Friends Welfare Association Pakistan Contents 01 02 04 Foreword News Updates FWA Introduction 05 07 29 Theory of Change Strengthening Education Supporting Access to Girls System Secondary Education 39 43 49 Mainstreaming OOSCs Monitoring & Evaluation The Year 2019 – AT A GLANCE in Formal Schooling System Major Events during 2019 60 63 Stories of Hopes Financial Report ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Foreword The annual report of 2019, gives an account of the schooling system at post primary level and 492 girls progress, we have made over the last year and is a have so far passed the SSC examination from the very important tool of FWA for assessing the progress supported community managed schools of FWA in of its various programs, gathering all information at district Mansehra and Torghar. Along with this, one place and then presenting it to a variety of construction of Girls secondary school in Khairabad audiences. Looking back at the year 2019, it is hard to and Girls Middle school in village Baki is also a big know where to begin as so much as happened and achievement during the year 2019. things seem to have moved so fast. We are elated to be presenting an extremely In Pakistan, over the past few years, the working successful proof-of-concept with 4783 OOSCs have environment for the humanitarian organizations has been enrolled against the target of 3900 in target substantially been changed since the introduction of three districts of Mansehra, Batagram and Torghar of “Foreign Contribution Act” by Government of KP Province during the year of 2019 while ensuring Pakistan. FWA has been repositioning itself 95% retention rate. What the results really mean on strategically in the rapidly changing external context the ground is that children from the marginalized by strengthening its existing programs and adding areas who were excluded from the education's cycle new initiatives with synergistic approaches with have been brought under the fold of education and GOP's needs and priorities. are now receiving quality education in schools to excel in higher education and in life. We really The biggest achievement of the year has been the celebrate the successes and acknowledge the Renewal of MOU with Economic Affairs Division challenges that we have faced. Pakistan. Home Department of KP Province has issued the NOCs for all the programs and projects of I feel really obliged to acknowledge that Government FWA and hence on legal and administrative level, at every level is fundamental to progress made this there is no hurdle for FWA in executing its year. We look forward for many more years of this interventions in the field. shared commitment. During the past year, the project “Promoting Girls' I bid special gratitude to the Board of Directors of FWA Education through Improved Learning Environment who have helped the organization by steering its in KP Province remained continued where Phase 2nd direction strategically and providing timely feedback of the said project successfully concluded and Phase on crucial issues. 3rd is in progress and is also heading towards its completion. Under the before mentioned two I am also extremely grateful to all members of my phases, in total, fieen (15) vulnerable schools have team who have strived to make all the organization's been supported in term of improving the physical interventions successful. infrastructure and learning environment of these target schools. 3171 vulnerable children have been In the end, I would like to extend my gratitude to our provided safe and protective learning friendly donors and partners whose generous support has environment at target fieen (15) schools. enabled us to make all the notable achievements that we made during the past year. Similarly, the program of FWA “Supporting Access to Girls' Secondary Education”, targeting hard –to- reach and socially excluded regions of KP Province has continuously been applauded by KP Government and local communities. So far, 6000 vulnerable girls have benefitted at secondary and higher secondary Executive Director level who were otherwise excluded from the 01 YEAR 2019 – News Update MoU with Economic Affairs Division Dist. Govt Acknowledgment ERA NOC E&SE KP NOC 02 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Home & Tribal Affairs Department KP NOCs 03 Organization's Introduction Friends Welfare Association (FWA) Pakistan is a non- I n te r n a t i o n a l pa r t n e rs , co r p o ra te s e c to r for-profit national organization, registered under organizations and UN organizations to provide a Societies Registration Act of 1860 and is also widely accessible, equitable and quality educational registered with Economic Affairs Division (EAD) system in the disadvantaged and under-served Pakistan under the new NGO registration Policy of communities of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government of Pakistan. The organization has been (KP) and state of AJ&K. The organization has been a awarded with NPO certification by Pakistan Center for predictable contributor with Government of Pakistan Philanthropy (PCP) and also has a tax exemption by supplementing and complementing its efforts for status under section 2(36) of ITO 2001. improving the access and quality of education for the vulnerable children by removing all the elements of FWA was evolved in 2002 by motivated youth and got exclusion. formally registered in 2006. The organization was established with a vision to have a Caring Community The organization has been providing the educational in which every human has a precious life of equal support especially for girls at all levels i.e. primary, values that respect freedom, equality and social secondary and tertiary level through its various harmony. Since its inception, FWA has been working in programs each having its own strategy and partnership with and funding support from methodology. Focused Areas: Education School Safety WASH Infrastructure Development Disaster Risk Reduction Social Inclusion 04 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Organizational Theory of Change FWA has a vision to work for a caring community in keeping the participation and inclusion of which every human has a precious life of equal values Government in the decision making process. Once an that respect freedom, equality and social harmony. individual of a vulnerable segment of society is The mission of the organization has focused to empowered through acquiring quality education in a empower the communities especially the life-long learning environment, subsequent marginalized and underserved segments of societies empowerments such as economic, social, political, to eradicate poverty and suffering on sustainable legal/psychological do follow spontaneously. basis. All the programmatic interventions of Friends Through education, individual of a vulnerable Welfare Association have been designed in conformity segment of society get better access and opportunities with a definite theory of change to achieve the social in the work force. Once such an individual is change and empowerment of the marginalized and economically independent, it raises his/her social, underserved segments of society envisaged in its political and psychological standing in society as well. vision and mission. All the interventions of FWA have not been limited to FWA has a definite theory of change which is centered just service delivery or catering to the needs of supply around education of vulnerable individuals and to side. In fact, all the programmatic interventions of FWA build a protective and enabling environment for such including the educational interventions do comprise vulnerable individuals (women, youth, PWDs, religious the robust components of advocacy and mobilization. minorities etc.) in society. Major interventions of FWA Under this approach, FWA on one hand contributes have been the field of education; however, FWA has with Government by fulfilling the gap between also successfully executed programmatic Government service delivery and communities' needs interventions in the field of health, Water, Sanitation of social services. On the other hand, FWA builds the a n d H y g i e n e ( W A S H ) , l i v e l i h o o d , w o m e n capacity of the local communities about their rights empowerment, empowerment of persons with and guide them to organize in social groups and then disabilities (PWDs), rights of elderly people etc. demand the office bearers to address the issues of the right holders. In its model of empowerment, FWA's focus is on core element i.e. educational empowerment of individuals Thus such empowered individuals of a vulnerable who belong to marginalized segments of society and segment of society have better understanding of their who are always at risk of exclusion and exploitation. In rights and have better say and control in matters this regard, FWA has prioritized all levels of education regarding their lives in a protective and enabling i.e. primary, secondary and tertiary education while environment where they live. 05 1. Strengthening Educational System Through Infrastructure Development Support ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Strengthening Educational System through Infrastructure Development Support 1.1) Program's Context and Achievements till 2018: In the year of 2010, Friends Welfare Association in partnership with Kokkyo Naki Kodomotachi (KnK Japan) and Government of Pakistan's line departments had initiated a broad scale program to strengthen the educational system through infrastructural development support and capacity development of the school players in the disaster affected areas of district Mansehra of KP Province and three districts of State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) with the financial support of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Japan. Till 2017 in total 60 schools have been constructed and handed over to Government Education Department. Under the said program, in the year of 2018, a new intervention of “Promoting education through improved learning environment in KP Province” was initiated and so far its three phases have been executed in the target areas of district Mansehra of KP Province.