Human Development Foundation

Monthly Progress Report - May 2004

General Highlights

• Annual General Meeting was held on May 20, 2004. Following members attended the Annual General Meeting.
  • Dr. Muhammad Khalid Riaz
  • Dr. Shahnaz Khan
  • Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Maqbool
  • Dr. Sameeh Javed
  • Engineer Fazal Hussain
  • Dr. Tahira Hamdani
  • Dr. Habib Ur Rehman
  • Mr. Altaf Hussain
    
• Following activities were done in Annual General Meeting:
  • Presentation and approval of the minutes of the last meeting.
  • Presentation of list of General Members.
  • Presentation and consideration of the Financial Statements and Auditors' Report for the year ended December 31, 2003.
  • Appointment of External Auditors for the year 2004 and fixation of their remuneration was considered and Khalid Majeed Rehman Sarfaraz Rahim Iqbal Rafique Chartered Accountants were reappointed for the year ending December 2004, and their remuneration was fixed at Rs. 110,000.
  • Presentation and consideration of Director's Report.
  • Relevant clauses of Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association were amended/incorporated as required under the law to become eligible for seeking tax exemptions.
    
• Board Meeting was also held on May 20, 2004. Following Board Members attended the Board Meeting.
  • Dr. Muhammad Khalid Riaz Chairperson (also Co-Chair of HDFNA)
  • Dr. Shahnaz Khan Board Member (also Co-Chair of HDFNA)
  • Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Maqbool Board Member
  • Engineer Fazal Hussain Board Member
    
• Following activities were done in Board Meeting:
  • Presentation by Chief Operating Officer on general progress of HDF programs and miscellaneous items. "Modified Performance Appraisal System" duly considered and recommended by the committee was also presented and approved for implementation.
  • Presentation by PM-Economic Development on progress of Micro-Credit and Capacity Building/Staff Development Plan.
  • Presentation by Program Coordinator on the progress of "Performance Improvement Program" of HDF.
  • Presentation by PM-Education on Non-Formal and Formal Education Program.
  • Presentation by PM-Foundation Development on proposed HDF strategy for Foundation Development.
  • Presentation by PM-Health on progress of health program.
  • Presentation by Senior Engineer on progress of Community Physical Infrastructure projects.
  • Presentation by Acting PM-Finance on financial activities and budget variance analysis.

Foundation Development

• A Community Awareness Event was organized and held at Islamabad Club on May 21, 2004. The event was held to introduce HDF among the other like-minded orgazniations and donor agencies of Islamabad, to raise public awareness about HDF and to explore possibilities of networks and partnerships with other orgazniations. Board of Directors, HDF-Team Pakistan and about 118 other people from different NGOs/GOs/Departments and Media participated in the event including some notables i.e. Country Director of ISRA International, Planning Chief of UNICEF, Chairman of NCHD, President of Islamic Relief, Senior Professionals from HRDN and NCRD and many others. Question Answer session was followed after the presentations by Co-Chairperson Dr. Shahnaz Khan, HDF-Chief Operating Officer Mr. Azhar Saleem and a speech by Mr. Kevin Dermott (Executive Director-HDF USA). All honorable guests were served with a dinner at the end.
  
• HDF started a new section named "Foundation Development" which will serve dual purpose i.e. search and create sources in order to make HDF a self-sustaining model organization on one hand and promoting HDF's noble cause through public awareness events on the other hand. Mr. Waqar Awan has joined the section as PM-Foundation Development and started working on preparation of strategic plan for HDF's Foundation Development.

Economic Development

• HDF designed a Special Micro Credit Incentive Package (SMCIP) for encouraging its good borrowers. Through SMCIP, HDF will provide micro credit on easy and concessional terms to those borrowers/entrepreneurs who have proven record of good and effective credit history with HDF. For this, a proposal was submitted and approved by an individual donor Mr. Feroz Battla, who has provided funds for implementing the program.
  
• HDF held a meeting with a team from Financial Sector Strengthening Program (FSSP) which was headed by its Program Director Mr. Khalid Nawaz. The FSSP is a program of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) which was established with a mandate to strengthen the organizations that provide micro finance services to the underprivileged and poor communities of Pakistan. During this meeting it was decided that FSSP will provide both technical and financial support to HDF for any proposal regarding micro finance and its related areas. FSSP has provided Credit Management Information System (CMIS) and also arranged training of two HDF-Staff members on operation of this system/ "Loan Tracking System".

SOCIAL MOBILIZATION

• 4 new Social Organizers (2 male and 2 female) were employed in Rahim Yar Khan Region for the joint project of HDF and Khushalibank (KHB). The staff were given one week intensive orientation training workshop about HDF and the KHB programs.
  
• In Rahim Yar Khan Region, 42 new DOS were formed and 643 clients were created in the reporting month on behalf of KHB. This is more than the monthly target of 315 clients.
  
• In connection with the holy month of Rabi-ul-Awwal, a Mehfil-e-Milad was arranged by the community members in Karachi Kachi Abadi Region. This event was attended by members from 28 female DOs. This was a collective activity of all the DOs at the colony level. The PTA of CFS Falak also arranged a Mehfil-e-Milad, all the parents of the students participated in this holy event.

COMMUNITY TRAININGS

• 39 female members from Shamsabad and Zhob Region were trained in Community Management Skills Trainings and 14 female members from Zhob Region were trained in Business Management Skills Trainings.
  
• Linkages were established with Tando Jam Agricultural University for a Para Veterinary Course. An agreement was also made with Roots, (a local NGO), under which they will provide a resource person to impart community training on making of "Key Chains" in June 2004.

