Rotary Books for the World

Pakistan

Challenges Affecting a Changing Society Poverty and Illiteracy

The Challenge of Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan is Huge

• Population of over 184 million people

• 21% of the people live below the poverty line

• More than one-third of the population lives on $1.25 per day

Poverty and Illiteracy Rates in Pakistan are the Second Highest in the Region

Pakistan Ranks Second in the Global Out-Of-School Children

1 in 10 of the world’s children not in primary school live in Pakistan, making the country second in the global ranking of out-of-school children

Challenges Affecting a Changing SocietyGender Inequality

The worst effected are girls because parents stop them from going to school and hand over trivial jobs to earn few bucks at home

Challenges Affecting a Changing SocietyMilitancy and Terrorism

Attacks on schools made education more vulnerable for children, especially girls

Turning Challenges

into Opportunities…

Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities.

Hashoo Foundation

Economic Development Education & Human Capital Development

Social Protection

MOU Signing Rotary Books for the World 2011 Booklegger Summit II in Houston

1. Rotary Club of Islamabad, Margalla

2. Hashoo Foundation

Rotary Books For the World & The Second Wind Foundation Signed MoU with

In 2011

Objective: to promote literacy and education in Pakistan through the distribution of free books and educational material

Building New Partnerships

Rotary Club Islamabad Margalla

Building New Partnership

Rotary Club Rawalpindi

• Many Pakistani educational institutions are in dire need of books and educational material.

• Quality books are expensive; as a result teachers have to rely on out dated books.

• Due to unavailability of resources schools are deprived of modern technology for learning.

Why Books?

2011-2015

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Books Distributed to

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2013-2014

206,949

2015

223 EducationalInstitutions

1) Classification and sorting of books through HF & Rotary volunteers.

2) Creating inventory.

3) Announcement through social media, website and email to partners

4) ‘Open for All.’

5) Standard request application made available on multiple venues.

6) SOP's and checklist of applicants i.e. who’s who.

7) Selection of applicants (institutions) through formal committee.

8) Signing formal MOUs with selected parties.

9) Invitation to all parties, media, partners and local dignitaries to ‘Books Distribution Ceremony’.

10) Books distributed to the parties.

11) Follow up to ensure proper utilization.

How the Distribution Process Works

Snap Shot of Implementation Plan for Distribution of Books

• Federal and Provisional Schools• Colleges• Community-based Local Libraries and Reading

Rooms• National Universities • Local and National NGOs• Early Childhood Development Centers

Key Recipients

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Receiving Container Filled with Books

HF & Rotary Volunteers Shifting Books from the Container to the Storage Facility

HF & Rotary Volunteers Sorting Books

HF & Rotary Volunteers Sorting Books

Community Library / Reading Rooms which Received Books from Rotary Books for the World

HF & Rotary Volunteers Shifting Books from the Container to the Storage Facility

Books Distribution and MOU Signing Ceremony in Islamabad

Books Distribution and MOU Signing Ceremony in Islamabad

Books Pick up after Ceremony in Islamabad

HF & Rotary Volunteers after Book Distribution Ceremony in Islamabad

HF & Rotary Volunteers after Book Distribution Ceremony in Islamabad

Visiting the New Library At the EHSAAS Foundation School for Orphans

Book Distribution with ECD Teachers of FIELD & Representative of PLAN Pakistan

Presentation of Books to ECD Teachers of Local ECD Center at Bari Imam, Islamabad

ECD Material & Book Distributed in Fakhar, Nagar Valley

Signing of MOU with Community Representatives in Gilgit Baltistan

Signing of MOU with Principal Federal Govt. Degree College, Khapulu Skardu

ECD Material Distributed in Nasirabad HunzaValley

Presentation of Books to the CEO of State Development Organization (SDO) in KPK Region

Books and Children at the Rawalpindi School

Books Distribution at Society for Human Empowerment and Rural Development

Books Distribution in Gilgit Baltistan

Utilization of First Empty Container

Snap shot of canteen for Umeed-e-Noor’s Special Children at Islamabad, Pakistan

• Two empty containers were donated to Global Development Foundation (GDF) supported by UK-Pakistan-Chamber of Commerce UK in a remote community of a small village in Gujar Khan named Hashu Village.

• Global Development Foundation (GDF) with the help and ownership of the local community will convert the containers into a Health Unit by installing doors, windows, shelves, electricity and ventilation windows.

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• Hashoo Foundation and Rotary Islamabad will monitor and evaluate the project.

• The proposed health unit will serve around approx. 8 to 10 thousand patients per year.

Proposed Health Unit

Empty containers are handed to the

Rotary Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee

(PNPPC) to be converted in Mobile Clinics

Contributing to Pakistan's Pledge Towards UN Sustainable Development Goals

Distribution of 45 School Desks to Rotary Pakistan Literacy Mission in Karachi

Rotary Books for the World Promotes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Hashoo Foundation implements USAID-funded Pakistan Reading Project (PRP)

HF will provide 300 reading books in English donated by Rotary Books for the World Program and The Second Wind Foundation and 100 books in Urdu.Rotary Club Rawalpindi volunteers will help support this literacy mission in the rural villages of Islamabad.

The USAID- Pakistan Reading Project (PRP) will benefit 1,640 individuals:

800 parents and 800 students

40 teachers (male 16 / female 24) from 40 schools.

800 students (girls 560 (70%), /boys 240, (30%) from Grade I and Grade II from 40 schools

• HF presence and regional offices in all the provinces of Pakistan.• Tax exemption from Government of Pakistan and US.• Experience and partnership with public and private educational

institution. • Availability of adequate storage for books.• Dedicated Hashoo Foundation’s staff for this project with strong

MER and MIS in place. • Availability of volunteers (more than 200) enrolled in

universities/colleges, who are available at short notice for books sorting and other functional purposes.

Strengths of Hashoo Foundation

Expanding the Partnerships

Rotary Club Karachi & Rotary Club Lahore

Thank You for Helping Pakistan Become a Better and More Peaceful Place

Our partnership helps strengthen vulnerable communities and promotes literacy and education for a more tolerant and inclusive society in Pakistan

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