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Contents List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................................... i

Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................................... i

GILGIT-BALTISTAN REGION .................................................................................................................................- 1 -

Agah-Walidain-Informed Parents (AW-IP) ........................................................................................................- 2 -

Core Funded Centres ........................................................................................................................................- 2 -

Community Based AW-IP Replications: .........................................................................................................- 3 -

Early Learning Model Center (ELM) ....................................................................................................................- 4 -

SINDH & PUNJAB REGION .....................................................................................................................................- 5 -

Agah Walidain – Informed Parents (AW-IP) .....................................................................................................- 6 -

Core Funded Centres: .......................................................................................................................................- 6 -

Community Based AW-IP Centres: ................................................................................................................- 7 -

Mobile ECD Truck ........................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

Umeed (Hope) ..........................................................................................................................................................- 8 -

Family Involvement for Child Development (FICD) ........................................................................................- 9 -

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2017 ................................................................................................................ - 10 -

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................ - 11 -

Gilgit-Baltistan Region .......................................................................................................................................... - 11 -

AW-IP Gilgit: ..................................................................................................................................................... - 11 -

ELM Centre Gilgit ............................................................................................................................................. - 13 -

Sindh & Punjab Region ......................................................................................................................................... - 14 -

SKILL DEVELOPMENT........................................................................................................................................ - 16 -

HIGHLIGHTS OF MAIN EVENTS IN 2017 ........................................................................................................ - 17 -

Case Study ................................................................................................................................................................... - 19 -

FUTURE INITIATIVES FOR THE YEAR 2018 .................................................................................................... - 20 -

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................ - 21 -

Gilgit-Baltistan Region .......................................................................................................................................... - 21 -

Sindh & Punjab Region ......................................................................................................................................... - 21 -

SKILL DEVELOPMENT........................................................................................................................................ - 22 -

Glimpses of Main Events of 2017 ........................................................................................................................... - 23 -

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List of Acronyms

AW-IP Agah Walidain – Informed Parents

CB AW-IP Community Based Agah Walidain-Informed Parents

ECD Early Childhood Development

ECDNP Early Childhood Development Network Pakistan

ELM Early Learning Model

FICD Family Involvement in Child Development

FSMs Family Support Motivators

GB Gilgit-Baltistan

GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, the

German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation

RF Rupani Foundation

SGAFP Small Grants and Ambassador's Fund Program

USAID United Stated Agency for International Development

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Executive Summary

Rupani Foundation is a not for profit organization registered under companies‟ ordinance 1984

in Pakistan. It is working in rural and marginalized parts of Pakistan with a core objective of

poverty alleviation through Skill Development and Early Childhood Education.

In the past years, in order to create livelihood opportunities for marginalized and vulnerable,

Rupani Foundation has implemented numerous skill development programs in partnership with

donor agencies like GIZ, USAID-SGAFP and European Union in the previous years. The

progress of these initiatives and their impact in target communities has been documented in the

past. The current report, although, is a document which brings into account the activities and

projects held in the year 2017 only. Some activities of Skill Development, however, have been

discussed in this report.

This report summarizes activities and achievements of various projects implemented by Rupani

Foundation during 2017. The Foundation is implementing four different program i) Agah

Walidain (Informed Parents) ii) Early Learning Model (ELM) Centre iii) Family Involvement in

Child Development (FICD) and iv) Project Umeed in Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan. These programs

facilitate communities, parents, children and caregivers on early childhood development from

pre-natal to six years of age. Foundation believes in involvement of parents and communities in

early development of children to make them life-long learners.

The report is divided into three sections. The first section comprises of activities carried out

which is presented region-wise; Gilgit-Baltistan and Sindh and Punjab, where overview of

enrolled and graduated statistics in each component of ECD implemented by Rupani

Foundation is mentioned. The second section of this reports documents achievements during

the reporting year under ECD and Skill Development component. It also highlights the future

programs and projects that are in the pipeline to be executed in the upcoming year in its third

section.

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GILGIT-BALTISTAN REGION

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AGAH-WALIDAIN-INFORMED PARENTS (AW-IP)

Rupani Foundation has implemented a variety of early childhood programs that support

children and families to reach their full potential and also help in overall development of

children. These activities help the families and children to develop strong bonding before and

after birth of a child. AW-IP engages the families in regular literacy activities with children which

enhance their parenting skills and enable them to develop a strong relationship with children in

early years. It provides a platform to parents especially for mothers to share their experiences

and best practices through interactive and formal sessions. At AW-IP centers, regular classes

take place on daily basis, for two hours each day. The timing of the class is set according to the

availability of the parents in a particular setting. The activities in regular classes include various

sessions on language and literacy; music and movement; art and craft; and, phonic and

storytelling. In each class, there comes essentially the mother, father, grandparent, or any

caregiver along with the child (aged 0-3 years). Each class is conducted by a Family Support

Motivators (FSMs) with the assistance of a regular volunteer of RF. The standard size of a class

at AW-IP is of 15 children. Along with regular classes, the AW-IP experts pay home visits; and,

conduct special sessions for parents, pregnant mothers, and newly married couples. The idea is

to improve family practices about child rearing and enhance family harmony for achieving the

objective of a prosperous future society.

