Let’s Be Familiar with Sudhaar Society
SPECIAL EDITION
June 01, 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Brief about Sudhaar Society Brief About Sudhaar Society
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Projects / Years (1994—2013)
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Beneficiaries & Locations
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Thematic Areas & Organogram
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Services Diversity & Donors
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CEO’s Message & Addresses
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Editorial Note
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Sudhaar at a Glance; Life of 18 Years. 41 Projects Implemented. Budget of 738,008,670 (PKR). 15 Sectors of Societal Development. 12 Types of Beneficiaries. 14 Targeted Districts. About 100 Staff Members. Consisted upon Four Departments.
Sudhaar Society is a non-profit organization, registered under Societies Act 1860, serving at national level since 1994 in the multiple areas of development. Since its establishment, Sudhaar has worked with more than 1200 government schools, over 3500 teachers, and more than 141000 government school children. During this period, Sudhaar established more than 780 non-formal education and literacy centres enrolling over 23800 children, engaged in child labour, out of which 64% graduated and 38% mainstreamed to formal government and private schools. Besides in 2002, Sudhaar provided technical support to the Kasur District Government in developing the Kasur District Education Plan, the first of its kind in Pakistan. Since then, Sudhaar has developed 27 Districts’ Education Plans in the four provinces of Pakistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK). Sudhaar is imparting a development agenda for change, particularly in the sectors of education, child rights, gender equity, child labour and non-formal education. Sudhaar is direct with the communities in need at grass root level through its motivated teams, comprised almost 100 Sudhaarians at field offices in multiple districts as well as head office in Lahore. Sudhaar always encourages its employees to do something unique besides their job descriptions. It strives against gender, religious, or any other type of discrimination during its activities with the aim of equality in humanity. It doesn't believes in organizational or individual publicity through its services for development. Moreover, Sudhaar encourages its team for innovations.
Projects / Year Details (1994—2013) In the journey of 18 years, Sudhaar implemented multiple projects with the expansion in areas of development. It took start from one project in 1995, but with the spirit of commitment and meeting its agenda of development, the number of projects increased each year. Thus, during the last year, Sudhaar was implementing 12 projects at multiple localities of the country. And now in 2013 (to date), Sudhaar engaged in nine projects out of which one is closed on 15 March. So at this time, eight projects are functional under the umbrella of Sudhaar. The following picture is also highlighting the status of projects’ division as completed and current projects. The affective implementation strategy of Sudhaar contributes to convert the projects into long-term programs, e.g. Govt. School Program in Sialkot which was started in 1998 and still continues with after 15 years. It started with the financial assistance of FIFA-SICA / SC-UK, CIDA, and adidasGermany. Sudhaar has many examples of longterm projects as mentioned above. Sudhaar believes in result-oriented programs, not projects, as social change is not a snap-shot activity, but a long process of changing behaviors of rigid and deprived communities.
Sudhaar Society has; Vision to Build an Equitable, Just, Harmonious & Peaceful Society for Continuous Development of Human Potential. Goal to Ensure 100% Education & Health Facilities in All Our Communities. Aim to Produce 2500 Top Quality Professionals in Various Disciplines by 2020. Encouragement for All Sudhaarians for Advanced Studies & Social Research. Children as Targeted Group of 29 (out of 41) Projects Implemented.
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LET’S BE FAMILIAR WITH SUDHAAR SOCIETY
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Diverse Range of Beneficiaries Sudhaar has diverse range of beneficiaries showing its capacity of addressing multiple social issues at grass-root level. The figure below is highlighting that children, either engaged in labor or in schools, are the major group of beneficiaries and to date, there are 12 types of beneficiaries by Sudhaar.
Locations / Number of Projects Sudhaar started its working from Kasur by initiating the program of Non-Formal Education for the working children, with the financial support of Save the Children-Sweden/ILO/BMMS. But with every passing year and increasing number of projects, the geographical location of Sudhaar expanded and reached to 14 locations in Punjab as well as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Kasur (the laboratory of Sudhaar) is the district in which 20 projects have been implemented to date, then Sialkot, Narowal and so on. In the coming years, Sudhaar has the plan to move forward to expand its geographical context for broader range of beneficiaries in remote localities around the country.
