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TECHNICAL TRANING RESOURCE CENTER QUARTELY PROGRESS REPORT (DEC.2002-FEB.2003)

TECHNICAL TRANING RESOURCE CENTER
(QUARTELY PROGRESS REPORT DEC.2002-FEB.2003)

TTRC PROVIDE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE TO MASON ON SITE
TECHNICAL TRAINING RESOURCE CENTER
PLOT NO 294 SECTOR 11 ½ MUJAHID COLONY GHAZIABAD
ORANGI TOWN KARACHI

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) Title Page.
2) Title of Contents.
3) List of table & charts.

1) Introduction to Technical Training Resource Center.(TTRC)
2) Objective of TTRC.
3) Current status of TTRC.
4) Detail of TTRC Programmer
4.1) Housing Programmer.
4.2) Training Programmer.
4.3) Extension to OPP’s Program.
4.3.1) Youth Training Program.
4.3.2) Mason’s Training Program.
5) Detail of account (Reccipts, Expedition & Assists of TTRC)
6) Avenues for future.
7) Annexure (Picture & Photographic of Guest & Site Visit.)


1) INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL TRAINING RESOURCE CENTRE (TTRC)
The Beginning Of TTRC is marked with S.S Consultant in the year 1998.Initially the Organization began in liason with OPP in its office plances. Afterwards in the year 2002 S.S Consultant opened its own office with in Orangi.In the year 2001 S.S Consultant Also Begin an Education & training center known as Technical Training Resource Centre. Since then both organization worked side by side and in the same year both organizations also merged together. Since then following Programmers have evolved.

1.1) HOUSING:
This Program Started in 1998 in Which TTRC worked for Shelter Project as Consultant for low cost housing for low Income Communities.



1.2) TRAINING:
The Training Program Started on the year 2000 in which TTRC worked as a teacher to train professionals & students practically Civil and Architecture Associate.(Diploma Students)

1.3) EXTENSION TO OPP’S PROGRAM:
In the endeavors of TTRC one of its Prime Component is an extension to OPP’S program. In this regard TTRC has imitated two major projects. One is Mason’s training program & other is youth Training Program. The detail of both program are given below.

1.3.1) MASONS TRAINING:
The Masons Training Program Started in year 2001. In which TTRC worked as a trainer to Local Masons With in low Income Settlements of Orangi.

1.3.2) YOUTH TRAINING:
The Youth Training Program Started in the year 2002 in which ttrc worked as a trainer to Community Youth in Low –income Settlements of Orangi & outsite. As explained earlier that TTRC also work as an extension of OPP or rather appropriately spelled out that TTRC follow the footsteps of OPP and Imitate new projects & programs under the guidance support & surveillance of OPP directors & then . It is Implemented.

Recently in the month of October TTRC decided to extend its work through two major initiatives. These new components of TTRC were discussed with OPP & Mutual decision is taken to carrtout these projects. Basically it consists two themes. One is the mobile guidance program for those people & Masons who are working on low-income housing projects in low income Settlements. The details of which are given below.


1.4) MOBILE GUIDANCE PROGRAM:

The Mobile guidance program started in the year 2002 in which TTRC provides Guidance and training on the site during construction of any project to mesons and owner of project. This Imitative is only in low-Income settlement of Orangi.


1.5) AWARENESS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (CBO’S) ABOUT LOW COST HOUSING:
This program started in the year October 2002. In which TTRC imitated an awarcenss program for those Communities organization for those community organization or CBO’S who are not directly involved in low cost Housing but in the process of understanding the field of development and working for the betterment of low-income Settlement through their effort in education & Health Sector. In this regard TTRC Conduct Presentations about its low cost housing program both in Orangi and outside.


2) OBJECTIVES OF TTRC:
The basic Objective of Technical Training Resource Centre (TTRC) is to work for two significant Issues. Which includes low cost housing & practical Technical Education and Training.