Core Funded Centres:

Rupani Foundation is running four Agah-Walidain centers at Gilgit, Gitch, Bubur and Danyore in

Gilgit-Baltistan. These centers aim at providing the primary and optimal development of the

young children, parents, grandparents, and caregivers through influencing their developmental

outcomes.

In the year 2017, the program graduated 52 families (52 children, 52 Mothers and 52 Fathers)

from Gilgit, Gitch, Bubur and Danyore. Currently, a total of 849 individuals are enrolled in core

Agah-Walidain programs. Among these 849 beneficiaries are 247 children, 244 mothers, 244

fathers, 64 grandparents, 35 pregnant mothers, and 15 newly married couples.

S.#

Beneficiaries

Gilgit

Gitch

Bubur

Danyore

Total

1 Children 119 42 29 57 247

2 Mothers 119 39 29 57 244

3 Fathers 119 39 29 57 244

4 Grand Parents 13 24 16 11 64

5 Pregnant Mothers 13 14 03 05 35

6 Newly Married Couples 00 10 00 05 15

Total 383 168 106 192 849

Table 1: Number of Beneficiaries Enrolled in G.B

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Community Based AW-IP Replications:

In 2009, Rupani Foundation pioneered first ever 0-3 years ECD model in Pakistan by

establishing ECD centre in Zulfiqarabad, Gilgit. The program intends to enhance involvement of

families and primary caregivers for holistic development of a child at early ages using cost

effective means and models.

Experiences of many replications across Gilgit-Baltistan and Sindh, Rupani Foundation realized

that investing in children at early ages by involving families and communities could reveal

substantial results not only in the children but within the communities. Rupani Foundation

observed a staggering difference among AW-IP graduated children and others of the same age

groups. The graduates of AW-IP were found cognitively and socially proactive with

extraordinary language and aesthetic skills as compared to other children of their ages.

Based on successful results of AW-IP pilot projects, Rupani Foundation has initiated a five year

Community Based AW-IP Replication project in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral supported by Mr.

Nadir Badruddin. The program will establish 45 new centres involving local communities by

2021. 9 centers have been established in District Hunza, Gilgit, and Ghizer in 2016 referred as

Year-1, whereas 9 more establishments have been carried out in 2017 (year-2); 8 in the same

districts of Gilgit region mentioned earlier and 1 in Baltistan region. Currently, there are

around 857 direct beneficiaries of AW-IP Replication project of year-1 and 759 in year-2, which

collectively include: 449 children (0-3 years of age), 439 mothers, 437 fathers, 214 grandparents,

57 pregnant mothers, and 20 newly married couples, whereas the number of indirect

beneficiaries is manifold. Whereas, the figure of graduated families in Year-I replications is 102.

Enrollment Status of CB AW-IP centres established in 2016 (Year-1):

S.No. Beneficiaries Raoshan,

Gupis

Sultanabad,

Yasin Misgar

Chupurson,

Gojal

Khanabad,

Shinaki Nomal

Singul,

Puniyal

Hasis,

Puniyal

Immit,

Ishkoman Total

1 Children 48 25 19 19 34 18 27 28 14 232

2 Mothers 43 21 19 19 34 18 27 28 14 223

3 Fathers 43 21 19 19 34 18 27 28 12 221

4 Grand

parents

16 28 5 5 3 3 25 30 14 129

5 Pregnant

Mothers

4 3 0 6 3 4 4 9 3 36

6 Newly

Married

Couples

2 2 0 0 0 3 4 3 2 16

Total 156 100 62 68 108 64 114 126 59 857

Table 2: Number of Beneficiaries Enrolled

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Enrollment Status of CB AW-IP centres established in 2017 (Year-2):

Early Learning Model Center (ELM)

Early Learning Model (ELM) center, established with the objective of providing a need-

responsive and well-resourced learning environment for children, to ensure smooth transition

of the AW-IP graduates into formal schooling, has completed its second year and entering into

its third year. Over the years, ELM center has successfully enhanced its reputation and is on the

ascending path of progress. Currently there are three levels of ECD with a total enrollment of

114 students, mostly graduated from AW-IP and 6 volunteers providing their services to the centre

and children.

S. # Class Children Volunteers

1 ECD-1 52 2

2 ECD-2 39 2

3 ECD-3 23 2

Total 114 6

Table 4: Children Enrolled at ELM Centre

S.# Beneficiaries Phander,

Gupis

Darkut,

Yasin

Chatorkhand,

Ishkoman

Oshikhandass,

Gilgit

Aliabad,

Hunza

Hyderabad,

Hunza

Gulmit,

Gojal

Hoper,

Nagar

Skardu,

Baltistan Total

1 Children 45 20 19 19 17 20 40 25 12 217

2 Mothers 45 20 18 19 17 20 40 25 12 216

3 Fathers 45 20 18 19 17 20 40 25 12 216

4 Grand

parents

34 16 18 2 1 2 10 2 0 85

5 Pregnant

Mothers

6 0 2 4 2 0 5 2 0 21

6 Newly

Married

Couples

4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Total 179 76 75 63 54 62 135 79 36 759

Table 3: Number of Beneficiaries Enrolled

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SINDH & PUNJAB REGION

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AGAH WALIDAIN – INFORMED PARENTS

Core Funded Centres:

Rupani Foundation is currently running four AW-IP centres at Aminabad, Mubarak, Sakro and

Muhammadabad in Sindh. 279 children, mothers and grandparents are enrolled in these centers.

