Hashoo Foundation Organizational Overview - Focus on Women's Empowerment

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An organizational overview


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Hashoo Foundation (HF)

Is a progressive and dynamic NGO, leading the way inhuman development and poverty alleviation by

implementing viable economic development, educational

and capacity building programs.

Our Mission

Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be

independent by facilitating equitable access toopportunities.


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HF is headquartered in Pakistan, registered under Trust Act 1882

It has two functional chapters: HF-USA, registered under 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Service; and HF-UK registeredwith the Charity Commission in the UK

The HF operations are overseen by a Board of Trustees. Similarlyboth chapters have their own Board(s) of Directors

HF Pakistan has its program and project offices in Islamabad,

Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gilgit, Chitral, Mansehra, Bagh & Bahawalpur

Presence and Capacity


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Core Program Areas

EconomicDevelopment SkillsDevelopment

HumanitarianAssistance & Relief

Education


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Our programs in this area aim to

achieve greater financialindependence and self-reliance ofindividuals, families and communities.

Partnering with communities at the

grass root level and exploring issuesof socio-economic development, weseek to enhance the basic earningcapacity of the community partnersthrough value chain development,thus improving access to existing

health, education, and nutritionservices

Economic Development


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HF is working in three major areas of economic development:

1. Honey Bee Farming

o Women Empowerment through Honeybee Farming Project Plan Bee

2. Dairy Developmento Improving Micro Enterprises in Dairy

o The Dairy Dream

o Expanded Diary Development- Phase III

3. Marble Shine AssociatesA unique income generation and training project

Economic Development


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Access to quality education is apriority for us. Since 2004, our ChildEducation Support Program (CESP)has contributed to improve access toquality education in some of themost isolated areas of Pakistan.

Initiated in the Northern Areas, CESPprovides financial support to out-ofschool children. Other initiativesinclude HF schools established insome of the most marginalized areasof Pakistan, building the capacities of

teachers to stimulate learning amongstudents under our ECD program,and a scholarship program tosupport talented yet needy studentscomplete their studies.

Education


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Skills Development

Skills development refers to the capacitiesacquired through all levels of education andtraining. Skills are developed throughformal, non-formal and on-the-job training,which prepares the trainees to be moreemployable with the capacity to adapt theirskills to meet the changing demands and

opportunities of the economy and labormarket.

Our Skills Development Program focusseson vocational as well as life skills andcareer-mentoring aspects of developingemployable skills of its trainees.


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Skills Development

The following training programs are currently being offered:

Hotel Management

o Certificate in Housekeeping and Laundry

o Diploma in Hotel Management (MM)

o Diploma in Culinary Art Skill

o Diploma in Hotel Operations

Childhood Development and Education

o Early Childhood Development and Education

o Advance Diploma in Montessori Teaching

o School Management and Supervision

o Seasonal Camps

Professional Skills Development Beauty Care Mobile Phone Repair English Language Proficiency Information and Communication Technology


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Apart from the afore-mentioned programs, HF is also implementing twodonor-funded projects in this area:

Skills Training and Income Generation for Urban Afghan Refugees

Establishment of Human Development Resource Centers

Skills Development


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In the absence of State-sponsored socialsafety nets, vulnerable families andindividuals facing temporary hardshipsand/or unforeseen expenditures can beeasily thrown into an endless cycle ofpoverty.

Our Humanitarian Assistance Programprovides support to individuals and/orfamilies through medical, financial andeducational assistance. The objective is toenable the poorest of the poor to

overcome crises before they exacerbate.

The primary program components includesocial welfare, and Sahara Fund forMarriott Hotel blast victims.

HumanitarianAssistance


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We also work for provision ofemergency relief to the victims ofnatural and human disasters. Our workfor the victims of the earthquake of2005, the IDPs crisis of 2009, as wellas the floods of 2010 and 2011 reflectsour commitment to mitigate the

suffering of the disaster-struckpopulation.

The key interventions under thisprogram include basic health units,assistance to the Spinal Cord Injury

patients after the 2005 earthquakeand distribution of relief assistance tothe disaster struck populations.

Emergency Relief


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Our work with the disaster-affectedpopulation has led to creation of a newprogram component at theFoundation.

The genesis of this component is a

realization that preparedness fordisasters can equip the communitieswith better tools and understanding towithstand these calamities and resultsin relatively lesser levels of loss of lifeand livelihoods.

Our first project in this field A SaferTomorrow - is being implemented inChitral.

Disaster Preparedness


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Our Focus onEmpowering Women


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We place a special emphasis on empowerment of women. It is aresult of this commitment that since the inception of the

Foundation we have made a direct impact in the lives of morethan 309,611 women, who make about

60%of our total beneficiaries.


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Current US DonorsFunding Plan Beein Pakistan


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The Womens Empowerment through Honey Bee FarmingPlan Beewas initiated by the Hashoo Foundation to empowerwomen in the remote areas of Northern Pakistan by expandingemployment opportunities and generating a stable source of

income through the sale of high-quality honey.

