Closing Ceremony of LMST Shangla at Relax Cottage Guest House Saidu Sharif Swat

March 25, 2014

The LMST closing ceremony was started with

recitation from the Holy Quran performed by

one the training participants.

Mr. Bahadur Ali Regional HRDO Swat, while expressions his views, thanked the

chief guest for sparing his precious time and timely participation in the

occasion. While expressing his views, he highlighted the SRSP vision and

mission as well as working approach and objectives to the specific training

event. He further added that we on behalf of SRSP are trying our best to

organize and facilitate such types of training events with all possible

arrangements. He also added that we believe that communities have potentials

to do and the SRSP is going to explore these potentials in the shape of

organized communities.

Mr. Sarzamin Khan (President of CO Kher Khegara UC Bengalai), while giving his

feedback regarding the five days residential training of LMST, he added that

being a school teacher the things, which we have learned during the training

were never learned throughout my life. He was also of the opinion that we now

believe upon community organizations, which could further lead us towards

collectivism and sustainable development. He also highlighted the importance of

saving mechanism among the CO members and appreciated it.

Mr. Attaullah (Member of CO Khidmat-e-Khalq) among the training

participants, while giving his feedback regarding the five days residential

LMST training, he added that we learned a lot about social mobilization,

development concept and role of community activists. He further expressed

that we would onward live in communities as brothers and work together for

ensuring sustainable development in our local societies.

The Respected Chief Guest (Mr. Jehan Sher Khan, District Officer of Fishery

Department District Swat & Buner) during his speech thanked SRSP staff and the

entire participants. While expressing his concluding remarks he added that we have

worked closely with SRSP in various activities. He further expressed that this five days

training would be more fruitful for all the participants in the sense of real

development in communities at grassroots level. He was also of the opinion that I

myself am really impressed and would further have close liaison with SRSP and

communities. He ensured all possible support from department of fisheries at all level.

The chief guest

then awarded

certificates to

the training

participants.