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About us

Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization (Safwco), started its developmental journey from a small initiative, launched in 1986 by a group of five social activists led by Mr. Suleman G. Abro. Concerned about depleting sources of livelihood and employment, increasing poverty and social deprivation in rural Sindh and propelled by its own vision of sustainable, equitable and just society, Safwco initiated a process of social mobilization in District Sanghar initially. It was apparent at that time that there will be no effective grass roots development and real improvement in living standards of the poor, without an integrated development initiative focused at targeting development initiative focused at targeting poverty from different aspects. From beginning, social mobilization has been a key aspect of Safwco's development strategy. Safwco started its activities with an objective to facilitate people's participation in development on self help basis; and facilitating to build institutional infrastructure in their villages to achieve the goal of sustainable development.

Employee

1500
+

Projects

550

Offices

40

Vision

SAFWCO envisions ‘sustainable communities achieving equitable economic, social, political and cultural development through indigenous community organizations. SAFWCO’s aim is to ‘become self-sustaining resourceful, disciplined and specialized training and support institution accessible to under privileged with a view to build capacities of community organizations as model development institution’..

Our Mission

SAFWCO’s mission is to mobilize the poor under a common platform to support them to carry out sustainable development.

Values

Equality, Transparency, Participatory, Mutual Respect, and Social Justice

Objectives

  • Organize rural and urban communities (men and women) for undertaking sustainable development initiatives primarily on self-help basis
  • Build the capacity of the VDOs to make them sustainable
  • Undertake participatory development programs for poverty alleviation and improvement of quality of life of the poor
  • Facilitate women participation in the development activities and promote their socio economic empowerment
  • Promote conservation of natural resources, take efforts for improving environment and facilitate health and education
  • Engage in advocacy and networking for addressing social issues of the society
  • Cooperate with national and international development organizations for poverty alleviation and sustainable development