JAN-MAR 2017QUARTERLY REPORTQuarter Overview:

4,094 Students Enrolled in 95 Home Schools 7,832 Patients Visited 15 Health Centers 723 Patients Visited 14 General Health Camps 350 Patients Visited 2 Free Eye Camps in Raiwind

and Sham ki Bhattian 3,203 Women Attended 298 WSO Meetings 5,466 Animals Tagged, Vaccinated and De-wormed

Home School Education Program

Health Care Services

Sustainable Livelihoods Project

Training and Capacity Building

Networking and Linkages

DAMEN

26-C, Nawab Town, Raiwind Road, Lahore

www.damen-pk.orginfo@damen-pk.org

Phone: 042-35310471-2

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TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction...................................................................................................................3

Home School Education Program..................................................................................4

Health Care Services.....................................................................................................6

Health Camps.............................................................................................................6

Sustainable Livelihoods Project.....................................................................................8

Livestock Extension Services Program......................................................................8

Training and Capacity Building.....................................................................................9

Women Social Organizations (WSO)........................................................................10

Networking & Linkages...............................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION2

To attain its long-term goal of sustainable social development, DAMEN provides educational, healthcare and sustainable livelihood programs to marginalized communities in order to build their respective capacities.

It is a well-established fact that literacy rates are excruciatingly low in Pakistan, mostly because insufficient resources are invested in the education sector. Moreover, formal public and private schools are often inaccessible to populations living in rural or peri-urban regions, and therefore the non-formal sector plays an important role in providing educational services in these areas. DAMEN is involved in providing primary education to young children through its network of about 100 informal, home-based schools in 5 districts of Punjab: Lahore, Kasur, Okara, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib.

As for the provision of healthcare services, a vast majority of the population of Pakistan remains deprived of basic health care services due to unaffordability or inaccessibility. Under these circumstances, DAMEN provides basic healthcare facilities through its network of 15 Lady Health Visitor (LHV) Centers to deprived communities of rural and peri-urban areas in the districts mentioned above. These LHVs charge only a token fee of Rs.10 and provide medical and awareness services regarding common diseases, maternal health, family planning, birth control and children’s vaccinations.

In addition, DAMEN has recently ventured into the domain of sustainable livelihood programs by offering livestock extension services to smallholder farmers. The aim of these programs is to improve milk production, through better management of livestock and also to create awareness about the control against the spread of diseases in animals through proper vaccinations.

This report gives an overview of the activities carried out by DAMEN during the period January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017 and is intended to provide relevant and updated information regarding our ongoing and new initiatives to our stakeholders and potential supporters.

We appreciate your continued cooperation and support.

Tania Rashid

Team Leader

Social Sector

tania.rashid@damen-pk.org

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HOME SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMThe goal of DAMEN’s social sector programs is to organize activities in the fields of education and primary health, primarily by mobilizing women caught in the cycle of enduring poverty. Through its home school education program DAMEN seeks to help and, over time, empower poverty riven females by providing primary education to 5 to 14 year old out-of-school children who are enrolled in DAMEN supported non-formal home schools. DAMEN currently supports 100 such female-run home schools in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Okara and Nankana Sahib, which provide primary education to more than 4,000 children and thus keeps them off the streets and affords them a chance to educate, learn, and, hopefully, transition into productive citizens. Attached is the home school report for the last quarter, Jan-Mar 2017:

Area 1 ( District Lahore )

SO Name Boys Girls Total Students

Total schools

Asifa Sultana 270 270 540 14Robina Begum 266 338 604 14

Sub Total 536 608 1,144 28Area 2 (District Lahore )

Nargis Rehman 283 327 610 15Sub Total 283 327 610 15

Area 3 (District Sheikhupura )Shabnam Batool 294 314 608 12

Sub Total 294 314 608 12Area 4 (District Kasur)

