Balochistan Rural Support Programme BRSP

BRSP is one of the largest organisations in Balochistan and member of a larger network of Rural Support Programs in Pakistan. BRSP’s endeavours have focused on improving the living conditions of rural poor for more than two and a half decades in the province of Balochistan. BRSP was evolved from “Pak-German self-help project” in 1983, as a collaboration between Federal Republic of Germany and Government of Pakistan. The project was implemented by the Local Government & Rural Development Department (LG&RDD), Government of Balochistan with the technical support of GTZ (German Agency for Technical Co-operation). In the year 1991, the successful manifestation of integrated rural development program at a limited scale, paved the way for the transformation of the project into a programme called BRSP. Therefore, BRSP was registered under Section 42 of the Companies’ Ordinance 1984, as a not for profit organization dedicated to the improved living conditions of rural poor in the province of Balochistan.ocial Mobilization is the mainstay of BRSP’s interventions in rural development which proves that only established Community Institutions (CIs) having strong linkages, can bring true empowerment and alleviate poverty when households are united to form of COs, VOs and LSOs. Then these institutions can play a decisive role to addressing most crucial and challenging issues of rural poor to come out of vicious cycle of poverty. Subsequently, the social and human capital produced have the potential to serve as a building block for developing transparent, accountable and professionally managed networks of CIs.Drinking water supply and sanitation facilities across rural Balochistan are mostly non-existent. The situation of sanitation in the province also shows a bleak picture as only 42.80% (Urban: 62.70% & Rural: 22.90%) population has access to safe disposal of excreta Sanitation, while the rest of 80% poorest households practice open defecation.