Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)

Introduction

Since 1987, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has developed to become a broad-spectrum, countrywide human rights body. Nationally, the HRCP has established a leading role in providing a highly informed and independent voice in the struggle for human rights and democratic development in Pakistan - a role increasingly recognised internationally, also. It is an independent, voluntary, non-political, non-profit making, non-governmental organisation, registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), with its Secretariat office in Lahore. Its mission includes:

1. to work for the ratification and implementation by Pakistan of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of other related Charters, Covenants, Protocols, Resolutions, Recommendations and internationally adopted norms;

2.to promote studies in the field of human rights and mobilise public opinion in favour of accepted norms through all available media and forums, and to carry out every category of activity to further the cause;

3.to cooperate with and aid national and international groups, organisations and individuals engaged in the promotion of human rights and to participate in meetings and congresses on human rights at home and abroad;

4.to take appropriate action to prevent violations of human rights and to provide legal aid and other assistance to victims of those violations and to individuals and groups striving to protect human right The birth: The idea of setting up broad-spectrum country-wide human rights body was first mulled over among a small number of kindred spirits

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The Citizen Foundation(TCF)

History

TCF is a professionally managed, non-profit organization set up in 1995 by a group of citizens concerned with the dismal state of education in Pakistan. It is now one of Pakistan's leading organizations in the field of formal education. As of 2009 TCF has established 600 purpose-built school units nationwide with an enrollment of 80,000 students. TCF encourages female enrollment and boasts of a 50% female ratio in almost every campus. TCF has a full Female Faculty of 4,150 members. TCF also has a dedicated Teacher Training Center in Karachi for the ongoing training of its faculty and provides logistical support to all its teachers. 6, 026 jobs have been created in communities in which TCF operates.

The vision of TCF is to remove barriers of class and privilege and to make the citizens of Pakistan Agents of Positive Change. We believe that access to basic education is the right of each individual and not a privilege. Apart from following the regular curriculum, we focus on the character building of students to equip them with high moral values and confidence.

To achieve our goals, TCF is constantly surveying education-deprived locations in Pakistan to extend its network. Each new location is appraised through an extensive land survey, assessment of population, income level, number and standard of existing schools in the area, demand for new school units, availability of an accessible site to build a school, qualified teachers in the area and a number of other criteria.

TCF is registered in Pakistan as a Company limited by guarantee under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and its accounts are audited by KPMG Taseer Hadi and Co. TCF is ranked amongst the top five scoring organizations certified by the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) and has received high non-profit organization (NPO) governance rating of GR-8 by JCR-VIS Credit Rating Co Ltd.

Mission Statement

The mission of TCF is to promote mass scale, quality formal education for less privileged children in an environment that encourages intellectual, moral and spiritual growth. TCF will pursue its mission and goals in a responsible manner with honesty, integrity and transparency.

We are committed to remain in focus that our success has been on account of the circle of trust that has been built over the years: trust of our donors who contribute generously; trust of our committed teachers and staff who have dedicated themselves to the mission of promoting and imparting education to less privileged children; trust of our volunteers who spend so much of their valuable time and energy to promote our cause; trust of the parents who put their children in our charge. We plan to work tirelessly to safeguard this trust. It is the very basis of our existence – a doctrine to guide all our actions.



Achievements 

As of 2009:

600 School Units:
459 Primary School Units
141 Secondary School Units Created 6,026 jobs of which 4,150 are female faculty positions.
TCF organizes an extensive Pre-Service Training (PRESET) for its new staff every year. This training is spread over 100 hours of various modules dealing with child psychology, learning styles, assessment methods and child-centered teaching strategies. Apart from PRESET, rigorous In-Service Training (INSET) is conducted every summer to keep our existing faculty abreast with new trends and pedagogy in teaching.


Areas:
Badin, Bagaan, Bagh, Bahawalpur, Battal, Bhaipheru, Bhalwal, Burewala, Chakwal, Chiniot, Dadu, Daharki, Dera Murad Jamali, Domeli Jhelum, Faisalabad, Gadani, Gado, Gawader, Gharo, Gujju, Haji Kanat, Hala, Hub, Hyderabad, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Jaicobabad, Jaranwala, Jauharabad, Jhang, Jhangesar, Karachi, Khanewal, Khushhab, Kot Addu, Kotri, Lahore, Mangowal, Mansehra, Mardan, Mian Channu, Mianwali, Mirpurkhas, Mirpur Sakro, Moro, Muzaffarabad, Muzzaffargarh, Nawabshah, New Jatoi, Nowshera, Oghi, Petaro, Pindori Jhelum, Pir Dino Shah, Quetta, Shahpur, Sheikhupura, Singhu Goth, Sukkur, Swabi, Tando Allah Yar, Taxila, Vinder, Zafarwal
 
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Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness

INTRODUCTION
 
Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness (PFFB) founded in 1988, formerly known as the Pakistan Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (PREPS) is a registered national, non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) working in the field of medical research and humanitarian services for the visually impaired in Pakistan.
 
Mission Statement
Pakistan Foundation Fighting Blindness (PFFB) has been actively participating in activities to create awareness about the Foundation besides successfully running and maintaining our existing projects within the available human, financial and infra-structural resources.




AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF PFFB

The objects for which the Foundation is established are:

1.To find a cure for hereditary transmitted Retinal degenerative disease known as Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and other Retinal Degenerative Diseases in collaboration with National and International organizations and laboratories working within the framework of the “Retina International” of which PFFB is a full member and to improve the quality of life of partially sighted and blind persons in Pakistan through the provision of welfare services.

