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UMass in Great NCAA Tourney Position With Its Early Resume
Posted by Nicholas Patrick on December 12th, 2013
Derek Kellogg's UMass team was picked to finish fourth in the new-look Atlantic 10 this season, which would seem to position the Minutemen squarely on the bubble in pursuit of their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1998. In recent years, UMass has missed nearly every key opportunity to strengthen its non-conference resume (losing to Boston College, Seton Hall, Florida State, North Carolina State, Tennessee, and Miami twice), but this squad has garnered national attention by passing every tough test. Through eight games, UMass remains perfect, collecting wins over four power-conference teams (Boston College, LSU, Nebraska, and Clemson), along with high-mids New Mexico and BYU, and earning a championship in the Charleston Classic. What's more impressive — aside from overcoming a nine-point second-half deficit to defeat Boston College, UMass has been in complete control of each of its other games. The Minutemen find themselves ranked in both major polls (#22 AP; #20 Coaches), and are currently ranked #1 in the RPI.
Senior guard Chaz Williams is living up to his preseason all-conference accolades (umassathletics.com).
Senior guard Chaz Williams, a preseason first team all-A-10 selection, has led the attack – averaging 17.5 points per game, thanks in part to shooting 44 percent beyond the arc. When he's not scoring, he's helping others do so, as Williams ranks 20th nationally in assist rate. He finished the BYU game with a ridiculous 15:1 assist/turnover ratio, and all of it has led to a balanced and potent offense, as three other Minutemen are also averaging 12 points or more per game: Cady Lalanne (15.0 PPG, to go along with 10.4 rebounds per game), Sampson Carter (13.8 PPG), and Raphiael Putney (12.6 PPG). To boot, each of these contributors is 6'8″ or taller, constantly testing opponents' interior defense.
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Is UMass Finally Ready To Bust Out?
Posted by Bennet Hayes on November 14th, 2013
Trendy sleepers only stay trendy for so long. After receiving preseason love as an Atlantic 10 darkhorse before each of the last two seasons, the UMass Minutemen watched that buzz quiet a bit this time around. That's not to say UMass was expected to struggle this season – they were picked a respectable fourth in the A-10 Preseason poll – but the familiar makeup of this group of Minutemen left many wondering how they could possibly carve out a different, happier ending from that of years past. Well, fast forward a week into the season and take a nice whiff of the optimism emanating from Western Massachusetts. Opening week victories over BC and LSU don't make UMass anyone's team of the week, but they do show this team's capability (thus far, at least) to do something their predecessors could not – handle their business in the non-conference. March fates are rarely decided in the second week of November, but take notice, even if it is a year or two past schedule: That sleeper may finally be waking up in Amherst.
Chaz Williams Has One Final Chance To Lead UMass Back To The NCAA Tournament; Does A Strong Opening Week Mean Williams And Company Are Ready To Make It Happen?
A couple of 9-7 records in Atlantic 10 play (UMass' finish in both 2012 and 2013) are rarely part of the recipe for an at-large bid to the Dance, but in each of the last two seasons, the more damning portion of the Minuteman resume was not their so-so in-conference performance. Two years ago they posted just one top-130 victory before January (a home win over Davidson), while striking out on opportunities against top-50 foes Florida State and Miami (FL). Last season's non-conference effort was marginally better, but wins over Harvard, Providence and Ohio should not be the pre-conference highlights for a team with serious NCAA Tournament aspirations – especially one from a non-BCS conference. Making matters worse, the chances were again there for Derek Kellogg's club, but losses to NC State, Tennessee, and Miami (FL) all came by double figures. Once again, those touting the Minutemen were quickly made to look too ambitious.
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RTC Conference Primers: #8 – Atlantic 10
Posted by Brian Goodman on October 30th, 2011
Joe Dzuback of Villanova by the Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference. You can find him on Twitter @vbtnBlog.
The A-10 has earned three invitations to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last four seasons. Xavier and Temple, as they have for the past two seasons, will claim two bids.
Xavier's Honors/Recognition: The Musketeers were eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last March, but have garnered quite a bit of recognition and more than a few awards since last March. Tu Holloway won the 2010-11 Conference Player of the Year award, earned a place on the Wooden Award Preseason Watch List and drew a nod as a member of the preseason A-10 All-Conference First Team. Four of Holloway's teammates, Mark Lyon, Kenny Frease, Dezmine Wells and Justin Martin, all earned places on several preseason All-Conference teams. Xavier Athletic Director Michael Bobinski will chair the NCAA Mens Tournament Selection Committee for the 2012-13 tournament. Bobinski will succeed Jeff Hathaway, Consultant to Big East Commissioner John Marinatto for Men's Basketball (yes, that really is his title).
Xavier's Tu Holloway Is A First-Team All-American Candidate And One Of The Nation's Best Seniors
A-10 to Barclays in 2013: Barclays Center, under construction in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is in the market for multi-day sporting events while the Atlantic 10 is looking for a bigger stage for their post season tournament — a perfect match perhaps? The two announced a deal late last month that will move the 2012-13 A-10 Conference Tournament to the 675,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venue that will feature an 18,000 seat arena for basketball. The Atlantic 10 has vacillated between rotating campus sites and a "permanent neutral" site since the first conference tournament in 1976-77. The current location since the 2006-07 tournament, Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, is a 10,500 seat amphitheater. While technically neutral, the attendance is up when one or more of the Philadelphia contingent (La Salle, Saint Joseph's and/or Temple) advances to the quarterfinal round and beyond, and down when they do not. The conference will return to Boardwalk Hall for their 2011-12 tournament, then move over to Barclays Center the following season.
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Checking in on… the Atlantic 10
Posted by Brian Goodman on December 1st, 2010
Joe Dzuback of Villanova By The Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 conference.
The Week in the A-10: Invitational Tournaments
When the NCAA rewrote and relaxed the exemption rules for early season invitational tournaments, they expanded the number of tournaments and the number of bids that could be extended. Playing in a mixed field of high-, mid- and low-majors has become the norm rather than the exception in the 15+ tournaments that dot the D-I schedule from roughly the season tip off (the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic) to the end of the calendar year (the Cable Car Classic and ECAC Holiday Tournament for example) but peak over Thanksgiving Weekend. Although the power conferences continue to dominate the invitational seeds, a variety of higher-profile conferences, not among the above "the Red Line" elites, are increasing their own representation. Dan Hanner's blog, Yet Another Basketball Blog (YABB), lists 18 separate by-invitation-only tournaments, nine of which have an A-10 team in their field this season. I added the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, because it is an exempt tournament (though none of the teams in the field are from above the Red Line conferences), which brings the total to 10 invitational tournaments this season. That is more invitational tournaments than teams from the Pac-10, the SEC, and the Big Ten are playing in this season. For a conference that has had problems getting home-and-home contracts with brand-name teams, the invitational tournament offers the next best chance as it provides a match on a neutral court. The door is open, how many conference teams walked through?
Overall, the conference racked up a 22-10 (0.643) record in the eight tournaments played so far. If George Washington held a level (1-1) record through the preliminary pod (held outside of Philadelphia), they were consoled with the hosting responsibilities for one of the three consolation sites. The Colonials finished the tournament with an even 2-2 record. Good surprises included the Richmond sweep of the Chicago Invitational that included a win over #8 Purdue in the tournament finals, a Saint Joseph's sweep of the Philly Hoops Classic that included a win over Big East representative Rutgers and the 3-1 record posted by La Salle in the Cancun Challenge included a win over Big East representative Providence. The most disappointing showings were turned in by Temple at the Old Spice Classic and Charlotte at the Charleston Classic. The Owls dropped two of their three games over Thanksgiving Weekend, one to a very beatable California team from the Pac-10, and the other, a one possession-squeaker, to Texas A&M of the Big 12. Charlotte may still be working out the kinks in rookie coach Alan Major's systems, but an embarrassing losing margin to George Mason (22 points) and the consolation overtime loss to Coastal Carolina suggest the 49ers have a good deal of work ahead of them. Eight A-10 players were named to All-Tournament Teams, one taking the Tournament MVP.
The latest round of invitational tournaments has turned the power rankings into scrambled eggs. The A-10 is used to giving, not receiving, upsets in these early season rows.