Whereas 4 newly married couples are also benefiting from this program. These centers aim to provide

the primary and optimal development of the young children, parents, grandparents, and caregivers by

influencing their developmental outcome.

In Karachi, three AW-IP centres are being run under RF‟s ECD initiative. A total of 243 beneficiaries are

enrolled, which includes 74 families, 10 grandparents and pregnant mothers each, and total 1 newlywed

couple also benefitting from the program.

HYDERABAD

S.# Beneficiaries Aminabad Mubarak Sakro Muhammadabad Total

1 Children 21 28 15 14 78

2 Mothers 21 28 15 14 78

3 Fathers 21 28 15 14 78

4 Pregnant Mothers - - - - -

5 Grand Parents 20 25 - - 45

6 Newly Married

couples - 4 - - 4

Total 83 113 45 42 283

KARACHI

S.# Beneficiaries Jiwani Al-Azhar Gulshan-e-Noor Total

1 Children 46 15 13 74

2 Mothers 46 15 13 74

3 Fathers 46 15 13 74

4 Grand parents 1 9 0 10

5 Pregnant Mothers 4 1 5 10

6 Newly Wed

Couples

0 1 0 1

Total 143 56 44 243

Table 1: Number of Benefciaries in Core Funded AW-IP Centres of Hyderabad and Karachi

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Community Based AW-IP Centres:

The year 2017 welcomed new and extended programs of RF mainly establishment of community based

AW-IP centres (replications) in various locations of Karachi. At this moment, 4 replication centres in

Alyabad, Al-Noor, Karim-Nagar and Leadership Academy Garden are being operational with current

enrollment of 64 families altogether. Total number of beneficiaries including grandparents, pregnant

mothers, and newlywed couples is 212.

KARACHI

S.# Beneficiaries Alyabad Al-Noor Karim-Nagar Leadership

Academy

Total

1 Children 23 6 27 11 67

2 Mothers 23 5 26 10 64

3 Fathers 23 5 26 10 64

4 Grand parents 3 3 3 0 9

5 Pregnant

Mothers 1 1 0 2 4

6 Newly Wed

Couples 1 1 0 2 4

Total 74 21 82 35 212

PUNJAB

S.# Beneficiaries GJCHS Rawalpindi Sargodha Total

1 Children 11 14 25

2 Mothers 7 14 21

3 Fathers 8 14 22

4 Grand parents 5 1 6

5 Pregnant

Mothers 1 0 1

6 Newly Wed

Couples 0 0 0

Total 32 43 75

Table 2: Enrollment Statistics of AW-IP Replications of Karachi and Punjab

During Chairman‟s visit to Pakistan, the inauguration of two centres in Punjab; Golden Jubilee

Cooperative Housing Society (GJCHS), Rawalpindi and Sargodha, also came into being apart from the

opening ceremonies of AW-IP replication centres in Karachi. Owing to the fact that the centres in

Punjab region are newly established, the enrollment is less as compared to the rest of the centres but

with time enrollment is expected to be increase which is possible by motivating and convincing the

families through awareness sessions and many such programs alike. Right now, a total of 75 people are a

part of the program and benefitting from it.

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Mobile ECD Truck

A unique step of RF in which it strives to provide ECD services to underprivileged and

underserved communities at their door steps. This initiative was launched in the year 2017 and

is currently benefitting 266 individuals among which there are 84 families. The idea and

execution of Mobile ECD Truck received high appreciation from not only families but the

donors and stakeholders during the demonstration session in Islamabad in the month of

November. It has started its coverage to up to 8 locations at the moment and will start new

venues soon in Karachi, while the data of 5 initial locations is given below:

KARACHI

S.# Beneficiaries Metroville Korangi Kharadar Lasi Evershine Total

1 Children 50 12 7 10 10 89

2 Mothers 48 9 7 10 10 84

3 Fathers 48 9 7 10 10 84

4 Grand parents

2 3 0 0 0 5

5 Pregnant

Mothers 3 0 0 0 0 3

6 Newly Wed

Couples 1 0 0 0 0 1

Total 152 33 21 30 30 266

Table 3: Coverage and Enrollment Statistics of Mobile ECD Truck

Umeed (Hope)

Project Umeed (Hope) is a grass-root level Montessori based ECD program for the age group of 3-7

years. ECD plays vital role in development of children. Special involvement of parents and a care giver is

necessary for child development. Custom designed curriculum has been developed for Umeed project

from the best practices of Montessori, ECD programs.

The project Umeed covers four early age groups including ECD-1for children of 3-4 years; ECD-2 for

4-5 years; ECD 3 for 5-6 years; and, ECD 4 for 6-7 years age group. Currently 6 UMEED centers are

running in community

based schools under the

umbrella of Rupani

Foundation with 932

students enrolled.

