annual report- 2013 - orphan support program

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ANNUAL REPORT

ORPHAN SUPPORT PROGRAM

2013

FUNDED BY:

DM AID, Denmark

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER:

Karwan Development Foundation,Pakistan


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ABOUT THE REPORT:

Orphan support program is one of the important features of KDF and the organization isworking on extending support to orphans for past well over six years in the country. Thereport in hand is just a roving view of how the organization had spent 2013 working onthe program.

ORPHANS & SOCIETY:

In developing countries like ours orphans besides missing the cozy and affectionateparental love and care also have to fight for their survival with no access to even verybasic facilities like two square meals a day, health cover and basic education.

In civilized societies the orphans are taken care of properly and in most of the casesgovernments would become the custodian of such parentless kids. Our religion, Islam,lays special emphasis on helping and caring such children but in country like ours onecant even think of proper care of orphans at government level where even the commoncitizens are not having access to basic amenities and well over 40 per cent people areliving below the poverty line.

To fill this gap a number of civil society organizations have taken upon this responsibilityto extend support to orphans in different ways and to fill the gap created by thegovernments inability or indifference toward this very important issue.

Karwan Development Foundation has picked up this noble cause with the aim to nurtureand groom these hapless and have-nots of society into a productive and civilizedmembers of society and save them from derailment, as in most of the cases it is notedthat the orphans who failed to get proper patronage, either of some civil society or someaffectionate family member, indulge in negative activities and become nuisance forsociety. So by extending support to orphans the foundation on one hand is fulfilling itsmoral and religious obligation and on the other contributing toward the collective good ofthe society.

PROGRAM DESIGN

KDF has designed a unique program wherein they have not developed any formalorphanage and the foundation extends financial support to the orphans with preferenceto let them with some of their relatives with whom they feel comfortable to live with.


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The main focus of the program is to extend financial assistance for their education andother basic needs. It is mandatory for the children, enrolled under this program, toattend the school. As in most of the cases the relatives taking care of these orphans arethemselves financially very weak and the financial assistance given to these orphansbecome a blessing in disguise for the whole family in meeting both ends.

According to our program the boy orphan will be extended help up to the age of 18years and the stipend depend on his educational performance while the girl studentsare extended financial assistance till the completion of their basic education and on theirmarriage these girls are provided with lump-sum financial support to help them starttheir practical life.

The whole exercise of adopting orphans is subject to a great scrutiny and checking ofthe most deserving ones and finally after passing them through a vigilant drill the mostdeserving orphans are picked and then on yearly basis their educational performance is

judged and the representatives of the foundation held regular meetings with theseorphans, their guardians and the staff of school where they are getting education.

DM AIDs ROLE:

Danish Muslim Aid is extending financial assistance for the program It is a registeredMuslim charity in Denmark which is now supporting and patronizing hundreds of welfareprojects across the world with currently running these projects in some 20 different

countries including Syria, India, Afghanistan, Uganda, Palestine and Pakistan.

DM Aid also monitored the program by visiting Pakistan at least once a year. DM AIDalso takes strategic decisions about the program in consultation with its implantingpartner.

KDF CONTRIBUTION:

Its been six years down the road that this program is functioning and the foundation isbringing improvements in it by every passing day. Under the program KDF has toidentify and enroll orphans after proper survey and verification process to pick the mostdeserving of the lot. KDF is currently extending support to orphans from Muzaffarabad,Rawalpindi and Nowshehra.


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MONTHLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT:

As already mentioned above the OSP designedby KDF has no proper orphanage and the kids

are kept with their relatives to avoid developmentof psychological problems which the kids maydevelop in orphanage. In most of the cases therelatives on whom the responsibility of an orphanchild rests with are financially weak and couldnot afford the kid proper education and otherbasic facilities.

The orphans used to get financial support onmonthly basis. Currently, the foundation provides

the kid with financial help after every threemonths and the money is directly given to theorphans. The foundation also make sure that theamount given by the foundation be spent on the education and if required, health needsof the kid. The amount provided to the orphan is fare enough to also provide somecushion to the financial requirements of the guardians family as well.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:

KDF is managing the OSP with great care anddiligently evaluating the performance of the kidsunder the patronage of this programme. In thecourse of orphans assessment some of themare found poorer than the rest and in thesecases besides provision of the regular stipendthese kids are provided with books , schoolbags and uniforms every year.

KDF monitor and evaluate the performance oforphans enrolled under the program quitediligently. In case of some health cover requiredto any of these kids they would be providedwith adequate facilities. In case of kids notshowing improvement in education or have

CHAIRMAN KDF, MR. ABID GILLANIDISTRIBUTING CASH AMONG

ORPHANS.

CHILDREN WITH UNIFORMS PROVIDEDUNDER ORPHAN SUPPORT PROGRAM


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some problems in learning, KDF review the situation and take appropriate steps tofacilitate them. Most of the times a change in school bring positive impact on theperformance of a kid. Sometimes shift from government to a private school serve thepurpose. In such cases where guardians were quite poor, KDF used to pay school fee of the orphans as well. This fee payment is in addition to the monthly assistance.

