Community Information System

(CIS)Developed by IRSP-UNCEF

Community Information System

•Started September 2001•Cautious start – 5 UCs as a model, heavy time investment

On planning

•Few select indicators •Limited resources•Scaled up to total 20 UCs 2002•Still may have short comings•Requires technical inputs and assistance of stakeholders

VISION

Simultaneously, information is passed upwards to UC & district levels for planning on available data.

Community activists collect and manage basic information for local development on a sustainable basis. Aware community makes informed decisions in identifying action at local level.

Information Flow Community to District level

Information is collected at two levels:

a. Household level

b. Village level

ConsoliConsolidation dation

at at IRSP IRSP and and DCIC DCIC levellevel

Distt. Admin.

I/NGOs

DonorsLine Agencies

DISTT.DISTT.LEVELLEVEL

Village Village and UC and UC ProfilesProfiles

Line Line Depts., Depts.,

NGOs, etc.NGOs, etc.

Through Councilors

UCUCLEVELLEVEL

HH LEVEL Info.HH LEVEL Info. VILLAGE Info.VILLAGE Info.

Village Info Display Boards

HH

HH

HHHous

e-holds(HH)

Information about village:

infrastructure, health, irrigation,

sanitation, land and other facilities

VILLAGEVILLAGELEVELLEVEL Through

Village M&ECommittee

Data items Households level information

General

Total number of HH

Total number of residents by gender

Ownership status of houses

Education

List of OOSC by name, parentage, age, and Reasons for non-attendance

Education level of residents by gender

Distance of HH to nearest Primary Schools

Health & Nutrition

Breast feeding patterns

Children and infant deaths

Maternal deaths

Disease patterns in children and adults

Use of iodized salt

Average Distance from HH to nearest BHU

Sanitation & Water

Latrine availability and type

Access of to water (piped)

HH connected to main drain

Other areas

Birth registration

Avalability of HH facilities (Radio, TV, Phone, etc)

1Formation of CO or

Village Action Committees

2Activists Training

3Data Gathering

4Editing/correcting

Questionnaires

5Physical

verification

6Compilation using tally sheets

by the activists

Phases of CIS Programme

5Data update

4Participatory

Action

3Participatory

VDP

2Participatory Monitoring

& Management

1Data Sharing & Reflection

Data of 5 UCsClick icon for

Tabular Reports Acrobat Document

Population Trend

In the coming generation women ratio would be slightly higher than men.

Presently, out of 49 only 6 villages have ≥50% adults women population. However, among Children (0-5 yrs), 19 villages have ≥50% girlsOnly 2 villages have <50% adults men population. Whereas among children (0-5 yrs), 32 villages have <50% boys

Birth Reg. of girl child

For every girl there are two boys registered within first week

It shows that majority of the un-registered 89% newborns are girls

Women in Education

Out of every four Primary level educated persons, only one is women (ratio 3:1)

Out of every ten High School qualified educated persons, only one is women (ratio 9:1)

Out of every five Middle passed persons, only one is women (ratio 4:1)

Women in Education (cont.)

In 10 villages, women comprise ≤ 10% of those who have attained Primary level education.

In 28 villages, women comprise ≤10% of those who have attained Middle level education.

31 villages have just ≤7% women as High school graduates.

Education

Only half of the boys and girls, who reach High School, get the opportunity to complete a college degree

Focus on technical education is extremely poor. Out of 43,458 women only 17 (.03%) have got any kind of technical education. For men this ratio is 0.28, which means out of about 400 men there is just one who has acquired any kind of technical education.

Out of School ChildrenOOSC ( Female)

40726%

32921%

1228%

35923%

35022%

Babozai

Bazar

Qasimi

Rustam

Shamozai

OOSC ( Male)

19122%

25529%

617%

20623%

16419%

Babozai

Bazar

Qasimi

Rustam

Shamozai

• A total of 2,444 children (877 boys & 1567 girls) are out of school in 49 villages• Poverty is indicated to keep 7 out of 10 OOS Boys and 6 out of 10 OOS Girls from attending school • In every fourth household there is one OOS Child

Health Status

Out of every 12 newborns, 1 dies during the same year

4 out of 6 households do not use Iodised salt -- Half due to unawareness. More than one quarter due to unavailability and half-a-quarter due to its relatively high cost

Helps in sensitisation.

Barathkhel Abakhel

Diarrhea 3% 29% of total pop.

Fever 14 % 50% of total pop.

Cough 14 % 46% of total pop.

Stomach 3 %

Deaths (1-5yr) 12

11% of total pop.

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Disease pattern in Children 1-5 yrs.