3) CURRENT STATUS OF TTRC:
Up till now the offer mensioned programs of TTRC are carried out without being a formal autonomous registered institutions. How ever throughout this process Orangi Piolot Project has been the major liason & parent Institutions of TTRC.


Currently TTRC is involved in the process of becoming an institution. For that matter one meeting of board members held at TTRC office in the month of may in which it was decided that initially different processes of registration shall be explored. In addition to that an annual report of the works of TTRC in last one year should be documented and Account of last one year should be prepared.


In this regard an annual report was Prepared & Submitted before the board members of TTRC. Where as TTRC also regularly maintained all documentation and accounts related the works of TTRC up till now. This Quarterly Report is bacially the out come of the Suggestions of board members contained the work of TTRC carried out in last three months including the details of accounts.


Further more still the Process of the Registration of TTRC is in Progress.

In this respect a meeting held with board of Technical Education to register TTRC as a Technical Training Centre. However still no concrete out comes are evident for TTRC to become a registered institution.


4) DETAIL OF TTRC PROGRAMES:
The brief introduction of TTRC Programe in establisher earlier in at more mentioned description, However in the following the Programs of TTRC are described in detail.


5) HOUSING PROGRAME:
The major program of TTRC is its housing program there are five main stages.


1) Marketing:
Establishment of Contacts with prospect clients or Community


2) Survey of Site:
Frequent visits of site to document existing situation on site, preoaration of existing plans as per site & obtained requirements of Community


3) Project proposal:
Drawing of proposed plans, Elevation, Sections, persoective views, Construction detail I-e a complete set of working drawings.


4) Cost Estimation:
Estimation of project, financial feasibility,development of low cost Solution.


5) Site Supervision:
project execution, top supervision at site.


The TTRC provides these services to community of prospect clients with minimum charges as affordable to them.


The detail list of housing project carried out in last three months (Dec.2002-Feb.2003) are as under.


FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF PEOPLE, ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO WHICH TTRC PROVIDED SERVICES SUCH AS; SITE SURVEY, MAKING EXISTING PLANS, MAKING PROPOSED PLANS, COST ESTIMATIONS AND SITE SUPERVISION:
 
1. Heera Grammar School (at Shah Waliullah Nagar sector111/2 Orangi)
2. Shaheen Grammer School (at Islamia Colony Qasba Colony)
3. Doctor Ishaq English School(at Sector 14 Orangi)
4. Development in literacy(Dil) Rising Star grammer School (at Gulshan-e-Zia Orangi)
5. Kanpoor Public School (at Sector 1-D Orangi)
6. Mr. Illyas 120sq.Yard Residential Unit (at Saeed Abad)
7. Mr. Farooq 200sq. Yard Residential Unit(at Sultan Abad)
8. Existing plan of Habib Public School (at Sultan Abad)
9. Existing plan of as Office (Situated of Clifton)
10. 20 Katchi abadesi and GutterBagicha reduce map for (Shehri)
11. Model Housing Units for (Habital)
Table 1. List of Project completed.(December2002 to February 2003)
 
 
4.2) TRAINING PROGRAME:
Another major imitative of TTRC is Education & Technical Training Programe Practical for professional Diploma holder as well as student of civil & architecture diploma. These professionals & students are trained in following courses.
1) Drafting & Detailing
2) Plane Table Surveying
3) Levelling Survey and
4) Building Cost Estimation.


The training on these disciplines & subjects is carried out as per need & requireement of students and the deficiencies evident in their skills to carry out a practical project.


In the end of each training course the Student are asked to write about their experience & comments regarding the course & methodology of conducting the course. So as feedback should be obtained regarding the skills they required with its application. The TTRC provide these training with minimal fees of rs 500per course just meet the stationary cost of the course. The duration of each course as 20 days with 60 hours of training & practical. In which each day 3 hours per class as conducted with both theory & practical. How ever the focus of course remains as practical more then theory. In addition to that in addition to that students are Introduction with practical problems on site & complete hands-on with real Situation. The Students are also given with assignments & practical problems to solve as per skill obtained through out the course. In this way the level of skills obtained by students are continuously checked. On the basis of which Certificates of course participation are being prepared in Collaboration with OPP-RTI.


