2017-2018 >> the Aman Foundation Is a Social Enterprise, Established As a Not-For-Profit Trust, Based and Operating in Pakistan
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ANNUAL REPORT2017-2018 >> The Aman Foundation is a social enterprise, established as a not-for-profit trust, based and operating in Pakistan. With a focus on education and health through direct interventions, the Foundation advocates for the right to dignity and choice for the underserved. Aspiring to derive scalable and systemic change in Pakistan, the Aman Foundation endeavours to provide sustainable solutions to the obstacles to development faced by the people of Pakistan. Contents Vision, Mission & Values 4 Pakistan’s Health & Education Challenge 7 Transformative Impact 9 Chairman’s Message 11 CEO’s Message 12 Ten Years of Transforming Lives 16 The Year’s Highlights 17 The Year in Review 18 Aman Tech 20 Aman Tech Model 21 Aman Tech Graduate Secures International Tech Apprenticeship 22 Projects 23 Karachi Youth Workforce Development Program (USAID) Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Program (NAVTTC) Sindh Skills Development Program (GIZ) Skills Development for Better Life (DAI) Events & Highlights 24 Corporate Partnerships 27 Aman Health 31 Emergency Medical Services 34 Emergency Healthcare in Sindh 38 Aman TeleHealth 41 Aman Community Health Programme (ACHP) 42 > SUKH Initiative> 46 Values The work we do at Aman is led by four guiding principles we live by. Ownership Passion We take initiative and personal We are driven to innovate, improve, and inspire responsibility to deliver change. others to transform lives. Collaboration Integrity We build trust and establish meaningful We are honest, ethical, dependable and partnerships to exponentially multiply our impact. fair in everything we do. 4 Vision To foster social and economic equality. Mission To create systemic change and exponential social impact by catalyzing innovative and scalable solutions in health and education, transforming lives and empowering the people of Pakistan. 5 Health & Education 6 Pakistan’s Health & Education incidents in Karachi as well as in interior Sindh. This model with a proven track record can be Challenge scaled country-wide through a public-private partnership to transform emergency healthcare A country’s progress is measured primarily in Pakistan. by the human development it achieves as opposed to the wealth it accumulates. Our education landscape too is in a dire state. For the year 2017, Pakistan was ranked 22.8 million children between the ages of 150th in 189 countries with a Human 5-15 years remain out of school, while out of Development Index of 0.562. This is one the 28.73 million children who attend school, of the lowest ranks in the South Asian region approximately 30% graduate from grade 10. which highlights the limited progress we Financial constraints and lack of meaningful have achieved. As a nation, government or career paths remain one of the primary reasons citizen, these results should be of a grave for students dropping out of school. These concern to us. We must question ourselves students are are required, and in some cases on the best course forward. forced, to seek employment in the informal sector, where low skills level translate into a For every 100,000 births that take place in compensation close to the minimum wage rate. Pakistan, 178 women die from pregnancy related causes. 60% of deaths in Pakistan 60% of Pakistan’s population comprises of the result from non-communicable diseases, youth, of which 34% is estimated to be between while over half a million citizens in the country the ages of 15-35. This youth bulge was meant as are estimated to be carrying tuberculosis. In a great opportunity for young men and women 2018 alone, more than 65 people died and to contribute to the economy however, lack of several others were critically affected due to opportunities do not allow this. the unforgiving heat wave. Pakistan ranks 128 in 137 countries with The alarming number of deaths that occur in respect to the labor market efficiency. About Pakistan can be avoided by predominantly 350,000 young people graduate from 3,500+ investing in primary and emergency TVET institutes while the country’s demand for healthcare. With more than 6,000 medical skilled labor is 950,000. This disequilibrium emergencies per day, i.e. 4 emergencies can be reduced by promoting linkages among every minute, the current 60 life-saving various stakeholders in the TVET sector such ambulances can only cater to 21 percent of as vocational institutes, government, industry the Karachi population of over 20 million. employers as well as donors. There exists a critical shortage of competent emergency staff, pre-hospital services and Recognizing the lack of access to quality technical established emergency departments. and vocational education and training (TVET) in Pakistan, the Aman Institute for Vocational Though there are many services operating Training (Aman Tech) was established in 2011 as as ambulances, a majority of them serve a state-of-the-art training institute to empower as mere transport vehicles with lack of life- young men and women by providing them saving equipment