0
Quarterly Report
Development Action for Mobilization and EmancipatioN
م�ع�ا�ش�ر�ہ� م�ض�ب�و�ط� ع�و�ر�ت� م�ض�ب�و�ط�
July – September 2019
" کچھ سے علم لیکن ہے ضروری یہ کریں حاصل علمہے ضروری زیادہ یہ کریں "حاصل
1
Abstract:DAMEN is an organization working to escalate literacy rate and to promote health, environment and education awareness among the underprivileged communities of Punjab Pakistan.
This Quarterly Report (July- September) describes all activities organized in this time period.
Activities that were performed by DAMEN management in this Quarter are as follows:
Event was organized on International Literacy Day in Area I & Area II to encourage teachers & students of DAMEN Home Schools.
Ten Health Awareness Sessions has been organized in all active areas of DAMEN by signing LHVs & LHWs. The topics that were selected for these sessions were Mother & Child Care, Family Planning & Breast Feeding
LEDs were installed in DAMEN home schools to uplift the standard of these schools. Teacher’s trainings were organized in all operational areas of DAMEN. The purposes of these
trainings are to escalate personal capacity building of teachers so that they can strive in the competitive market.
Some of these projects are operational and some are closed. Operational projects will be concluded in next Quarter.
Nabila Roohi
Team LeaderSocial [email protected]
2
3
3,253 Students Enrolled in 95 Home Schools
193 Females attended 10 Health awareness sessions
68 Females attended 2 Health awareness sessions organized by DAMEN for DSP
63 Teachers Attended 4 Teachers Training in four Areas by SO’s
60 Women Attended 2 Women Social Organization (WSO) Meetings arranged by DAMEN for DSP
3,550 Women Attended 292 WSO Meetings Conducted by Social Organizers on Community Issues
Achievements at a Glance
4
Table of Contents
Sr. # Contents Page #
1. Vision, Mission, Goal 5
2. Home School Education Program 6
3. Case Story (School Teacher) 7
4. Health Awareness Sessions 8
5. Training and Capacity Building 9
6. Women Social Organizations (WSO) 10
7. Networking and Linkages 12
5
DAMEN visualizes “Development” as a process of capacity building of the people in order to empower them to solve their socio-economic problems through collective action and their own participation.
Mission of DAMEN is to make the people of marginalized communities understand the true notion of development and build their capacity, which would enable them to organize themselves into groups for collective action leading towards self-reliance and empowerment.
The long-term goal of DAMEN is of sustainable development through capacity building of the communities and makes them self-reliant in overcoming their problems through collective action.
GOAL
Home School Education Program
The goal of DAMEN’s social sector programs is to organize activities in the fields of education and primary health, primarily by mobilizing women caught in the cycle of enduring poverty. Through its home school education program, DAMEN seeks to empower poverty riven females by enabling them to start a non-formal home school and provide primary education 5 to 14-year-old out-of-school children. DAMEN currently supports 95 such female-run home schools in Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib, which provide primary education to around 3,200 plus children and thus keeps them off the streets and affords them a chance to educate, learn, and, hopefully, transition into productive citizens. Attached is the home school report for the last quarter, July - September 2019:
Home School Detail
Areas SO Name Boys Girls Total Students Total schoolsLahore - I Amna Imtiaz 207 213 420 12
Sakina Amir 177 215 392 13Sub Total 384 428 812 25
Lahore - II Nargis Rehman 264 241 505 15Sub Total 264 241 505 15
Sheikhupura - III Shabnam Batool 223 239 462 15Sub Total 223 239 462 15
Kasur - IV Nasrin Jamshaid 256 286 542 14Sadia Saeed 260 245 505 14Sub Total 516 531 1,047 28
Nankana Sahib - V Shabila Yaqoob 178 249 427 12Sub Total 178 249 427 12Grand Total 1,565 1,688 3,253 95
6
CASE STORY Home School Teacher
Teacher: Mubarra Aslam
Age: 32 Years
Education: M.A. Urdu
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
My name is Mubarra Aslam. I belong to Lower Middle Class family but it was my dream to get higher education. So I worked hard and completed matriculation from Siddhu Model School Changa Manga. After that I peruse for higher studies and completed M.A. Urdu. After getting higher degree I want to be a teacher so that I can pass on my knowledge to under privileged communities. So I approached DAMEN as I knew this will help me in achieving my ambition. By collaborating with DAMEN I get new ideas & advance knowledge that helped my teaching skills and escalate strength of students in my school.
7
Health Awareness SessionsDAMEN is working to provide basic health opportunities for women and children in deprived communities of Punjab that includes Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, and Nankana Sahib. In the past DAMEN was operating health centers and organizing medical camps in these active areas by hiring LHVs. These LHVs were providing basic health services to these communities at very low cost.
It is not allowed by Government of Pakistan that LHVs can run medical camps and health centers. DAMEN is complying rules and regulations passed by Government. So the contract of LHVs has been cancelled in July 2019. DAMEN is now signing LHVs & LHWs to conduct health awareness sessions to women and children in all active areas. The purpose of these sessions is to provide a platform to deprived communities where they can discuss their problems and get beneficial tips from professional LHVs without any consultation fees.