Up till now TTRC trained total 15 Candidates from which 13 are professional diploma holder and 2 are students of civil & Architecture diploma in addition to that one student Mr. Shakeel also got training from TTRC on the recommendation of urban Resource Center (URC).


This can be said as new development in the training program of TTRC where different Organizations asked the support of TTRC in training their members.


So as they can being their program of documentation and housing Thus the significance of TTRC ‘S training program as slowly & gardually increasing & development organization as realising this fact.


Another significance of TTRC’S training program is gender equality because out of students 8 students where girls. (For detail please see given below Table No 2)


1. Farhat Sambreen  learned Drafting & Detailing Course
2. F Anila Rehman learned Drafting & Detailing Course 
3. Huma Shahid learned Drafting & Detailing Course
4. Farha learned Drafting & Detailing Course
5. Mehwish learned Drafting & Detailing Course
6. Naila Qasim learned Drafting & Detailing Course
7. Sana learned Drafting & Detailing Course
8. Yasmeen learned Drafting & Detailing Course
9. Hameed ullah learned Levelling Survey, Plan Table Survey and Cost Estimation.
10. Ikhlaq learned Levelling Survey, Plan Table Survey and Cost Estimation.
11. Raees learned Levelling Survey, Plan Table Survey and Cost Estimation.
12. Waris learned Levelling Survey, Plan Table Survey and Cost Estimation.
13. Zain learned Levelling Survey, Plan Table Survey and Cost Estimation.
14. Shakeel learned Drafting Detailing & Area Sketching Mapping And Documentation
Table 2: List of Trained Students


4.3 EXTENSION TO OPP’S PROGRAM:
Another major feature of TTRC is to provide the support & extension to two of OPP’S program.

1) Youth training program and
2) Mason’s Training Program

The mason’s training program started from June 2001,where as Youth Training Program is initiated by TTRC since January 2002. In this respect the working progress of TTRC is under.


4.3.1 YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAM:
The base objective of Youth Training Programs totrain the unskilled youth in basic documentation techniques.with in this Program the unskilled youth both matriculate passed student participate in this training. This training is developed by keeping in Mind the need of low-income settlement, which are still not document by the authoritice.


For that matter OPP has established a Research & training Institute. The students, which are controlled in that program of OPP-RTI praticipate in this course of Basic Documentation of Settlements.


Here it is necessary to mention that the process of training in this program is such that OPP-RTI request TTRC to take a batch of 4to5 students and train them in sketching Mapping and Documentation of the low-Income Settlements. For that matter OPP-RTI and TTRC work as a teacher to train these youth .In addation to that OPP-RTI will pay an amount of Rupees 30 per student per day to TTRC in recognition of skills imparted to these youth. Further more the OPP-RTI will also provide the stationary to be used during this training. The duration of course will be four week with 72 hours of training including theory & practical. The methodology of this training is that at first youth are introduced with basic free hand sketching mapping & documentation. After that students are thaught in using drafting instrument and scale in drawing. In addation to that student are also trained to document the existing situation of service and infra structure within a settlement. In this way in four-week student become skillful in carrying out documentation exercise independently. After getting Training from TTRC these youth work with different research and development organizations including OPP-RTI.