1. Richmond (4-1)
Last Week: 11/26 vs. Wright State 71-61 @ Chicago, IL (Chicago Invitational Challenge), 11/27 vs. Purdue 65-54 @ Chicago, IL (Chicago Invitational Challenge)
Next Week: 12/1 @ Old Dominion, 12/5 @ Arizona State
The stumble against Iona (hey, it was an away game after all) is all but forgotten by the neutral win over #8 Purdue at the Chicago Invitational Challenge. Spider point guard Kevin Anderson earned Player of the Week honors for his performance at the Chicago Invitational, where the tournament committee recognized his efforts by naming him the Tourney MVP.
2. Xavier (5-1)
Last Week: 11/27 vs. Wofford 94-90 3OT
Next Week: 12/1 @ Miami (OH)
Brad Redford's absence is felt still, as the Musketeers, according to Ken Pomeroy, have converted only 31.7% of their three point attempts, earning them a #285 ranking (out of 345) among Division 1 teams. The X-men needed three overtime periods (the first triple overtime game since their 2005 loss to Massachusetts in Amherst) to subdue Wofford, their only opponent last week. Xavier was 4-12 (33.3%) from beyond the arc, 1-7 (14.3%) after the first half. Jamel McLean and Kenny Frease recorded double-doubles, scoring 22 and 12 points respectively with 12 and 18 rebounds apiece.
3. Massachusetts (6-0)
Last Week: 11/24 vs. American International (D2) 83-56, 11/27 vs. Holy Cross 83-76
Next Week: 12/1 @ Quinnipiac, 12/4 vs. Boston College
The Minutemen swept the field at the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, an event that has grown from a single game (scheduled in Springfield, MA, the birthplace of basketball) to a four-game exempt event. Among the victims were New Mexico State of the WAC and Texas Christian University of the Mountain West (soon to be Big East) Conference. The 6-0 start is the best since the 1995-96 season during John Calipari's coaching tenure. The Massachusetts faithful have every reason to be optimistic, as senior guard Anthony Gurley now has six consecutive double-figure scoring games — but best of all — the scoring responsibilities have been distributed across the lineup. The sophomore class is providing good support, as forward Sampson Carter has four double-figure scoring nights this season and guard Freddie Riley has three. All three players are averaging double-figure point scoring through six games.
4. Dayton (5-1)
Last Week: 11/24 vs. Florida A&M 80-60, 11/27 vs. Cincinnati 34-68
Next Week: 12/1 vs. East Tennessee State, 12/4 vs. Miami (OH)
No, 34-68 is not a typo. The game was a good trap opportunity — four games in eight days right after beating SEC contender Mississippi in a come-from-behind-effort — and the Flyers walked right into it. After their comeback win over Mississippi on November 20, the team faced a pair of low-majors with one day of rest between. Though not particularly efficient efforts, the Flyers won both. The point margin is deceptive, Cincinnati was not particularly good offensively either, Dayton was just far worse. The Flyers scored on about one in five possessions, producing an offensive efficiency of 0.51 points per possession (o-ppp). Collectively the starters (Chris Wright, Chris Johnson, Juwan Staten, Devin Searcy and Paul Williams) shot a forgettable 6-35 (0.171), accounting for 16 of the total 34 points scored. The staff and junior guard Josh Parker blamed unfocused practice sessions and lack of discipline for the let down.
5. Temple (3-2), AP #21
Last Week: 11/25 vs. California 50-57 @ Orlando, FL (Old Spice Classic), 11/26 vs. Georgia 65-58 @ Orlando, FL (Old Spice Classic), 11/28 Texas A&M 51-54 @ Orlando, FL (Old Spice Classic)
Next Week: 12/1 @ Central Michigan, 12/5 @ Maryland
"We are a work in progress… Our defense is pretty solid. We've got a chance to be a good basketball team," confessed Coach Fran Dunphy in the aftermath of the Texas A&M game that concluded the Old Spice Tournament in Orlando, Florida, last Sunday. The Owl offense ran through guards Juan Fernandez and Ramone Moore, along with power forward Lavoy Allen. In the three games in Orlando, those three posted these numbers…
The table confirms there was too little production (ignore the points and focus on PPWS – points per weighted shots – less than 1.00 is "unproductive") from those three. The lack of efficient point production can in part be traced to turnovers, but the truth is none of the three, as suggested in Dunphy's postgame comments, shot the ball particularly well — note the eFG% is well below 50% for each of those players. For the combined three games (a loss to California, a win over Georgia and a loss to Texas A&M) the Owl offense converted possessions to points at an 0.85 rate, well below the 1.00 considered minimally efficient for D-I ball. Each of those teams hails from a BCS conference, schools whose RPIs will improve with conference play. Temple whiffed on two good opportunities, and with Villanova still ahead, the chances to impress the Selection Committee are dwindling.
6. Rhode Island (5-2)
Last Week: 11/24 vs. Drexel 74-68, 11/27 vs. Davidson 71-58
Next Week: 12/4 @ Providence
A week without additional roster attrition is a small victory for coach Jim Baron and the Runnin' Rams. The coach used an eight man rotation in last weeks games, bringing Ben Eaves, Dan West and Nikola Malesevic off the bench for double digit minutes in each game. As option #2 at the point West, a late August JUCO pickup, has averaged 24 minutes and compiled a 1.5:1 assist-to-turnover ratio. The conference named forward Delroy James an Honorable Mention for the third consecutive week the forward recorded his 1,000 point of college play.
7. La Salle (5-2)
Last Week: 11/23 vs. Providence 84-73 @ Cancun (Cancun Challenge), 11/24 vs. Missouri 83-71 @ Cancun (Cancun Challenge), 11/29 vs. Delaware State 65-61
Next Week: 12/4 vs. Oklahoma City (Philadelphia)
Sophomore Aaric Murray earned his third consecutive Honorable Mention for averaging a double-double in the Explorers three games. Murray was named to the Cancun Challenge All-Tourney team.
8. St. Bonaventure (3-2)
Last Week: 11/27 @ Cleveland State 51-69
Next Week: 12/4 vs. Buffalo
Despite his summer with the Great Britain National Team, Ogo Adegboye continues to struggle at the point. Demitrius Conger and Adegboye combined for five assists (50% of the teams production) in the Bonnies' loss to Cleveland State but the pair also accounted to nine turnovers (37.5% of the teams turnovers) in the game. Andrew Nicholson drew his second Honorable Mention for his double-double effort versus the Vikings. Nicholson scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the loss.
9. Duquesne (3-1)
Last Week: 11/27 vs. UMD Baltimore County 101-69
Next Week: 12/1 vs. Pittsburgh, 12/4 @Penn State
The only A-10 school to score 100 or more points in a game this season, Coach Ron Everhart's squad has done it twice in four games, the second time against Maryland-Baltimore County. Six Dukes players scored double-figurepoints against UMBC, led by senior guard/forward Bill Clark's 18. Since stumbling against Robert Morris in the second game of the season, junior guard/forward B.J. Monteiro and sophomore guard Sean Johnson have gone on a tear, scoring 33 and 24 points respectively, in the next two games. Good news for Everhart that the scoring has been so balanced. A-10 fans may be looking at Dayton's Juwan Staten as the presumptive Freshman of the Year, but Duquesne faithful like T.J. McConnell, a freshman guard who has started all four games and averaged 10.0 points so far. his team-high 12 steals is nothing to sneeze at either.
10. Saint Joseph's (3-2)
Last Week: 11/23 @ Fairfield 60-51 (Philly Hoops Classic), 11/26 vs. Rutgers 76-70 (Philly Hoops Classic, Palestra)
Next Week: 12/1 @ Drexel, 12/3 @ Villanova, 12/5 @ Princeton
After stumbling to an 0-2 record to start the season, the Hawks have put together a 3-0 run to cross over the .500 mark. Langston Galloway took Rookie of the Week honors for his 17.5 points per game average through that three game run. He scored a career-high 20 points against Rutgers on 11/26 to help Saint Joseph's to the Philly Hoops Classic title. The freshman dished seven dimes in the tournament final.
11. George Washington (2-3)
Last Week: 11/23 vs Hampton 51-62 (NIT Tip-Off, DC Pod), 11/29 vs. NC Wilmington 69-73
Next Week: 12/1 @ George Mason, 12/5 vs. Navy (BB&T Classic)
The Colonials beat the two weakest teams in the NIT Tip-Off field, but had problems with Boston University (American East Conference) and Hampton (MEAC!), not a good sign for coach Karl Hobbs' squad.