Plan Bee promotes sustainable enterprises that help womentake control of their lives and provide their children with quality

education, better health care and nutrition.


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Location: Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (KPK)

Donor: USAID Small Grants Program

Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan

Duration: 13 months (April 2012 June 2013)

Beneficiaries: 450

Plan Bee

Restoring and Improving

Livelihoods of Flood AffectedWomen Beekeepers


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Location: District Bahawalpur, Punjab

Donor: USAID Entrepreneurs

Implementing Partner: MEDA(Mennonite Economic Development Associates)

Local Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan

Duration: 30 months (July 2011 January 2014)

Beneficiaries: 6,000 (80% women)

Improving MicroEnterprises in Dairy


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Location: Balakot, District Mansehra, KPK

Donor: Church World Services (CWS)


Duration: 12 months (July 2011-June 2012)

Beneficiaries: 1,500

Expanded DairyDevelopment Program


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Location: Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Punjab

Donor: US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM)


Duration: 12 months (July 2011 July 2012)


Skills Training &Income Generation for

Urban Afghan Refugees


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Location: Tehsil & District Chitral, KPK

Donor: European Commission

Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO)

Implementing Partner: HOPE87

Local Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan

Duration: 18 months (May 2011 October 2012)

Beneficiaries: Approximately 20,933 individuals

A Safer Tomorrow


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Location: UC, Nar Sher Ali Khan of

District Bagh, AJK

Donor: Reach Out To Asia


Duration: 36 months (Sep 2011 Aug 2013)


Human DevelopmentResource Centers


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US Donor-FundedProjects in Pakistan


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Location: Shigar Tehsele, Skarku in Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Walmart Foundation


Duration: 12 months (August 2011 September 2012)

Beneficiaries: 450

Plan BeeRestoring and Improving



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Location: Shigar Tehsele in Skarku, Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Chapelwood Foundation


Duration: 24 months (April 2011 March 2013)

Beneficiaries: 40

Plan BeeWomen Empowerment

through Honey Bee Farming


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Location: Danyore Village in Gilgit and Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Individuals


Duration: September 2011 - May 2012

Beneficiaries: 40




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Location: Ishkoman Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Chapelwood Foundation


Duration: August 2011 - October 2012

Beneficiaries: 33




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Students-FundedProjects in Pakistan


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Location: Oshikhandass, Danyore, Mohammad

Villages in Gilgit and Mominabad in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: University of St. Thomas Social Entreperneurship Program(UST SEP)


Duration: 36 months (March 2010 February 2013)Extended to February 2014 due losses during the 2010 floods

Beneficiaries: 100

CED for Plan BeeWomens Empowerment



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Location: Chatorkhand Village in Ishkoman,

Gilgit and Mominabad Village in Hunza, Chitral, Gilgi-Baltistan

Donor: Rice Micro Finance (RMF)


Duration: 24 months (March 2010 February 2012)

Extended to February 2013 due to losses during the 2010 floods

Beneficiaries: 24




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Location: Sultan Abad, Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Micro Finance Initiative at the University of Houston (MFi UH)


Duration: 24 months (August 2011 August 2012)

Extended to February 2013 due losses during the 2010 floods

Beneficiaries: 4




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Location: Danyore, Sultanabad, Mohammad Abad, Oshikhandass

Villages in Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Pakistani-Indian Student Association (PISA)Klein Forest High School


Duration: September 2011 - May 2012

Beneficiaries: 21




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Location: Mominabad Village in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan

Donor: Pakistani Students at Brown University (PS@B)


Duration: March 2011

Beneficiaries: 15




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Our Mountain HoneyBrand


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Our Quality ControlPartners


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Sunrise Foods

Northern Area Honey Beekeepers Association (NAHBKA)

Mountain Organic Honey Traders (MOHT)

Honey Bee Research Institute (HBRI)

Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Mountain Organic Honey Traders Ltd (MOHT)

WWF-Pakistan


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Our Clients


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D. Dalton

ShaheenCanteen Supply Department

Embassies and Ministries


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Plan Bee

Awards and Recognitions


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Clinton Global Initiative Highlighted Commitment

Poverty Alleviation Session 2007

Clinton Global Initiative Featured Commitment 2008

BBC World Challenge Award Winner 2008

TEDx Talks Video 2010

Jefferson Awards Youth Service Challenge Winner 2012

WWF-Pakistan


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Hashoo FoundationFinancial Performance


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Emergency Relief

14%

Health and Social Welfare

13%

Education

23%Skills Development

23%

Social Enterprise

Development

27%

Program Expenditures


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Social Enterprise

Development

16%

Program Income

16%

Local Donations

6%Donor Funds

37%

Hashoo Group

Contribution

25%

Sources of Funds


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Program Expenditures

75%

Support Expenditures

18%

Program Related

Capital Cost

7%

Utilization of Funds


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Overall Donors andPartners


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THANK YOU

For helping us make the world a better and more peaceful place

With your collaboration, sustainable economic developmentprojects like Plan Bee will continue to strengthen vulnerable

communities and help promote a more tolerant andinclusive society in Pakistan

Changing Lives Couldnt Bee Sweeter

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