Up till now TTRC has trained around six batches in Youth Training program. (For details please see Table No.3)


S.No Name of Student Course Title Duration Batch
01. Aman learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks  Dec 2001 - Jan 2002

02. Naushad learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Dec 2001 - Jan 2002
03. Saeed learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Dec 2001 - Jan 2002
04. Akhtar learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Feb 2002 - Mar 2002
05. Ali learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Feb 2002 - Mar 2002
06  Mustufa learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Feb 2002 - Mar 2002
07. Shoaib learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Feb 2002 - Mar 2002
08. Yasir learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Feb 2002 - Mar 2002
09. Arif learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Mar 2002 - Apr 2002
10. Atif learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Mar 2002 - Apr 2002
11. Asif learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Mar 2002 - Apr 2002
12. Nisar learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Sep 2002 - Oct 2002

13. Shoaib learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Sep 2002 - Oct 2002
14. Hamza learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Sep 2002 - Oct 2002
15. Asim learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Sep 2002 - Oct 2002
16. Farhan learned Sketching Mapping & Documentation of Settlements 04 Weeks Sep 2002 - Oct 2002
Table 3. List of Trained Students in Youth Training Program

4.3.2 MASON’S TRAINING PROGRAME

The basic intension behind Mason’s Training Program as the over all enhancement of skill and techniques of mason’s working in low –Income Settlements. This Program of TTRC establish with the nation that TTRC should provide an extension to OPP’S Mason’s Training Program because due to practical reason this Program comes under the domain of TTRC in this program the basic concept & Methodology remains the same as developed by OPP. How ever TTRC has taken up this issue independently with continuous informal guidance from OPP’S director & practical informal support form OPP’s staff. There are four basic components of this program.

1) Contact Establishment with Mason’s
2) Search for Training Apace. (Within Community)
3) Individual & Group Discussion with Masons
4) Follow up


1) CONTACT ESTABLISHMENT:

The first component of this program is contact Establishment with Masons. This is done through three ways. At first different settlements are visited & Mason’s are contacted in each settlement. Secondly the area activist is asked to contact Mason’s in the settlement & hold a joint meeting with TTRC thirdly Mason’s of different areas contact each other & then contact TTRC to train them jointly.

2) TRAINING SPACE:
After Establishment of contact with Mason’s the training space is searches. For that matter the Schools in the settlement are contacted & held training in the School.

3) INDIVIDUAL & GROUP DISCUSSION:
After obtaining the training space a three to four hours focus group Discussion is contacted with Mason’s. In which they discuss every day practical problems in their work. For that matter TTRC guide them with basic technical knowledge that includes, foundation footing DPC roofing & walls detail. TTRC also provide answers to their quarries & questions & provided them the Technical Guidance.

4) FOLLOW UP:
Up till now a formal follow up of these trained Mason’s is not carried out How ever the Mason’s are given with the contact Number & Address of TTRC & they keep the liaison with TTRC for further quarries.

Conclusively up till now TTRC trained around four batches of Mason’s where is in last three months (October2002 to December 2002) around 1 batches are trained. For Details Please See Table No.4

S.No. Area/Settlement Vanue Nos. of Masons Batch
01. Christian Mohalla Ghaziabad Ilyas Public School 10 Masons in January 2001

02. Ali Nagar Orangi Pilot Grammar School 12 Masons in May 2001
03. Gulshan-e-Zia Umair Children School 05 Masons in July 2001
04. Ghaziabad TTRC Office 04 Masons in December 2002
Table 4: List of Trained Masons

MOBILE GUIDANCE PROGRAM:

Another important program of TTRC as Mobile Guidance Program this program emerges as an come of observation problem of construction in existing houses in orangi. TTRC started this program in October 2002,due to People’s lack of awareness in the development of their house. Basically in this development of houses in katchi abadies of Orangi people approach non professionals like thalla’s owners & local mason for designing and Planning usually people use to take advice from them How ever after a huge Investment People face problems like wall cracks in bed room & kitchen Secondly Ventilation Programs Compound this situation due to un awareness of people about Construction techniques and arrangement of Rooms, Toilets and Kitchen.

