CHAPTER -1
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Health Net TPO me was established in 2005 after earthquake disaster as the first replication of "livelihood centered" Health Net TPOHN TPO approach to rural development which had been successfully demonstrated in the northern mountain regions of Pakistan. Health Net TPO HN TPO is a non profit/non government organization working in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. At the heart of HN TPO approach is the idea that communities have an ability for self help which has enabled them to survive in harsh environments. A catalyst organization is needed to provide them with technical and material support and social guidance to bring out the latent abilities in the communities. The USAID provided HN TPO initial seed money and its board of directors included eminent people from the civil society and civil services. Farah Khan the founder of the HN TPO movement was inspirational in establishing it. The withdrawal by USAID because of Pressler amendment created numerous teething problems for the organization. But support from Novib and Government of NWFP’s decision to assist it by making it a partner in the two large area development projects (MVSP and Barani one) helped in establishing it on a firm footing. After 2006 HN TPO has been supported by the World Bank funded Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. It has also worked with USAID, DFID, CIDA, and SDC.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
This study attempts to:
Ø Provide an overview of the HN TPO
Ø Analyze HN TPO’s management structure/system;
Ø Appraise the organizations performance;
Ø Undertake findings; and
Ø Recommend policies/measures for making the organization more viable.
SCOPE OF STUDY
This work is an effort to introduce the HealthNet TPOme in terms of its 'resent and past performance. This can be very useful for those interested in knowing bout the organization in terms of its history and performance.
The performance has further been analyzed by using different techniques. This findings gives a true picture of the organization and shows its strengths and weaknesses. The people interested in this organization can make a true image of the organization in their mind by reading it. It can also be helpful for the management of HealthNet TPOme who can easily know about their abilities.
The positive aspects for the organization and the negatives aspects it faces have also been discussed and these have been used to make the recommendations for the improvement of the performance. These recommendations can be very helpful for the top management of the organization to remove the defects and to improve the performance.
METHODOLOGY
For the collection of data and the other relevant material used to write this report, the following primary and secondary sources/methods have been used.
a. PRIMARY SOURCES
1 Personal observations
2 Interviews
b. SECONDARY SOURCES
Following secondary sources for data collection have been used for this report:
1 HN TPO Annual Reports
2. Brochures.
3. Brochures
4. Internship Reports and assignments written on HN TPO in the past
5 Internet
During the period of internship, I studied the history and the background of the HN TPO in detail, side by side with the information, which I gathered during the daily routine work by personal observation. In this work, I came across on problems, which were not defined in the previous works .So in order to clear my doubts; I visited the concerned persons in all the departments. I took the help of interviews with different people at HN TPO to get the necessary information about the management structure and functions and present and past performance of HN TPO.
After reviewing the answers from the interviews and on the basis of personal observation, I have developed my findings about the organization and have given the recommendations for the improvement of performance.
No comments:
Post a Comment