S.# Centre ECD-I ECD-II

ECD-III

ECD-IV Total

1 Tando Bhago 104 95 0 0 199

2 Tando

Muhammad

Khan

120 90 94 54 358

3 Khyber 41 45 32 24 142

4 Alyabad 55 31 50 - 136

5 Shah Ali 20 25 25 27 97

Total 340 286 201 105 932

Table 4: Number of Beneficiaries Enrolled in Umeed

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Family Involvement for Child Development (FICD)

Family involvement means that families work together with caregivers and teachers to create an

atmosphere that strengthens learning both at the program center and in the home. Parents and families

have the most direct and lasting impact on children's learning and development of social competencies.

When parents are involved, students achieve more, exhibit more positive attitudes and behavior, and

feel more comfortable in new settings. FICD is basically Montessori based ECD program for the children

of age group of 3-5 years. Parents/caregivers are actively involved in FICD class activities.

Rupani Foundation is running five FICD centers in remote areas of Sindh. The total direct beneficiaries

of FICD project are 114. In FICD, RF conducts sessions on weekly basis for both parents and children.

The sessions are divided into three categories known as beginners, Intermediate and advance. Main

focus in FICD sessions is on brain development, nutrition, health and hygiene.

S.# Centre Beginner Intermediate

Advance

Total

1 Aminabad 8 9 8 25

2 Mubarak 12 12 6 30

3 Sultanabad-I 6 8 14 28

4 Sultanabad-II 6 0 6 12

5 Khyber 9 0 10 19

Total 41 29 44 114

Table 5: Statistics of Children Enrolled in FICD Program

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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2017

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EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

During the year 2017 some of the following major achievements were carried accomplished

ECD Programmes in GB, Sindh and Punjab.

GILGIT-BALTISTAN REGION

AW-IP Gilgit:

Establishment of Community Based AW-IP Centres for Year-II: During 2017, RF

management team conducted dialogues and meeting with councils, local bodies,

communities and parents to ensure the understanding of the AW-IP model prior to setting

up new AW-IP centres. To ensure the in-depth understanding of the model and the

importance of ECD I – III, the team conducted awareness sessions for parents and

communities at each Jamat Khanas of relevant AW-IP Centres. During recruitment process,

ECD team also assisted councils and communities and helped FSMs in setting up the physical

environment of AW-IP Centres. Details of 9 centres for 2017 are as below:

S. No Name of Centre Village Local Council Regional Council District

1 Darkut Darkut Silgan Yasin Ghizer

2 Phander Phander Phander Gupis Ghizer

3 Chatorkhand Chatorkhand Chatorkhand Ishkoman Ghizer

4 Oshikhandass Oshikhandass Danyore Gilgit Gilgit

5 Aliabad Aliabad Aliabad Hyderabad Hunza Hunza

6 Hyderabad Hyderabad Aliabad Hyderabad Hunza Hunza

7 Gulmit Gulmit Gulmit Hunza Hunza

8 Hoper Hoper Nil Nil Nagar

9 Skardu Skardu Skardu Gilgit Skardu

Meeting with Partner Organization: RF had an extensive meeting with Plan

International Pakistan representatives eagerly wanting to know about AW-IP model under

RF‟s ECD intervention. A visit to AW-IP Gitch was also carried out where the guest team

commended the programme in a debriefing session. RF and Plan mutually agreed on

exchanging technical support wherein RF will train Plan‟s Lady Health Workers and Plan will

support RF in strengthening Health and Nutrition component as a new initiative.

Training on Capacity Building for FSMs: A month long AW-IP training conducted for

the newly appointed FSMs for replication centres and existing untrained RF FSMs, a number

of 26 FSMs attended the course at AW-IP centre Gilgit. The purpose of the course was to

enhance their understanding about child development and practical exposure regarding

AW-IP model. It was focused on theory and practical aspects; in morning session the

participants were practically involved in classroom practices and in the afternoon theory

session were discussed.

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Refresher Courses for FSMs of Year-I (2016): Two workshops were conducted for

the FSMs of year 2016. The purpose was to share good practice and challenges and to share

the recent developments in daily practices.

Curriculum Guidelines for AW-IP Programme: Under the guidance of CEO RF

Pakistan and CEO ECDNP, ECD team drafted AW-IP curriculum guidelines aligned with the

current practices and existing guidelines, and has been shared to ECO ECDNP for further

processes.

Development and Finalization of Tools: AW-IP and MER team developed and finalized

the tools for assessment of different activities including training evaluation tool, follow-up

visits format, admission form, registration form, child assessment formats for different age

groups, classroom observations checklist and MER.

Maintenance of Students’ Record: In each centre the record of students was partially

maintained, ECD team managed and maintained the record since 2009.

Setting up Learning Environment: According to the nature of age group age relevant

material was displayed in the classrooms which attracted and engaged the interest of

children and parents as well.

Follow-up Visits: The academic team made follow-up visits to each centre in GB to

support FMS in daily routines and discuss good practices and challenges, during these visits

ensured the language, confidence, discussions with mothers and ECD committees.

Introduction of “Me and My Dad” Session: Fathers play vital role in their child

development, previously sessions were conducted for fathers in AW-IP centres, and this

year we spared a day in which fathers were supposed to be active participants in daily

routines. The purpose of this activity was to ensure their role, to make them aware of

dealing children in different activities, to make them aware of the daily routines and

understand the key messages on child development.

