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Name of the Organization: HUJRA
Abbreviation:
Holistic Understanding for Justified Research and Action
Head Office:
Near Allaho-Akbar Masjid Saidu Sharif Swat, Khyber
Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Telephone: 0946 726799 Fax: 0946- 729016
Website: www.hujra.org
Regional Office:
House No 17/F-A1Khushal Khan Road, University Town
Peshawar Tel: 0915701206
Field offices:
Kalam Upper Swat, Lowr Dir-Temargara, Buner-Daggar,
Bajawor, Mohmand, Bannu, DI-Khan
Name of Contact person: Saleem Ahmad Executive Director
Cell: 0333 9472172, Email: [email protected] ,
[email protected]
Legal Status:
1. Registered under Societies Registration Act 1860
-Registration No.2423/ 5 / 2761,
-Date of registration: July 31, 1998
2. Registered with FATA Social Welfare Department
3. Obtained allowed to Work Status from SAFRON (Ministry
of States and Frontier Regions)
Affiliation/ Membership of network, association of NGOs:
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Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (SAAG)
Human Resource Network (HRDN)
Member Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Forum
Member Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Network Pakistan
Member NATPOW
AAHAM
National Humanitarian Network (NHN)
Active member of UN Humanitarian Cluster system at
KP (i.e Food Security, WASH, Protection, Nutrition and
Health)
REAT Network
Asian Human Right Network
PCP (Pakistan Center for Philanthropy) Certified
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INTRODUCTION
HUJRA is a not-for-profit, non- political, non-ethnic and development oriented
organization working in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province and FATA regions of Pakistan.
HUJRA was established in 1997 and registered8 under the Societies Registration Act of
1860. HUJRA is a professionally managed and committed Civil Society Organization
active in community capacity building, issue based networking and advocacy.
The word “Hujra” means a traditional common place of a pushtoon society, which is an
important traditional social institution for collective decision-making, conflict resolution,
information sharing and social development.
Vision
“A prosperous, food secure, educated and disaster resilient society living in greater
social harmony through sustainable actions”
Mission statement
“To work with food insecure, socially weak and literate, and disaster prone communities
to turn around situation in their favor, especially for marginalized segments of the
society, with sustainability of actions in focus”
Objectives
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To empower communities including women for collective decision making, better
prepared for disasters and continue with sustainable and harmonious socioeconomic development.
To build capacity of the communities for undertaking socio-economic
development in harmony with the conservation of their natural resources.
Through better networking and coordination, creating space for intellectual
debate and discussions for social transformation towards common goodness.
To enhance knowledge-base through applied research for sustainable
development interventions
To advocate preservation of environment impacts, sustainable livelihoods, basic
human rights, social services and conducive environment for participation.
To support communities in emergencies by providing and channelizing relief.
Thematic areas:
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Food security and Livelihoods
Education and Health,
WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene)
Action Research and Right based advocacy
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Core Values:
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Justice & equality, requiring us to work to ensure equal opportunity for every
person, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, color,
class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion.
Mutual respect, requiring us to recognize each person's innate worth and the
value of diversity.
Transparency & accountability, requiring us to be accountable at all levels to
ensure the effectiveness of our actions and open in our communications with
others.
Cohesion with poor, powerless and excluded will be the only bias in our
commitment to the fight against poverty.
Commitment, requiring us to be creative and radical, bold and innovative in
pursuit of making the greatest possible impact on the root causes of poverty,
without fear of failure
Independence, from any religious, ethnic or political affiliation
Humility, in our presentation and behavior, recognizing that we are part of a
broader alliance, all working to promote and protect the human rights
GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
Peshawar, Swat, Lower Dir, Chitral, Buner, Shangla , Kohistan, Kohat , Lukky Marwat,
Karak, Bannu, DI Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Bajour, Khyber and
Mohmand Agencies of FATA
Target population
Youth, vulnerable disasters affected households, men, women, youth, schoolchildren
both male and female
and children of the communities, people with low socio
economic status, subsistence and resource poor farmers, livestock owners,
mountainous/pastoral communities are our primary program participants.
Governance and management structure
Governing body of HUJRA named as Executive Council consists of 09 members. The
Executive Council is chaired by the Chairperson elected for 02 years. The Executive
Council provides strategic and policy level guidelines to the management of HUJRA.
The Executive Director is the overall management head of the organization. The
Executive Director is responsible for the facilitation of organizational growth as a team
leader and participates in organization financial and program planning, fundraising and
strategies for change management. The management functions are further divided in
sections i.e Program development, M&E, Internal Audit, Operations and Finance
sections. To facilitate the program implantation and development units, HUJRA has
sectorial leaders as program officer i.e. WASH & Public Health, Livelihood, Education
and Advocacy.