12. Charlotte (3-4)
Last Week: 11/24 @ Oregon State 70-83, 11/27 vs. Radford 73-52
Next Week: 12/1 @ East Carolina
Despite some early optimism, the transition from coach Bobby Lutz to coach Alan Major has not gone smoothly. All eligible members of the squad that finished the 2010 season may have decided to stay, but Major did not, apparently get them all on-board with his agenda over the summer. Injuries to two squad members can account for the sub-.500 start, but a one game suspension (for violation of team rules) doled out on the eve of the 49ers season debut suggests that the battle for their hearts and minds continues. After a terrific showing in the Charleston Classic, that included an average of 16.0 points per game and double-figure scoring in all three games, senior Shamari Spears was named to the five-man All-Tournament team (not to neglect the Honorable Mention awarded by the A-10 front office). No sooner had the senior forward collected his certificate than he was suspended indefinitely by Major for what other sources describe as an indiscreet tweet. A number of programs have told the players to close their social networking accounts before the season began to minimize the chances a down night might trigger a hasty (and later regretted) note.
13. Saint Louis (3-2)
Last Week: 11/23 vs. Tennessee State 78-50, 11/27 vs. IUPUI 58-55
Next Week: 11/30 @ Portland
How is Coach Rick Majerus adjusting in the absence of stars Kwamain Mitchell and Willie Reed? If the Tennessee State and IUPUI games are typical, he appears to have enlarged his rotation, as only one player per game logs more than 67% of the available minutes at their position. He looked to freshman Mike McCall (72.5%) in the Tennessee State game, and Kyle Cassity (82.5%) in the UIPIU game. As for possessions and shots, the freshmen McCall, Rob Loe (#4/#5), Jordair Jett (#2 guard), along with junior forward Brian Conklin appear to have formed the nucleus of the Billiken offense, with sophomore forwards Cody Ellis and Cory Remekun and junior Kyle Cassity providing support.
14. Fordham (2-3)
Last Week: 11/23 vs. Long Island 70-82, 11/27 vs. Hartford 61-57
Next Week: 12/1 @ Harvard, 12/4 @ Lehigh
With the win over the Hartford Hawks, Coach Tom Pecora's 2011 Fordham entry managed to match their 2010 win total under two different coaches. There are more wins to be found in the schedule. While sophomore forward Chris Gaston managed his third Honorable Mention from the conference, there are others on the squad who turned in good efforts in the last week, among them freshman guard Branden Frazier, who scored 39 points in the two games (24 vs. LIU, 15 vs. Hartford) on 15-24 (9-16, 6-8) and 2-2 shooting, for an eFG% of 75.0%, and sophomore guard Alberto Estwick, who scored 30 points on 11-20 (6-13, 5-7) and 2-2 shooting (his eFG% was 67.5%).
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NUST MISIS Takes 11th Place in The Three University Missions Ranking
November 29, 2018 year 5-100
NUST MISIS is listed among the world`s best universities according to "The Three University Missions Ranking", which assesses the totality of universities' educational, scientific and social achievements. NUST MISIS was ranked 232nd overall and 11th among Russian universities.
The Moscow International University Ranking "The Three University Missions" is an academic ranking which started in 2017. The ranking evaluates universities on objective indicators like their official websites, their standing in the Scopus database, their EdX and Coursera educational platforms, and search engine results, among other things. Reputational surveys are excluded in order to avoid subjective opinions.
NUST MISIS took 232nd place among the world`s best universities, and 11th among the 17 Russian universities included in the ranking.
The ranking is calculated according to three groups of criteria:
"Science";
"University and Society".
The last group of criteria is non-standard for the academic ranking, but reflects the role of universities in modern digital realities, such as their contribution to the development of online education, internet resources, and social media activity.
November 29 NUST MISIS Takes 11th Place in The Three University Missions Ranking

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Press Coverage reprinted from Network World's Network Optimization Newsletter, February 22, 2007
By Ann Bednarz
In the restaurant business, timing is everything. Things can so sour for patrons if they aren't seated quickly enough, or the wait staff is slow to deliver food and beverages.
Timeliness is equally critical when it comes to restaurants' take-out operations. For BigHoller, that means network bottlenecks can't be tolerated.
BigHoller, based in Parsippany, N.J., operates an online food order service for more than 1,000 restaurants in North and South America. The company hosts a Web site for each of its clients where patrons can place food orders. BigHoller also can integrate its ordering service into a restaurant's existing Web site.
As online orders are placed, BigHoller routes them to the restaurants, which can opt to receive their customers' orders via fax, e-mail or integration with their point-of-sale systems. Customers receive a confirmation e-mail once the order is received.
Back in June 2004, shortly after BigHoller got its start, the company was handling 34 food orders per month. In December 2006, its network handled more than 20,000 food orders. At traffic grew, BigHoller started having some performance troubles but lacked the visibility to diagnose the problem.
"We would get these hits suddenly, and everything would just grind to a halt. We had no idea why, we were flying blind," says G.R. Homa, founder of BigHoller. "We needed to figure out what was going on. Also, we needed to control it."
To keep the orders flowing smoothly, BigHoller deployed Exinda Networks' 4700 platform. The appliance classifies, monitors and prioritizes network traffic. For example, customer orders take precedence over less time-sensitive traffic such as Web-based reporting and administration.
"What happens now is we give the BigHoller application the highest priority, so the end customer never feels a pinch," Homa says. "With the Exinda box we can see exactly what's going on, we can control who gets what bandwidth."
The Exinda gear also gives BigHoller insight into bandwidth usage trends. That insight helped Homa prepare for the day he would need to upgrade his network capacity. "We foresaw this point in time when we would max out," he says.
Up until now, BigHoller has been able to carry all customer orders on a single leased T-1 line, which was critical to keeping telecommunications costs down while the company was in start-up mode, Homa says. Today the company is in the midst of upgrading its network to a 10 megabit fiber connection.
Stalling the upgrade until now proved advantageous as prices have dropped, Homa says. "Because we were able to wait for so long, we're now able to take advantage of newer pricing, newer technology to get a much better deal and a much bigger pipe."
BigHoller's future plans include carrying voice traffic over its new network -- and the Exinda appliance will ensure it gets the necessary bandwidth, Homa adds.


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Royal Flowers opens sales office in the Netherlands
"The flower business is becoming faster and more transparent"
It is actually a logical step, explains Wilco Visser, the new branch of the Ecuadorian Royal Flowers company in the Netherlands. "More than 60 percent of production is exported to Canada and the US. From the Netherlands we can better serve the European market, allowing us to diversify our customer base. Our aim is to have 50 percent of our export to go to North America and 50 percent to the rest of the world. That's the goal that the Rijnsburg office will play a role in."
The Ecuadorian company Royal Flowers started in 1991 with a 4 ha nursery. In 1998 they started to focus on the international market. In the meantime it has grown to four nurseries with a total of 120 hectares, a sales office in Miami and now also one in Rijnsburg.
The nurseries produce 1.8 million stems a week. 70 percent of the production consists of roses, with the rest a combination of hydrangea, delphinium and various green varieties. The company specifically focuses on the wedding season. "All of our products are pretreated and conditioned. This way we guarantee the quality of our products."
The company wants to extend its product range and offer custom deliveries, something that's in the planning for the coming years. "In addition, we want to deliver a little more planned, more in phases," says Wilco. "The flower business is becoming faster and more transparent. Because we are in direct contact with the nursery in Ecuador, we know in advance what's coming. We can tell our customers about upcoming products and think along with them about the deliveries."
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Jacqueline McKenzie and Mandy McElhinney Photograph: Daniel Boud
Nikita Waldron Photograph: Daniel Boud
Jason Chong Photograph: Daniel Boud
The Australian premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's international hit is a tale of sibling rivalry set against a backdrop of scientific discovery.
Show: Mosquitoes
Company: Sydney Theatre Company
Where: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point
When: 8 Apr - 18 May 2019
Date: 3 Mar 2019
The Australian premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's international hit is a tale of sibling rivalry set against a backdrop of scientific discovery.
Alice is a scientist working towards an important new discovery. Jenny is her sister, and believes any conspiracy she reads on the internet. They couldn't be more different. So, when tragedy forces them together, the impact has unexpected consequences.
It's 2008 and Alice's team of physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are searching for the Higgs Boson, stitching together the fabric of the cosmos. But at home, Alice's family is falling apart at the seams.
Mosquitoes is a story of facts and feelings that reaches to the edges of time and space without ever losing touch with its very human heart.
Jessica Arthur directs a cast featuring Annie Byron, Jason Chong, Mandy McElhinney, Jacqueline McKenzie, Angela Nica Sullen, Louis Seguier, Nikita Waldron and Charles Wu.