Nasreen Jamshaid 235 278 513 10

Sakina Amir 244 247 491 10Sub Total 479 525 1,004 20

Area 5 (District Nankana)Saher Mustafa 124 169 293 9

Akbary Ali 140 295 435 11Sub Total 264 464 728 20

Grand Total 1,856

2,238 4,094 95

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CASE STUDY

Home School Teacher

Zohra bibi has been running DAMEN’s home school in Chung for about 4 years. She heard about DAMEN from a neighbour and visited the office with her. Consequently, she started a school in her home for her the home so she was grateful for an opportunity to engage in meaningful work from within her home. Her school now has over 75 children who pay a subsidized fee of not more than 80 to 100 rupees per month – which is a source of income for her. She says that her teaching has led to an improvement in the neighbourhood and has led to greater awareness about social issues and the importance of education. She wants to expand her school further and equip it with more facilities for the students. We wish her all the best for the future!

LHV Story

MS. syeda Mobeen has been running damen’s health center in Awan Town, Niaz Baig, for the past 2 years. She is not only providing health care services to her neighbourhood women and children, but also raising her 4 children from the stipend she gets from damen. she provides subsidized healthcare, charging not more than 10 rupees per patient. In addition, she also regularly sets up health camps around her area with the help of damen’s social organizers.

HEALTH CARE SERVICESDAMEN’s health centers run on similar lines as its educational program, founded on the principle of empowering local women to develop their communities and bring about positive and sustainable social change. Our 15 Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) not only provide medical treatment through their clinics and camps they also conduct awareness campaigns on various health related issues such as family planning,

maternal and child healthcare, and

healthy lifestyle practices.

HEALTH CAMPSHealth camps are regularly set up in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Okara and Nankana Sahib by mobilizing LHVs to reach out to a greater number of patients. These health camps provide diagnostic and medical services at a modest PKR 10 per patient contribution, and many of our LHVs do not even charge this amount. These camps are set up in various locations such as DAMEN’s area or field offices, home schools or the houses of female clients. A wide variety of diseases and medical conditions are treated at these camps such as fever, aches and pains, diarrhea, blood pressure, gynecology and pregnancy related issues among others. In

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addition, awareness about family planning and contraceptives is also provided at these camps.

The following tables summarize the outreach of the health care services offered by DAMEN during January-March 2017:

HEALTH CENTER VISITSArea 1 (District Lahore)

SO Name No of Health Center No of PatientsAsifa Sultana 1 340

1 372Robina Begum 1 820

1 358Total 4 1,890

Area 2 (District Lahore)Nargis Rehman 1 620

1 507Total 2 1,127

Area 3 (District Sheikhupura)Shabnam Batool 1 600

1 590Total 2 1,190

Area 4 (District Kasur)Nasreen Jamshaid 1 365

1 338Sakina Amir 1 333

Total 3 1,036Area 5 (District Nankana)

Saher Mustafa 1 1,3531 198

Akbary Ali 1 3851 653

Total 4 2,589Grand Total 15 7,832

HEALTH CAMP VISITS

Areas No of Health Camps

Total No of Patients

Area 1 4 250Area 2 2 98Area 3 1 36Area 4 3 151Area 5 4 188

Grand Total 14 723

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In addition to the general camps mentioned above, on 17th and 21st February 2017, DAMEN and DSP collaborated to set up free eye camps for the residents of Raiwind and Sham ki Bhattian respectively. Over 350 local residents benefited from these camps and got free medicines.

SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODSPROJECTDAMEN launched its Sustainable Livelihoods Project in September 2015 through the initiation of its Livestock Extension Services Program. The rationale for setting up this integrated program is to build the capacity of smallholder farmers to achieve higher milk production. It is noteworthy that these activities are to-date unique to DAMEN and are not being provided by any other organization in the private sector in Pakistan.

LIVESTOCK EXTENSION SERVICES PROGRAMThe Livestock Extension Services Program is focused on improving the health of domestic dairy and livestock through tagging for traceability of animals, deworming and vaccinating. These interventions will not only protect animals from disease, they will result in significant increases in milk production and consequently raise the incomes of smallholder farmers.