RAMADAN/EID GIFTS:

We dont forget the orphans on the occasionof Eids. With the financial help of DMAID,Karwan Development Foundation manages tosupport orphans in Ramadan too. KDF team

visited Nowshehra and Muzaffarabad in themonth of Ramadan to distribute food items for Aftaar and clothes as Eid gift. In Nowsherawhere people were very poor besidesproviding them with two suit pieces they werealso given money for stitching as well to theorphans. In AJK we distributed stitched clothes

to orphans with food items for Aftaar

ANNUAL TOUR:

KDF used to arrange annual recreationaltours for orphans mainly to provide themwith an opportunity to enjoy and seedifferent parts of the country. In March 2013,

we took orphans from different villages ofMuzaffarabad to Neelum Valley, a famouspicnic spot; known for its picturesquebeauty. The three days tour was arrangedwith the best possible facilities. Qualitytransport and best available places were

DIRECTOR PROGRAMS-KDF, TAQWEEMANWAR, DISTRIBUTED RAMADANPACKAGE IN NOWSHEHRA-2013


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hired to house the orphans. We managed to

take experienced and devoted individuals ofdevelopment sector and training industrywith us in the tour.

Mr. Faisal Qureshi from Rite to play , MirzaIbrahim Ahmad from Goal , Mr. MasoodRasuli from Funkada , Ms. Masoora Alifrom VSO , Ms. Lubna Kiyani from LahoreGrammar School and Mr. Abdul Baqi fromMinistry of Interior rendered their servicesas volunteers in this trip and traveled fromIslamabad to Muzaffarabad and then toNeelum Valley with orphans.

These volunteers engage orphans indifferent healthy activities, and the motivewas to explore their personalities andcapabilities. Orphans really enjoyed thecompany of these volunteers and theactivities. During this stay few orphans whowere introvert not only come out and gavetheir reflections on host of things and alsoparticipated in different games andcompetitions made part of the visit. We wereall delighted to see these kids smiling,enjoying participating in the tour.

We were honored to have the presence ofChairman of board Mr. Nadeem Niwaz andhis father (individual sponsor of DM AID forOSP) Mr. Nawaz in this visit.

Management of KDF and DM AID wasinvolved with the orphans in the games anddifferent competition regardless of age anddesignation.


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At the end, all kids were dropped to their homes with responsibility and care .

As always it was a well managed and memorable trip, volunteers engaged orphans indifferent group activities. Orphans played games, present different type of performancesincluding singing and acting.

Orphans maintain the code of conduct initially explained to them during theirstay and travelling.

GROUP PHOTO OF ORPHANS OF MUZAFFARABAD AT KUNDAL SHAHI WITH DMAID AND KDFREPRESENTATIVES -MARCH 2013


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PLANTATION:

Plantation is a regular activity of KDF in bothspring and monsoon tree plantations drive.Besides the volunteers and people fromother walks of life we do engage orphans inthe plantation activity in February 2013 inMuzaffarabad to create awareness andmake them responsible part of the society.Orphans and KDF team memberssuccessfully planted 200 saplings of Apple,plump and Apricot near their residences oforphans in UC Noora Seri, Muzaffarabad,

AJK.

Ministry of Agriculture, Azad Kashmir also joined the event and provided a brief trainingto the kids about tree plantation.Representatives of agriculture departmentalso facilitated us in provision of plants.

ORPHANS EDUCATION

Under the program education is mandatory for every orphan and in this connection KDFcoordinator in Muzaffarabad paid special attention towards the education of each and

ORPHANS PLANTING TREES UNDER THEGUIDANCE OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT- MUZAFFARABAD, FEB 2013


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every student enrolled in the program and pay regular visit to the schools where thesekids are studying. On monitoring the performances of few orphans and their schools,KDF changed the schools of Orphan. Few of our enrolled orphans are now studying in9 th and 10 th grade. Here is the detailed report of the performance of these orphansduring the academic year 2013. All these orphans are from Muzaffarabad.


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TRANSFER OF SAVINGS

A unique and important feature of the program is to transfer the savings, when a maleorphan reached 18 years of age or when a girl got married. This is to support the

orphan child in his or her co ming lifes need. KDF reviews the orphans need and decidethe mode of transfer of savings to the orphan.

In 2013 there were two orphan girls who got married i.e. Asia and Nagina.

Nagina got married in the beginning of theyear, she was asked about her need anddesire before her wedding. So upon her statedneed, KDF provided two goats to Nagina. Adinner set, water set and a water cooler was

also gifted to her on her wedding. Currentlyshe is having 6 goats in total from the one pairprovided at the time of her wedding. She ishappy and getting benefit from the animals.Nagina had been associated with OSP for 6years. In the picture, Nagina is with the giftsand 2 goats.

Asia Bibi was married in the end of the year;she completed her intermediate from GovtCollege Muzaffarabad. She was a small kidwhen enrolled in Orphan Support Program.

Alhamdolillah she got married and expenses ofher marriage were contributed from OSP.Since she was without parents, her sending off(Rukhsati or Barat) was managed by Mr.Muhammad Mushtaq who is coordinator ofKarwan Development Foundation in Kashmir.

He also gifted some money to her on marriageconsidering her his daughter. We can see AsiaBibi in her wedding picture.

ASIA BIBI AT THE TIME OF HER WEDDING

NAGEENA WITH GOATS AND GIFTSPROVIDED FOR HER WEDDING


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WE ARE BLESSED

This is important to share that all the people involved in this program ---individualdonors in Denmark, people associated with Danish Muslim Aid and staff of Karwan

Development Foundation are all blessed by Allah SWT. God Almighty has chosen all ofthem to serve orphans. All such people are lucky because orphans pray for them; whoare very near to Allah.

AN ORPHAN IS PRAYING FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED ORPHANS -MUZAFFARABAD, OCT 2013

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