Food & Education to 500 Homeless Children

Muwakhat Foundation’s team is working on project “to help homeless women and children” since July 2016. The purpose of this project is to provide food and clothes street children and homeless families

Winter Clothes and Dry ration distribution to street children: Phase 1

Muwakaht registered 235 children and 40 homeless families registered. Winter has come and these poor people need help to safe from winter especially children age from 0 to 12. Winter clothes distribution is planning to conduct in three phases with collaboration of GlobalGiving, Lahore Royal LION Club and SJ Law Firm, LEO Youth Club Lahore.

This was the 6^th distribution of new clothes and dry ration to children and all community people knew that this activity is mostly funded by donors of GlobalGiving. So all kids did thanks to GlobalGiving by shake hand and say “thankyou”

PROCESS OF DISTRIBUTION OF CLOTHES

60 children were attended this event and received warm clothes and dry from team of Muwakhat Foundation.

                                                                                Numbers                       

# of homeless families registered                         40                        

# of household members                                     242

 # of women                                                          53

(Above age 18 years)

# of Children                                                          228

(Age from 0 months till 14 years)

FUNDING SOURCES

This event is supported by three partners

GlobalGiving

Lahore Royal Lion Club Pakistan (International LION CLUB)

 Leo (Youth) Club Lahore

Way Forward:

On this event, families requested for Blanks  and Dry Ration which Muwakhat Foundation team committed to will write micro project at GlobalGiving and distribute blankets early of January 2018.

Our Next step for children to develop “ Child Rehabilitation and Preschool center” for children where awareness provide on future, focus on alleviate their bad habits and prepare them for regular school. All they will learn through fun activities.  

We request to support for developing “Child Rehabilitation and Preschool Center” to help see dreams, overcome malnourished and go to regular school.

Link of Project: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/child-rehabilitation-and-pre-school-center/

Muwakhat Foundation especially thanks to all donors through the platform of GlobalGiving, who trust our cause.

MY DREAM

Ayesha 6 years old homeless girl share her dream at the event of Eid 2017 arranged by Muwakhat Foundation. "I WANT TO BE DOCTOR" and help to my community. She asked our team members, "Will you help me to send school?" Because the bigger challenge is, regular schools not willing to admit us.

Distribution New Eid Clothes to children

Since 2015, Muwakhat Foundation is distributing New Eid clothes and dry ration to homeless children age from zero months to fourteen years. This Eid, Muwakhat team arranged event in the third week of Ramadan distributed new clothes and ration to homeless children and families

Special Eid event arranged for children

This was the first time, Muwakhat Foundation arranged an event on Eid day for children. The ultimate purpose was made the traditional day special and memorable for these children as other Muslim children.

On Eid Day all children with their mothers invited and following activities conducted to fill their Eid day with laugh and happiness. They came with wear new clothes distributed before Eid festival. They watched the magic show, puppet show, participated in drawing competition with topic “My dream of life” and enjoyed food with their friends.

Lahore LION Royal Club and LEO Club join this project:

Lahore Lion Royal Club and Lahore LEO Club signed MOU to help in raise funds for this project. This Ramadan and Eid, members of both club raised funds for New Eid Clothes and Eid event and physical present at arranged events by Muwakhat Foundation.

EDUCATION Challenge for homeless children and their families:

On Eid day, children shared their dream of life and willing to go to school but the biggest challenge is no school give admission to these children with following reasons:

• All children brought up in unhealthy environment and result they use abusive language, fight each other without any reason, negative behavior
• Most of the children involve in beggary and theft
• Do not know how to keep clean their body and wear washed clothes

In response to above issue, Muwakhat Foundation is planning to open “ Child Rehabilitation and Preschool center” for children where awareness provides on future, focus on alleviate their bad habits and prepare them for regular school. All they learned through fun activities.  

Muwakhat Foundation especially thanks to all donor through the platform of GlobalGiving, who trust our cause and bring a smile at children faces on Eid festival.

We request to support for developing “Child Rehabilitation and Preschool Center” to help see dreams, overcome malnourished and go to regular school.

GlobalGiving link: https://www.globalgiving.org/microprojects/new-clothes-on-eid-for-200-children-in-pakistan-1/

Background for Need Assessment Survey

Muwakhat Foundation team started a project to help homeless women and children since July 2016 with a distribution of new clothes to children age zero till twelve years on Eid-ul-fitar.( Muslim festival). It was observed that these women and children are most neglected and vulnerable group, lack basic needs and most important these families ignored and not treated as a respectable citizen of Pakistan. People help once in a while by food, dry ration, and clothes but no one did the effort to bring them in society who excluded.

April 16 & 17, 2017 Muwakhat Foundation conducted need assessment survey income to identify needs, their income generation activities and poverty level. This helps to develop the roadmap of homeless families for the transformation of their life from neglected to a respectable citizen. Women and children are given warm welcome to our team members. This was the first time that women were interviewed. They were shared their life challenges and dreams.

