RCOO proposes to start an Environment Conservation and Urban Forestry Program for this area, by introducing new techniques, community organization and training for human resource development. RCOO is maintaining five home schools in this area, each school consists of one teacher, average 15 students and one mother committee of the students? mothers. They all provide sufficient network to conduct this program successfully.

The project mainly envisages the development of the ecology. A nursery shall be established to provide the community the required and suitable seeds for the tree plantation, kitchen garden and flower raising. The project will introduce the schemes of tree plantation in the two tree planting seasons every year, kitchen garden scheme and solid waste and garbage disposal scheme. Providing technical assistance and guidance to the community along with seeds, fertilizers for the plantation. The families will be motivated to maintain kitchen gardens in their homes by various methods. This scheme will help the families meet their demands, sell excessive products to the neighbours or in the market and above all the greenary will help in reducing the air pollution. Most of the land in the area and along with the streets and roads is unattended and suitable for tree plantation.


Area Profile for which initiative is proposed.

Chibban, Aminabad and its suburbs consists of disorgnized and congested localities with a population of over two lac. The majority of houses are raging from 5 marlas to 2 and a half marlas.

The Industries of Faisalabad, attracted skilled and semi-skilled labour force from adjacant areas. The labour force purchased small piece of land here and constructed shabby houses without considering the pre-requisits of twon planning or the future requirements of civic life.

The area is a low income genration, (average income is Rs.1000/- to Rs.2000 per month per family). Majority of the people are idulged in low scale and poor technological business and labour. The genral health conditions here are pitiable, and one of important health damaging element is pollution in this industrial suburb.

The area badly needs plantation both at home and street levels in order to reduce the pollution effect caused by the adjacent industries, worst sanitation condition and congestion. The community memebrs tried to address these problems on their own but without much success as they desparately lacked the required tehcnical know how and community participation techniques.
Planned Activities:
One male and one female social organizer shall motivate and provide technical assitance to the community through home school netework. Community participation in tree plantation and kitchen garden shall be started. Two nurseries shall be maintained by gardeners under the supervision of the program staff, which will provide top quality seeds and technical assistance to the community on very economical prices. The mother committees students, teachers and other program activists shall be trained to promote the schemes of environment conservation Urban Forerstry and solid waste garbage disposal. The nurseries shall be self sustained, after the initial fixed cost assistance and as well as the kitchen gardens schemes will sustain by generating funds.

Effects:
The initiative shall promote female participation in general public awareness for environment conservation and ecological changes in the area. The general trend of the community for ecology and environment preservation shall be strengthened.

Special Concerns:

The initiative will provide a clean and healthy atmosphere for the women and children and restrict the chances of epidemics int he area. This will result in social change and healthier generations.

Continuity of the initiative shall be maintained by training of social organizers and activists in first year which shall be used in subsequent years for tree plantation, kitchen gardens raising and solid waste garbage disposal systems. The trained organizers can be utilized to replicate the initiative in other part of Faisalabad or Punjab.

By the process of activities in the first year and training, the capacity of the organizers and activists shall be increased many folds.

The initiative shall be documented in shape of quarterly reports in Urdu and English, published for the interested groups in Pakistan, abroad and others of initiation, replication and monitoring.