and trained staff. The bulk with quality vocational training and access to of the population resorts to public transport employment opportunities. To-date, over 11,789 which restricts proper patient handling and students have graduated from Aman Tech with a decreases the chances of survival. Expecting 66% placement rate. mothers and their babies often lose their lives on crowded roads before reaching the Aman Tech also focuses on resolving the hospital. challenges in the TVET sector, such as the low starting salaries for TVET graduates, by The Aman Ambulance model - analogous incorporating the OJT (On-the-job) training to the U.S. 911 system that provides critical, model as well as promoting entrepreneurship high quality pre-hospital care to the citizens among the students. of Karachi.To-date, Aman Ambulances have catered to more than 1 million emergency 7 While we may have achieved some progress, there is still a long way to go. Government investment in health and education accompanied by joint policy making with relevant stakeholders is critical to bring about the structural reforms in the health and education sectors of Pakistan. 8 Aman's Transformative Impact 9 Transforming Lives 10 Message from the Chairman Fayeeza Naqvi Ten years ago, we embarked on a mission The Aman Community Health Program to bridge the gap in the provision of critical reached its successful conclusion with over social services in the health and education 630,000 household visits, empowering sectors for the underserved segments communities with the knowledge to of the Pakistani society. Part of Aman address critical health issues. The Foundation’s vision was to create models SUKH initiative, which covered 1 million that could be replicated within the existing beneficiaries towards advocacy for family health and education landscapes. Our planning in underserved communities, efforts in this year have been to further successfully concluded its field operations. the same. Aman TeleHealth also crossed 1 million calls on health awareness, family planning Continuing our mission of empowering the and general health problems. Pakistani youth through vocational training at Aman Tech, we are extremely proud of All these achievements are a testament of the 11,789 young men and women who the untiring resilience, passion and hard have graduated thus far, enabling them to work of our employees and partners. While contribute to their economic upliftment, we celebrate all that we have achieved, that of their families, communities as well we must not forget that there are greater as our economy. The Subh-e-Kiran project, challenges that lie ahead and many more which economically empowers women lives that need to be transformed. We through skills training, graduated 700+ now move forward with grit and energy women since its start last year. to exponentially increase our impact. We also exercise our position of leadership in Sindh Peoples Ambulance Service, our the development sector with humility and existing public-private partnership model honor by providing thought leadership and launched earlier in 2017, completed oversight to all others who walk this path 38,000+ critical emergencies, including for a better Pakistan. 100+ baby deliveries thus far in districts of Thatta and Sujjawal. Our other services in On behalf of all the Trustees of Aman health also achieved phenomenal success. Foundation, I humbly thank you for your The Aman ambulances interventions unwavering commitment and dedication crossed the million mark with over 130 towards making this transformative impact successful baby deliveries in Karachi only. possible. 11 Message from the CEO 12 Real change and impact is achieved standards and sustainable impact. Our teams for through investment in human health and education are continuously working development. When you enable quality towards pioneering innovative and cutting-edge healthcare for a citizen, teach a child or transformative ideas that can further enhance the health and education landscape in Pakistan. empower young men and women with skills, you are shaping their future and that This year, we inaugurated robotic welding at of the future generations. Pakistan with a the Aman Tech premises in collaboration with population of 200 million people cannot Panasonic – Ashraf Group where students are progress until developing our human being educated on the latest techniques of the capital becomes a top priority. field. Besides continued industry alignment for refinement in curriculum, we are also Ten years ago, we began our mission towards implementing on-the-job training models in the building this human capital. We did this by vocational training model to provide greater creating systemic, scalable and sustainable exposure to the students and to enhance their systems in the fields of healthcare and employment opportunities. education that enable the socio-economic empowerment of our people and foster While we continue to serve in the fields of equality. At the heart of this process, has health and education, our focus remains to been our priority to invest in our own build models which are sustainable and most people who implement these systems and importantly scalable.