Hashoo Foundation, Rotary Books of the World and The Second Wind Foundation are promoting literacy and education in Pakistan and supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1. Rotary Books for the World
Pakistan

2. Challenges Affecting a Changing Society Poverty
and Illiteracy

3. The Challenge of Poverty Alleviation in
Pakistan is Huge
• Population of over 184 million people
• 21% of the people live below the poverty line
• More than one-third of the population lives on
$1.25 per day

4. Poverty and Illiteracy Rates in Pakistan are the
Second Highest in the Region

5. Pakistan Ranks Second in the Global Out-Of-
School Children
1 in 10 of the world’s
children not in primary
school live in Pakistan,
making the country second
in the global ranking of
out-of-school children

6. Challenges Affecting a Changing Society
Gender Inequality
The worst effected are
girls because parents stop
them from going
to school and hand
over trivial jobs to
earn few bucks at
home

7. Challenges Affecting a Changing Society
Militancy and Terrorism
Attacks on schools made education more vulnerable for children,
especially girls

8. Turning Challenges
into
Opportunities…

9. Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be
independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities.
Hashoo Foundation
Economic Development Education & Human
Capital Development
Social Protection

11. MOU Signing Rotary Books for the World
2011 Booklegger Summit II in Houston

12. 1. Rotary Club of Islamabad, Margalla
2. Hashoo Foundation
Rotary Books For the World & The Second
Wind Foundation Signed MoU with
In 2011
Objective: to promote literacy and education in Pakistan through
the distribution of free books and educational
material

13. Building New Partnerships
Rotary Club Islamabad Margalla

14. Building New Partnership
Rotary Club Rawalpindi

15. • Many Pakistani educational institutions are in
dire need of books and educational material.
• Quality books are expensive; as a result
teachers have to rely on out dated books.
• Due to unavailability of resources schools are
deprived of modern technology for learning.
Why Books?

16. 2011-2015
Rotary Books Containers Shipped to
Pakistan
10
2016

17. 2011-2012
Books
Distributed to
2012-2013
2013-2014
206,949
2015
223 Educational
Institutions

19. 1) Classification and sorting of books through HF & Rotary volunteers.
2) Creating inventory.
3) Announcement through social media, website and email to partners
4) ‘Open for All.’
5) Standard request application made available on multiple venues.
6) SOP's and checklist of applicants i.e. who’s who.
7) Selection of applicants (institutions) through formal committee.
8) Signing formal MOUs with selected parties.
9) Invitation to all parties, media, partners and local dignitaries to ‘Books
Distribution Ceremony’.
10) Books distributed to the parties.
11) Follow up to ensure proper utilization.
How the Distribution Process Works

20. Snap Shot of Implementation Plan for Distribution
of Books

21. • Federal and Provisional Schools
• Colleges
• Community-based Local Libraries and Reading
Rooms
• National Universities
• Local and National NGOs
• Early Childhood Development Centers
Key Recipients

23. BooksRequestForm

24. BooksRequestForm

25. Receiving Container Filled with Books

26. HF & Rotary Volunteers Shifting Books from the
Container to the Storage Facility

27. HF & Rotary Volunteers Sorting Books

28. HF & Rotary Volunteers Sorting Books

29. Community Library / Reading Rooms which Received Books from
Rotary Books for the World

30. HF & Rotary Volunteers Shifting Books from the
Container to the Storage Facility

31. Books Distribution and MOU Signing
Ceremony in Islamabad

32. Books Distribution and MOU Signing
Ceremony in Islamabad

33. Books Pick up after Ceremony in Islamabad

34. HF & Rotary Volunteers after Book
Distribution Ceremony in Islamabad

35. HF & Rotary Volunteers after Book
Distribution Ceremony in Islamabad

36. Visiting the New Library At the EHSAAS
Foundation School for Orphans

37. Book Distribution with ECD Teachers of FIELD &
Representative of PLAN Pakistan

38. Presentation of Books to ECD Teachers of
Local ECD Center at Bari Imam, Islamabad

39. ECD Material & Book Distributed in Fakhar,
Nagar Valley

40. Signing of MOU with Community
Representatives in Gilgit Baltistan

41. Signing of MOU with Principal Federal Govt.
Degree College, Khapulu Skardu

42. ECD Material Distributed in Nasirabad Hunza
Valley

43. Presentation of Books to the CEO of State
Development Organization (SDO) in KPK Region

44. Books and Children at the Rawalpindi School

45. Books Distribution at Society for Human
Empowerment and Rural Development

46. Books Distribution in Gilgit Baltistan

47. Utilization of First Empty Container
Snap shot of canteen for Umeed-e-Noor’s Special
Children at Islamabad, Pakistan

48. • Two empty containers were donated to Global Development Foundation (GDF)
supported by UK-Pakistan-Chamber of Commerce UK in a remote community of
a small village in Gujar Khan named Hashu Village.
• Global Development Foundation (GDF) with the help and ownership of the local
community will convert the containers into a Health Unit by installing doors,
windows, shelves, electricity and ventilation windows.
ProposedHealthUnit

49. • Hashoo Foundation and Rotary Islamabad will monitor and
evaluate the project.
• The proposed health unit will serve around approx. 8 to 10
thousand patients per year.
Proposed Health Unit

50. Empty containers are handed to the
Rotary Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee
(PNPPC) to be converted in Mobile Clinics

51. Contributing to Pakistan's Pledge Towards
UN Sustainable Development Goals

52. Distribution of 45 School Desks to Rotary
Pakistan Literacy Mission in Karachi

53. Rotary Books for the World Promotes the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

54. Media Coverage

55. MediaCoverage

56. Hashoo Foundation implements USAID-funded
Pakistan Reading Project (PRP)
HF will provide 300 reading books in English donated by Rotary Books
for the World Program and The Second Wind Foundation and 100
books in Urdu.
Rotary Club Rawalpindi volunteers will help support this literacy mission
in the rural villages of Islamabad.
The USAID- Pakistan Reading Project (PRP) will benefit 1,640 individuals:
 800 parents and 800 students
 40 teachers (male 16 / female 24) from 40 schools.
 800 students (girls 560 (70%), /boys 240, (30%) from Grade I and
Grade II from 40 schools

57. • HF presence and regional offices in all the provinces of Pakistan.
• Tax exemption from Government of Pakistan and US.
• Experience and partnership with public and private educational
institution.
• Availability of adequate storage for books.
• Dedicated Hashoo Foundation’s staff for this project with strong
MER and MIS in place.
• Availability of volunteers (more than 200) enrolled in
universities/colleges, who are available at short notice for books
sorting and other functional purposes.
Strengths of Hashoo Foundation

58. Expanding the Partnerships
Rotary Club Karachi & Rotary Club Lahore

59. Thank You for Helping Pakistan Become a
Better and More Peaceful Place
Our partnership helps strengthen vulnerable
communities and promotes literacy and education
for a more tolerant and inclusive society in Pakistan
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