A substantial proportion of respondents related with each NGO there has been a deterioration in health status. This is consistent with the NHDR /PIDE data set both quantitative and qualitative which shows wide spread illness amongst the poor with sickness being an important factor in pushing people into poverty. As many as 60 per cent of the respondents in KK reported a deterioration in their health, 39 per cent in the case of OPP, 41.7 per cent in the case of PIEDAR, 40.5 per cent in the case of KASHIF, 42.1 per cent in the case of OWP and 40.6 per cent in the case of ASB. However, NRSP stands out with only 12.5% of its beneficiaries reporting a deterioration in their health and as many as 50 per cent reporting an improvement in their health. NRSP respondents pointed to greater agricultural productivity, higher yields, better supply of inputs and adoption of new techniques as the factors which had improved their income, consumption and health.

                                                              SOURCE: NHDR/A.I. HAMID SPOT SURVEY 2001.

For all the NGOs sampled, except for KK more than 50 per cent of the beneficiaries achieved a sustainable increase in income following the receipt of a loan.  The top performer is NRSP with 81.6 per cent of its beneficiaries experiencing a sustainable increase in their income after receipt of a loan.

                                                                     SOURCE: NHDR/A.I. HAMID SPOT SURVEY 2001.