Areas focused in survey

In survey form, questions related to basic needs i.e health, education, water, sanitation, income, and expenses details were asked to women. This survey will help to understand homeless families living pattern, life challenges & threat, income generation sources and household expenses.

Highlights of Survey

Muwakhat Team did one to one interview with fifteen families and did focus group discussion with women and children. Survey data will be analyzed and Report will be published in mid of June 2017. Here we are sharing some snapshots to give and the idea of their life:

• Biggest challenge: There is no concept of birth registration within the community, which makes it difficult for them to get Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC).
• They do not have a permanent place and all families living in a tent for 30 years.
• Community lives below the poverty line, in severely unhygienic conditions.
• 100% women and children illiterate.
• Most of their children send for force labour at age of seven
• 100% women birth their children at their tent which is so called house due to not have the facility of a health center.
• No clean water available
• Do not have facility of electricity and gas
• No proper sanitation
• 85% families sleep with empty stomach twice in a week
• More than 80% women have embroidery skills and some of them show their work ( see pictures)

Plan of Action

Muwakhat Foundation will work with homeless families in three phases. Phase I will start soon and plan of action of phase II & phase III will set after survey report.

Phase I: In this phase Muwakhat Foundation will do the following action

• Register homeless families and issue card for receive help from Muwakhat Foundation
• Ramadan Month (fasting & holy month for Muslims) will start in next week, Food package distributes to homeless families to assure food in the holy month.
• After 30 days Eid festival coming, the Muwakhat team will collect the donation, purchase food and clothes for children and women and distribute before the festival.

Join us for this noble cause. Your small contribution bring big change in their life

January 19 2017, Muwakhat Branch office located in Lahore city of Pakistan filled with little angles (children age between 01yrs-13yrs) invited with their mothers and fathers for received new warm clothes. As time passing, their noises were rising high with excitement and waiting for a moment when they got their package of warm clothes. All children were known that this event made possible with support of GlobalGiving’s donors and some seen flex printed organization name.

Highlights of event “distribution of new warm clothes to homeless children”

• Muwakhat staff members purchased clothes and made package for children
• On January 19 2017, children were invited with their mothers but some of their fathers also attended this event.
• Some female students from department of “Gender Studies” of Punjab University collected donations for children and came at Muwakhat branch office to attend emotional event.
• Mr. Sikander Javed  High Court Senior Lawyer attended event and give brief details on  women basic legal rights
• Package of new warm clothes distributed to children
• Most of children wear new clothes for picture and video
• Children stamp their hands at white chart to say thank you GlobalGiving
• Female students of Punjab University shared that we just collected a cost of one cup of tea from 45 students but here moments were very emotional and smile of children bring energy in our body.
• At the end of event, milk and biscuits distributed in children.
• Zareen Aamir Chairperson thanks to all families, Lawyers, university students and branch staff. She shared next action plan for financial sustainability , education and health.:

Inside Package:

Each package includes two pants or trousers, two shirts, one woolen sweater or leather jacket, one pair of socks and one woolen cap.

SMALL CONTRIBUTION BRING BIG SMILE!!!!!!!

All children and team members of Muwakhat were thanks to donors of GlobalGiving who believe and supported to the project of “warm clothes for winter”. They got new warm clothes to fought with cold of winter.

At the end of event, I thank you to all participants and promised them that together with generous support of GlobalGiving donors "WE BRING CHANGE"

Story of Najma girl age 8 years:

I was very excited a day before of event and did not slept whole night. Since age of 4 years, I never wear new clothes. We are six brother and sisters and resident in cloth camp.

I got package of new warm clothes and wear one suit with sweater, a pair of woolen socks and woolen cap.  I couldn’t express my feeling, when light and fluffy material touched skin and kept warm.

Thankyou Muwakhat and GlobalGiving

Friday October 28 2016 GREAT DAY!!!!!!!

A great day, children from 85 homeless families received new clothes, dry ration and big party. This was the first time that someone invited these children on food festive and given gifts. It was only possible due to financial support of GlobalGiving donors.

After became graduate at GlobalGiving, Muwakhat Foundation arranged 1st food and clothes distribution session in the selected community of Lahore city. Muwakhat foundation first conducted survey and selected 85 homeless women and children. Group of philanthropists planned to distribute not only gifts, dry ration but give awareness sessions on clean water and basic legal rights of women.

A BIG DAY!!!!!!

On Friday morning October 28 2016, the staff members of Muwakhat Foundation made arrangements in community. All invited participants came with happy faces and sat in an organized manner. I (Zareen Aamir) welcome to guests and speakers. Speakers given awareness sessions on clean water and basic legal rights then distributed new clothes and dry ration to families. Children were very excited and their faces were glowing on receipt of new clothes. Also they all enjoyed eating hot and delicious food with their families.

At the end of event, I thank you to all participants and promised them that together with generous support of GlobalGiving donors "WE BRING CHANGE"

NEXT STEP:

Winter is coming and we further need funds for provide warm clothes in cold season to homeless children and women of Pakistan.