Read our review.
ArchivedRoslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney 29 Apr - 8 Jun 2019
Hugo Weaving, Zahra Newman and Pamela Rabe star in a new production of Tennessee Williams' steamy classic.
ArchivedBelvoir, Surry Hills, Sydney 4 - 26 May 2019
Winyanboga Yurringa
They think they're together for a camping trip, a bit of fishing, a few yarns. But there's important stuff amongst the hilarity.
ArchivedOld Fitzroy Theatre, Woolloomooloo, Sydney 15 May - 8 Jun 2019
Cyprus Avenue
Playwright David Ireland hurls a grenade at the politics of identity and the madness of bigotry.
ArchivedNIDA, Kensington, Sydney 8 - 21 Jun 2019
2019 NIDA Student Productions
NIDA's annual showcase features the next generation of Australia's actors, artists and creative professionals.
ArchivedNew Theatre, Newtown, Sydney 4 Jun - 6 Jul 2019
Moscow 1938. Not the best place to have a sense of humour, let alone a yearning for freedom.
ArchivedPACT, Erskineville, Sydney 26 - 29 Jun 2019
I Hope it's Not Raining in London
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The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a social health insurance program for the underprivileged of the province. The program has introduced a concept which is quite new for the residents of the province.
Contributing to improvement in health status of the target population and reducing poverty.
Better utilization of the public health facility of Sehat Insaf Card and reducing public's out of pocket medical expenses.
The Sehat Sahulat Program (SSP) prioritized the issuance of cards on the basis of poverty ladder as defined and implemented in Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). The purpose was to reach the marginalized communities on priority basis. For this, the card holders with lowest ranking on the poverty ladder were selected as the primary beneficiaries. The next step will include beneficiaries with a higher grading in poverty ranking and so on.
Sehat Insaf Card is a coverage and security of poor families to avail medical treatment services from an identified list of public and private hospitals under certain approved standards for prior approved list of diseases. The card is valid for one year and is replenished the next year and can be transferred to even uncles and cousins if not exceeding the limit of 8 persons. The card provides PKR-540,000 per year for the whole family of 08 persons wherein single person can avail up to PKR-30,000 on minor illness and up to PKR-300,000/- on major diseases or surgeries. There are limitations on certain permanent diseases like Hepatitis, Diabetes and Cancer etc. but other problems related to these diseases can be covered by the card.
In view of the literacy rate in rural areas, the KP government's SSP requested DAI KP Governance Project (KPG) for assistance in raising awareness about the program, KPG came up with a idea to sensitize and aware the communities about the usage and benefits of the Insaf cards. For this purpose, KPG partnered with Asia Humanitarian Organization (AHO) to conduct awareness raising sessions at 33 Union Councils in District Lakki Marwat and 48 Union Councils at District D I Khan. The project built upon the previous successes at districts Mardan, Peshawar, Swabi, Kohat and Bannu.
In previous two grants, AHO, KPG and SHPI partnered to reach the communities at district Mardan and at Swabi, Peshawar, Kohat & Bannu districts respectively. AHO undertook intense coordination with the stakeholders including District Nazims, District Administrations, Health Departments at respective districts and last but not the least with SHPI.
The previous grants which performed almost similar activities also contained TV Talk shows about the Sehat Cards and the initiative. The talk shows participants that included representatives from SHPI and AHO, also replied direct phone calls during the talk shows.
As requested by communities and SHPI, AHO with the consent of KPG established a helpline number as so as to directly connect beneficiary communities with the concerned department.
In the sessions, AHO reached 6,160 beneficiaries at 92 UCs in Peshawar including 37% females, 3,050 beneficiaries at 34 UCs in Kohat including 47% women, 2702 beneficiaries at 38 UCs in Bannu including 49% women and 3610 at 39 UCs including 24% women.
Sehat Insaf cardholders, non-cardholder community members, representatives including GoKP line department staff from the Health Department, SSP, and Basic Health Units, and local government representatives including Nazim, Naim Nazim, and others) were invited to participate for half day awareness raising sessions in 81 Union Councils (Administrative unit consisting of 5-8 villages) of two districts. 48 meetings were conducted at UCs of D.I. Khan and 33 meetings conducted at UCs of Lakki Marwat. (81 meetings X 1/2 day for 70 participants for a total of 5670 beneficiaries).
— Held in the local Hujras (communal places) or BHUs. AHO will make sure to have meetings in places that have sufficient room for the number of participants.
–All beneficiaries who have been issued "Sehat Insaf Cards" will be invited. Participants will be identified from the SSP beneficiaries' lists and will be selected on the basis of their availability.
— At least 30% of meeting participants will be women, preferably women from families with cards. (A family receives one card for the entire family including husband, wife and children).
–The target audience of these half-day sessions are community members. Government officials and elected representatives will also be invited to the meetings who may participate as per their availability.
Awareness Raising Sessions: A total of 81 awareness raising sessions i.e. 48 UCs in DI Khan and 33 UCs in Lakki Marwat.
Participants: Sehat Insaf cardholders, non-cardholder community members, representatives from GoKP line department, staff from the Health Department, SSP staff, Basic Health Units staff and local government representatives including Nazim, Naim Nazims.
Project introduction to the concerned departments and stakeholders were given to the respective District Administrations, District Health Offices, Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMAs) and Elected District Representatives.
Rapport with the local elected representatives and securing their cooperation in the coordination with communities, mobilizing communities, identification of venues and conducting community sessions was developed. The female segment was also mobilized through the local elders/ representatives and AHO's female social organizers.
Community awareness sessions were conducted at the respective Union Councils in venues most conveniently accessible and acceptable to the target beneficiaries. Women sessions were conducted at local houses, identified by the community members themselves.
IEC material was distributed amongst the participants so as to support and augment the verbal communications. The IEC material was planned and developed in the inception phase in close coordination with the KPG communications department. These included brochures, standees and banners with formal USAID and AHO logos and displaying the key information pieces.
Universal Access Numbers were conspicuously shared with the communities for any assistance that may be needed in the future.
In the project wind up phase, AHO teams arranged meetings with the concerned authorities and stakeholders and briefed them up upon the project activities and achievements.
Title of the Proposed Project: Sehat Insaf Health Cards Awareness Raising CampaignContext: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a social health insurance program for the underprivileged of the province. It is the first program of this nature in the KP Province, as it is new so it needs awareness about its benefits, eligibility and utilization. For the purpose of awareness raising AHO started first campaign successfully in District Mardan with financial support of KPG-DAI and SSP technical support is provided for the better programming. Observing the successful implementation and its impact during sessions and discussion with community, Sehat Sahulat Insaf Program recommended further districts Peshawar, Kohat, Swabi and Bannu to be included in awareness raising campaign specially the awareness raising session with community.
Following activities will be carried on during the six month campaign:• A 02 Days Orientation will be held for Project Staff including SSP & State Life Staff.• Awareness Raising Sessions (Social Mobilizers will deliver the sessions). A representative from Sehat Sahulat Program (Health department) will be invited per session who will also share feedback and updates. 38 sessions in Bannu, 39 Sessions in Swabi, 92 Sessions in Peshawar and 33 Sessions in Kohat will be conducted at each districts' UC level.• Banners/Flex will be displayed during the sessions for more clear message depiction• Four (04) TV talk shows of 60 minutes duration telecasted four times on a local TV channel• Radio Campaign (A 04 Months Campaign on each alternate day with 03 messages per day, each message for 3 minutes will be on-aired via FM101 Radio Pakistan)Expected Results/Impact:• Increased awareness through community mobilization process• Increased Community engagement to health facilities available through Insaf health cards• Increase in learning on use, entitlements and benefits for the Insaf health card users• Awareness and knowledge sharing through Radio Program specifically for the targets UCs, tehsils, Districts as well Province.• Awareness and knowledge sharing through TV Talk Shows with a vast viewership.• Better use and Project Management for better Public & Private joint venture (Government-Citizen Forum GCF).
