NCOC seeks rural support networks' help to contain spread of virus
It notes that public awareness is important to overcome critical issuesThe National Command and Operation Centre on Thursday directed the Rural Support Programmes (RSPs) spread across the country’s villages and districts to enhance community mobilisation to effectively mitigate the spread of the virus. The centre noted that community mobilisation was important to cope with any crisis in the country and that public awareness was important to overcome critical issues. The forum had extensively mulled over community mobilisation to ensure that public had smooth and timely access to information till date, and even after May 9. The RSPs directed to come forward include the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, Sarhad Rural Support Programme, National Rural Support Programme, Institute of Rural Management, Balochistan Rural Support Programme, Sindh Graduate Association and Sindh Rural Management. The network of these RSPs is said to be based on 2,152 local support organisations, a total of 36,897 village organisations and 489,525 community support organisations.
Source: The Express Tribune May 01, 2020 10:18 UTC
