Acronyms
NPOs Not for Profit Organization
AWF ARZ Welfare Foundation
NGOs Non Government, nonprofit Organizations
CBO Community Based Organization
SHGs Self Help Groups
SOPs Standard Operating Systems
TORs Term of References
SPNA Southern Punjab Networks Alliance
KPK Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
SME Small and Medium Entrepreneurs
MF Microfinance
MFIs Microfinance Institutes
BPL Below Poverty Line
FU Farmer Union
CO Community Organizations
CSO Community Based Social Organizations
NPO Non profit Organization
SAP-PK South Asia Partnership Pakistan
TVO Trust for Voluntary Organizations
CIDACanadian International Development AgencyPOs Partner Organizations
RASCA Rotatable Saving and Credit Associations
The full name / registered name of organization is ARZ Welfare Foundation.
The People ARZ Welfare Foundation was established by a group of kind hearted, God fearing and energetic people who were highly motivated and committed towards contributing their time, skills and energies to the development and empowerment of socially disadvantaged and vulnerable community of disabled persons in Pakistan.
Type and Nature
ARZ Welfare Foundation. is a development organization. It’s a non-government, non-profit and non-sectarian, non-partisan organization working for social development of vulnerable and less developed people. It’s a human-centered NGO.
ARZ Welfare Foundation. could also be labeled as an organization which designs and implements various developmental projects with the financial and technical support of individual donors, corporate sector and semi-government organizations.
Year of Establishment
ARZ Welfare Foundation was established in the year 2011.
Vision
ARZ Welfare Foundation. is a rehabilitation and research institute for mental disabilities. We commit to rehabilitate the mentally challenged persons, aid the state to ensure their rights and spread awareness about it in the society”
Mission
By becoming a leading rehabilitation and research institute, we commit;
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Thematic Area
Rehabilitation Services for the mentally challenged children, who mostly belong to the underprivileged families. Rehabilitation includes the following:
Geographical Approach
The overall geographic focus is the province of Punjab
Legal Status
ARZ Welfare Foundation is a registered body. AWF is registered under “The Social Welfare ordinance 1860 of Government of Pakistan”.
Governance
ARZ Welfare Foundation is governed by its Board of Directors (BoD). The Board is the key policy making and governing body of the organization working independently. It formulates and approves policies, organizational systems and evaluates the overall performance of AWF on period basis. The BoD consists of nine members and is headed by its Chairman Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, The AWF’s board of directors comprises of retired judges, development professionals, academicians, activists and media persons. The Executive Director of AWF serves the board as the secretary.
Management
ARZ Welfare Foundation. is lead by its Executive Director who is the formal head of the organization. The Executive Director reports to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (BoD) and is responsible for the overall management of the organization.
The Executive Director is supported by the manager programs and team of coordinators / managers of different sections / programs of the foundation and they jointly form a management structure for the Foundation.
Partners
Partnerships are the heart-line of ARZ Welfare Foundation.. The organization refers as “PARTNERS” to all those individuals, communities, organizations and departments which join hands for extending program interventions. Beneficiary community, corporate sector organizations, semi-government organizations and other key stake holders from civil society are the best examples of AWF’s Partners. These partnerships help organization (financially and technically) to achieve its mission.
Since its establishment in 2011, ARZ Welfare Foundation has remained privileged in getting the opportunity to work with a number of diverse partners who not only extended financial support for its rehabilitation project but also helped adequately build the capacity of organization in different organizational matters.
Experience Portfolio
ARZ Welfare Foundation. is surviving for the rehabilitation of mentally retarded children since two of decades. It is very long period to do work on this noble cause. In this regard, ARZ Welfare Foundation. is operating its three campuses for the rehabilitation of mentally retarded children in Lahore, Murree and Muridkay respectively.
THE ASSOCIATION IS PROVIDING ITS SERVICES FREE OF COST IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:
Departments
ARZ Welfare Foundation. has established its various departments which help in smooth and systematic implementation of organization interventions. These include:
HR Department
Monitoring Evaluation
Research & Documentation Department
Admin & Logistics Department
Finance Department
Complaint Response Unit
Financial Portfolio
ARZ Welfare Foundation implements its projects with the grants / funding from various individual donors, corporate sector organization, local government bodies as well as semi-government (provincial) organizations. These grants are usually time-bound and for specific project execution. Struggle against Disability International Association has learnt a lot while managing grants of different donors and has well developed its financial management capability.
