This document outlines the innovative projects of Akhuwat, a leading Pakistani microfinance organization. It describes Akhuwat's vision of building a poverty-free society based on compassion and equity. Akhuwat's major projects include providing interest-free microloans that have reached over 900,000 borrowers; establishing health services that have treated 184,000 patients; creating education assistance programs; organizing volunteer networks; supporting transgender communities; operating a clothes bank; fulfilling dreams of patients; and establishing Akhuwat University to provide free education. Akhuwat has been highly successful due to socializing objectives and pleasing Allah while taking on no financial risk.

1. Leading Organization
Through Innovation
By
Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha
April 22, 2015

2. What is Innovation?

3. Akhuwat
Vision
A poverty free society built on the principles
of compassion and equity
Philosophy
Muakhat –a-Madina – Brotherhood amongst all

4. Akhuwat Board of Directors

5. Akhuwat’s Innovative Projects
1. Akhuwat Microfinance – Qard-e-Hasan
2. Akhuwat Health Services
3. Akhuwat Education and Assistance Program
4. Akhuwat Volunteers
5. Akhuwat Khuwajasira Support Program
6. Akhuwat Clothes Bank
7. Akhuwat Dreams
8. Akhuwat University

6. 1. Akhuwat Microfinance
Progress
• Offices in Pakistan: 350
• No. of Cities: 250
• Total borrowers : 900,000
• Total Amount Disbursed: 14 billion
• Recovery Rate: 99.85 %
• Staff: 1,900

7. Akhuwat’s Borrowers

8. Akhuwat’s Loan Disbursement through Mosques

9. Akhuwat’s Loan Disbursement through Mosques

10. Akhuwat’s Loan Disbursement through Churches

12. 2. Akhuwat Health Services
A center providing state of the art facilities for the
treatment and management of Diabetes

13. Akhuwat Health Services – Camps

14. Akhuwat Health Services
Foot amputations due to diabetes
1 2 3 4

15. Akhuwat Health Services
Foot amputations due to diabetes
1 2 3 4

16. Akhuwat Health Services
Foot amputations due to diabetes
1 2 3 4

17. Akhuwat Health Services
Progress till January 2015
Patients treated: 184,000
Approximate contribution: Rs. 184,000,000

18. 3. Akhuwat Education Assistance Program

19. 4. Akhuwat Volunteers

20. Akhuwat Volunteers

21. 5. Akhuwat Khuwajasira Support Program
Goal:
Create a society where the transgendered are treated as equal
citizens without prejudice or discrimination.

22. Akhuwat Khuwajasira Support Program
Objectives
• To promote the rights and responsibilities of the Khwajasira community
• To create a system of social support for the Khwajasira community
through the provision of health, counseling and financial services
• To financially empower Khwajasiras and eliminate their dependence on
alms
• To work towards the social integration of Khwajasiras as equal and
engaged members of the society
• To create a platform to promote dialogue and understanding between
the Khwajasira community and Civil Society

23. KHAWAJASIRAS DURING MONTHLY STIPEND EVENT

26. 6. Akhuwat Clothes Bank
Akhuwat Cloth Bank Project is an initiative to raise
awareness among the well-to-do families in Pakistan to
donate and provide quality used clothes to
underprivileged people of Pakistan.

27. Clothes disbursement in Lahore

28. Akhuwat Clothes Disbursement in
Mithi - Sindh

29. Akhuwat Clothes Event for IDPs

30. Bridals and Party Wear

32. 7. Akhuwat Dreams

33. Akhuwat Dreams
• Punjab Institute of Cardiology
• Shaukat Khanam Cancer Hospital
• Mayo Hospital
• More than 650 wishes are fulfilled

34. 8. Akhuwat University
Akhuwat University promises to transform individual
fortunes and have a significant bearing in making a
contribution towards making Pakistan stronger and ever
more self-confident. It will be a NO FEE UNIVERSITY.

35. Akhuwat FIRST Faisalabad

36. Fountain House

37. Punjab Welfare Trust for the Disabled

38. Punjab Educational Endowment Fund

39. One of the Pakistan “Public Good Initiatives”

40. Success
• Socialized objectives and Pleasure of Allah
• Nothing to lose

41. Contact details
Address: 19-Civic Centre, Sector A-II, Near Hamdard
Chowk, Township, Lahore
Mob: +92 300 8443300
saleem@ranjha.org
www.akhuwat.org.pk