Own-A-Life (OAL)development of Pakistan was the first sector to be launched by OAL. The first step was the establishment of “Own School System”. Ultimately, the management of OAL

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Own A Life Foundation

OAL At Work

Our Operational Projects


Our Vision

We expect that if each blessed person pledges to share the

burden of one needy person at least, the whole poor world

will transform into a prosperous world.

Our Mission

Own A Life Foundation’s mission is to provide health and

humanitarian aid to the oppressed families and shelter to

orphans. Simultaneously provide a quality education to poor

children in Pakistan to empower them to become productive

members of society.

Our Values

Accountability

Tolerance

Innovation

Non Prejudiced approach

Cooperation

Respecting Diversity

Transparency

Gender Equality

Participation

Our Supporters

Tameer-e-Khalq Foundation (TKF)

Kashmir Education Foundation (KEF)

Bait-ul-Shifa Trust

Qatar Red Crescent

Qatar Charity

Bali Trust

Our Programs

Orphan Care

Environment and Infrastructure

Basic Health Education and Services

Disaster Response

Education

Agriculture & Food Security

OWN A LIFE FOUNDATION AT A GLANCE


Livelihood

Our Presence

Balochistan

o Naseerabad

o Loralai

o Quetta

o Zhob

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)

o Swat

o Abbotabad

Sindh

o Karachi

Punjab

o Dera Ghazi Khan

o Lahore

Kashmir

o Leepa

o Muzaffarabad

o Rawalakot

o Dewarian

Gilgit & Skardu

Our Staff

Total : 36

A President,

Vice President

Administrator/ General Manager

2 Managers

Coordinators: 2

Mid level Management: 7

Engineers: 03

Doctors: 3

Admin staff: 2

Finance staff: 2


Support Staff: 12

Our Registration

Status

Registered under the Society Act of 1961 and 1860

Our Contact Details

Liaison & Coordination

office

SShhoopp 11,, pplloott 8888,, SStt..1133//11,,

SSeeccttoorr 66//BB,, NNoorrtthh KKaarraacchhii

IInndduussttrriiaall AArreeaa,, KKaarraacchhii

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Head office

Wahid Plaza, Haider Road, Plot#402

Sector A-1 Township Lahore, Pakistan

Tel/fax +92 42 35121214

+92 344370368

+92 3347555863

Website : www.ownalife.weebly.com

Facebook:www.facebook.com/OAL.Foundation

Email [email protected]

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Own A Life (OAL) Foundation is a Non-Profit organization working for social development of Pakistan since 2009. Currently it is working in 9 districts of all provinces of Pakistan. In addition, the Foundation has carried out substantial relief work in areas of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces through its two offices (including a head office at Lahore and a Liaison office at Karachi). OAL started its journey with prime focus on Education and provision of medical facilities at micro level by strengthening community level schools and dispensaries in suburbs of Lahore, Karachi and Abbotabad. Once OAL mobilized enough resources the organization started expanding its programs for realization of its vision. The organization is currently working in the following sectors:

Orphan Care

Environment & Infrastructure

Basic Health Education and Services

Disaster Response

Education

Agriculture & Food Security

Livelihood

The organization is managed by a Board of Directors, a President, a Vice President, a General Manager and a Manager/In-Charge for each core program. The organization has a team of 03 engineers, 03 Doctors and 14 paramedic staff. Own A Life Foundation is registered as a Non-Profit Community Development Organization with City District Government Lahore under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860 through Registration Number RP/7821/L/S/12/1206

OAL was established by a group of social activists who committed to bring positive change in the lives of marginalized communities. The organization started its journey as a community level organization. Education being of core importance to the development of Pakistan was the first sector to be launched by OAL. The first step was the establishment of “Own School System”. Ultimately, the management of OAL Foundation, following a strategic vision expanded its areas of operation for poverty alleviation. The next step was the establishment of Human Rights, a core program at OAL. Soon after that was the realization of OAL’s dream to establish another program, the Environment & Infrastructure program. This is the core program at OAL with current geographic spread in six district two provinces of Pakistan. The organization has a mandate to respond in emergencies / disasters. So far, the organization has actively responded after the Pakistan Floods 2010, Balochistan Earthquake 2008 and in conflicted areas of Mardan, Swat, D.I. Khan and Bajour Agency.