Music and Chinese Language Sessions: Four staff members have been trained in music

and Chinese language. An initial training consisted of three months have been given to two

staff of AW-IP Zulfiqarabad and ELM Centre Zulfiqarabad. Chinese language has been

introduced in classes where children, teachers and mothers have started to learn the basics

of the language. However, music classes will be started as soon as the procurement of

instruments is done.

National and International Events: To bring forward children‟s hidden potentialities,

national and international events, e.g. plantation day, environmental day, hand washing day,

children universal day have been celebrated in centres, which boosted the confidence and

creativity of the children. This also links a student to global practices and gives a thought of

awareness.

Quarterly Meetings with RF Management: There have been internal meetings of ECD

team with RF staff at Core Office in Management Review Meeting to discuss the progress,

issues and upcoming activities.

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ELM Centre Gilgit:

Annual Action Plan and Academic Plan: Annual action plan and annual academic plan

for 2017 were developed and implemented focusing on weekly and monthly based. At the

end of each week themes/topics for next week were planned and taught.

ECD Teacher Training: Four newly appointed and untrained ECD teachers were sent to

attend Montessori training at RF Hyderabad for four months. The objective was to give the

basic knowledge and skills in Montessori teaching approach. In this training supporting

material especially material on language (language packages) were developed to ensure

proper implementation of topics and themes during classroom practices.

ECD Section-C: Due to the high influx of applications for admissions in ECD-I at ELM

Centre Zulfiqarabad, another section named as “Section-C” was introduced which led to an

increase in the overall strength of students from 53 to 114.

Increase in fee: Increased tuition fee which covers stationary, registration fee, heating fee

and admission fee.

Ongoing Support: Academic staff provided ongoing support during classroom practices in

content and methodology; they also provided teaching and learning material and support in

their teaching.

Trainee Teachers: To assist class teacher, trainee teachers were hired in all classes. This

practice seemed effective to manage classes while focusing on students‟ individual needs.

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SINDH & PUNJAB REGION

It is the year 2017 in which Rupani Foundation South office has scaled up its Agah Walidain-

Informed Parents (AW-IP) programme beyond Hyderabad Region. RF South Office established

9 AW-IP centers in Karachi metropolis and Punjab in two phases. In the first phase, early 2017,

RF South established 3 centers in Karachi: Al Azhar, Jiwani and Gulshan e Noor. In the second

phase, in September 2017, six more AW-IP Centers, 4 in Karachi and 2 in Punjab, and a mobile

ECD service has been established. Overall, the extent of RF South to beneficiary parents and

children has reached up to 700. Currently, mobile ECD truck is reaching to 8 locations and

benefiting more than 80 families (mothers and children) who live in low income areas in

Karachi.

Following are the highlights of progress made in the year 2017:

Good Working Relationship: Good working relationship has been built with

Community Institutions at regional and local level in Karachi, Hyderabad and Punjab.

Introducing Community Based Approach: Introduced Community Based (CB)

approach in Karachi and RF remained successful in its implementation by convincing

community leaders.

Consultative Meetings: RF South team conducted series of consultative meetings with

National, Regional, Local and community level to introduce and orient about ECD and Agah

Walidain programme.

Awareness Sessions: RF South team conducted more than one sessions in potential

locations in Karachi to create awareness about ECD and Agah Walidian programme in

consultation with portfolio offices of 4 Local Councils (LEBs, AKSWBs and One Window

Operation Projects) and building maintenance committees.

Formation of ECD Committees: Motivated community and formed 4 ECD

Committees to run the Community Based AW-IP centers.

Establishment of AW-IP Centres in Sindh Region: Established AW-IP centers in

South region and 4 Community Based AW-IP centers in Karachi.

Establishment of AW-IP Centres in Punjab Region: During Chairman‟s visit to

Pakistan, 2 Community Based AW-IPs centers in Punjab (Golden Jubilee Colony, Rawalpindi

and Sargodha) were inaugurated.

S. No Name of Centre Type Location Region

1 Al-Noor CB Karachi Sindh

2 Alyabad CB Karachi Sindh

3 Leadership Academy Garden CB Karachi Sindh

4 Karim-Nagar CB Karachi Sindh

5 Golden Jubilee Cooperative Housing Society CB Rawalpindi Punjab

6 AW-IP Sargodha CB Sargodha Punjab

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Mobile ECD Truck: Introduced first ever mobile ECD service in Karachi. Mobile ECD

truck currently covers 8 locations in Karachi (Gulzar Rahim, Gulzar Hunza, Gulzar Hussain,

A.Hameed colony in Metroville, Korangi, Evershine, Kharadar and Laasi Lee Market).

Comprehensive insurance of mobile ECD truck with insurance company SPI has been done

to provide financial coverage in case of loss and damage.

Orientation and Presentation of Mobile ECD: for NGOs with facilitation of ECDNP

(Open society Institute), Plan Pakistan, JICA, SPARC, UNICEF, Regional Council for South,

Little Fellows, Edu. Advisor visit and AIOU in Islamabad between October 30, 2017 and

November 9, 2017. Interview of Academic Coordinator Ms. Laila and mobile ECD session

was broadcasted live by FM POWER 99 on 30th and 31st October 2017. ECDNP facilitated

the mobile ECD presentation, CEO and PM South also present.