The following table reflects the achievements of this program during the Quarter Jan-Mar 2017:

MONTH TARGET ANIMALS TREATED

JANUARY 2017 1,600 2,032

FEBRUARY 2017 1,600 1,747

1,600 1,687

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MARCH 2017

GRAND TOTAL 4,800 5,466

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDINGEmpirical evidence suggests that capacity building plays an important role in the growth and expansion of communities and organizations. DAMEN therefore places a great deal of importance on the training and capacity building of its staff and the local community in which it carries out its operations.

Community Level

Community capacity building deals with supporting people to develop their skills and use them to raise awareness about social issues and consequently bring about positive change in society. DAMEN’s vision and mission are also based on this principle of self-empowerment and active social participation. Community capacity building is primarily achieved by holding regular Women Social Organization (WSO) meetings.

Institutional level

DAMEN also creates opportunities for its employees to grow and develop their skills, competencies and expertise so as to enable them to contribute to their self-development and the development of the community. The following are some training activities carried out during this quarter:

- Ms. Nabila Roohi (Training Coordinator) attended a 4 day Project Management Training at the IRC Office in January 2017

- On 03rd February 2017, DAMEN’s Social Organizers and Veterinary Assistants attended a team meeting at the Head Office to discuss progress and learnings

- Teacher training workshops were held in March 2017 for DAMEN’s Home School Teachers on Communication Skills and Early Childhood Education

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Orientation of New Staff

Orientation sessions for newly hired staff were organized and gave a brief introduction of DAMEN and its policies and role in economic development. The orientation also briefed the new recruits about the code of conduct, social mobilization techniques and the policies and procedures followed by the social sector.

WOMEN SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS (WSO)Each of the DAMEN home schools supports an associated parental group called Women Social Organization (WSO) which comprises neighborhood women who gather on a regular basis to discuss community problems and engage with home school teachers, social organizers and the training coordinator to gain awareness about various issues dealing with education, health, and environment.

The following tables summarize the total number of WSO meetings held during this quarter:

WSO Meetings with Social OrganizersArea 1 (District Lahore)

SO Name Member of WSO's No of WSO'sAsifa Sultana 404 42Robina Begum 364 42

Sub Total 768 84Area 2 (District Lahore )

Nargis Rehman 431 45Sub Total 431 45

Area 3 (District Sheikhupura )Shabnam Batool 364 37

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Sub Total 364 37Area 4 (District Kasur)

Nasreen Jamshaid 438 33Sakina Amir 389 33

Sub Total 827 66Area 5 (District Nankana)

Saher Mustafa 306 27Akbaray Ali 405 33Sub Total 711 60

Grand Total 3,101 292

WSO Meetings with Training Coordinator

Session Name Dates Venue Participants

Hygiene and Cleanliness 25th Jan Haidary Colony 16Hygiene and Cleanliness 26th Jan Manowal 12Hygiene and Cleanliness 16th March Shah Pur 20Hygiene and Cleanliness 17th March Jamal Colony 19Hygiene and Cleanliness 20th March Ahbab Colony 18Hygiene and Cleanliness 31st March Shah Pur 17

Total 102

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NETWORKING & LINKAGES A team of graduate students from Harvard Kennedy School visited DAMEN on

11th March 2017 and were given a tour by staff members

DAMEN organized a fundraising play, Love Letters in Ali Auditorium on 24th

March 2017, with the support of Ms. Rehana Saigol, Mr. Imran Aslam and Mr. Hameed Haroon

DAMEN in collaboration with DAMEN Support Program (DSP) celebrated the International Women’s Day on 8th March, 2017. This function was dedicated to the late Ms. Nigar Ahmad for her contribution to women’s empowerment in Pakistan. Nearly 400 people including field and head office staff, board members, civil society organizations and media personnel were invited to the event.

The highlights of the event were as follows:

Students of DAMEN Home School performed a milli naghma A theatrical performance was staged by the children of DAMEN’s Home School A theatrical performance was staged by DAMEN and DSP’s staff DAMEN’s home school teachers and staff members were given performance

prizes Cash prizes and flower bouquets were awarded to performers DSP’s female entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to showcase and sell

their handicrafts at the venueFunction Reflections

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