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Organizational Policies
HUJRA is having separate and standardized policies and SoPs on the following
spheres;
Departmental/Section wise Term of Reference
Human Resource [HR Policy]
Procurement policy
Inclusion [Diversity Policy to include disadvantaged]
Financial [ Financial Management Policy and Guideline]
Gender [Gender Policy]
Logistics and procurement policy
Social mobilization
Staff Retention Policy
Monitoring and evaluation
Internal Audit policy
Security policy
HUJRA initiated the following forums for advocacy and networking:
• Established Helpline for Human rights victoms and defedors
• HUJRA Resource Center
HUJRA has initiated to collect all the available documents related
to the region and some have been collected. HUJRA is planning
to have a publication unit under the resource center.
Accountability and Transparency Mechanism
Financial operations are audited internally and through third party as well as
donor audit.
Program quality implementation is monitored and evaluated by an
independent monitoring team of the organization besides regular monitoring
of the program activities by donors and relevant government departments.
Community Based complaint/grievances redressal mechanism is in place with
access of all HUJRA program/project beneficiaries.
Concerned stakeholders are involved in project/program planning and
implementation.
Participation in various districts, provincial and national level cluster working
group is being ensured with organizations, department/institutions and other
implementing partners.
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MoUs /ToPs (Term of Partnership) are signed with co-partner organizations
/departments.
Staff performance appraisal system is being followed for staff performance
judgment through a multilayered performance evaluation system.
Program Experience
Currently, HUJRA is implementing the following programs in line with its mission and
program objectives;
1. Livelihood and Food Security
Food Security and agriculture based livelihoods strengthening through
capacity building , linkages for service provision with Government and NonGovernment organizations , demonstrations of improved practices ,
Advocacy , networking , awareness raising through extension materials and
IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials
Identification of agriculture based micro enterprise, required technology
promotion for value chain development, appropriation of technology, skill
development in identified technology, demonstration, documentation and
replication of technology.
Promotion of local gender sensitive institutions through social mobilization to
actively participate in food security initiative and self sufficiency in food
security and livelihoods
Trainings of men and women farmers in improved agriculture practices
Capacity building in off -arm sub sectors such as fish farming and honeybee
keeping
A number of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) , Water User
Associations (WUAs) and other groups formed by HUJRA
Capacity building of females in kitchen gardening
Gender mainstreaming through internship program
2. Education, Health and nutrition
HUJRA has been implementing various educational oriented project/program with
different donors /departments and funding agencies both from structural as well as
capacity building aspects. Following activities have been undertaken under this
program.
Constructed/Rehabilitated 20 School under RAHA program
3 years program of school feeding implemented in 1158 government
primary schools of Swat and Buner
with a total 245000 student
beneficiaries
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A number of PTCs (Parent Teachers Councils) activated , strengthened for
quality education
Developed Linkages with education department and built the capacity of
schools teachers in improved school children nutrition and quality education
and child friendly learning environment
Rehabilitation of 12 education facilities under UNHCR-RAHA Program in
Swat, Buner, Kohat, Dir Lower, Peshawar districts of KP and Mohmand
agency of FATA
Organize TT Vaccination campaign in district Swat
Organize health camps for IDPs
Monitor of MCH activities in district Kohistan
3. WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene)
 Provision of dirking water supply facilities and WASH facilities
 Formed Water Users committees and associations
 Health and hygiene promotion sessions conducted at house hold level and
schools
 Operation and Maintenance training conducted in community
4. Participatory Research and Advocacy
HUJRA has strong community based roots due to its contact presence on the
horizon of social and Development spectrum. As its name signifies, HUJRA
believes and act in holistic and participatory manner by engaging all the relevant
stakeholders including the program beneficiaries and public. Until now, HUJRA
has led the following participatory Research and Advocacy campaigns;
Legal Aid Program
Right based advocacy for minority rights
Sensitization for increasing women participation in general election 2013
Sensitization for local government system
Baseline study and participatory to explore the possibilities of organic
agriculture /farming in the valleys of Swat.
Development of participatory “Forestry Operational Plan “Shahpur Alpur
Forest Division, District Shangla.
Participatory Research and development relating to Medicinal Plants
Collection, review, analysis and future guidelines for IPRP (Innovation for
Poverty Reduction Project).