AW-IP Teachers Training: Hired with ECD committees and trained 16 Family Support

Motivators (FSMs) teachers and 8 Volunteers for newly established AW-IP.

UMEED Teachers Training: Under UMEED programme, 29 ECD teachers of CBS

Tando Mohammad Khan and CBS Tando Bhago have been trained in the month of October,

2017 and RF's UMEED programme syllabus has been implemented in its true spirit.

Technical and academic support from Academic Coordinators to Agah Walidain, FICD and

UMEED teachers are being given to implement the programme as per plan.

Expansion of Mobile ECD Truck Facility: Working is on progress on mobile ECD

service to Punjab with LEB Multan and LEB Sargodha and feasibility report has been

submitted to CEO.

Agreement with LC Tando Turel: To bring improvement in troubled AW-IP centers of

Tando Bhago and Mohammadabad in Thatta area agreement has been shared with Local

Council Tando Turel.

Visit of Knowledge for Children (US) Team to RF centres: 5 team members from

Knowledge for Children (US), a partner of RF visited AW-IP centers in Hyderabad and

Karachi, and paid a visit to Mobile ECD Unit and appreciated the efforts of RF. Dr. Shehnaz

Rajpari conducted short session mothers on health, hygiene and gynecology related issues.

They also visited CBS Khyber where RF conducted one-week Umeed training for teachers

from two CBS schools, Khyber and Shah Ali. Nooruddin Rupani and Dr. Shehnaz made

motivational speeches about education of parents and children. Meetings were also

conducted where KC team assured of providing financial support for establishment of AW-

IP centre in Metroville, in addition to that it promised to provide resources to initiate

nutrition programme as incentive. Nooruddin Rajpari and his team promised with

community of Al Noor to provide scholarships for higher education and will resolve water

scarcity issue.

Visit of Chairman’s Family to RF centres: Family of Honorable Chairman visited

mobile ECD in Korangi on 14th November 2017 and appreciated the ECD services.

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Pilot Project of AW-IP in Badin: RF got one year funded pilot project from Foundation

for Open Society Institute (FOSI) title "Introducing Agah-Walidain (informed parents) (AW-

IP) approach in the government schools in Sindh" for district Badin, Sindh.

Record Maintenance: Students‟ data has been computerized with complete information

in fields which will help us to track the record. Also, computer based format for attendance

has been developed, collection of attendance data is in practice and being shared with

Chairman on bi weekly basis.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

During the reporting year, though projects under skill development component have been

completed successfully, one of the enterprises in Summayar Nagar out of many project

locations has been handed over to the local organization namely Tanzeem Khair-ul-Amal. This

is a yearlong contract under which trained individuals and equipment provided by RF has been

ceded to the organization. In this centre, trained individuals make gems products, which is a

source of income generation for them.

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Following are the main events that took place

during the year 2017:

HIGHLIGHTS OF MAIN EVENTS IN

2017

Jubilee Cooperative Housing Society, Rawalpindi.

A Grand Opening Ceremony was also organized

to celebrate the achievement of launching new ECD centres and mobile unit. A massive

participation of community members, Local

Council representatives, RF board members and

the parents was seen at the event, where

parents also participated. Mr. Chairman shared

his thoughts on ECD and its significance, while

the Chief Guest of the event highly appreciated

the initiatives of Rupani Foundation.

It is mandatory to mention RF South team's

efforts including FSMs, who diligently worked to

finalize the establishment of AW-IP centers with

installation of necessary ECD material including

mobile ECD truck. 20 FSMs were trained in the

two-week training, who already started

conducting regular sessions in each centre and

mobile ECD truck before the inauguration

ceremonies.

National Conference on Early Childhood

Care and Education (ECCE) Pakistan

The first ever National Conference on Early

Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in

Pakistan was organized by The Ministry of Federal

Education and Professional Training, in

collaboration with Early Childhood Development

Network of Pakistan (ECDNP), and key partners including Rupani Foundation, Allama Iqbal Open

University, UNICEF, UNESCO, JICA, PLAN

International, Foundation Open Society Institute,

PARWAAN and POWER 99 Foundation. It was a

two-day event which took place on 27th March

2017 and ended on 28th March, 2017.

The theme of the conference was: „Envisioning

Holistic Early Childhood Care and Education for

Pakistan: Creating an Equitable, Pluralistic and

Sustainable Society‟. The main objective was to

bring all ECCE stakeholders to one forum and

instill the sense of networking and collaborations

by reviewing the current status of ECCE in

Pakistan and to collaboratively share the lessons

learnt and best practices during the course to

expand and improve it in the future, and also to

disseminate it with wider audience.

Inauguration of New Community Based

AW-IP Centres in Sindh and Punjab Region

Chairman Rupani Foundation, Mr. Nasruddin

Rupani visited Pakistan during the month of

September 2017, to inaugurate several

Community Based AW-IP centres in Karachi and

Punjab, and one Mobile ECD Unit in Karachi. Four

Community Based AW-IP centres were

inaugurated in Karachi in Al-Noor, Alyabad,

Karim-Nagar and Garden, and Mobile ECD Unit in

Metroville, while two centres were inaugurated in

Punjab; one in Sargodha and one in Golden

Sponsorship for Diamond Jubilee Sports

Festivals (DJSF)

Rupani Foundation during Diamond Jubilee

celebration sponsored Diamond Jubilee Sports

Festival (DJSF). The Phase-I of the event took

place on 25th November, 2017, where around

800 participants & more than 1000 spectators witnessed the festival at Jinnah Sports Complex.

