
NIDA-Pakistan has senior management for carrying the organization activities regularly while
staff for the projects is hired on need based. Below is a list of core team members;
S # Name Position Experience
1 Mr. Muhammad Anwar Khan Chief Executive 10 years
2 Dr. Zia ur Rehman Farooqi Director Programs 13 years
3 Mr. Nasir Yousafzai Program Manager 12 years
4 Mr. Zahoor Ullah Babar Manager Monitoring & Evaluation 08 years
5 Mr. Abdul Gahfoor Operations Manager 06 Years
6 Mr. Muhammad Sadiq Logistic, Warehouse & Security Manager 05 years
7 Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Admin, Audit and Coordination Manager 26 Years
8 Ms. Hussan Bano Program Officer 04 year
9 Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq Finance Manager 05 years
10 Mr. Obaid Ullah Office Assistant 5 years
11 Mr. Nisar Office Support 3 years
12 Mr. Raqeeb Ullah Security Guard 2 years
13 Mr. Hasham Zaman Office Support 2 years
14 Mr. Misar Khan Driver 10 years
15 Mr. Hazrat Basser Driver 10 year
16 Mr. Fazal Ghani Driver 12 Years
17 Mr. Muhammad Saeed Driver 7 Years

Current Project Staff

S # Name Position Experience
1 Mr. Nasir Ali Project Manger 12 Years
2 Mr. Kashif Ali Deputy Project Manager/Project 7 years
Officer WASH
3 Mr. Farhat Ali Project Officer DRR 5 years
4 Mr. Inam Ul Haq Project Officer Livelihood 6 years
5 Mr. Aziz Ullah Khan Project Engineer 18 years
6 Mr. Faiz Ali Khan Field Officer WASH 4 years
7 Mr. Sher Alam Field Officer WASH 4 years
8 Mr. Saddam Hussain Field Officer DRR 3 years
9 Mr. Khaista Mohammad Field Officer Livelihood 15 years
 10 Ms. Umera Silsila Field Officer Livelihood 2 years
11 Ms. Nayab Jehanzeb Field Officer DRR 2 years
12 Ms. Fatima Aziz Field Officer Livelihood 3 years
13 Ms. Najma Field Officer WASH 2 years
14 Ms. Yasmeen Saeed Field Officer DRR 10 years
15 Ms,Tauheed Taj Field Officer WASH 1 year
16 Mr. Shah Faisal Site Engineer 3 years
17 Mr. Asif Site Engineer 4 years
18 Mr. Misar Khan Driver 10 years
19 Mr. Hazrat Basser Driver 10 year
20 Mr. Fazal Ghani Driver 12 Years
21 Mr. Naveed Filed Officer DRR 02 Years
22 Mr. Ahmad Zeb Abbasi Date management officer 4 Years

Completed Projects of NIDA-Pakistan

# Name of Sector Nature of Duration Total Donor Status
Project Project Budget in
USD
1 Pakistan Safe WASH, Implementatio 2008 2009 100,000/= USAID/Abt Complet
Drinking Water Capacity n ed
& Hygiene Building and
Promotion Governance
Project
(PSDW-HPP)
2 Safer WASH, DRR Research 2007 2008 5000/= British Red Complet
Communities & Livelihoods Cross ed
Project & Post
project
Evaluation
3 Mother & Child Health, Implementatio 2009 2010 80000/= Malteser Int Complet
Care Health MNCH n ed
Project
(MNCH)
4 16 Days Human Rights Implementatio 2009 2009 5000/= UN-Women Complet
Activism & GBV n ed
against
Women and
Gender
Violence
5 Zabeeha and Emergency & Implementatio 2009 2010 20000/= Qatar Complet
Food Relief n Charity ed
Distribution For
IDPs of Swat
6 Drop Out Education Research 2011 2011 20000/= Cordaid & Complet
Survey in Unicef ed
Shangla
7 Gender Education Research 2010 2010 5000/= SDPI & Complet
Disparity in Plan ed
Primary & Pakistan
Secondary
School
attendance in
Vehari &
Chakwal
8 The Relation Education Research 2010 2010 5000/= SDPI & Complet
between ICRDC ed
Education and USA
Religious
discrimination
in Pakistan
analysis of
curriculum and
Pedagogy in
Pakistan
School
9 The Frontier Multi sector Research 2011 2011 5000/= SDPI & Complet
Gazette Crisis ed
Internation
al USA

10 Emergency Food Support Implementatio 2010 2010 193023/= BMZ & Complet
Food Support n Malteser ed
Project for
Flood affactees

