AwazCDS Pakistan has been experimenting community-driven innovation approaches to development since 1995. Unlike other civil society organization, the Foundation was not an outcome of sudden disaster. it was founded by a group of well-educated youth activists who were politically enlightened and realized that they own a great deal of returm to the society at large.
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Auditors’ Report to the Board of Directors – June 30, 2013
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of the Awaz Foundation Pakistan: Centre for Development Services (“the Foundation”) as at 30 June 2013 and the related income and expenditure account, cash flow statement and statement of changes in accumulated funds together with the notes forming part thereof (here – in after referred to as “the financial statements”) for the year then ended.
It is the responsibility of the Foundation’s management to establish and maintain a system of internal control, and prepare and present the financial statements in conformity with the approved accounting standards as applicable in Pakistan, Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards as applicable in Pakistan. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
. policies used and significant estimates made by the management, as well as, evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Access, Services & Knowledge (ASK)
ASK aims to target young people between the ages 10-24 years, especially adolescent girls and marginalized youth groups like sexual, ethnic or religious minorities, people with disabilities, sex workers, and young people living with HIV (YPLHIV). This Programme will maximize the uptake of services by identifying and overcoming the barriers to access faced by young people regarding SRHR.
ASK was proposed to enhance the uptake of SRH services by young people. The Access, Services and Knowledge (ASK): What young people want, what young people need is a proposed programme for three years (2013-2015) and aims to contribute to achieve MDG 3 (gender equality), MDG 5 (reduce maternal mortality and realize universal access to Reproductive Health (RH) MDG 6 (stop the spread of HIV, malaria and TB) and the post-MDG agenda. The programme is proposed by the Youth Empowerment Alliance (YEA).
Objectives of Project:
- Young people are better informed and thus better able to make healthier choices regarding their sexuality
- Public and private clinics/facilities provide better SRH services, with more young people are using
- Greater Respect for the sexual and reproductive rights of young people and young people from marginalized group.
Program Impact:
- 10 CSOs are on board
- Civil society capacity has been developed on LSBE and SRHR and SGBV
- 30 CSOs staff and 48 community leaders have been trained and capacitated on SRHR and SGBV to conduct awareness activities at community level
- 61 Youth volunteers have been trained on community mobilization and advocacy skills on LSBE, SRHR and SGBV
- 27 Schools including (school chains) are on board
- 10 Madaris on board
- 113 Teachers have been trained to deliver Comprehensive sexuality Education
- More than 2500 students have gone through the “World Starts with Me” curriculum.
- More than 2300 students have gone through the LSBE curriculum.
- 16 Health Care Facilities are on board
- 26 Health care providers are trained on SRHR, SGBV and to run Youth Friendly Health facilities
- Good liaison is developed with Education, Health, Women Crises Centre, Darul-aman, FPAP, Marie Stops, Chamber of Commerce and media
- Good Liaison with line departments
Best Practices.
Good Liaison developed with Education and Health department and also with the schools Improvised school educational environment.
Teacher and student relations improved, student started to share their problems with teachers. Teachers adopted new teaching skills.
Youth health
Youth acquired the skills necessary to develop and sustaining healthy, happy lives.
Best Practices:
- Providing Life Skills education and SRHR information to Adolescents (10-19) to engage and empower them with knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to make safe and informed choices in life.
- Strong linkages with Schools, Madaris, Colleges and universities, Media.
- Meaningful Youth Participation at all levels of project cycle: decision making processes, the design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project.
- Engagement of Religious leaders/ Education /Health /Social and welfare department and youth in most of the events
- Training of Elementary Colleges Trainers who will give trainings to future to be teachers on Life Skilled Based education
- Involvement to Elementary Trainers to Review LSBE content and module keeping in view the cultural and religious sensitivity
- Improving the quality and access of Youth Friendly comprehensive SRHR & SGBV services
- Developed referral mechanism among CSOs, HCPs, Darul Aman and Women Crisis Centre and vice versa.
- Media involvement/coverage in most of the events
- Established linkages with local performers, singers, artists, media groups and Reporters.
- Series of Parwan Radio Programs, TV shows, Articles in Newspapers, policy dialogues and advocacy forums to create an enabling environment for young people, women and marginalized communities to exercise SRH rights.
- Book launched on SGBV written by Imrana Komal, DAP member, data and case studies in this book are provided by AWAZ
Women And Reproductive Health Initiative (WARHI)
women and reproductive health initiative District Multan and Muzaffargarh, are among the areas where poverty incidences are extremely high and community development work by either government or development agencies did not get attention over the last 60 years or so. Less than half of people in both the districts are within a half hour distance from the nearest health facility. Two per cent of the population has a chronic cough and it does not vary between urban and rural areas. It is higher in older age groups (55-59 year-old 4 per cent; 60-69 year-old 5 per cent; 70+ year-old 7 per cent). The Child mortality rate is 111 per 1000 live birth in most parts of the Pun- jab, while in rural areas it is generally higher (126 per 1,000 live births), whereas it is 117/1000 live births in Multan.
Fertility levels in the districts range between 4.5-7.3 children per woman. Only 15 per cent women in Muzaffar- garh District are assisted deliveries by skilled personnel and four of five women are assisted by traditional birth attendants. Postnatal care in Muzaffargarh is 19 per cent and it is 25 percent in Multan District. Only 20 per cent ever-married rural women have heard of HIV which is 55 per cent in the cities.