The Concept in Mobile Guidance Program as to Provide Awareness regarding Construction techniques and important of Ventilation to People especially the target as to aware and masons during construction on site. Because people should be aware about these things usually people invest around one hundred and fifty thousand rupees for construction house 120 Sq yards plot with load bearing structure. The Provision of Mobile Guidance to people as carried out through a proper contact with masons & owner. The method of guidance to house owners and masons is based on discussions and distribution of leaflets in which details are mentioned about foundation roofing and ventilation .

Up till now TTRC provided guidance to 13 units from which 3 units were stopped till foundation level due to house owners shortage of Money 17 units adopted 75% guidance of TTRC while 3 units adopted 50% of TTRC guidance. This Information emerged from the follow up meeting with people.

AWARENESS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (CBO’S):

From October 2002 TTRC started to aware other organization about low cost housing and training program of TTRC in this regard a presentation and leaflets are distributed because TTRC envisaged that these organization can play s significant role in extending TTRC’S program. Up till now TTRC presented its program to following organizations.
1) Orangi Welfare Society. (O.W.S)
2) Farheen Educational Society. (F.E.S)
3) Afaq Ahmed Ansari Welfare Trust. (A.A.A.W.T)
4) Cildren Aid Trust. (C.A.T)
5) Shaeen Welfare Trust
6) Hajra Memorial Trust
7) Bilai Welfare Trust


DETAIL OF ACCOUNTS RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURE AND ASSETS: (For the Months Dec.2002 Feb 2003)

RECEIPTS
S. No. Reciepts  Cash and Recievables Amount in Rupees
01. Received form fellow ship 3350 X 3 = Rs. 10,050 only

02. Received from OPP-RTI Education program Rs. 6,000 only
03. Received from TTRC’S Training program Rs. 1,000 only
04. Received from TTRC’S different housing project Rs. 8,000 only
05. Received from clients Rs. 2,200 only
Total Amount Rs. 27,250
Table No. 5 Details of Reciepts

The total amount received on cash was Rupees 27,250 only.

EXPENDITURE
S. No. Expenditure Paid and Payable
Salary

01. Paid salary to Sirajuddin for three months rupees 4,000 per month. = Rs. 12,000 only
02. Paid salary to Maryam for three months rupees 2,000 per month. = Rs. 6,000 only
Fellow Ship
03. Half Time fellow ship Farhat for three months rupees 1300 per month. = Rs. 3,900 only
04. Paid to Sagar from project. = Rs. 500 only
05. Payable to Sagar for fellowship. = Rs. 1,500 only
Office Expenditure
06. Office rent for three months Rupees 500 per month.
07. Electricity for three months rupees 300 per month. = Rs. 900 only
08. Phone for three months rupess 500 per month. = Rs. 1,500 only
09. Leaflet. = Rs. 900 only
10. Audio Visual. = Rs. 720 only
11. Stationary. = Rs. 1,050 only
Over Heads
12. Petrol rupees 1500 per month for three months. = Rs. 4,500 only
13. Maintenance rupees 300 per month for three months. = Rs. 900 only
14. Payable to Mr Qadir for office classes. = Rs. 5,250 only
Total Expenditure: = Rs. 41,120 only
Table No. 6 Details of Expenditure

Note: The different between receipts & expenditure is rupees 13,870 only



ASSETS

Last month TTRC got rupees 500,000 from Homeless International through OPP-RTI.

AVENUES FOR FUTURE:

Finally it is necessary to mansion that TTRC also has a future strategy about its activities, which shall be as follows.

1) First of all TTRC will work for obtaining a formal statuses of registered organization.
2) Secondly TTRC will focus on its Housing Program to strengthen its Liaison with community.
3) Thirdly the TTRC will pay attention to its Education & Training Program in which the major issue is the development of course Manuals Leaflets Procurement of equipment & books & Extension of Training resource.
4) Finally the TTRC will further strengthen the relationship with OPP-RTI & other organization.

7. ANNEXURE
In the following the visual documentation of TTRC’s work’s, activities & visitors are given for the ready reference of readers.



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