Introduction

Management & Legal Status

Past & Present


Today, OAL is gradually adopting an integrated approach. This implies that instead of working in larger geographical spreads, OAL intervenes in smaller focused areas with an integrated model where community physical infrastructure, WATSAN and Education etc. are all provisioned together. This model has proved successful so far. In short, OAL is a dynamic organization which recognizes the practical constraints communities face while developing themselves and has a capacity to respond to the diverse needs of the communities. It also draws its strength from the through understanding of the culture and local context of communities in different areas of Pakistan. The organization does not believe in “One size fits all”. Innovation & Customizations are our keys to success. Our strength lies in our team’s collective experience and insight accumulated over years of working in development sector. Having a good understanding of the work dynamics, policy framework, management structures and practices of the development sector, we are well-positioned to take up diverse and challenging assignments.

Pakistan is located in a region that is prone to a number of natural disasters. Due to its diverse range of terrain, the country is susceptible to wide-ranging hazards from droughts to floods and earthquakes to cyclones. The country is home to the world’s largest refugee population from Afghanistan (over 3 million people). Geographically and demographically the country as a whole is exposed to Natural Disasters and Manmade Calamities, following are the types of disasters:

Seasonal / Flash floods

Droughts

Earthquakes

Sectarian violence

Terrorism

Internal conflicts

Epidemics

OAL Foundation has developed expertise in Disaster Response & Management and preparedness. The organization specializes in relief and rehabilitation operations. Coordination is given prime importance while responding to a disaster. Coordination here refers to coordination at two levels. Coordination among OAL’s sections (Emergency Response, Environment & Infrastructure and the Education section) which ensures optimal response and the coordination with the stakeholders (other organizations, donors and

CORE PROGRAMS / THEMATIC AREAS

Disaster Response


concerned clusters) which ensures coordinated response and minimizes duplication of efforts.

Accessing the most vulnerable is the thumb rule for Own A Life Foundation. OAL mainstreams Protection in all of its interventions. The staff is regularly capacitated on Protection issues. The entire OAL staff signs a code of conduct for ensuring protection of beneficiaries, eliminating biases and ensuring impartiality.


The number of children becoming orphans has increased exponentially in Pakistan, mainly due to ongoing war on terror coupled with number of natural disasters taken place in the recent past. According to a UNICEF

estimate the number of orphan children in the country has reached a startling figure of 4.2 million. To deal with this huge humanitarian catastrophe, the country has no compatible program, facilities, or resources. OAL Foundation has taken up the challenge and is determined

to reach out and provide assistance to maximum number of orphan children, in “Own Orphan Homes” for their care.

In “Own Orphan Homes” The children are given basic life facilities including health and education against average monthly expenses of Rs. 4, 850 per month per child. In ‘Own Orphan Homes’ children are given quality education.

We feel this will help them obtain employment and assist them in gaining independent living and better quality of life. Your contribution by sponsoring / owning an orphan can give him a bright future and you in return an eternal contentment and divinable reward. Against your contribution, a complete bio data and credentials of your sponsored orphan is maintained at www.ownalife.com and will also be provided to you to maintain direct contact with the child.

Own Orphan Homes

Major Interventions Completed in Pakistan

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The concept revolves around the core idea of 'Privileged Education for the Underprivileged'. OAL Foundation offers a hope to the children of the less privileged yet equally ambitious families to grow in socio-academically conducive and enabling environment. In OSS students are given two sets of free uniform and books and stationary on joining to support quality education compatible to any elite school in Pakistan.

End objective is "to enable them to emerge as positive agents of change in the family and the society at large“. We look forward for your support & encouragement to consolidate our humble initiative thus enabling us to undertake wider responsibilities in the future. Scholarships. The Program has been established to support academically outstanding students who without financial assistance would not be able to continue their studies, in the field of medicine, engineering and commerce amongst the top colleges in Pakistan. Eligible students must secure a minimum A grade in their Matriculation Exams.

Own School System (OSS)


Own A Life Foundation is also actively involved in the improvement rural Education institutions. The program aims at improving the status and standard of formal Education while significant interventions have been taken for non-formal Education also. OAL has established specific standards and guidelines for working in this sector the most important of which is that we recognize this program as value driven rather than incentive based.

The program addresses the Education related problems at four interlinked but distinguishable level:

Student (Applying modern learning techniques, access to information, reduction in corporal punishment)

The Community (Parents, Social Mobilization, Involvement)

Teachers (Strengthening, Capacity building)

Physical Infrastructure (Strengthening of WATSAN facilities in schools, provision of furniture etc.)

Whereas the interventions are designed under one or more of the above mentioned levels, OAL has recognized the importance of incorporating all of the above mentioned levels in an intervention. The organization is currently working with the support of following donors in the Education sector.