STAFF TRAININGS

• PM Foundation Development, Mr. Waqar Awan, attended a 3-days training at SDPI on "Fundraising and Proposal writing". He also held an information sharing session with HDF staff at the National Office about the training outcomes.
  
• Mr. Muhammad Shakoor, Training Coordinator attended a 1 day seminar arranged by Human Resource Development Network (HRDN) on human resource development.
  
• Mr. Asmatullah-Social Organizer (Mardan) and Ms Humaira Education Coordinator (Islamabad) attended a 3 days training workshop on "Communication Skills" arranged by National Center for Rural Development (NCRD) Islamabad.

COMMUNITY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CPI)

• 2 watercourse Linings have successfully been completed, one in Mardan Region (Zamindar) and other in Rahim Yar Khan Region (Alvi Unity, Bast Khandoo).
  
• Some Community Physical Infrastructure Projects in Mardan Region are in progress i.e. One Water Course Lining (75% work completed) in village "Khazana Dheri-2" and 2 drainage projects (one is 90% completed and the other has been recently initiated) in Mardan Region.
  
• In Rahim Yar Khan Region, one proposal has been prepared and submitted to Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) regarding a Water Course Lining in Development Organization (DO) "Tahfuz-e-Nonehal" the dialogue with the DO has been completed.

EDUCATION

• HDF has amended the concept of its Child Friendly School (CFS) from one room being called a School to a new definition i.e. One administrative unit housed in one building which may have one or more rooms/classes. By this definition the reported No. of Schools have decreased from 213 to 173 as of end May 2004.
  
• HDF Education staff of National Office provided their expertise as resource persons in two teachers' training workshops on "Adult Literacy" arranged by Ministry of Education, Govt of Pakistan and UNESCO.
  
• HDF has conducted a feasibility study for its first project of Model School to provide formal education of high quality. This venture of HDF will also support its education component of non formal education. The school opening process has been initiated by Education Section of HDF.
  
• Final examination in the Child Friendly Schools (CFSs) of Rahim Yar Khan Region were successfully completed. The overall passing percentage was 95%. 356 children appeared in the exams, out of which 337 (147 boys and 209 girls) children passed. .The first batch of class 5 of CFS graduated with a pass percentage of 76%. Out of 29 children who appeared in the exams 22 passed including 16 girls.
  
• HDF-Rahim Yar Khan Region opened its first Elementary and Secondary School for girls in Tibba Gharib Shah, Union Council Amin Garh. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Mian Abdul Haq (DEO), Mr. Shahid (Community activist), Ms Asfa Mustaq (EC), Ms Asma Naz (UNICEF representative in RYK) . They shared their constructive views with Mr. Zulfiqar Ali (RPM-RYK).
  
• 4 new NFBE Schools have been opened in the reporting month i.e. 2 in Shamsabad Region, 1 in Zhob and 1 in Islamabad Region.

HEALTH

• For Community Health Center (CHC) of Islamabad some concerted efforts were made to increase the daily patient turn over which have given some good results. For this a special event was organized, in which "Mehndi Day" was celebrated. Females of age group 15-45 years were invited to participate in this celebration who brought their "Mehndi" with them. Beside this celebration, awareness session was also conducted on "functioning of CHC". Some technical topics were also covered i.e. TT vaccination, TB, Hepatitis and advantages of boiled water etc.
  
• A free medical camp was organized in Unit 1 of Shamsabad Region. The medical services were provided by 6 doctors from Memon Charitable Hospital, and 2 doctors from PMDC Tando Muhammad Khan. 1 lady doctor from Sathia Taraki Pasand Tanzeem also offered her services. The medicines were provided by the EDO Hyderabad. 810 patients including 580 females were examined and treated.
  
• A one day free medical camp was arranged on the 23rd May, 2004 in Bilal and Mehran colonies of Karachi Kachi Abadi (Unit 1) in collaboration with SIP, a local NGO which provided free medicines. Dr. Khagista offered her services on voluntary basis in this medical camp. HDF provided logistic support for the camp. A total of 123 patients got free check-up and medical facility.. The doctor also gave an awareness briefing to the community about preventive health care.
  In Zhob Region, tetanus vaccinations were given to 32 women of reproductive ages (WRAs) through linkages with the Ministry of Health.

VISITS AND VISITORS

• Co-Chairperson, Dr. Shahnaz Khan visited Shamsabad Region with visionary team which came from USA. She attended a meeting with Village Development Organization (VDO) Aghaz (registered under Social Welfare Department) in village "Shahmeer Khan Lund". She also visited some enterprises in HDF-Unit 1 and 5.
  
• Visionaries Inc Media from USA visited Pakistan from May 17 to 22, 2004 for preparation of a documentary on HDF. They visited National Office as well as Mardan, Shamsabad, Karachi Kachi Abadi and Islamabad regions to cover our program activities and record interviews of our staff as well as communities. They also interviewed some of our board members and key persons amongst our partners like Kamal Hayat (Chief Executive Officer-PPAF) and Mr. Ghalib Nishtar (President Khushalibank).
  
• Deputy Director Livestock Hyderabad visited Shamsabad Region. He informed our staff and community that the Indus Milk Project will start functioning next month, in which communities of HDF program areas will also benefit for the marketing of milk.
  
• A research team from Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) headed by Mr. Bran conducted a poverty related survey on the status of education and health of the rural areas in Mardan. Village "Chamtar" was selected for the purpose. A coordination meeting was arranged by HDF-Regional Staff in Chamtar between the women of the community and surveyors from SDPI. They will share their report with HDF which is expected to be useful in setting our future strategies.

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