Volleyball (international & traditional), Track

and Field Games, Special person & senior citizen

race, Swimming, Throw Ball, Cricket, Football,

Wall climbing, Badminton, Table tennis,

Taekwondo, Chess & Basketball were played.

The event resulted in selection of participants

who would compete in the phase-II of the

event. The selected participants will represent

Central region In National DJSF games

scheduled from 4-8 February, 2018. The squad

consists of 199 players, out of which half of

them are women.

DJSF provided an opportunity for youth to

interact with people from different cultural

backgrounds. The prime focus of the event

apart from competition was to foster harmony

and inculcate a message of peace in society.

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Mobile ECD: An Innovation of Rupani Foundation

Rupani Foundation is striving hard to benefit the

underserved and underprivileged communities

of Pakistan since 2007. It has set up more than

30 Agah Walidain centres in GB, Sindh and

Punjab, while more centres are in the pipeline.

Apart from the centres, RF initiated another

plan of providing ECD services to the families at

their doorstep by launching Mobile ECD truck.

The Mobile ECD facility is a simple truck

equipped with ECD materials, age relevant

books and toys, audio and video equipment

(LED), air-conditioner, learning corners and

displays with selected ECD themes, colorful and

comfortable floor seating accompanied by two

well-trained Family Support Motivators (FSMs).

It is currently targeting five under-served

colonies reaching out to around 200 families

who do not have access to any early childhood

development programme. RF is aiming to

extend this facility to as many disadvantaged

children as it could in the whole country. This

year in 2017, Chairman during his visit

inaugurated Mobile ECD Truck in Karachi,

which covers areas of Metroville, Gulzar-e-

Rahim and Korangi. This initiative has received

commendable remarks from the donors and

many stakeholders. More than 50 families are

currently enrolled and the figure is expected to

increase in the coming months. During the month of November 2017, the

Mobile ECD was taken to Islamabad for a

demonstration to its donors and ECD experts,

facilitated by CEO RF and CEO ECDNP. The

list include; Foundation Open Society Institute

(FOSI), UNICEF, World Food Programme,

JICA, SPARC, Plan International Pakistan,

Government Official, Rural Support Programme

Network (RSPN) and representatives from

Allama Iqbal Open University.

Establishment of New Community Based AW-IP Centres in Gilgit-Baltistan

In 2017, 9 communities welcomed RF's

intervention of establishing Community Based

AW-IP centres, also known as replications, in

remote areas of GB including; Phander, Darkut,

Chatorkhand, Oshikhandas, Aliabad, Hyderabad,

Hoper, Gulmit and Skardu. In this regard, two

individuals from each location were provided

with technical training on ECD and AW-IP

model of RF. These individuals after receiving

training from RF are called Family Support

Motivators (FSMs). These FSMs, after being

trained in a month long training, are responsible

for running AW-IP centres and imparting skills

taught to them to the mothers, caregivers or

attendants of the child during regular sessions

and through different awareness sessions. RF

during the month of April 2017 selected FSMs,

nominated by their respective communities, and

conducted one month training for them. This

training encompassed not only theoretical

component but also focused on practical

sessions equipping them with hands on

experience of teaching which they demonstrate

in their centres.

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Case Study

Rupani Foundation in the month of October 2017 conducted a case study to assess the ground

reality of its AW-IP model and its sustainability in the village of Hasis of Ghizer district. The

purpose of conducting this study was to develop a research article for its publication in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Journal by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU). An

abstract of the case study is presented below:

Sustainable and Holistic

ECD Model for Rural

Areas of Pakistan: A Case

Study of AW-IP Model in

Hasis Village

The notion of holistic Early

Childhood Development (ECD)

intervention remains far from

achieved without inclusion of

parents, caregivers and

communities. Grappling with the

challenges in prenatal and post

natal health, antenatal care,

nutrition of mothers and children

are equally important in

upbringing of a strong mind and

body. In Pakistan, ECD is

generally confined to early

learning and stimulation and

majority of interventions focus on

children between 3-8 years. Such

confinement of ECD programs to

certain group and activities

negates the essence of true Early

Childhood Development.

