BUNYAD Brief

Our Values

Bunyad has been working in approximately 5000 villages in 500 Union councils on various projects in Pakistan. Bunyad is currently working on a large number of projects including social protection program to combat child labour in surgical instruments, carpet weaving industries and soccer ball.  Programs raising awareness on child rights and advocacy aimed at elimination of child labour from hazardous occupation are being implemented in Sialkot, Multan and Shiekhupura. The rehabilitation of camel jockeys in Rahim Yar Khan is also a major project of Bunyad. It has touched about 20 Districts. Women’s economic & social    empowerment is a major goal of Bunyad’s projects. Bunyad works with women through the formation of groups, providing them literacy, skills training and micro credit activities, supported by Federal Ministry of Women’s Development, Khushali Bank and PPAF. Health & employment opportunities are the support programs for women.  Hundreds of young women participate in Bunyad’s initiatives as teachers acting as ‘mujahida-ilm’, the harbingers of social change.Emphasizing the need to bring rural women into politics, BUNYAD   collaborated with the Election Commission of Pakistan & the UNDP in the Democratization Program. This program educated women about the election processes, the importance of democracy and their duty to vote. By encouraging and facilitating women to make their National Identity cards, Bunyad ensured their participation in the county’s elections. This met with most encouraging results.  In addition, Bunyad in collaboration with Punjab Local Government and UNDP initiated the Mushaliat Anjuman-Gender Justice project in 107 Union councils of Bahawalpur. This program gave rural women a chance for getting justice at their door step.   Understanding that activities for improving the lives of rural women & children need to be multi-dimensional, Bunyad has an integrated holistic approach in its projects. Combining various in-puts such as Literacy, Micro-Credit, Health, Reproductive Health etc, Bunyad effectively caters to the diverse needs of individuals and communities. Bunyad has an established training and capacity building wing engaged in regular trainings conducted at various project locations. Human resource development is an ongoing activity Bunyad as it emphasizes  on the Training of Trainers, capacity building opportunities of communities &  partner NGO’s and CBO’s   The research and publication unit is involved in printing conscious raising material, research documents, monthly newsletters  and booklets for learners who are a part of both the formal and nonformal education system.
The achievements of Bunyad have been recognized at the national, regional and international levels. It has received two UNESCO Awards for outstanding work in the field of literacy and NFE. Bunyad ‘s activities have been recognized as it has been awarded the Comenius Medals in 1998  UNESCO, Paris &  was also given the King Sejog Award by UNESCO , Paris  . At the national level, Aziz e Fazilat, a Presidential award was given to Shaheen Attiq-ur-Rahman, for her active role in promoting Education in Pakistan.

Bunyad Reaching Out 1992-2009
 

Women	Children	Integrated
AE/Adult Literacy  WEC/Women’s Economic Concern       Credit  Vocational skills  MAJA/gender justice  FEC/Family Education  Girls education  Training of Teachers/NFE/AE  Democratization  Women’s vote  Mobile literacy  Mothers health  Women & Finance  Women’s health committees  NIC Cards  DAI Training/ EMoc  Populating spacing/Fm Planning      HIV/Aids  Hygiene/ prevention health  Nutrition  TT vaccination’s.	Protection & rehabilitation. NFE UPE College Schooling : Formal System Soccer ball stitches FIFA Carpet kids surgical CIRC/ RYKhan Street children’s literacy Peer Educators Youth groups CFS/Child Friendly Schools. ECCWD Sustained centers CLC New born Babies health Immunization/Polio. Apprenternship Special developed reading materials Children Health	MDG’s EFA VEC Water Clean drinking Arsenic Preservation Sanitation Latrines Environment awareness Trees Livestock Development Special ICE/Training Center Dormitory Newspaper Publication Surveys Research Library Construed  HQ Training Center Hafizabad Training Center TB Awareness

1. Belief that without a shared vision there
  can be no direction of collective social
  conduct.

2. Commitment to team building and team
   work

3. Belief in democratic governance

4. Honesty and sincerity of purpose

5. Responsibility for collective social good and
   support for human rights including rights of
   children and women as human rights

6. Accountability and transparency both in
   financial and organizational matters.

7. Commitment to professional growth and
   development

8. Respect for the individual regardless of
   caste, creed, religion or social class.

9. Sensitivity to gender issues