HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Heritage Eco Building and Humanitarian Aid Programs

Sustainable shelters provide refuge during floods Tomb of Jam Nizam al Din, WHS Makli

HERITAGE FOUNDATION is a based, not-for-profit, social and cultural entrepreneur research and advocacy organization that was established in 1980 by Suhail Zaheer Lari and Yasmeen Lari as a family Trust for saving Pakistan’s cultural heritage. Heritage Foundation (HF) is now incorporated under Section 42 of Com- panies Ordinance 1984. Under the stewardship of Architect Yasmeen Lari, Sitara-i- Imtiaz, HF has been instrumental in saving a large number of heritage treasures in the country. The endangered Shish Mahal ceiling of the 16th c. Fort World Shish Mahal ceiling stabilization, WHS Lahore Fort Heritage Site was stabilized along with co-authoring the Lahore Fort Master Plan by Lari as UNESCO’s National Advisor (2003-2005), as well as the conservation of 19th c. treasures Sethi House, Peshawar and Denso Hall, . Conservation and digitization has been carried out of fragile 19th and 20th c. records of Karachi Mu- nicipality, including several thousand maps and drawings, which are being uploaded as Karachi eLibrary. Extensive works carried out by HF at World Heritage Site Makli, Thatta, include con- Conservation of Sethi House, Peshawar dition survey project for the remarkable tomb of Jam Nizam al Din, Damage Assess- ment Mission after 2010 floods, and Emergency Assistance to the Tomb of Samma Noble 1; preparation of the first-ever comprehensive map of the Site delineating the Core Zone and Buffer Zone along with compilation of the National Register based on 480 assemblages, comprising all monuments, enclosures, pavilions, platforms and graves, each one having been tagged with a unique number for ease of identification. Heritage Foundation’s long term strategy for heritage safeguarding comprises an electronic data bank for heritage in collaboration with Aachen University, Conservation of Denso Hall, Karachi the First Heritage Roundtable Conference in March 2013 with UNESCO and Sindh Culture Department, and formulation of international level course for heritage man- agement according to UNESCO charters. The Documentation Centre, Peshawar and Khairpur Heritage Centre, Sindh set up by HF are part of the same effort.

HUMANITARIAN AID AND DRR COMPLIANCE Since Earthquake 2005, by establishing KIRAT (KaravanPakistan Institute for Re- search and Training), Heritage Foundation has carried out extensive experimen- Students gather at WHS Makli for heritage tation to develop low cost eco-construction methods, using lime, mud, stone and facade cleaning activity bamboo as part of its humanitarian aid strategy. Under Heritage for Development and Women’s Empowerment Program devised by Lari, several hundred sustainable shelters, schools and health centres have been built in the Siran Valley, along with an on-going Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) program and livelihood through crafts which has focused on women. This program is similar to earlier programs carried out for livelihoods for 500 women in post-operation Swat and 300 women belonging to marginalized sections, in Mansehra.

HF Platforms for safety of livestock fodder used as KaravanPakistan volunteers gather village children for Expression of pride and ownership on cultural nodes for performances talks on disaster preparedness HF’s KatchaKot (unfired clay fortress) For post-flood communities 2010 to 2012 in Swat and Sindh, over 650 DRR-compli- ant zero carbon footprint shelters with lime stabilized mud walls or bamboo framed structures using safe haven accessible KaravanRoofs, have been built. Several wom- en’s, literacy and health centres have also been constructed as part of Lari’s holistic approach for rehabilitation. HF’s KatchaKot KaravanGhar - lime stabilized mud Build Back Safer with Vernacular Methodologies (BBSVM), a program devised by base and walls, safe haven bamboo KaravanRoof Lari to build DRR-compliant technically sound structures, promotes the combina- tion of mud, lime and bamboo. As Technical Advisory Partner of International Or- ganization for Migration (IOM), HF has trained almost 200 personnel of teams of IOM and its NGO partners to implement BBSVM program. Arguably the most eco- nomical and the largest almost zero carbon footprint shelter program, comprising construction of 24,000 DRR-compliant units by IOM, has extended HF’s methodol- ogy to almost 1,000 villages in Lower Sindh.

HF’s Literacy Centre: mud vault & traditional straw roof Pakistan’s first eco-village, Moak Sharif in Tando Allahyar, has been set up to dem- onstrate DRR-compliant eco-build techniques based on Lari Principles for Post-dis- aster Rehabilitation in order to make communities strong, resilient and self reliant: a. Utilize Heritage and Tradition for involvement of communities and for fostering pride and self confidence. b. Use sustainable materials to prevent environmental degradation. c. Use local skills and techniques for speedy delivery. d. Incorporate DRR-driven methodologies to withstand next disaster. e. Utilize the provision of shelters as an entrée into communities for larger benefits and for initiating women’s economic empowerment strategies. f. Develop holistic models aiming at MDGs; hygiene, WASH, food security, nutrition and hygiene. g. Develop training modules for IPs, NGOs, volunteers, artisans and communities in order to spread the message as widely as possible.

Through capacity building and social franchising women are being trained to be- Social Franchising - Earthen Smokeless Stove and come Barefoot Eco-entrepreneurs. Through the volunteer effort of HF’s youth and Accessible Bamboo Vegetable Roof Garden community outreach arm KaravanPakistan, they are being helped to market their products and services ranging from no-cost smokeless stoves, vegetable farming on strong bamboo roofs, treatment of grey water, agro based and craft products, soap making, eco toilets, chicken farming, and composting etc. HF’s fast track literacy pro- gram ParhoPakisan, undertaken jointly with Spiritual Chords of South Africa, is be- ing implemented for children and mothers using technology and computer literacy.

Yasmeen Lari’s vision draws upon heritage and tradition to foster pride and con- fidence, promotes participative eco-build approaches to prevent depletion of the HF’s Women’s Centre on stilts to withstand river flooding Planet’s resources, nurtures barefoot social enterprise for income generation and regeneration of local economy, thus empowering marginalized and disaster-prone communities to become strong, resilient and self-reliant. OUR PARTNERS IN HERITAGE AND DEVELOPMENT • Architecture for Humanity • Nokia • Consulate General of Federal Republic • Nokia Siemens Network of Germany • Prince Claus Fund Heritage Foundation Centre, WHS Makli • Culture Department, Government of • Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Sindh • • Directorate of Archaeology, • RWTH Aachen University/GUTech Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa • Scottish Government International • Earthquake Reconstruction and Fund for Development Rehabilitation Authority • Scottish Pakistani Association • Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands • Sharaf Shipping Agency • Endowment Fund Trust for • Spiritual Chords, South Africa Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh • Swiss Pakistan Society • Google • Tides Foundation • IOM-DFID/OSDI/USAID • Transparency International Pakistan • Karachi Electric Supply Company • UNESCO-DFID/UNDP • Karachi Municipality • UNESCO • • University of Glasgow • Muslims of South Africa • And numerous friends and well wishers

HERITAGE FOUNDATION E-6, 4th Gizri Street DHA 4, Karachi, 44000, Pakistan. +92-213-5834215; +92-213-5837521 www.heritagefoundationpak.org [email protected] UN Recognition Award 2002 for Promotion of Culture and Peace. Bamboo Roof configuration for larger spans, Islamic Development Bank Womens’ Development Prize Laureate 2013. Karavan Eco-Training Centre, Moak Sharif