The closing ceremony was held for a 5-day leadership and management skills training hosted by SRSP for 50 community activists from Swat. The regional director of SRSP thanked the chief guest, Dr. Iftikhar ud Din, for attending and highlighted SRSP's mission of empowering communities. Two participants provided positive feedback on the training's community development and social mobilization skills. The chief guest thanked SRSP and participants, saying SRSP interventions have brought change and rural development in the area. He then held a Q&A session and awarded certificates to conclude the event.

1. Closing Ceremony of LMST Swat
At Park Way Hotel Fizagat Mingora
November 21, 2014
After successful completion of five days
residential trainings on “Leadership
Management Skills Training (LMST)” for
men activists from different community
organizations of UC Islampur District
Swat, the closing ceremony was held, in
which apart from Regional HRDO Swat
Region, 50 men activists (training
participants) participated. Dr. Iftikhar
ud Din (DMS, Saidu Group of Teaching
Hospitals Saidu Sharif Swat) also
participated in the occasion as chief
guest.

2. 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. Inzar Gul (President of Tor Kamar Falahi Tanzeem),
while giving his feedback regarding the five days
residential training of LMST, he was of the opinion that it
was learning environment for all of us, where we got a lot
of skills regarding community development and social
mobilization. He also added that after getting this training
we are now able to get to know about our duties/rights,
rules and responsibilities. He further added that we will
onward convey the SRSP core message to the concerned
communities.
Mr. Nadeem Khan (Member of Al-Khidmat Falahi Tanzeem) among the training
participants, while giving his feedback regarding the five days residential LMST
training, he added that SRSP provided us platform, where we can sit together
for building our capacities, which could onward help us in community
development. He also showed entire satisfaction from the CRPs methodology
of effective training delivery by adapting brainstorming and participatory
measures.

3. The Respected Chief Guest (Dr. Iftikhar ud Din, DMS Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals Saidu Sharif Swat) during his speech
thanked SRSP and the entire participants. While expressing his concluding remarks he added that we are in close
coordination with SRSP in various activities and interventions. He was of the opinion that there is no doubt that the SRSP
interventions have brought visible change in community development, which onward lead towards sustainable rural
development. He further briefed the participants regarding dengue prevention and added that last year 12000 to 13000
dengue casualties were occurred, while this year only 308 cases have been recorded. Thereafter he delivered a briefed
participatory lecture by involving the participants. Questions / Answers session was also held, during which several were
raised by the participants, which were clarified by the chief guest with the entire satisfaction of the participants.
The chief guest then awarded certificates to the training
participants.