The following tables of DAMEN health awareness sessions on regular bases by Social Organizers during July - September 2019:
Health Awareness Session for DSP
8
Area 1 (District Lahore)So Name No of Health Awareness Session No of
ParticipantsSakina Amir 1 19Amna Imtiaz 1 13
Total 2 32 Area 2 (District Lahore)
Nargis Rehman 2 30Total 2 30
Area 3 (District Sheikhupura)Shabnam Batool 2 45
Total 2 45 Area 4 (District Kasur)
Sadia Saeed 2 33Total 2 33
Area 5 (District Nankana )Shabila Yaqoob 2 53
Total 2 53Grand Total 10 193
Sr. # Date Area Name Participants1. 3 July 2019 Nangal Sahdan 242. 10 July 2019 Kot Hidayat 44
Total
68
Training and Capacity Building
Empirical evidence suggests that capacity building plays an important role in the growth and expansion of communities and organizations. DAMEN therefore places a great deal of importance on the training and capacity building of its staff and the local community in which it carries out its operations.
Community capacity building deals with supporting people to develop their skills and use them to raise awareness about social issues and consequently bring about positive change in society. DAMEN’s vision and mission are also based on this principle of self-empowerment and active social participation. Community capacity building is primarily achieved by holding regular Women Social Organization (WSO) meetings.
DAMEN also creates opportunities for its employees to grow and develop their skills, competencies and expertise so as to enable them to contribute to their self-development and the development of the community.
The following are some training activities with staff members carried out during this quarter:
Sr.# Date Area Topic Trainer Training Participants
9
1 19 – 9 – 2019 Area III, Begum Kot
Multi Grade Teaching System
Shabnam Batool 14
2 20 – 9 – 2019 Area II, Manga Multi Grade Teaching System
Nargis Rehman 14
3 27 – 9 – 2019 Area I, Niaz Baig Multi Grade Teaching System
Sakina, Amina 26
4 30 – 9 – 2019 Area IV, Nankana Multi Grade Teaching System
Shabila Arthur 9
Women Social Organizations (WSO)
Each of the 95 DAMEN home schools supports an associated parental group called Women Social Organization (WSO) which comprises neighborhood women who gather on a regular basis to discuss community problems and engage with home school teachers, social organizers and the team leader to gain awareness about various issues dealing with education, health, environment and gender discrimination etc.
This year DAMEN and Damen Support Programme (DSP) signed a MOU that the DAMEN social sector will organized 12 WSO meetings for exposure about DSP working in their operational area to raise awareness among local residents about the issue of loan defaulters.
The following tables summarize the total number of WSO meetings held during this quarter July to September 2019:
WSO Meetings Arrange by DAMEN
10
Sr. # Date Area Name No of participants
1. 4 July 2019 Nangal Sahdan 30
2. 1 August 2019 Kot Hidayat 30
Total 3rd Quarter 2019 Sheikhupura 60
WSO Meetings with Social OrganizersArea 1 (District Lahore)
SO Name No. of Members No. of Meetings
Sakina Amir 410 41
Amna Imtiaz 380 38
Sub Total 790 79Area 2 (District Lahore)
Nargis Rehman 450 45
Sub Total 450 45Area 3 (District Sheikhupura)
Shabnam Batool 432 42
Sub Total 432 42Area 4 (District Kasur)
11
Nasreen Jamshed 699 42
Sadia Saeed 703 42
Sub Total 1,402 84Area 5 (District Nankana Sahib)
Shabila Arther 476 42
Sub Total 476 42
Grand Total 3,550 292
Networking and LinkagesDAMEN places great emphasis on building relationships with local and global actors to achieve its goals of poverty eradication and community development. In this regard a number of associations were established during this quarter to form linkages and networks with various institutions to generate mutually beneficial ties. Some of these are:
Laundering /Counter Finance Terrorism, awareness session for NPO's & NGO's in Alkhidmat Complex by PCP on 5th July 2019.
Meeting with all LHV's for their work and assigned new duties (only Health awareness session) on 10 July 2019 in DAMEN Head office.
Meeting with Mr. Shahrukh (Film Maker) for DAMEN Documentary.
DAMEN celebrated the International Literacy Day on 17th September, 2019. The purpose of DAMEN Events were
To encourage active and skilled teachers that has worked hard for the development of DAMEN To encourage active and skilled Women of WSOs that has worked hard for the development of DAMEN
12
To enhance personal Capacity Building of Students
The highlights of the event were as follows:
Students of DAMEN Home School performed a milli naghma A theatrical performance was staged by the children of DAMEN’s Home School DAMEN’s home school teachers and WSO’s members were given performance prizes
13
1st Floor, 187 Excise & Taxation Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Abdul Sattar Edhi Road, Lahore
Ph No: +92 (42) 35452500www.damen-pk.org [email protected]