The proposed Activities will be carried out in Mosazai Tribe of central Kuram Agency FATA .The Returns Communities include Men's, Womens,Boys and Girls with no access to WASH . Health, Education, shelter and nutrition and other basic services are facing severe problems after return back to military operation and partial sectarian clashes in Kuram Agency FATA. Most of the community infra structures including WASH, Health Facilities, Education Institutions, Roads etc are fully or partially damaged and need to restore on Urgent basis. On their return to their respective areas the returnees found that all the drinking water sources has been damaged and they have scarce water sources for drinking , washing and cooking. The return communities are using water from damage sources or from few partial rehabilitated water sources .but still have insufficient water to fulfill their daily basis need for drinking, washing and for cooking. The available water whatsoever is highly contaminated and contain various pollutants which is not fit for drinking.About 80% of the diseases are caused due to unsafe drinking water inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practice. The major disease caused by unsafe drinking water are diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, hepatitis (A,B and E) deferent type of intestinal worms etc. There for cleaned drinking water and sanitation and safe sanitation services are considered to be the only way of reducing the chances of these diseases which cause to expend more than 40 % expenses of total income of the household.The main objective of the project to provide drinking water supply to return communities school and health facilities as well as sanitation facilities for 4523 returned families including Men, Women ,boys , Girls these will be include the returned communities , 8 educational institutions and 02 health facilities in Masozai tribe of Central Kuram Agency FATA .The installation of tube for community and rehabilitation of WASH facilities in schools and heath facilities are expected to provide them with sufficient amount of water as per SPHERE standards and increased accessibility to this very basic need. The intervention is also expected to reduce the vulnerability of women and Girls that fetch water, to possible abuses. Similarly the proximity and sufficient supply of water also help reduce the queuing time and time taken to go the source and come back home. The intervention will help provide sufficient clean drinking water to schools and health facilities to save the children from de-hydration as well as other water born diseases.The project will directly benefits 4523 HH (27138 individuals) in Kuram Agency returned communities , school going children (boys & Girls) of 08 schools and the 02 health facilities (staff and patients) situated in target areas. The provision of clean drinking water and the safe sanitation education will help create health atmosphere within the community, school, and health facilities.The hygiene education will help change the behavior of the target communities, students and health staff toward use of safe sanitation method. This will also contribute to save environment for population which is also a cross cutting theme of AHO intervention in the area.
The Government of KP has started Sehat Sahulat Program" (SSP) with the aim to improve the health status of targeted population of KP through increasing their access to quality health services and to reduce poverty by reducing their out of pocket payments for health related expenditures. Through this scheme, the government plans to provide health cards for hospitalization coverage to 51% of the 1.8 m households through a Public Private Partnership between the governments, insurance company and private sector hospitals of KP. The SSP has requested KPG for support to create awareness among beneficiaries of the cards for their optimum utilization.
The ultimate aim of this grant is to raise awareness among the people of Mardan for better utilization of health cards that will enhance citizens' satisfaction over provision of health services delivery by the KP Government. This in turn will not only improve their perceptions about governance and create a positive image of the government's responsiveness to their basic needs but will also lead to poverty reduction.
One day Awareness raising sessions will be held in 75 Union Councils (Administrative unit consisting of 5-8 villages) of Mardan District. These meetings will be held in the local hujras (communal places) or local basic health units. All those beneficiaries who have been issued "Sehat Sahulat Cards" will be invited to these meetings. At least 30% of these meetings will be held with women. IEC reference materials will be delivered in these meetings.
Three minutes (03) long radio message telecast for 25 times in Pashto language.
Hygiene Education, Rehabilitation of WASH Facilities.
An Agreement was signed between UNICEF & AHO on 07 September 2015. According to the Agreement AHO has to carry out the following activities in 03 Union Councils (Shaheen Muslim Town I & II and Larama) in Urban areas of District Peshawar: Construction/Installation of demonstration latrines at public places Repair/ Rehabilitation of existing latrines facilities and installation of hand washing places in schools Installation/ Rehabilitation of latrines facilities in health centers/ hospitals (2 separate units of latrines for men & women with disability factor considered) preferably near children wards Installation of hand washing stations in the hospitals near public latrines & public eating places Repair/ Rehabilitation/ retrofitting/ quick fix of existing WSS in community Repair/ Rehabilitation/ retrofitting/ quick fix of existing WSS in schools Social organizers & other project staff of AHO & HF trained & SABAWON on facilitation of PATS in urban communities & schools Training of school teachers on facilitation of SLTS in schools Training of LHWs/LHVs on facilitation of PATs in communities & schools Formation/ Capacity development of 35 WSC (25 M & 10 F – 2 members from each ward) on demand creation for sanitation, organizational management, advocacy tools & linkage development with social welfare department Government officials & political leaders (newly elected district councilors & neighborhood councilors) oriented/ trained on PATS to enhance ownership, ensure sustainability & promote the approach Coordination meetings with the sector partners & Strengthening of Water & Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) on water quality testing & use of deliqua kits (with the support of PCRWR/WHO) Formation & strengthening of District Sanitation Committee (DSC) Baseline & End-line established for knowledge management & accountability Launch 50 BCC campaigns in target communities and schools to create demand for sanitation, personal health & hygiene and nutrition Celebrate special events e.g Cleanliness drive, best UC & Mohallah events, GHWD,/ WWD, WTD, street theaters & puppet shows Mass Awareness through electronic media – talk shows, documentary One month comprehensive hand washing campaign in Peshawar city involving government, media, hospitals, citizens, students & ambassador Formation & strengthening of WASH clubs in schools.
Provision of essential Shelter, WASH and FSL Assistance to Earthquake affected Communities in KP and FATA.
Project Project Title: Provision of essential Shelter, WASH and FSL Assistance to Earthquake affected Communities in KP and FATA.
A powerful earthquake struck on 26th October 2015 which has affected large area of Pakistan. According to the Meteorological department of Pakistan the earthquake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan. Severe Tremors jolted the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan Administered Kashmir, Punjab, and Balochistan as well as in the capital Islamabad.
Initial reports from NDMA indicated 272 deaths and 2,156 people being injured in Pakistan with 225 of those fatalities occurring in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province. An additional 1,797 were reportedly injured. 23,296 houses were partially or completely damaged. There were also reports of loss to property and livestock especially in the KP and FATA.
KP being closest to the epicenter of the earthquake is the worst hit. Six districts that include Shangla, Swat, Chitral, Lower Dir, Upper Dir and Torghar have reported massive losses and damage to infrastructure. 50 deaths are reported in Shangla, followed by 35, 32, 26, 20, and 18 in Swat, Chitral, Lower Dir, Upper Dir and Torghar respectively. With nearly 24,000 houses damaged and heavy loss to infrastructure and livestock vulnerability has increased drastically for children, women, older people and persons with disabilities.
According to reports heavy losses were occurred in lower and upper Dir areas as well as Swat Districts. With little assistance available, people are left in the open to spend the nights in cold weather with temperatures hitting as low as zero Degrees Centigrade in most of the areas at night.
Due to the current prevailing situation the Earth Quake Affected People of Lower Dir, Swat Bajaur Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are either living under the blue or in damaged houses which is a severe threat to the lives of the affected people including women, children and disable population of the areas.
For this emergency intervention, 2,500 families will be targeted by AHO. FOCUS will coordinate with relevant stakeholders and organizations operating in the area in order to select beneficiaries not receiving similar assistance already. AHO will ensure that the needs of families with completely destroyed houses as well as the needs of the most vulnerable households are met, and that there is no overlap with other humanitarian actors in the area. To ensure community participation, the proposed intervention is based on initiation meetings with the community of each identified village. By working with the local community and local leaders AHO will identify potential beneficiaries, based on the criteria outlined below. Female-headed households will be targeted in priority.
The proposed intervention is also designed to address the specific needs of different groups from the target communities. Women and children will be treated with particular attention. Further, the implementation team will be gender-balanced. Additionally, representatives of female community groups will participate in the decision making processes, such as the beneficiary selection, project inputs and activities.
The intervention is especially designed to target vulnerable groups. Therefore, the project will target villages with vulnerable groups and vulnerable individuals according to their needs, using the following criteria: • Presence of other emergency/humanitarian actors providing similar support, with only such areas being selected where no other actor is covering the Shelter/NFI/WASH needs;• Not receiving similar assistance from any other source; • Families with a significant proportion of children under five years of age, elderly, pregnant and/or lactating mothers and malnourished children;• With high level of vulnerability to future food insecurity (primarily due to lack of livelihoods opportunities) including those with a large family size and having unemployed family members; • Those with extremely vulnerable persons including persons with disabilities or chronic illness;• Female and child headed households.
Under the umbrella of ACTED, the proposed project will be implemented by AHO through its Regional Office in ???. A dedicated project team will assist AHO staff in the identification of households as well as distribution of items.