Approach & Strategies
The organization strongly believes in the true and active participation of all key stakeholders – particularly the local communities or program beneficiaries. Substantial efforts are made to ensure that stakeholders participate and contribute at all the stages of projects execution.
As its strategy, ARZ Welfare Foundation particularly focuses to ensure the rehabilitation of mentally retarded children and particularly if the program has any direct or indirect impacts on their lives.
ARZ Welfare Foundation, As its overall implementation approach, takes carefully into account the local culture and traditions and fully respects the same.
Following are the key elements of ARZ Welfare Foundation. Program Strategies & Work Approach:
o Thematic Partnerships
o Social Mobilization /Community Participation
o Awareness & Sensitization
o Capacity Building
o Dialogues & Engagements
o Research & Publications
o Networking & Coalition Building
o Review & Reflection
Values & Guiding Principles
In order to achieve its mission and to make its programs even more human-centered, ARZ Welfare Foundation follows certain values and guiding principles in all its interventions and dealings.
These include the following:
Policies & Systems
ARZ Welfare Foundation follows its specific set of policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which have been revised and updated a number of times up till now in order to make them more staff friendly and organization-centered.
ARZ Welfare Foundation uses its following manuals of policies:
Manual of Human Resources and Administrative Policies
Manual of Financial Policies
These manuals contain a number of basic organizational policies and procedures which help in the creation and maintenance of a transparent, accountable and fair working environment in ARZ Welfare Foundation and ensure the effective achievement of overall objectives of the Foundation.
Human Resources
ARZ Welfare Foundation has a core team with various professional backgrounds such as management, finances and HR etc. In addition, ARZ Welfare Foundation. hires the project staff as per the requirements. The Foundation also engages volunteers and interns on need basis.
Review & Monitoring
Monitoring of projects in ARZ Welfare Foundation has always remained a vital part of management. There is always a built-in-mechanism of review and monitoring for all the projects AWF implements. The processes of review and monitoring help ARZ Welfare Foundation. in achieving the project objectives in smooth and timely manner. As the key mechanism of monitoring, the projects are monitored by the implementation teams, the coordinators / manager of the programs and the management of AWF.
Accounts & Audits
ARZ Welfare Foundation maintains all its accounts on double entry system. Foundation has developed various financial policies, systems and formats, which help it in effective management of all its funds and maintaining a complete transparency in receipts and payments at all levels.
ARZ Welfare Foundation gets its accounts (receipts and payments) audited by the recognized chartered accountant firms on the completion of projects or by the end of each financial year.
Vocational Trainings:
For this purpose a school for the education of these children has been opened in the local area of Shahdra to support these children and make them a better part of the society.
The Society has spared a thought for the many children in the local community having different disabilities; who cannot afford some of the basic necessities of school life. Now is your chance to give a needy child a head-start in life. All you have to do is select any of the handpicked gifts ranging from bicycles to laboratory equipment. Your gift will help a needy child stay ahead on the road to success. You could be the reason a child can dream of a better future... a future of promise, freedom and fair chances.
The Society is also keen to work for the local area women and trying to make these women sufficient enough to do something for their own. The society is following the great quotation
“Do not catch a Fish for someone, Teach some one that how to catch the Fish”
We are committed to the Millennium development goals. Our vision is to create a just, equal and peaceful society where everybody shares and cares for the poor, unprivileged and exploited people and make the world a better place to live in. Its priorities and objectives are to carry out charitable, holistic and sustainable development work among the poor, marginalized, downtrodden, illiterate and vulnerable and the exploited ones, irrespective of their caste, creed, color, sex or religion.
Plan of action
We intend to start this business for the welfare women to empower them at their door step. We realize that today women is more powerful and knows how to find out ways for their and theirs family development. Women living in backward areas cannot go outside for earning purpose. They need business and work at their doorstep which is convenient for them to run. Thus they can manage business and family at one time. That’s why we are taking this initiative to provide our women such facilities so that they are able to earn by themselves.
Our plan of business is starting the business of boutique. In this business we can design a whole strategy as per the convenience of our internal customers who we intend to progress. For this purpose of we have designed complete chain. Our range of products would be female dresses, bed sheets, blankets, curtains; in short we are going to offer complete range of products under one system.
We will buy cloth from our retailer at lower price than other retailers so that price does not get higher. Cloth would be provided to the women sitting at home for stitching purpose. For this step orders would be taken from boutiques. It will clear the business scenario and business target.
