Bunyad Literacy Community Council (BLCC) is a Non-governmental, non-political and non-profit NGO founded in 1994 by a group of dedicated persons who wanted to make a difference in the lives of rural communities, by alleviating poverty and empowering them to improve their quality of life through literacy, as the first step to development. Started in 1992 as a project involving networking of NGO's to promote Adult Education & Literacy of adolescent girls. Encouraging girls in formal schools , reducing and the large numbers of drop outs and promoting quality education, as an essential ingredient in complementing & assisting the country to reach the EFA (Education for all) goal's. Recognizing that the quality of life of marginalized rural communities, especially women & children, required many interventions & strategies.

BUNYAD was registered in 1994 with the Social Welfare Department, with a mandate to work all over in the Province of Punjab. Bunyad sought to deliver education to girls & young mothers in the rural areas, through non-Formal methodology and developed a non-formal education model, for children, adolescent girls & adult women. Bunyad has gradually expanded itself both in geographical areas of operation as well as its thematic areas. BUNYAD has constructed ICE –Institute of Community Education, for ongoing trainings. Training spaces were also constructed in Hafizabad & Sialkot, to give permanency to our vision. Community development was essential for sustainability of any rural program & this became the practice of BUNYAD for all interventions. It is presently active & in 11 districts of the province of Punjab and particularly in more than,500 villages, keeping the Union Councils as the focal place for development change. Building Social Capital became the main thrust of BUNYAD & in addition to literacy and non-formal education, included projects in such as child labor, women's empowerment for poverty alleviation, saving and micro credit, community development, integrated farming, sanitation, health of mother & new born child, reproductive health, Gender Justice at the door –step, clean water awareness, environment, Disaster Management & Rehabilitation of the disadvantaged came on the anvil as the requirements of the Communities were aired. Bunyad has an experienced Team of Master trainer, who has provided trainings throughout Pakistan.

BLCC's aims to build Social Capital, to empower marginalized communities and groups through their participation for their self development. The corner stone is literacy and education which not only enable's them to achieve EFA goals & the benchmarks of MDG's but also for the overall socio-economic development of a country. The best way for sustainable development is the 3-pronged thrust of literacy, community capacity building and micro-credit, as essential factors in poverty alleviation, integrating women & older children at all levels.

Bunyad is active in 18 Dstricts of Punjab namely Rahim Yar Khan, Hafizabad, Muzaffargarh, Multan, Sialkot, Lahore, Mandi Bah-Ud-Din, Khushab, Rawalpindi, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Nankana Sahib, Mianwali, Lodhran, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Narowal and Jhang. Working directly & with partners. rough out the province of Punjab.