Kashmir Education Foundation (KEF)

Tameer-e-Khalq Foundation (TKF)

Bali Trust

Before After

Rural Education Program


The overall goal of the education program is promoting enrollment. The program works in accordance with the MDG 2 (Education) and MDG 3 (Gender Equality). Prioritization of female schools is an important characteristic of the program.

A tent School in Ziarat (Before)

For quality delivery and sustainability OAL works on widely accepted standards such as the “UNICEF’s Education Supplies Standards” with little customizations to suit local & cultural needs. The standards are followed specially incase of classroom supplies, student supplies and recreational supplies etc. In addition to this OAL has identified most economical means for catering the supply based needs of schools for ensuring program success.

School Rehabilitated (After)

Introducing Activity Based Learning Introducing Reading Corners


The main concept of ‘Own Dispensary’ program is to establish various small sized health centers across the country to provide free basic medical facilities to poor people.

OAL foundation under ‘Own Dispensary’ Program has opened a modern health centre in Lahore which is equipped with medical, dental and minor surgical support facilities.

The centre is administering an average 300 patients per day and has hired three professional doctors for the purpose.

Own Dispensary, can be found at following address: 418-12-BI, Near Lal School Township, Lahore, Pakistan. Ph: +92 42 35121214, 35141214

Own Dispensaries


OAL believes that Environment, Community Physical Infrastructure and Water are the main neglected areas of Pakistan which needs special attention. Thus the E&I program of OAL was launched in 2009. Being potentially need based, it is now the core program of OAL.

Provision of Community Physical Infrastructure, Drinking Water Supply Schemes, Water Management, and Sanitation schemes on sustainable basis in rural areas and urban suburbs of Balochistan is the prime objective of this program while environmental considerations are the corner stone of all interventions. Due importance is also paid on conservation of natural resources.

For implementation under the E&I program, OAL, over the years has developed and adopted culturally tailored and environmentally sensitive development models. Bottom-up development methods combined with comprehensive Community Mobilization strategies, the organization has been able to produce good results.

Environment & Infrastructure (E&I)


If it’s said that communities are central to each intervention or communities are at the core of every intervention or communities are the most important stakeholders of an intervention, its all one and the same for OAL. Community Participation is ensured at all levels of an intervention.

When OAL intervenes in an area, development work is initiated after formation of Community Organizations (COs). A CO is formed at community level. It is a democratic organization of individuals (men and women) of an area. It passes a resolution for initialization of development scheme.

The CO collects its share from the CO members which is used as a CO share in a development scheme. The share is also used for maintenance of provisioned schemes. Thus from beginning to finalization of a scheme, the CO leads in all phases. OAL’s role is then to provide technical guidance and assisting communities in overall management. This ensures transparency and that the targeted beneficiaries own and sustain the provisioned development scheme.


Within the frame of the cleanliness campaign initiated by the CDA in collaboration with OAL Foundation and the educational institutions across Islamabad, students from the ‘Own School System (OSS)’ set out to the clean the streets in and around G-10 Markaz Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

Leading the cleanliness campaign, OSS students chanted slogans of cleanliness and visited shops and houses asking the occupants to show special care for cleanliness and hygiene for a better Islamabad and Pakistan. Picking up garbage and

coordinating the dumping procedures with the CDA sanitation staff, PakTurk students efforts were highly commended by Mr. Tahir Shahbaz, Chairman CDA, who visited the site and met the students.

Cleanliness Campaign by OAL & OSS


Most poverty stricken communities in

Pakistan have limited access to safe

drinking water, resulting in various water-

borne illnesses. Thus ,OWN-A-LIFE

foundation has been actively involved in

providing access to safe water across the

country to poor communities.

In June 2011, OWN-A-LIFE foundation

began its safe drinking water campaign in

the slum areas of RAWALPINDI. The

project included the distribution of a

water-purifying agent known as PuR. This

water-purifying agent comes in a sachet,

and when mixed with dirty water, removes

99% of germs and bacteria, leaving the

previously dirty water now drinkable.

From June 1 to July 30, OWN-A-LIFE

foundation distributed 1.2 million sachets of

PuR.

Demonstrations were also held to show

the community members how to use PuR and

emphasize the importance of safe and clean

drinking water. Buckets, coolers and spoons

were also distributed to the families.

In 2010, when floods struck the country,

millions of people were left homeless.

OAL foundation has made efforts to provide clean water

Safe Water Campaign


Gastroenteritis became rampant. Part of its relief efforts entailed provision of

clean water. OWN-A-LIFE foundation, distributed ORS ,PuR to 40,000

families—15,000 in Peshawar, 10,000 in Muzzafargarh, 10,000 in Sukker,

and 5,000 in Thatta, along with buckets, coolers, spoons, and ICE material.

