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Sarhad Rural Support Programme
Sarhad Rural Support Programme( SRSP) is a non profit company/ non government organisation registered under Company's Law, working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and parts of FATA. Its an intermediary organization which is based on the rural support programme( RSP) approach to community empowerment and economic and livelihood development. It was established in 1989 by members of the civil society, enlightened members of the government in their individual capacities, members of the academia, media and training institutions. In 2007 SRSP also initiated a programme for community empowerment and economic development in parts of FATA. In recent years because of its vast outreach in the communities, SRSP has had to play a prominent role in disasters that have hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and as a result humanitarian work alongwith development has become a core competency of the organization.

Social Mobilization
Social Mobilization is based upon the principle of community Self-Help. It is a concept that Rural Communities have the potential to resolve the problems that they face. However to harness this potential an intermediary organization is required to harness that potential. The role of the intermediary organization is also to organize Rural Communities to tackle the problems they face.