IET Mission

2. The Indus Earth Trust IET Mission Indus Earth works to raise living standards by enhancing socio-economic conditions, through an integrated development approach which incorporates reduced use of fossil fuels and encourages the exploration of renewable energy, while ensuring the protection of flora, fauna, and marine life.

3. After 12 years experience Indus Earth’s main thrust in the Alleviation of Poverty is to provide Beneficiaries with the skills to develop their own businesses. Enable them to stand on their own feet. • Each beneficiary is given an asset of their choice (goats, sewing machine, donkey cart etc). • IET then teaches them how to keep books, establish savings schemes, manage a business, open bank accounts. • IET stays on this programme for 2 years with each beneficiary as supervisor. • IET is working with 1200 beneficiaries till 2013, having completed a previous programme for 800 recipients.

5. However no one can start a business unless they have the basic provision in 4 items: • Potable water, proper housing, electricity (IET uses Solar and Wind systems) and sanitation. • These facilities have been provided in over 400 villages in Sindh and Balochistan. • IET is providing Livelihood Schemes to 1200 beneficiaries who are the poorest of the poor. • We have had 83% success where each person, after 3 years, is earning a minimum of Rs.15,000 per month.

6. Integrated Development. • Basic facilities, such as Electricity (solar, wind and biomass), Potable water, Sanitation, Housing, food security. • Livelihoods. Train women and men in alternative sources of income in which they become entrepreneurs to enable them to remain in their area and reduce migration to towns and cities. IET trains these entrepreneurs in management of a business. Keep books, savings, proper accounts, marketing and provide appropriate linkages. • Human and Constitutional Rights. Educate communities, especially women, in their legal, lawful rights. Eventually they will approach their elected representatives and demand what is rightfully theirs as inscribed in the constitution. • This will allow for continuity in sustainability . Leading to communities standing on their feet with dignity.

7. The Indus Earth Trust Background • Indus Earth Trust (IET) was founded in 2000 as an organization dedicated to aiding coastal communities in overcoming development issues that hindered their growth and progress. • Today, Indus Earth works in 5 Districts, with over 120,000 beneficiaries in over 300 villages. • IET has regional offices in Awaran, Bela, Dhabeji, Hijrat Colony, MauriPur, Sujawal and Karachi.

8. The Indus Earth Trust Programme Areas • HOUSING • Climate adaptive construction • Shelters built using rammed earth • Shelters built of mud-brick and shelters built of stone • Shelters built using traditional techniques • Training of locals in construction methods

9. The Indus Earth Trust Programme Areas • ENERGY • Renewable technologies: solar, wind & biomass • Animal power • Human power • Educating communities in alternative energy • Training communities in alternative energy systems

10. The Indus Earth Trust Programme Areas • INCOME GENERATION • Targeting the ultra-poor • Micro credit • Skill training for men & women • Provision of productive assets • Creating income opportunities in agriculture

11. The Indus Earth Trust Programme Areas • WATER • Tapping groundwater sources • Restoration of underground water systems • Rainwater storage systems • Provision of potable water & for agricultural purposes

12. The Indus Earth Trust Programme Areas • HEALTH • Establishment of Basic Health Units • Training Community Health Workers • Mobile health camps • Health workshops for villagers • Preventive medicine products • Planting of medicinal and herbal plants

13. The Indus Earth Trust Programme Areas • FOOD • Saline agriculture • Drip, sprinkler and pitcher irrigation • Kitchen gardens • Organic farming • Cultivation of orchards

14. The Indus Earth Trust Major Achievements • We have electrified 42 villages • We have 2500 beneficiaries of our Income Generation Schemes • We have built 14 check dams irrigating 5000 acres. Leading to a 300% increase in income. • We have trained villagers to build houses using Indigenous materials. 30 masons, 40 houses built, 3000 houses over next 3 years • We have provided potable and agricultural water through management in storage and sustainability impacting 130 villages

15. The Indus Earth Trust List of Projects • Improving Living Conditions of Fishing Communities • Sindh Coastal Areas Development • Drought Mitigation Preparedness Programme • Sindh Coastal Areas Development • Integrated Water Efficient Irrigation Projects • Earth Construction Pilot Project • Credit Enterprise Development • Targeting the Ultra Poor: Social Safety Nets

16. The Indus Earth Trust Graphical Representation • BENEFICIARIES IN Nos.

17. The Indus Earth Trust Graphical Representation • OUTREACH UNION COUNCIL WISE

18. The Indus Earth Trust Partners & Friends • Atlas Logistique • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) • CRATerre-ENSAG Developments in Literacy (DIL) • Global Risk Identification Programme (GRIP) Government of Pakistan • Hisaar Foundation • Imran Khan Foundation (IKF) • International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) • Japan Official Development Assistance • Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy • Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) • United Nations Development Program (UNDP) • World Wildlife Fund (WWF) • I-CARE. • UNDP/Coco Cola.