Welcome To BLSO

Established in 2005, Beyar Local Support Organization (BLSO) is a civil society organization formed by the local communities of Beyar area (47 Villages) represented by the Village Organizations (VOs) and Women Organizations (WOs) and other village based community institutions. Beyar covers an area of 975 Sq. Km with a total population of 25,773 and 3,214 households. Over more than two decades, these grassroots community institutions have not only provided their members with the opportunity to develop their capacities in collective action, project planning and management but nurtured them as community leaders. The result of this human development has been reflected in the local government system where more than seventy percent of the representatives came from village based institutions (VBIs). In the context of Beyar, with the changing socio-economic environment, the century old tradition of reciprocal help, mutual respect, collectivism, pluralism, shared vision of managing natural resources and effective institutional arrangement for ensuring human rights to provide the helpless with justice have been key characteristics of the area. These values helped the inhabitants of Beyar valley to create a strategic partnership with a range of stakeholders including AKRSP, AKDN agencies, government supported projects to undertake a number of developmental initiatives both in social and economic sectors. The impact is also visible in the form of increased social capital, development of replicable community development model and reduced poverty. To sustain growth and development in Chitral the most isolated district of Pakistan, a need for a sustainable institutional base representing the grassroots communities always existed in the rural society. BLSO is one of the second layer intermediary community organizations with the objective of eradication of poverty and gender inequalities in Beyar area and promotion of civil society. 

 

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