The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Citizen Centered Service Delivery Project received approval for financing from the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors in the amount of $46 million.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Citizen Centered Service Delivery Project received approval for financing from the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors in the amount of $46 million.
According to a statement from the World Bank, the funding will support both supply and demand side interventions to enhance the province’s provision of health services as well as the operation of citizen-centric administrative facilitation centres in the Newly Merged Districts.
Najy Benhassine, the World Bank Country Director for Pakistan, stated that the project would help the government increase the availability of Child Wellness Grants intended for mothers, provided that they attend health education seminars. Additionally, it will contribute to better access to child health-related services.
The World Bank estimates that nearly 300,000 young children will benefit from Child Welfare Grants (CWGs).
Families of these children will receive Rs 12,500 (about $45) over the course of five visits from the project in order to attend health awareness sessions and have their child’s growth monitored, thereby reducing the financial barriers to using these services.
The statement stated that the project “will also support the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government in adopting the one window operation model of the Citizen Facilitation Centers (CFC) to promote essential service delivery to the local population.”
The CFCs also provide crucial services to the local communities, such as registration services for recording birth, death, marriage, divorce, family registration, etc., in addition to providing Child Wellness Grants. The CFCs’ services will be used by 560,000 people in total.
Amjad Zafar Khan, the project’s task team leader, stated that the project “will facilitate the transition of the programme to the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bridging the continuity of the activities under the 40 CFCs already established with the support of the Federal Government.”
Back in May, the World Bank’s board approved $213 million in financing with a focus on Balochistan to enhance risk protection, improve essential services and livelihoods in communities affected by the 2022 floods.