Awaz cds is going to implement a project named as WARHI (women and reproductive health initiative) in district Mul- tan and Muzaffar garh.The aim of this project is to provide and improve family planning, post abortion care, capacity building and supply chain management Family planning is the voluntary planning and action taken by individuals to prevent, delay or achieve a pregnancy. Family planning services include counseling and education, preconception care and laboratory tests, and family planning methods. Family planning methods include abstinence, natural family planning and all FDA approved methods of contraception including hormonal contraception and contraceptive sup- plies such as condoms, diaphragms and intrauterine devic- es and ppiucd.The high unmet need for contraception lead to approximately 890,000 induced abortions every year in Pakistan. A fairly recent study from Pakistan also revealed that around 40% of abortions are.performed by unskilled
workers in backstreet clinics. Considering these grave staitistics, it should not come as surprise that unwanted and repeated pregnancies, nutritional deficiency are the leading cause of abortions so WARHI will help in great deal to provide PAC services in mentioned areas. Despite country’s, inferior situation, there is no data available in Pakistan that unveils the much needed information pertaining to post- abortion care (PAC)and family planning use.
Objectives
Objective 1:
Increase the number of FP users, with a focus on long-acting methods
Objective 2:
Increase the percentage of post-partum women who use a method of family planning,with a focus on long-acting methods, especially IUDs
Objective 3:
To ensureall women who cometo the health facility with compli- cationsof abortion receivePAC
Objective 4:
Increase the use of family-planning among PAC clients, with a, focus on long-acting methods
Objective 5:
Build national capacity to train providers in FP and PAC
Objective 6:
Ensure all facilities have appropriate supplies, medicines and equipmentand establisha well-functioningsupplysystem
Objective 7:
Increasethe performance of individuals and facilities, including useof data for decision-making
Financial Statement for the year ended June 30, 2012
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with approved accounting standards as applicable in Pakistan. Approved accounting standards comprises of Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards for Small Sizes Enterprises (SSEs) issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
Financial Statement for the year ended June 30, 2011
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with approved accounting standards as applicable in Pakistan. Approved accounting standards comprises of Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards for Small Sizes Enterprises (SSEs) issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
Climate Leadership for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (CLEAR) Project
AWAZ Foundation Pakistan: Center for development service with the collaboration of Lead Pakistan implementing this project in Sher shah town-Multan. This project is needed to address the urgent and growing threat of climate change facing poor and vulnerable communities in Southern Punjab. The project will empower civil society to effectively articulate demand for an enabling policy environment whereby poor communities can adapt to climate change and reduce their vulnerabilities. The project will address lack of capacity, lack of effective models, low and ineffectively articulated public demand for the Govt. to act, and a lack of awareness among vulnerable communities as to their rights in relation to climate change. It will not only empower communities to take action, promoting a bottom-up approach to policy making, it will also undertake micro-adaptation projects (LAPAs) through communities and CSOs, in coordination with local Govt.
Learning Objectives
- Increased awareness about Climate Change issues at regional, national and international level and clear understanding of the science of Climate Change.
- Better understanding of predicted Climate impacts and the associate risks
- Better understanding of the effects of Climate Change on human health and environment.
- Better understanding of the role of communities in Climate Change mitigation planning and implementation.
- Better understanding of strategies, policies and plans prepared at the global level, Regional level and their implication/compliance at National level. Increased knowledge of best practice in terms of adaptation actions relevant to planning actions.
Expected outcome:
- Communities and CSOs will have greater understanding of Climate Change and Climate discourse in order to prepare their actions plans;
- Develop LAPAs for grass root level initiatives
- Availability of new technologies and alternative livelihoods options for the poor, for decreased vulnerability to climatic changes;
Major Activities:
- Coordination Meeting With Government Irrigation and Agriculture Department for identification of area and focal person
- Awareness Session about Climate Change
- Dialogue session with beneficiaries of LAPA Project
- Plantation of Draught resistance trees at selected areas.
Social Mobilization Project – Institutional Development
AWAZ started its Social Mobilization Project in September 2009 in collaboration with Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. The project aimed at mobilizing the vulnerable and marginalized communities of 176 poorest of the poor villages of District Multan for their greater and active participation in community development. It further aimed to empower them socially, economically and politically. AWAZ formulated 480 Community Organizations during the reporting period and built their community based management skills. As a result of AWAZ extensive capacity building initiatives, total 217 Community Organizations saved PKR 13, 58, 505 and established several micro-enterprises through internal lending. As a result of awareness raising, 5288 new community members got Computerized National Identity Cards and 70 women got PKR 840000 from Benazir Income Support Program. In coming years, AWAZ aims to introduce innovative ways of tracking poverty and its reduction. It mainly includes determination of poverty score cards at households level, strengthening existing community volunteerism, providing livelihood opportunities to poorest of the poor communities especially women and build their linkages with other civil society organizations and government line departments.
National Secretariat
House no 462 street no 68 G_11/2 Islamabad
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Provincial Secretariat in Punjab
B1 – A, Canal Berg, Near Thokar Niaz Baig Lahore
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