Preliminary Activities Activity 0.1: Staff HiringAHO will hire 31 staff members for the project. The staff will contain 01 Project Coordinator, 1 team leader, 03 Sub-Engineers, 01 M&E Officer, 12 Hygiene Promoters, 02 Data Entry Operators, 01 Admin & Finance Officer, 03 Logistic Assistants, 06 Security Guards and 01 office Boy/Cook. All recruited for 04 months.
Activity 0.2: Staff Induction and OrientationThe newly appointed staff will be given one day project orientation and induction to enable them to understand the crux of the project activities.
Activity 0.3: Hiring of VehiclesAHO will hire 04 vehicles for Field activities to enable the field staff to carry out the field activities without hurdles.
Activity 0.4: Transportation of MaterialThe AHO Logistic staff will transport the material from ACTED Warehouse Chakdara to the targeted districts/agency for further distribution among the affected people.
Activity 0.5: Initial Community Mobilization: Acceptance of the project by all community stakeholders is critical for the success and feasibility of the action. Cooperation and understanding of the project by target communities will be promoted through in-depth meetings explaining the action, with a specific emphasis on the beneficiary selection process. In addition, community members will be closely involved in an initial participatory rural assessment.
Activity 0.6: Creation and capacity development of COs/CBOs:Community organizations (COs) will be created, when not existing, for each target village. Where existing, they will be assessed in terms of their suitability and capacity to partake in the project. They will be provided with capacity building and management training, enabling them to become an active partner in the planning, implementation and sustainability of the Project. The purpose of COs will be to: a) support beneficiary selection, b) take part in participatory rural appraisals,c) identify community priorities and resources, d) promote pro-active community participation in the Action, e) link with local authorities to enhance sustainability and ownership of the Action.
Activity 0.7: Beneficiary SelectionDirect beneficiaries of the project will be selected against the aforementioned vulnerability criteria with AHO targeting earthquake-affected households who lost their shelter and livelihood assets. These standard criteria will be explained to the communities. Final beneficiary lists will be made in consultation and coordination with the COs, in a highly transparent manner, in order to minimise the potential for bias and triangulate suggestions for potential families. AHO's database teams will then verify the identified beneficiaries to ensure the non-duplication of selected beneficiaries and to filter out any bias.
Core ActivitiesActivity 1: Emergency Shelter AssistanceActivity 1.1: Distribution of Shelter Repair KitsTo distribute shelter repair kits along with shelter construction session to 2,000 earthquake affected households (500 in Swat, 1,000 in Lower Dir and 500 in Bajaur) to enable them construct/rehabilitate their shelters. These same households will also receive IEC Material.
Activity 1.2: Shelter Support Grants 2,000 Shelter kit beneficiaries (500 in Swat, 1,000 in Lower and 500 in Bajaur) will be provided shelter assistance grants to enable them meet other necessary costs to build their shelter such as transportation, miscellaneous items etc.
Activity 1.3: Winterization kitsTo cope with the severe winter in the disaster affected area, AHO will also distribute 2,500 winterization kits (750 in Swat, 1,250 in Lower Dir and 500 in Bajaur Agency) among the affected households.
Activity 2.1: Repair of water points and water treatmentThe project will repair 10 communal water points (5 in Lower Dir and 5 in Swat) which are partially destroyed by the earthquake and land sliding and which need small level repairs in the target districts in consultation with local community and respective TMA and PHED.
Activity 2.2: Hygiene Promotion, Distribution of Hygiene Kits and IEC materialTo address hygiene needs of disaster affected communities, AHO will conduct hygiene promotion sessions with the target communities. AHO will also provide with 2000 standard hygiene kits and 2000 hygiene IEC material (1,000 in Swat and 1,000 in Lower Dir).
Activity 2.3: Material support for repair of household latrines300 affected households will be provided material for construction of latrines the latrines of whom are damaged or destroyed in earthquake (100 in Swat and 200 in Lower Dir).
Activity 3.2: Cash for Work (CFW) Programme for debris clearanceTo arrange cash for work programmes for 500 families (250 in Swat and 250 in Lower Dir) for debris clearance, de-silting of Irrigation Channels, repair of Walking Tracks and other. Priority will be given to disaster affected community, food insecure households and others among lower poverty bands to work as unskilled labor in these CFW schemes.
Activity 3.3: CFW Tool Kits and MaterialAHO will provide 50 Tool Kits and Material among the affected people (25 in Swat and 25 in Lower Dir) to enable the affected community to rehabilitate their damaged shelters.
At the beginning of the project, a household assessment survey will be designed and data will collected to allow beneficiary selection based on set criteria (vulnerabilities such as number of members in the households, pregnant and lactating women, state of destruction of shelter, etc). This assessment will also serve to assess household shelter state, needs, and NFI as well as WASH needs to feed into projects activities. Additionally, after the beneficiary selection, AHO will conduct a verification of the beneficiaries identified by the COs in order to assess their selection against the above outlined set criteria.
Throughout the project implementation, AHO will conduct monitoring to ensure that the project' implementation is in line with the initial plan and the quality standards agreed with ACTED and DFID. This will include site checks, documentation review and beneficiary interviews. AHO will also facilitate supervision and monitoring visits by the ACTED staff. In addition, a complaint response mechanism will be in place.
AHO will report on progress to ACTED on a monthly basis and prepare narrative progress and financial reports on formats to be agreed with ACTED, which will further the progress report to the donor. An end of project evaluation report will be prepared once the project activities are completed. This will capture whether the beneficiaries report having equal access to the assistance, the level of satisfaction with the intervention and the degree of engagement in the project.
Coordination with other Actors: AHO will closely coordinate the project activities with other actors in the area through bilateral meetings as well as participation in the Shelter, WASH and FSL cluster. Coordination with relevant clusters will take place through regular participation in other provincial and national cluster meetings and technical working groups. In addition, FOCUS will engage in bilateral meetings with district/agency administration and relevant line departments to discuss the implementation in detail.
Gender Strategy: The proposed intervention has been designed considering the different needs of men, women, girls and boys. Where cultural norms demand, AHO will ensure that female staff members are present at distribution points to help female-headed households. A roster of experienced female Community Mobilisers will be engaged in this project, to ensure the full inclusion of female beneficiaries. The project results will directly reflect specific gendered needs.
The Earthquake of 26th October 2015 struck the entire Country Pakistan including FATA with a magnitude 8.1 rector scale. The relief efforts are underway throughout the areas affected by the Earthquake with the Government leading the response. Emergency measures are in effect in all areas of KP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Information regarding damages continues to be compiled as reports from more remote areas are received. According to NDMA sources Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies are among the worst affected areas of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).In this connection AHO deputed a team of four staff members on 27th October 2015 to carry out a rapid situation analysis of the two agencies. The team visited 07 Tehsils (04 Mohmand Agency and 03 Bajaur Agency).AHO prefers to provide immediate assistance to the affected villages in the following Tehsil of the Bajaur Agency:ACTIVATION OF CONTINGENCY PCA – IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED PEOPLE OF BAJAUR AGENCY FATAThe AHO Field Staff proceeded to Tehsil Khar of Bajaur Agency FATA on 3rd November 2015 and held meetings with Political Agent, Political Tehsildar and Hayat Foundation to discuss the earthquake emergency based project activities. AHO arranged Project Office and Warehouse in Tehsil Khar and started carrying out detailed assessment of the earthquake affected people in the targeted villages in Khar Tehsil.In the meantime AHO received Six hundred Ninety Three (693) Hygiene Kits, Nine Hundred Eighty Six (986) Jerry Cans, One Hundred (100) Fiber Glass Latrine Slabs and Eight (8) Roles of Tarpaulin Sheets through Hayat Foundation. On the basis of detailed assessment AHO distributed Hygiene Kits and Jerry cans among the Earthquake Affected People in the targeted villages. The AHO staff attended meetings with political administration in different situation to have close co-ordination and progress sharing etc. Meetings were held with Political Administration (Tehsildar) on 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 16th, 17th and 18th November, 2015.One (100) Latrine Slabs and Eight (8) Roles of Tarpaulin Sheets are were installed and 293 Jerry Cans were also distributed..
