NRDF - National Research & Development Foundation, Peshawar

Location:

All over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, Pakistan

Objectives:

•  Promote peace and tolerance amongst general public
•  Win the support of policy makers for peace and tolerance
•  Utilize the services of clerics in arresting the growing spread of extremism, violence, gender discrimination

Activities:

•  Workshops
•  District and Agency Seminars
•  Orientation Sessions
•  Aimmah Trainings
•  Training of Madaris Teachers
•  Sermons by Ulama for Peace and Tolerance
•  Development of Booklets on Peace and Tolerance related Issues
•  Awareness Campaigns for Peace and Tolerance related Issues
•  Participation in Talk Shows on TV and Radio on Peace, Tolerance, Gender Equity and human Rights
•  Networking with Stakeholder

Outputs:

•  Hold 20 Workshops for 600 Ulama and members of Civil Society
•  Organized 120 Seminars on Peace related issues in Madaris. Over 12000 Students and Teachers of Madaris attended the Events
•  Over 1100 Orientation Sessions for Ulama, Students of Madaris and Community Activists Organized. Over 15,000 Attended.
•  Organized 25 Aimmah training Courses for 500 Prayer Leaders
•  Organized four Training Courses for 100 Teachers of Madaris.
•  The Mapped Ulama of NRDF included Peace and Tolerance related Messages in Over 20,000 sermons. The Direct Estimated Audience of these Sermons is Over 2 Million Individuals.
•  Over 5000 Copies of Booklets on Peace, Religious Harmony, Women Rights, Human Rights and other Social Issues were Published and Disseminated amongst Ulama and Members of Local Communities
•  Participation in Talk Shows on TV and Radio on Peace, Tolerance, Gender Equity and human Rights

Project Period:

January 2005 till date

Collaboration:

All NRDF Network Members