Faizyab Foundation Attock is a social, voluntary, non-profit, welfare association. It was registered with Social Welfare Department in 2011. Mr. Zafarullah Khan is the president of Faizyab Foundation Attock. Muhammad Azam Khan is the founder and the General Secretary of Faizyab Foundation Attock.

1. Faizyab Foundation Attock

2. Introduction ❖ A social, voluntary, welfare association.
❖ A non profit organization.
❖ It was registered with Social Welfare
Department in 2011.
❖ Its president is a renowned businessman Mr.
Zafarullah Khan.
❖ Muhammad Azam Khan whom I interviewed is
the founder and the General Secretary of the
organization.

3. Roles in the Society
1. Awareness programs
a. Education
b. Non-formal education
c. Health
d. Child labour and disability
e. Transgenders rights
f. Special children support
g. Women, child and youth welfare
h. Equal rights to minorities
1. Public support
a. Help and support for Disaster and Catastrophe Victims
b. Celebration of national and international days
c. Support for prisoner women and children
d. Personal issues
e. Patient welfare society

4. What type of
decision do you
make everyday? Or
occasionally?
● No everyday decisions
● Decisions are taken only according to
occasions
Our organization works in two ways
1. Self-discretion
2. Departmental

5. ● Self-Discretion
These are the type of tasks in which the govt.
does not give any type of directions as what
to do. Neither support is provided nor do they
stop you. You only have their permission to
perform such tasks on your own.
For example, the help of deserving;
If a person approaches for help, we analyze
his emergency and seriousness and we
highlight his case in public, public relies on us
for authenticity, we get great response from
public, and mostly the support is provided.
Sometimes 50%, sometimes 100%.
Decision Making in tasks
● Departmental
These are the type of tasks in which the govt.
provides only directions to perform a task but
not the support. Here, the decision making
depends on the given assignment.
For example, deliverance of awareness
message;
We have to decide what information is
supposed to be conveyed to what audience.
If it’s about kids we arrange it in different
schools and colleges, and if it concerns
adults, we conduct activities and motivate
them towards awareness.

6. What is the process
you use to make a
decision?
Our organization is not a production plant so we don't
have to follow certain processes.
✓ Our problems are structured, programmed
decision are applied.
✓ Our decision making is mostly intuitive. I.e. We
deal with the challenges in front on the basis of
previous experiences.
✓ The decision making style is Directive i.e. use
minimal information and consider few
alternatives.
✓ Directional Plans i.e. Flexible plans that set out
general guidelines, provide focus, yet allow
discretion in implementation.

7. Does the process
change whether its
a minor decision vs
an important life
decision.
Some major decisions as,
If the Social Welfare Department assigns us a heavy
task that involves too much capital and in the near
future, there’s a chance that we might have to drop the
project. Therefore we excuse from the project. The
Department understands that our excuse is genuine.
The donors of our society help but we don't rely on
them very much, whatever financial support is needed,
the expense is put up to from the pocket of the
organization itself.
If expenses are used up more than expected, the
upcoming activities slow down until the finances are
restored
“Because when you do something voluntarily, it’s totally
up to you to do things whenever you have the time and
money.”

8. How much do you
learn from your
decisions outcomes
for the future?
“A Momin is known for his intentions more than his
actions”
If someone does all this social work just for the sake
of value and status in the society, he is devalued as
much.
No percentage to how much we learn, as a person
keeps learning from everything he does.
For example, if we have an assignment on Dengue
Awareness, people ask multiple question which may
be relevant and irrelevant. Here, we have to tolerate
the irrelevant ones and the criticism by public about
the government. One must have enough knowledge
and ability to stand among them, understand them
and answer them.
Sometimes gifts, stationary, story books for children,
and monuments, memoirs and tea party for the
audience is arranged as a good will gesture to convey
our message effectively.

9. Give an example of
a good decision and
a poor one.
Good decision:
“When this foundation was being formed, the name
‘Faizyab’ was in my mind, as to provide Faiz to the
people of society. They asked me to take dead NGOs,
but their name wasn't to be changed so I asked them
for a new born baby whose charing will be in my
hands from day 1. As it happens, the previously dead
NGOs may be notorious and closed due to some
faulty cases and may apply on me or my organization,
which i couldn't afford. This I feel good about from
experience.”
Bad Decision:
“Public sector don't really show good attitude towards
NGOs. If I give more ears to people and take it to
heart, they expect too much of us. Mostly people
come as receivers, they want to take or provide help
from us to their own people. They don't come as
donors or sponsor any. So from this end we
sometimes feel that we are unable to fulfill people's
demands or might be going against them.”

10. What did you learn
from this exercise
that will help you
make more
effective decisions?
“Every person learns from his mistakes.
We also make mistakes, and when something comes
into notice, we change direction for the better. But
there’s no liability and no repentency, because no
resources suffer, only we do and we learn!”
“People need be aware that NGOs are not only for
personal support but for awareness. We are working
on minds here, rather than needs. Somehow, needs
are fulfilled, but minds should be changed once and
for all.”