11 Emergency Non Food Implementatio 2010 2010 220930/= AA & Complet

NFIs Support Support n Malteser ed
to flood
affactees
12 Emergency Health Implementatio 2010 2010 50000/= WHO & Complet
Health Project n Malteser ed
13 Emergency Non Food Implementatio 2010 2010 348837/= Qatar Red Complet
NFIs Project in Support n Crescent ed
Flood Affected
District
Kohistan
14 Improving envi- Climate Implementatio 2009 2010 34000/= UNEP, Complet
ronment Change n AFDEF & ed
through Adaption and SDPI
reduction in Environment
wood cutting
and remission
in greenhouse
gases through
fuel efficient
technologies in
district
Kohistan.
15 Disability Human Rights Implementatio 2009 2010 8000/= Common Complet
Awareness and Disability n wealth ed
and Rights foundation
Development UK
Project
Shangla
16 Establishment Education Implementatio 2011 2011 203274/= UN-OCHA Complet
of Temporary n ed
Learning
centers for
flood affected
Education
Facilities in
Kohistan
17 Risk Disaster Risk Research 2012 2012 23334/= Diakonie Complet
Assessment Reduction katastrophe ed
Project DRR nhilf
18 Sustainable Food Security Implementatio 2011 2012 500000/= Diakonie Complet
Livestock Livelihoods n katastrophe ed
Improvement nhilf
Project (SLIP)
19 Integrated Food Security Implementatio 2013 2014 622,512/= Diakonie Complet
Community Livelihoods, n katastrophe ed
Development DRR and nhilf
Project WASH

21 SLIP Livelihood Implementatio 2014 2015 50,00000 UNHCR/R

Skill Trainings n AHA Complet
ed
22 Enhancing Education Implementatio 2015 2015 5500000 UNHCR/R Complet
Capacities & n AHA ed
Infrastructure
of 01 Govt
School
23 Social Program For Implementatio 2015 2015 400000 PPAF Complet
Mobilization Poverty n ed
Reduction
24 Social Program For Implementatio 2015 2016 488500000 PPAF Ongoing
Mobilization & Poverty n
Community Reduction
Physical
Infrastructure
Schemes ,
Health
Education, and
Livelihood
Enhancement
& Social
Protection
25 Health Cards Health Implementatio 2015 2016 23,400,000 State Life Ongoing
Distribution , n Insurance
Awareness and Corporation
Dissemination
26 Girls Right To Education Implementatio 2016 2019 34,500,000 UNESCO Ongoing
Education n
27 Construction Livelihood Implementatio 2016 2016 8,600,121 Embassy Comple
Of Female Skill Trainings n Of Japan ted
Vocational
Skills Training
Center
28 Promoting Women Implementatio 2016 2019 354,500,00 Action AID Ongoing
Opportunities Empowermen n 0
For Women t Rights /
Livelihood
Empowerment
& Rights

Linkages, partnerships and networking

Networking
NIDA-Pakistan has established strong working relationship with local NGOs, such as, Sarhad
Rural Support Program (SRSP), BAD II, DDS, MDO, DBS and other like-minded organizations.
NIDA-Pakistan regularly participates in coordination meetings, activities and training programs
and has established partnerships with these organizations for synergy. NIDA-Pakistan is member
of different networks, i.e., RNCF and AASHA. These networks are very useful and provide
opportunities of capacity building, experience sharing, and resource sharing and; also fund
raising.

Partnerships
NIDA-Pakistan has also established good working relations with public sector institutions at the
district and provincial levels, such as, Forest Department, Soil Conservation Department, Water
Management Department, BADP (Health), Sericulture Department, Agriculture Extension
Department, Livestock and Diary Department and Local government. NIDA-Pakistan has
received funds for Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority - Aik Hunar Aik Nagar
(AHAN) The Asia Foundation (TAF), Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP), Action Aid USAID,
UNICEF and UNDP-GEF. NIDA-Pakistan always works in line with public departments. In all the
campaigns / programs of NIDA-Pakistan, district government officials, DC, EDO Health, EDO
Agriculture, EDO Education, DFO Forest Department, social and political activists and local elders
participate and fully cooperate. The District Forest Department is a close partner of NIDA for
working together on natural resources management.

Donors
NIDA-Pakistan has, on time, engaged a range of renowned donor agencies which include
Concern Pakistan, Maltesar International, Unicef, USAID-Abt., Common Wealth Foundation UK,
Cordaid International, UN-Women, UNEP, AFED, WHO, OCHA, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe,
CWS PA, AA, BMZ, WHO, Qatar Charity, British Red Cross, Qatar Red Crescent, SDPI, Plan
Pakistan, ICRDC USA, District Government of Kohistan & Shangla, Government of KPK,
Government of Pakistan and Crisis International USA.