2.To assist in giving relief to sufferers of Retinitis Pigmentosa and the Visually handicapped in any way, which may help them to live with or overcome their handicap




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Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation

The Foundation


Edhi Foundation is the largest and most organized social welfare system in Pakistan. Foundation works round the clock, without any discrimination on the basis of color, race, language, religion or polictics. The Foundation modifies the phrase "Live and let live" to "Live and help live".

The dynamic nature and the range of social services provided by Edhi Foundation makes it different from other similar organizations. The Foundation's activites include a 24 hour emergency service across the country through 250 Edhi Centers whick provide free shrouding and burial of unclaimed dead bodies, shelter for the destitutes, orphans and handicapped persons, free hospitals and dispensaries, rehabilitaion of drug addicts, free wheel chairs, crutches and other services for the handicapped, family planning counselling and maternity services, national and international relief efforts for the victims of natural calamities.

Edhi strongly adheres to the principle of self help. It is hard to think of any welfare organization or a non-gevernmental organization, sustaining its functions while refraining from soliciting financial support from the government and foreign aid-giving agencies. It is even harder to understand the active rejection of the concept of such a support. All donations for Edhi Foundation come from individuals and a few business enterprizes.

With examplary tenacity, Edhi has pursued his mission for the last five decades. He has quietly brought about a remarkable change in the social attitude in Pakistan towards community welfare by instilling in ordinary citizens a consistent desire to participate in public welfare programs.

Mission of service to humanity knows no barriers of religion, caste, creed or national bondaries. Edhi Foundation's network has now extended beyond its national boundaries and aquired an international charter. With its international operations, Edhi is also setting up good examples for other countries to follow and provide better welfare services to the people.

Edhi emphasizes the importance of safeguarding the basic human rights, regardless of religion, caste or creed. "My religion is humanitarianism... which is the basis of every religion in the world.", Says Edhi. He has persisted upon his mission of humanitarianism for the past 56 years, and is therefore popular among followers of all the existing religious sects in Pakistan.

Edhi Services




The dynamic nature and the range of social services provided by Edhi Foundation makes it different from other similar organizations. The Foundation's activites include a 24 hour emergency service across the country through 250 Edhi Centers whick provide free shrouding and burial of unclaimed dead bodies, shelter for the destitutes, orphans and handicapped persons, free hospitals and dispensaries, rehabilitaion of drug addicts, free wheel chairs, crutches and other services for the handicapped, family planning counselling and maternity services, national and international relief efforts for the victims of natural calamities.


International and National Awards


1.Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service from Philippines, 1986
2.Nishan-e-Imtiaz from Government of Pakistan, 1989
3.Paul Harris Fellow from Rotatory International Foundation, 1993
4.Peace Prize from USSR(former) for services in the American earthquake disaster in 1998
5.Human Rights Award by Pakistan Human Rights Society
6.Khidmat Award by Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences
7.Shield of Honor by Pakistan Army (E & C)
8.Silver Jubilee Shield by College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, (1962-1987)
9.Recognition of meritorious services to oppressed humanity during eighties by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan, 1989
10.The Social Worker of Sub-Continent by Government of Sind, Pakistan, 1989
11.Pakistan Civic Award - 1992 by Pakistan Civic Society
12.Largest Voluntary Ambulance Organization of the World - Guinness Book of World Records 2000
13.Hamdan Award for volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services 2000 UAE
14.International Balzan Prize 2000 for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood, Italy

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Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

History
 
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) is a state-of-the-art cancer centre located in Lahore, Pakistan. It is a project of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, which is a charitable organization established under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 of Pakistan. The institution is the brainchild of Pakistani cricket superstar, Imran Khan. The inspiration came after the death of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum, from cancer


FundRaising

Imran Khan made a nation-wide appeal for the collection of funds from a match between Pakistan and India on November 10, 1989 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore which raised Rs. 2,902,600. This was followed by a series of more than 50 successful fund raisers held throughout the world. Pakistan's win under Imran's captaincy in the 1992 cricket world cup in Melbourne helped fundraising efforts. He was able to collect one and a half million pounds in just six weeks after the World Cup when the same amount had taken 2 years to collect earlier. He donated his entire prize money of 85,000 pounds for the project. In 1994 when the project required more financing for the ongoing construction, Imran Khan launched a mass contact campaign in which he toured 27 cities in the country and collected Rs. 120 million. During the entire campaign for the construction of the hospital, over a million individual donors from ordinary citizens to the rich and famous pitched in. Everything from cash to jewelry and valuables was donated.
 




FAST FACTS
Inagurated December 29, 1994
Founder Imran Khan (Chairman Board of Governors)
Annual budget Rs. 2.7 billion (US $ 32 million)
Financially supported patients 75% (since 1994)
Philanthropic spending Rs. 6.97 billion (US $ 114 million)
Area/Location 20 acres, Lahore ( Pakistan )
Beds 115

New registrations 7,981 (Year 2009 )
Outpatient visits 124,372 (Year 2009)
Chemotherapy 26,448 (Year 2009)
Radiation treatments 43,307 (Year 2009)
Admissions 6,545 (Year 2009)
Surgical procedures 4,487 (Year 2009)
Pathology tests 2,494,616 (Year 2009)
Imaging studies 132,578 (Year 2009)
Pharmacy Dispensing 792,795 (Year 2009)
Staff 1393 (41 Consultants, Physicians & Surgeons)


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