Zoning Gender based activities and identifying training needs in Swat
Gender and Human Security in Post Conflict Swat
Technical Expertise Know-how available
Baseline lines studies and impacts assessments /Evaluation
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Livelihoods Surveys and assessment
Trainings on environmental education
Trainings on RBM (Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation)
Natural resource management and watershed management, program
planning
Training on Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
Fish farming and trout fish culturing
Horticulture, and agriculture
Engineering and construction
Social mobilization and networking
FFS (Farmers Field Schooling) , WOS (Women Open Schools) , FBS
(Farmers Business Schools ), FMCs (Farmers Marketing Collectives) ,
PMGs (Producers Marketing Group) formation , capacity building and
linkages development
Honey Value Chain Development and Capacity building of Bee Keepers ,
Groups and association
Legal aid
Establishment of early warning system
Cash based programing in emergencies and rehabilitation
Partner Organizations
Following are our valued program partner; there constant support to us helped
progressing towards our mission:
United Nation World Food Program (WFP)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-RAHA
United Nation Development Program (UNDP)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
USAID ( through MEDA-Entrepreneurs)
USAID ( through JSI)
USAID (through ABT associates)
British Council Islamabad
Oxfam Novib Islamabad
Malteser International-BMZ (German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development)
Government of Pakistan
Embassy of Japan
Concern World Wide
GIZ
Asia Foundation
Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
National Trust for Population Welfare(NETPOW)
Comsats Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad
Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway
ROZAN Islamabad
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Sector wise programs/Projects Implemented
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Project Name
WFP-supported restoration of
livelihoods and disaster Risk
Reduction activities in FATA
WFP- Cash distribution to
North Waziristan IDPs
School rehabilitation project
Strengthening Local
Government System under
Citizen Voice Project
School rehabilitation project
Strengthening Rule of Law in
Malakand
Right of Expression,
Association and Thought
(REAT)
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Location
(Province/District/Union
Council)
Bannu, Lakky Marwat, karak,
DI Khan, Peshawar
Peshawar
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Emergency
assistance
Education
Shangla
Khyber, Mohmand and Bajawr
Agencies of FATA
10.
Gender and Human Security in
Post Conflict Swat
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Honey value chain
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Drinking Water Supply
Schemes Project funded by
GIZ-MRP
Citizen Voice Project on
increasing female voters turn
out in Election 2013 funded by
USAID through Asia
Foundation
School Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction Project
Mohmand-UNHCR-RAHA
Restoration of AgriculturalBased Livelihoods for the
conflict and flood-affected
areas of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
- FAO
Schools rehabilitation and
reconstruction project- Under
UNHCR-RAHA
Increasing
resilience
by
reducing
vulnerabilities,
strengthening
coping
capacities
and
improving
health status in disaster prone
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22 million
UN WFP
28 million
UNHCR
Advocacy
1.2 Million
TDA (USAID)
Lower Dir
Education
12 million
UNHCR
Swat and Buner districts
Advocacy
10 million
UNDP
KPK/District Swat
Advocacy
12 million
The Asia
Foundation
KP Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
-DRR
12 million
UNWFP
KPK/Swat
WASH
15 million
SDC
Swat
Research
ROZAN Islamabad
Swat
Research
Comsat University
Abbottabad and
Norwegian
University of Life
Sciences
KPK/ District Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
31.8 million
Swat (UC Pirkalay
WASH
10. million
GIZ
Swat
Advocacy
2.6 million
USAID/Asia
Foundation
Mohmand Agency
Education
13 million
UNHCR
District Swat (02) Two Union
Councils
Food
Security
/Livelihood
3.8 million
UNFAO
District Buner KPK
Education
9.0 million
UNHCR
District Swat (04) Four Union
Councils
Food
Security
/Livelihood
-DRR
16.0 million
Maletesr
International
Research on Community
policing
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Funding
Sources
UN WFP
Tirat WASH project
9.
Project
Cost in
PKR
14 Million
WFP- supported Cash for
Work program in Kalam-2014
8.
Sector
USAIDEntrepreneurs
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communities
in
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
School Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction Project
Mohmand-UNHCR-RAHA
Livelihood support to the flood
and conflict affected
population in Swat
School Feeding and
Educational Improvement
Program
School Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction Project
Mohmand-UNHCR-RAHA
Rehabilitation of Government
trout fish training Center in
Madian Swat Phase II
Rehabilitation of Madian
Water Channel Swat Phase I
To re establish livelihood
systems of honey bee keepers
affected by the flood
Distribution of Rice seed
inputs in flood affected areas
of Swat and Lower Dir
Rehabilitation of 80 water
channels through Cash for
Work activities
Emergency Assistance to
Support Flood Affected
Vulnerable Farmers in district
Swat of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa”.