In recognition of the excellent outputs and the entire satisfaction of PPAF as regards the results of the existing LACIP project awarded to AHO in 2012 in UC Mahra of Tehsil Parova D.I.Khan District, another LACIP project was awarded in UCs Parova, from 1st May 2014 to 31st July 2015. So for 40 Male and 21 Female COs have been formed in 10 villages of UC Parova; Poverty Score Card has been carried out for 2000 HHs in UC Mahra while 1700HHs in UC Parova. 46 Skill Trainings have been imparted to male while 35 vocational trainings have imparted to female in the target UC of D.I.Khan District. 26 Village Disaster Management Committees have been constituted of which 09 have been trained on CBDRM. In CPI component of the program 10 Small Community Infrastructure schemes have been initiated.
In Nov 2011, AHO conducted a Need Assessment Survey in 04 UCs of Dera Ismail Khan i.e. Mahra, Parova, Miran and Naivella. On the basis of Survey Findings AHO submitted a proposal to PPAF for UC Mahra to carry out activities in the fields of Institutional Development and Community Infra-structure Schemes. The proposal was approved by PPAF and AHO was taken on board in the on-going (KfW funded) program for Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. During the course of time 62 COs, (40 Male COs + 22 Female Cos) and 05 VOs were constituted. The COs and VOs were properly trained on documentation and identification and execution of small infra-structure projects. After completion of documentations and opening of separate bank accounts for each CO, the identification of small community infrastructure schemes like street pavements, drinking water scheme, water channels etc was initiated. A total of 24 schemes have been completed through COs and VOs. The community infra-structure projects are so designed that they will play a vital role in Livelihood Enhancement which will directly and indirectly contribute in poverty alleviation among the target communities. An impact study will be carried out at the end of the project which will determine the out-come of the project and its benefits towards the target community. The survey report will be published and shared with the stakeholders.
Conduction of Hygiene Sessions, Provision of Hygiene Kits, Provision of WASH facilities in Schools, Provision of WASH facilities in Health Centers, provision of drinking water to returned community.
During Military operation against the insurgents the inhabitants of the three agencies (Kuram Agency, Orakzai Agency and Tirah Maidan of Khyber Agency) took shelter in Govt. established camps in Nowshera and Sadda; and most of the TDPs preferred to live with host communities in Peshawar, Kohat, and Hangu. During the operation the infra-structure like schools, BHUs, roads and community buildings received severe damages. Mostly the damages were seen in the infra-structure of WASH facilities in schools and hospitals as these were the primary targets of the insurgents. The operation restored the government writ and the areas were declared de-notified for the TDPs return.
There was a need to rehabilitate and restore the damaged facilities in the areas of return. Keeping in view the immediate need of the returned communities AHO carried out a rapid need assessment of the WASH facilities in schools and health centers. On the basis of the need assessment AHO submitted a proposal to UNICEF for provision/rehabilitation of WASH facilities.
The proposal was approved and an agreement was signed with UNICEF on 05 November 2014. The project activities were started from the 06 November; the staff hiring, vehicle hiring, staff induction and deputation to field were completed till 08 November 2014. After the completion of ground work for the project the implementation of the project activities was started. The AHO Engineers completed the technical assessment of the target schemes i.e 16 in Kurram, 30 in Orakzai Agency and 17 schemes were identified and assessed in Khyber Agency. The WASH intervention schemes included 05 in Health Facilities, 25 in Education and 33 in Community. These included rehabilitation of Latrines, installation of water tanks, provision of drinking water from gravity schemes and installation of Hand Pumps. In addition, 3000 Hygiene Kits, 3000 Jerry Cans and 3000 Buckets were distributed among the returned communities 1000 each in the three target agencies.
Provision of NFIs Kits to 20633 TDPs Families and Feed & Fodder to4826 TDPs Families in District Bannu.
The Military Operation in North Waziristan Agency compelled millions of people of the area to migrate to Districts Bannu, .D.I.Khan and Laki Marwat and take temporary refuge. Very few families opted to shift to Govt. established TDP camp as it was against their culture to live in camps. More than 97% of the TDPs lived with host families and some were living in rental houses.
The AHO staff carried out a rapid need assessment in District Bannu to find out the immediate needs of the TDP families as well as the livestock they carried with them. On the basis of the Need Assessment AHO submitted a proposal to Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for provision of NFIs and Feed & Fodder. Being the Emergency response the NRC approved the AHO Proposal immediately and signed agreement on 11th August 2014. The agreement was for three and half months. The NFIs and Feed & Fodder Kits were to be procured by NRC and transported to AHO warehouse in Bannu.
AHO hired 23 staff for the project and also hired office and warehouse in Tehsil Domel from where the activities were to be carried out. The AHO staff established its distribution point near to the distribution hub of WFP in order to make it easy for the TDPs to receive both the FIs from WFP and NFIs and Feed & Fodder from AHO. AHO distributed 20633 NFIs Kits and 4826 Feed & Fodder Kits among the TDPs. The project was completed on 25th November 2014.
Provision of NFIs Kits, Kitchen Sets, Hygiene Kits and Drinking Water Supply through Tankers to 764 IDPs Families with Host Communities in District Bannu.
As a result of the Military Operation in North Waziristan Agency millions of people of the area were affected and compelled to migrate to Districts Bannu, .D.I.Khan and Laki Marwat. A few families opted to live in Govt. established IDP camp while most of the IDPs are living with host families.
The AHO Program staff visited two UCs i.e. UC Kaki and UC Sikandar Khel Bala of Tehsil and District Bannu; A rapid need assessment was carried out in these two UCs and on the basis of the Need Assessment submitted a proposal to Concern WW for provision of NFIs, Kitchen Sets, Hygiene Kits and Drinking Water through Tankers. The proposal was approved and an agreement was signed on 14th July 2014.
On signing of the agreement the initial activities like staff hiring, staff induction and the process of procurement of NFIs, Kitchen Sets and Hygiene Kits were commenced. AHO hired 20 staff for the project and 764 kits of NFIs including Kitchen sets, Bedding Sets and Hygiene Kits were procured and supplied to AHO warehouse in Bannu. In addition, 3 Tankers were hired to provide clean drinking water to the target community at the rate of 64000 liters per day for 35 days. The AHO staff established its hub in Bannu Township from where the TDPs were provided with the kits. Besides Rs.525 per family were to be paid to the TDPs as transportation charges for carrying the Kits.
The project activities were continued for two months. The project was completed on 13th September 2014.
Distribution of Winterization Kits among Tirah ReturneesThe Military Operation against the insurgents in Tirah was started on 19 May and ended on 10 June 2013 during which the entire Tirah Maidan area was cleared. The area was de-notified as safe for IDP return in mid September 2013.As a result of the Operation 17140 families were displaced and settled in different camps Jalozai, Jerma and New Durrani Camps and host families at Peshawar Kohat and Hangu. In the initial stage 3947 families returned to their area out of which 2911 families belonged to Malik Din Khel Tribe. Keeping in view the upcoming winter season AHO decided to distribute Winterization Kits among the returned families. The matter was discussed with the Concern Worldwide RAPID Fund. Due to budget constraints the Concern Worldwide RF informed that they could only provide funds for 2000 kits.A proposal was submitted to Concern Worldwide for distribution of Winterization Kits among 2911 return families of Malik Din Khel Tribe; the Concern Worldwide RF was agreed to provide funds for 2000 WKs. An agreement was signed with Concern Worldwide RF to procure and distribute 2000 Kits to be distributed among the 2911 families. The Kits were procured following the standard procurement policy and distributed among the returnees of Malik Din Khel Tribe in Tirah Maidan Khyber Agency.The project was completed on 25th January 2014.
Rehabilitation of (153) Damaged Wells and Installation of Hand Pump.
to be rehabilitated and hand pumps installed to solve the problem of drinking water in the area.On the basis of need assessment and its findings AHO submitted a proposal to Concern Worldwide RAPID fund for provision of funds to rehabilitate the damaged wells and installation of hand pumps. The proposal was approved and an agreement was signed with Concern Worldwide RF for Rehabilitation of 153 damaged Wells and installation of Hand Pumps in 17 villages of Tehsil Kalaya Lower Orakzai Agency FATA. A total of 1488 households (10416 individuals) will be benefitted from this project. Activities:The project activities included the staff recruitment, staff induction, baseline survey, technical assessment, social mobilization, formation of O&M Committees, tender for procurement of hand pump material, tool kits for hand pumps, construction material and tender awarding processes. Along with the procurement process, the rehabilitation of damaged wells and finally the installation of hand pumps were completed. The activities were carried out in the 17 villages of Ferozkhel and Uthman Khel tribes of Lower Orakzai Agency. The project covered a total of 1488 households with total population of 10416 individual. The project was completed on 31st July, 2012. The project was funded by Concern Worldwide, RAPID Fund through OFDA/USAID funding.
