There was a dry ration dispersal scheme initiated in 2019 in which 42 poor families with approximately 80 children are supplied with food items every month. This effort is going to expand to include the provision of food to 150 families, approximately 300 kids in Choti Bala and Choti Zereen. Choti Bala and Choti Zereen are regions in the Koh e Suleiman hills in the southwestern region of Punjab extending towards Northern Balochistan, inhabited by tribes that are settled in this region for hundreds of years. The Tumman Leghari region of this rocky, arid topography includes some of the most tectonic rock structures. The people’s livelihood depends on livestock, labor, stone-crushing enterprise in the lesser hills, and limited agriculture depending on rainfall.  As weather conditions allow meager rain and extreme weather, livestock and agriculture are not enough to sustain the livelihood of these tribes. Consequently, the population of these regions lacks food because of which nutritive growth does not take place and future generations are facing a serious crisis of physical and mental retardation and health problems resulting in early deaths too. 

The Rural Development Organization sent a team to Choti Bala and Choti Zereen to survey by gathering information on families living in poverty. The local Muqadims were also engaged and the area was visited to identify orphan children in these tribes who do not have any tangible source of income. About 300 children were shortlisted for the first stage of this project which entails the provision of food security and one-room schools for girls in these tribes and lodging facilities for boys from the age of 7 till 16. These children live in various, small hamlets spread out in the hills. Life is hard because of weather extremities and lack of livelihood. There are few Schools and mostly without staff. Homes are made from stone and mud. The registration of 300 children from 150 homes without fathers will commence in February 2021. Establishment of lodging and one room Schools will come in the next phase.