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Number of Projects in Specific Thematic Areas
Overall, Sudhaar has implemented 41 projects (33 completed & eight are current) in its life of 18 years with the total budget of PKR 738,008,670. The picture presented above is highlighting the sectors and numbers of the projects implemented. Besides, it is also highlighting that majority of the projects were implemented in formal and non-formal education sector. To date, there are 15 sectors of development in which the Sudhaar remain engaged which is an indicator of diversified approach of contributing in societal development.
Organizational Chart
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L E T ’ S B E F A M I L I AR W I T H S U DH AA R S O C I E T Y
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Services Diversity of Sudhaar Currently, Sudhaar has four departments of services which have their pre-defined roles contributing for social development in the best interest of society; 1– Program Implementation & Management Cell (PIMC) It was the first department established within Sudhaar having roles and responsibilities regarding program implementation and management after its technical designing. 2– Action, Research & Development Cell (ARDC) ARD Cell is a specific department comprised a team of professional researchers. This cell aims to promote the tool of research for the purpose of social development. 3– Human Resources Development Cell (HRDC) It is newly established department aiming to develop as well as polish the human resources within and outside the Sudhaar through building their capacity. There are skilled trainers in this section. 4– Technical Support Cell (TSC) As the professionals of Sudhaar are experts of development sector, it also provides technical consultancies / support other organizations, both national and international.
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Sudhaar Society 563, A-1, Government Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Phase-I, Peco Road, Lahore (Punjab) 54660, Pakistan. Contact: +92 (042) 35151244 Website: www.sudhaar.org.pk Email: publication@sudhaar.org.pk
On NGO-Donor Partnerships in Pakistan Donors now prefer projects, not programs. Sustainability/Exit strategies are simply crammed into one paragraph in a 30 page proposal and agreement. Donors are not serious about it. They DON’T want sustainability, they WANT dependency. If sustainability were encouraged, NGOs and communities would be emancipated in the long term and donors and INGOs (and World Bank, ADB, IMF on a much broader scale – thanks to Brettonwood and its aftermath) would be redundant by now. So, Sustainability could easily be achieved if 10% of the project funds are allocated to sustainability and spent based on practical strategies. FAWAD USMAN ALI
DISTRICT OFFICES KASUR: Tehsil Road, Near Zill Council, Kasur (Punjab). Contact: +92 (049) 2765449 Contact Person: Fakhar-ul-Zaman (District Team Leader) SIALKOT: Main Street, House # 14-B, Toheed Town, Sialkot (Punjab). Contact: +92 (052) 357-2901 Contact Person: Azhar Khalil (Program Manager) NAROWAL: Opposit Al-Madina Guest House, Chowk Jassar Bypass, Circular Road, Narowal (Punjab). Contact: +92 (054) 2413692 Contact Person: Gulnaz Saeed (Project Manager)
CEO/Founder - Sudhaar Society
PROJECT OFFICES SARGODHA: Upper Portion, House # 235, Block-B, Satellite Town, Sargodha (Punjab). Contact: +92 (048) 3215498 Contact Person: Ms. Sana Rauf (Project Manager) DG KHAN: House # 2, Street # 1, Taimoor Colony, Near Walay Wala School, Sameena Chowk, DG Khan (Punjab). Contact: +92 (0301) 7242745 Contact Person: Rana Nadeem Iqbal (Project Manager)
Editorial Note Sudhaar is pleased to restart the publication of its organizational newsletter after the time span of eight years. It is going to be distinctive as indicator of Sudhaar’s contributions in societal change, but the volume in hand is just to familiarize its readers with Sudhaar, as organizational orientation. It will be published on quarterly basis presenting about all projects/programs carried by Sudhaar and each volume will contain an editorial about any development issue, by an expert who may belong to any organization (national or international) contributing for social development/change. The space is specified for the professional contributions in its next volumes of each quarter, with their names and organizational attachments. You are invited for the next volumes’ editorial. Besides, we will take your feedback/suggestions as tools of improvement. muhammad.akram@sudhaar.org.pk
Edited by: Muhammad Akram Mehar M&E and Research Officer