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30%

40%

50%

Disease patterns in Children (1-5 years)

Abakhel 29% 50% 46% 11% 0%

Barathkhel 3% 14% 14% 3% 2%

Diarrhoea Fever Cough Instestine Scabies

Question is Why? When Abakhel has almost same population; twice the no. of Primary, 3 times of Middle, & 4 times of college passed; half OOSC, less distance to BHU, more water at home, twice the number of latrines, three times Pacca houses?

Breast feeding patterns

Majority (50%) of women feed their babies up to 2 yrs. 63% in Babozai and 57% in Qasimi breast-feed their children

up to 2 yrs The most women not breast-feeding (24%) and the least

women breast-feeding up to 2-yrs (42%) are in Shamozai

Breast feeding patterns for exclusive BF upto six months to two years

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100%

Not BreastFed.

upto 6months

upto 12months

upto 18months

upto 24 months

Babozai

Bazar

Qasmi

Rustam

Shamozai

Population Growth rateBirth rates in different villages can also be calculated. For instance, in Shamozai UC, there were 51 births in 103

households in Ghundo, where as in Pirano Banda, there were just 12 births in 78 households.

This information can help indicate UCs where population growth is the fastest.

UC Villages Total HHTotal

PopulationTotal births

in 2001% growth

Babozai 2 1594 13534 364 2.6

Bazar 17 2216 18504 476 2.5

Qasimi 9 1371 12884 423 3.2

Rustam 4 2754 24547 637 2.5

Shamozai 16 2271 21437 673 3.1

Total 49 10,206 90902 2573 2.8

Water and sanitationHH Latrine coverage is 29%. (Babozai = 93%, Shamozai =

29%, Bazar = 12%, Qasimi= 46%, Rustam = 55%).

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HH Latrine Types

Pour Flush 98% 8% 59% 63% 57%

Septic Tank 0% 3% 0% 0% 12%

VIP 0% 5% 0% 0% 8%

Pit Latrine 2% 85% 41% 38% 23%

Babozai Rustam Shamozai Bazar Qasimi

Registration at birth

For every one girl there are two boys registered within first week. It shows majority of un-registered 89% babies are girls.

Union CouncilBirths in 2000

Reg. within 1 wkNot Registered

within one week

Babozai 364 36 (10%) 328 (90%)

Bazar 476 36 (8%) 440 (92%)

Qasimi 423 120 (28%) 303 (72%)

Rustam 637 33 (5%) 604 (95%)

Shamozai 673 47 (7%) 626 (93%)

2573 272 (11%) 2301 (89%)

Union Council Boys Girls Both

Babozai 24 12 36

Bazar 20 16 36

Qasimi 64 56 120

Rustam 21 12 33

Shamozai 33 14 47

Socio-economic status of HH One out of every two persons lives in Kacha

house. One out of every three persons lives in Mixed Kacha and Pacca house and only one out of six can afford to live in Pacca house

Throughout the area, maximum number of rooms per house is three and four family members share a room

In every 11 households only one has a telephone installed at home. In UC Bazar and Shamozai, there is one phone per 17 HH

Every five HHs have one TV and one Radio.

Poverty Ranking HH Construction (poorest= >70% Kacha; Poor = 50 -

70% Kacha, Well off < 50% Kacha) No. of rooms (1 room = poorest, 2 rooms = poor, > 2

rooms = well off) No of persons per room (> 5 = poorest; 3-5 = poor, 1-2 =

well off.) Electricity (> 70% = well off; 50–17%= poor; < 50% =

poorest) Employment pattern (Poorest = more than 10% un-

employed; Poor = 5 to 10% un-employed; Well off = less than 5% un-employed)

Free accommodation (Poorest = more than 40% HH having free accommodation, Poor = 10 to 40%, Well off = less than 10%)

Improvements required in CIS Evolutionary process so far, has room for refinement

(data items/definitions/data sharing with users/tailor made for use.

Staff/activists capacity building required. Institutionalization would require time till communities

start realizing benefits of CIS It’s a behavioral change process, dependent on the fruit

of invested energy/time/effort. Some villages need time for mobilisation as they look

for direct benefits Linkages with donors/partners for targeted investment Model test in Urban area would be a challenge

Strengths of CIS• Unique model in Pakistan-based on triple A

process

• Disaggregated data at sub-district level

• In line with theory of development

• Support to devolution process/Distt. UC role

• Systematic capacity bldg. of Community Reps.

• Acts as a leverage – supporting other sectors (health, education,…)

• Shows impact of programmatic intervention and indicate where inputs are needed

CIS Future District government interest -- EDOs offering

full assistance Resolution by District Assembly

NCHD expressed keen interest and supportNADRA offering linkages with database/sharing of dataFor UNICEF it points to specific interventions, which would help it design targeted and integrated programmes.