Brouchers were also given to people to ensure proper usage of the product.

In total, 1.8 million sachets of PuR were distributed.

OWN-A-LIFE foundation helped people of different areas of the country by

providing them drinkable water through water purifying agents(PuR),water

coolers,electric water cooler central points in communities,water hand

pumps and production of medical facilities in the areas.

OAL foundation has made efforts to provide water hand pumps


OWN-A-LIFE foundation has made cold water supply

points in different areas of Muzaffargarh, Sukker,

Thatta during floods and also created community

centers for the welfare of people in those areas.

Under Community Mobilization Program, it has been perpetual endeavour

of Own A Life Foundation to bring awareness among the masses to develop

habits of living in clean and healthy environments. Apropos, since 2009, we

mobilized the local communities of different towns in Lahore. After

deliberate motivation and convincing, a cleanliness campaign was initiated

in that neighborhood by the volunteer residents of the area. Following is

pictorial view of all

“Clean Lahore” Campaign








Lahore, the main capital city of Pakistan suffered with Dengue catastrophe in 2011. It tolled thousands of death within months. Own-A-Life (OAL) Foundation launched a dengue prevention and control campaign across Lahore. Many of disinfecting area's

throughout Lahore were fumigated. The awareness campaign was launched in collaboration with Govt. of Punjab and hundreds of volunteers. During the campaign, several products which helped in disinfecting houses and

Anti Dengue Campaign


offices from dengue were also made available to the public for a purchase at 50% off the market price.

People were demonstrated and educated on the protective measures essential to control the spread of Dengue.


To keep up with the ever emerging development challenges, we have established an exercise to discuss, review, orient and redirect our strategic vision on annual basis. During this exercise (usually held towards the end of an year), OAL establishes short and long term strategies for realization of its Vision. Following is an overview of OAL’s Future Strategies:

Shifting towards an integrated approach. (OAL intends that instead of thinly spreading geographically, the organization will focus on deprived areas (ideally union councils as units) and will deliver with an integrated approach whereas Community Mobilization, WATSAN, CPI, Education and Health etc. will be delivered in a specific area to increase sustainability and for brining visible positive change)

OAL also intends to initiate a Basic Health & Education Program. (The program is a requirement for OAL’s integrated approach also)

Strengthening of Disaster Response by strengthening the communities for disaster preparedness and mitigation.

OAL has two offices through which all of its programs are managed. Its head office is based at Lahore. Following is a detail of our offices:

Sr. Location of Office Type of Office

1 Wahid Plaza, Haider Road, Plot#402 Sector A-1

Township Lahore

Head Office

2 SShhoopp 11,, pplloott 8888,, SStt..1133//11,, SSeeccttoorr 66//BB,, NNoorrtthh

KKaarraacchhii IInndduussttrriiaall AArreeaa,, KKaarraacchhii

Regional Office Karachi, Sind

The organization is governed by a board of directors which is comprised of educationists, agriculturists and development sector experts. Following is a list of BODs with their expertise and positions.

Sr. Name Profession / Occupation

Designation on Board

1 Syed Bukhari Business President

2 Gul Khan Economist Member

Offices

Governance

Future Strategies


3 Dr Khalid Farooqi Agriculturist Member

4 Brig ® Muhammad Asghar

Economist Member

5 Mrs Nadia Ali Business Non voting member

6 Shamim Haider Zaidi Lawyer Member

7 Muhammad Abbas Social Activist Member

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY OAL, over the period of time, has developed efficient management systems. The head office in Lahore controls and supervises all the financial matters and transfers the funds to concerned regional offices / branches according to their requests and needs.

OAL’s accounting system is based on the following: Double entry Conservatism and prudence Materiality Realization Matching, concepts and adopted accrual base accounting system

Policies and Procedures Own A Life Foundation has developed clear and comprehensive accounting policies for its financial management system. Documented policies and procedures provide guidance and structure to staff; a basis for consistent treatment of financial data and the foundation for controls and financial accountability

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES We believe in the ideals of social development. Innovation, customization and cultural considerations are our guiding principles. We believe in optimal utilization of resources.

Accessing the most vulnerable and needy segments of society and prioritizing women and children and introducing need based interventions is our distinctive edge.

Finally, Transparency is our commitment both to our supporters and clients.

Documents

Own-A-Life (OAL)development of Pakistan was the first sector to be launched by OAL. The first step was the establishment of “Own School System”. Ultimately, the management of OAL