Computers with equipments, Furniture, Books, Note Books and other Stationary items for students, Qualified teachers allocated (among the convicts) from inside the jail for different classes According to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), education is the backbone of development for any nation of the world. In the same context, Asia Humanitarian Organization, realizing the importance of education in general and for those who are inside the jails, launched a jail education program for juvenile delinquents inside the jail on 15th January 2012. AHO Team visited the district and central jails of Karak and Bannu and after thorough need assessment, it was identified that Juvenile delinquents require formal education as well as technical skills program. Trained teachers were also identified among the convicts inside the jails. The juveniles like the normal citizens require quality education and technical skills in order to make them positive and constructive citizens after release from the jails.
the course of one year and three months 18 Juvenile students in the Karak Jail in different classes were provided books, note books, stationery and computers. In addition, two teachers were identified from among the convicts to impart education to the students. Besides, computer teacher was also identified to provide computer skills to the matriculate juvenile.The main objective of the program was to provide formal education and technical skills to the juvenile to bring them at par the normal citizens of the country.
As a result of the Military operation against the militants in Central Orakzai Agency FATA; thousands of families were rendered homeless and took shelter in nearby areas of Hangu, Kohat and Peshawar. The situation compelled the people to leave everything at their homes and escape to nearby safe areas. After successful operation the area was cleared and resultantly the law enforcement agencies cleared the way for IDPs to finally return to their homes after almost more than one year.As soon as the IDPs returned to their homes they found that their houses, crops, livestock and household utensils were totally ruined. At that time, the returnees were in acute need of shelter, drinking water, food, health facilities etc.
World Food Program (WFP) provided food item and UNHCR provided Shelter material to the affected people. NFIs were provided by SRSP but still drinking water remained a question mark, because the wells were completely damaged during operation; however, a few wells were rehabilitated by the returned community on self-help basis.
AHO team carried out a rapid need assessment in 22 villages of Mishti tribe of Central Orakzai Agency and it was found that at least 195 wells were to be rehabilitated and hand pumps installed on the same to cope with the shortage of water for drinking, cooking, washing and various other purposes.AHO submitted a proposal to Concern Worldwide RAPID Fund; which was accepted and a contract was signed between Concern Worldwide RF and AHO for Rehabilitation of 195 Wells and installation of Hand Pumps.The Project was completed on 29th July 2013.
After completing the Military Operation in Lower Orakzai Agency the Government declared the area de-notified; the IDPs returned to their homes and found that the household belongings were destroyed during the operation. AHO carried out a need assessment survey in lower Orakzai agency to find out the prioritized needs of the returnees. The finding of the survey showed that since their household belongings were destroyed and they had no source to protect themselves from the chilling cold; their immediate need was provision of Winterization Kits.For this purpose AHO submitted a proposal to Concern Worldwide RAPID Fund for funding. The proposal was approved and an agreement was signed with Concern Worldwide RF to provide funding for the following Winterization Items to be distributed among the Returnees.01 Bukhara (A fuel efficient stove/Heater)02 quilts,03 jackets for children aging between 04 to 12 years04 Woolen Blanket for Infants05Ladies Winter Shawls06 Men Winter Shawls07 Pairs of socks and08 canvas bagThe above items were procured and distributed among 1480 families of Lower Orakzai Agency FATA. The project was completed on 01 February 2012. All the families in the villages were intervened during the project activities that were affected by the conflict and the resultant migration. Therefore, AHO covered each of the family in the proposed 11 villages that have returned after the displacement. The target population was benefitted through blanket distribution in the 11 villages covering a whole of 1,480 families. These families included men, women, children of varying ages and infants. The contents of the kits were tailored to meet the need of all. The target area included 80 families of the Sikh minority community. These families are most vulnerable in the prevailing scenario. The project was completed on 01 February, 2012. The project was funded by Concern Worldwide RAPID Fund through USAID/OFDA funding.
PKR 3.5 MillionSome 30,000 families at Lower Orakzai Agency left their homes in the aftermath of the conflict that took place between the Militants and Security Forces. The families have now returned to their homeland. Unfortunately, houses and household items of the majority of them have been destroyed during the conflict.The Government of Pakistan and other national and international organizations have been striving hard in helping them to 'Build Back Better'. The Orakzai Agency receives an extreme cold in the winter season. The agency has a high rate of precipitation and snowfalls. Before the crisis, the communities coped with the extreme weather through specifically designed homes, using the local heating systems and clothes befitting the situation. They lost almost everything in the displacement and return process, it seemed hard to them to defend themselves against the chilling cold. They didn't have adequate infrastructures/ shelters, internal heating systems and enough clothing.Asia Humanitarian Organization (AHO) submitted a proposal to UNHCR to assist the deprived communities of Lower Orakzai Agency FATA. The proposal was approved and accepted and the idea was finally shaped and projected for assistance with the title "Distribution of Gas Cylinder Kits among the Returnees of Lower Orakzai Agency FATA". The assistance covered 14770 out of estimated 30000 families (59%). Activities: AHO intervened in single Sector i.e. Distribution of Gas Cylinder Kits. The kits consisted of one Gas Cylinder, one heater, one burner, one packet of lights. The Cylinders were procured by UNHCR and stored in the Warehouse at Azakhel, Nowshera. They were picked from the UNHCR warehouse and transported to AHO warehouses at Chaman Jana and Saam Lower Orakzai Agency where numbers were embossed and then distributed among 14770 beneficiaries in Lower and Central parts of Tehsil Kalaya Orakzai Agency. The identification and registration of the beneficiaries in different villages of the Lower & Central Orakzai Agency was being carried out simultaneously.The project "Distribution of Cylinder Kits among Conflict Affected Returnees of Orakzai Agency FATA" started on October 25th and completed on December 24, 2011. The project was in-kind one for which UNHCR provided an amount of PKR 3.5 million as services delivery.Impact of the Project:The project benefitted 14770 families. Due to chilling cold the returnees especially the women and small children suffered from different diseases. They had no source to hide themselves from the extreme cold of the area. The distribution of gas cylinders saved the beneficiaries from the cold and thereby saved the children and women from different diseases.
In continuation of maintaining the government writ and uprooting the Taliban insurgencies the military operation was carried out in Orakzai Agency FATA. In the very previous conflict, the prologue of Taliban to the same situation-creation has blended the problem in multi-mode context. In cross attacks of militants and Armed Forces, besides collateral damages, also destroyed the overall scenario of the area. From harassment to deprivation and killings; everything resulted in a complete hopelessness for the target residing community. It was the general impact, but sometimes; when there are people living in the area; having different religions and beliefs; they get more targeted and affected by such disasters; and the same happened at Lower Orakzai FATA; where the Sikhs were targeted by the Taliban because they were in Minority. They were attacked and taken for Ransom. The situation further deteriorated and then the Sikhs fled and displaced to nearby areas of KPK and Punjab.Finally, after clearing the area from militants; the Sikhs returned to their area, destroyed homes and now they were in severe need of reconstruction. Keeping in view the humanitarian urge, Asia Humanitarian Organization (AHO) submitted a proposal to Concern Worldwide to assist the deprived communities in one of the mandated area of Lower Orakzai Agency FATA; through Responding to Pakistan Internally Displaced Fund (RAPID). The proposal was approved and accepted and the idea was finally shaped and projected for assistance with the title "To Provide Immediate Assistance to Conflict Affected Returnees of Lower Orakzai Agency FATA". The assistance not only covered the Sikhs community but also the Muslims Community for expanded assistance of WASH and NFI's. The approach was demanding immense mobilization expertise in a technical manner because the project provided shelter only to minority Sikh community living among the majority Muslim community. ActivitiesAHO intervened through three sectors. These included Shelter, WASH and Logistics Support & Relief Commodities. Prioritizing the vulnerable, 59 Sikh families received shelters and latrines exclusively. Moreover, AHO rehabilitated 40 wells and installed Communal Hand Pumps, supplied and distributed Non Food Items (NFIs) to 659 families that consisted of general populace and the minority 59 families in six villages, Saam, Sur Gul, Kata Panra, Dader Khel, Bezot and Malik Sharif of Tehsil Kalaya Lower Orakzai Agency. The project "To Provide Immediate Assistance to Conflict Affected Returnees of Lower Orakzai Agency FATA" started on June 9 and completed on 30th September 2011. The project was funded by Concern Worldwide RAPID FUND through USAID/OFDA funding.


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