Facilitating/monitoring of UNFPA health project of
NATPOW in district Kohistan
Pakistan Job Project
Supporting primary education
through emergency response
of WFP food assistance for
vulnerable population of
district Swat
Support to restore food
security and agriculture-based
livelihoods of the food insecure
and vulnerable crises affected
rural households in the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
To Support Re-establishment
of Agricultural-based
Livelihood Systems and
Economic Recovery after
Crisis
Emergency response to
Malakand IDPs in selected
UCs of district Mardan and
advocacy for the rights of IDPs
Implementing WFP Food
distribution to Malakand IDPs
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9.0 million
District Kohat
Education
District Swat (01) One Union
Council
Food
Security
/Livelihood
2. 5 million
UN FAO
District Swat and District Buner
Education
17 million
UN WFP
District Swat
Education
13. million
UNHCR
5.3 million
GIZ
5.6 million
GIZ
37.0 million
USAID-MEDA
2.1 million
UN FAO
39.0 million
UN FAO
7.2 million
UN FAO
District Swat
District Swat
District Swat
District Lower Dir
District Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
UNHCR
District Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
District Kohistan
Impact
Evaluation
District Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
5.0 million
ABT-USAID
District Swat
Education
9.5 million
UNWFP
District Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
2.5 million
UNFAO
District Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
4.4 million
Concern Worldwide
District Mardan
Emergency
Response
5.0 million
Oxfam Novib
District Mardan
Emergency
Response
3.0 million
UN WFP
NATPOW
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in Katlang Humanitarian Hub
district Mardan
Organizing Free Madical
Camps in Mardan
Integrated Crop Management
(ICM) through establishment
of Farmer Field School (FFS)
in Kyber and Bajawar
Agencies of FATA
Implementing partner of UNWFP, UNHCR, UNICEF for
food and Non Food items
distribution to conflict affected
IDPs in Swat
Providing relief to the IDPs of
Swat on humanitarian
basis (Phase II)
TT Vaccination Campaign
HUJRA Training Program for
livelihood improvement of
earthquake affected people of
district Shangla and Kohistan
Promoting Bio-diversity
Conservation through Ecotourism Miandam Valley Swat
Feasibility study of marketing the
fresh milk form high pastures in
Kalam
Improving livestock output of
small holders in Chitral and Bunir
districts of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa
Baseline study to promote
organic agriculture practices in
Charbagh area Swat
Zoning Gender-based activities
and identifying training needs in
Swat valley
Feasibility study to conserve chir
pine ecosystem in Marghazar
valley of district Swat.
Policies relating to NRM in
general and Medicinal Plants in
Particular review, status and gaps
and mitigations
Research and development
relating to Medicinal Plants
Collection, review, analysis and
future guidelines for IPRP
Base Line Survey of Union
Councils-Swat and training of
councilors in developing project
proposal
“Forestry Operational Plan “
Shahpur Alpur Forest Division,
Shangla
Construction of HUJRA Pohanzai
(School) Ado
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Mardan
Emergency
Response
5 million
JSI Paiman
(USAID)
FATA Bajour Agency
Food
Security
/Livelihood
3 million
FRDP
District Swat
Emergency
Response
1.0 million
UN WFP
District Swat
Emergency
Response
2.8 million
Oxfam Novib
Swat
Health
2.5 million
JSI Paiman
(USAID)
District Shangla and Kohistan
Food
Security
/Livelihood
1.4 million
Oxfam Novib
Miandam valley Swat
Kalam valley Swat
Chtitral and Buner
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
6.1 million
EU, UNDP
452,000
SLSP (European
Commission)
1.04 million
Centre for
Development and
Environment (CDE)
Switzerland
313,828
SANFIC
594,957
DFID, British Council
Islamabad
126,000
WWF Pakistan
497,200
Innovation for
poverty reduction
project (IPRP) SDC-IC
Malakand region
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Malakand region
Food
Security
/Livelihood
951,850
Innovation for
poverty reduction
project (IPRP) SDC-IC
Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
45,000
CHIP-SDC
Swat Valley
Swat valley
Marguzar valley Swat
Shangla
Chrbagh district Swat
Food
Security
/Livelihood
Education
1.6 million
2.1 million
Swiss Development
Cooperation/Forest
management center
Embassy of Japan
Islamabad
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LIST OF CORE STAFF
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Name
Designation
Mr. Saleem Ahmad
Mr.Muhammad Ishtiaq
Mr. Amir Saeed
Mr. Alamzeb Qazi
Mr. Suleman Iqbal
Mr. Muhammad Naeem
Mr. Munib Ur Rehaman
Mr. Muhammad Arif
Ms. Khalida Rafique
Mr. Muhammad Abrar
Mr. Raja Gul
Mr. Muhammad Imtiaz
Mr. Taslim Khan
Ms. Saira Azam
Mr. Kamal Saeed
Mr. Sohail
Ms. Shehla
Mr. Inamullah Khan
Mr. Imran Shah
Mr. Wasim Akram
Executive Director
Program Manager R&D
Program Manger Projects Implementation
Program Officer Food Security and Livelihood
Program Officer WASH
Program Officer Advocacy
Program Officer Education and Health
Project Manger
Gender specialist
M & E Manager
Operational Manager
Finance Manager
Office Manager
HR Officer
Media and Communication Officer
Finance Officer
Project Officer
IT Officer
Internal Auditor
MIS/ IT Manager
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