In 1983, a project with the collaboration of Germany was initiated, being a joint venture of Government of Germany and Government of Pakistan. It was named the Pak-German Self-Help Project. Initially the project was implemented by the Local Government Department of Balochistan with the financial assistance of GIZ. The initiative primarily aimed at developing the socioeconomic conditions of the poor living in rural areas of Balochistan. Later in 1991, it was transformed into a company limited and a non profit organization named as Balochistan Rural Support Programme under the new organizational and administrative setup.
Vision
The vision of the programme is a prosperous Balochistan where people, especially the poor and women, are provided with equal livelihood opportunities and are not socially and economically excluded.
Mission
The mission is to harness potential of the rural poor to help themselves, assume control of local development and improve their standard of living.
Structure and accountability
Balochistan Rural Support Programme is governed by a 15 members board of directors, headed by a Chairman. The board is responsible for drawing general policy. The Chief Executive Officer is the executive authority in the organisation who is further assisted by Senior Managers, Section Managers, Deputy Managers, Assistant Managers and so on.
Development and rehabilitation of water supply schemes and construction and provision of sanitation services
Youth development centers
Livelihood enhancement program
Program philosophy
Balochistan Rural Support Programmes primary role in poverty alleviation and community development is to encourage self-help and, in the long term, guide the Community Organizations in becoming mature and self-reliant institutions. The Rural Support Programmes that this is the route to community empowerment, which must arise organically from CO's themselves. BRSP’s programme is holistic and multi sectoral aiming to ensure sustainable outcomes. BRSP holds that unless the concept of gender is understood and mainstreamed into every aspect of the organization and the programme, the kind of development, poverty alleviation and community empowerment that it wishes to attain will not be possible. This must be done in culturally appropriate ways.
Balochistan Rural Support Programme received its first Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy certification in 2005 and has been receiving the certification consecutively. The last certification was received in September, 2012. PCP certification is given to an organization on the basis of its performance in achieving its objectives and goals, financial management, parameters of internal government and programme delivery.
1991–2000: During the span of eight years BRSP supported target communities to form, formalize, and strengthen 473 villages of Balochistan province which included; 317 Village Organization and 156 Women Organizations. However the organization had to scaled down its operations in the subsequent years as GTZ withdrew its support.
2007–2010: In this period BRSP experienced further programmatic expansion in four more districts with support of international and national donor agencies. A major livestock program was initiated during this phase with the support of Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Pakistan.