Contemporary researches reveal

that most rapid changes in brain

development occur from

conception to 3 years and

parental engagement at this stage

is mandatory for optimal and

holistic growth of children as 80

percent of child learning is

accredited to home

environments. Pioneering the

concept of conception to 3 years

ECD in Pakistan, RF introduced

its community based Agah-

Walidain cognitive

abilities, physical development. social skills, emotional intelligence,

ethics, parental engagement, health, nutrition and hygiene by

engaging communities in discourse of ECD. The model is specifically

designed and developed in Pakistan to address wide array of

challenges faced by children, their mothers, families and

communities. Contextualized in the Pakistani context, the model

has potential to be scaled up in rural settings with scarce resources,

poor infrastructure and limited accesses. Taking a holistic approach

towards ECD, Agah-Walidain emphasis on parental involvement

and community involvement through centre, home and community

based programs. The Family Support Motivators (FSM's) help the

communities to establish conducive environments within homes

and villages for optimal and holistic development of children. With

the participation of community based organizations, the

communities ensure financial sustainability and continuation of

Agah-Walidain Programme. In order to assess the effectiveness,

success and potential of Agah-Walidain model in remote, isolated

and marginalized setting of Hasis Village in Gilgit-Baltistan, a

research was carried out. The specific objective of the research was

to explore the potential of cost effective community based ECD

that could be extended to other parts of Pakistan. In this regard the

results revealed that it is imperative to imbue the concept of social

capital, based on integration of different stake holders of the

community including parents, community members, teachers and

other civil society agencies like Village Organizations (VO's),

Women Organizations (WO's). Thus this integration between

different stake holders and agencies makes the community based

programs like AW-IP more sustainable by generating the social

capital in terms of cooperation for mutual action to bring in long-

term sustainable change.

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FUTURE INITIATIVES FOR THE YEAR

2018

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EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Gilgit-Baltistan Region

During 2018 the following main activities will be carried out:

One new ELM centre will be established, while the existing centre in Gilgit will be extended

in terms of infrastructure and introduction of new class of ECD-IV which will cater the age

group of 7-8 years of children.

9 new AW-IP centres will be started in different regions under replication model.

Recruitment of FSMs and procurement of material will be ensured for smooth running of

the centres.

Teacher trainings will be organised for newly recruited FSMs with contemporary knowledge

and methodologies to be able to cope with challenges that arise with every passing time.

Music and Chinese language initiatives will be expanded to other centres.

Refresher courses will be conducted for existing FSMs year-2.

Yogis will be appointed to ensure yoga practices in all centres of AW-IP.

Appointment of Principal for ELM centres.

AW-IP Curriculum Guidelines will be implemented in all centres.

Follow-up and monitoring visits will be conducted in order to know the progress made and

issues faced on ground level.

Sindh & Punjab Region

Implementation work of one year pilot project title "Introducing Agah-Walidain (informed

parents) (AW-IP) approach in the government schools in Sindh" in district Badin.

Taking Local Council Hyderabad in confidence for phase-wise shifting of AW-IP centers to

community

Introduction of nutrition, health and hygiene component in Agah Walidain programmes by

establishing partnerships with relevant institutions.

More sessions will be conducted in Karachi, Hyderabad region and in Punjab to create

awareness about Agah Walidain programme and inclusion of more and more mobile ECD

locations beyond existing 8.

Scaling up programme Family Involvement in Child Development (FICD) by introducing it in

two centers, Al-Azhar and Jiwani in Karachi.

Establishing more AW-IP centers in potential areas in Karachi like Rahimabad, Metroville

and other areas where community demanded.

Extension of mobile ECD centers in Punjab region and work is in progress through Local

Council and LEBs.

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Skill development has been one of the main thematic areas of RF and for that purpose RF plans

to run it for a longer term by executing the divestment process of gems centres in Gahkuch,

Hunza and Danyore. It plans to run gems centre in Danyore commercially where revenues

would be generated and help the centre in its long term sustainability.

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Glimpses of Main Events of 2017

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION

(ECCE) PAKISTAN

Picture 1. Chairman Rupani Foundatio, Mr. Nasruddin Rupani delivering a speech during conference.

Picture 2. Honorable guests watching the program

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Picture 3. RF officials in a group photo

Picture 4. A diverse audience from different organizations watching the program

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INAUGURATION OF NEW COMMUNITY BASED AW-IP CENTRES IN SINDH

AND PUNJAB REGION

Picture 5. Ribbon cutting ceremony of Mobile ECD by Chairman RF and other representatives

Picture 6. Inauguration of AW-IP Golden Jubilee Cooperative Housing Society (GJCHS), Rawalpindi

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Picture 7. Mr. Chairman having a word with mothers.

Picture 8 Mr. Chairman sharing his thoughts on ECD during Grand Opening Ceremony in Karachi.

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MOBILE ECD: AN INNOVATION OF RUPANI FOUNDATION

Picture 9. An outlook of Mobile ECD:An innovation of Rupani Foundation

Picture 10. Rear view of Mobile ECD vehicle

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Picture 11. Academic Coordinator briefing Plan Pakistan representatives about the Mobile ECD and AW-IP

program

Picture 12. Representatives from various organizations being briefed about AW-IP activities

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SPONSORSHIP FOR DIAMOND JUBILEE SPORTS FESTIVALS (DJSF)

Picture 13. Taekwondo participant in full spin

Picture 14. A chess player trying to make a move during chess competition

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Picture 15. Representatives from Regional Council watching the event

Picture 16. Local musicians performing during the event

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www.rupanifoundation.org

Founded in 2007, Rupani Foundation, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization. The Foundation

works on Skill Development and Early Childhood Care and Education to empower rural and under-

privileged masses. It is a non-ethnic, non-religious, non-communal organization extending its‟

indiscriminate support in Pakistan.

Pakistan Office:

University Road, Konodas, Gilgit,

Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Telephone: +92-5811-459709

Fax: +92-5811-457888

www.rupanifoundation.org