Overview:
Since 1988, Hashoo Trust’s Social Safety Net Program has supported 115,391 disadvantaged and marginalized individuals. In the face of challenging socio-economic conditions, our program provides one-time and regular financial assistance, support for sustainable livelihoods, and medical aid. It acts as a safety cushion, preventing vulnerable communities from falling into hardship.
Major Components:
Financial Assistance: One-time and regular support for food, shelter, and livelihood.
Disadvantaged families/individuals are provided financial support for their food/ration, shelter and emergency needs. The program has benefited 2,777 people so far which includes, widows and female headed households. These families are not only provided emergency relief support but also provided financial support for livelihood enhancement initiatives at small level.
Medical Assistance: Ensuring vulnerable patients receive necessary medical aid.
Vulnerable patients with chronic diseases are provide support for their medical emergency/ health care needs and they are also provided in-kind support including medicines, surgical equipment, hearing aids and others assistive equipment and device through potential partners. Hashoo Trust also provides free medical camps and Basic Health Units services to the underprivileged in remote rural areas benefiting 112,613 individuals.
The Hashoo Trust partnered in productive alliances with prominent public and private entities including:
Some specific initiatives through the social welfare program are:
Poverty Alleviation through Livelihood Activities
In Ruji, a remote village in Chitral, Hashoo Trust established home-based poultry farm for as many as 40 women with the objective of educated children and healthier mothers. Carefully chosen families received training in home-based poultry farming, then chickens to launch their mini-farms.
Establishment of Human Resource Development Centers in UC Nar Sher Khan of District Bagh, AJK
This project was aimed to improve the lives of people in Nar Sher Khan, by providing them with job skills and helping them start their own businesses.
The project, was funded by ROTA (Reach Out To Asia) and lasted for three years. It involved setting up two Human Resource Development Centers, one for men and one for women. These centers offered training in 14 different skills, such as carpentry, welding, and tailoring.
A total of 2,000 people took part in the project, with 1,000 men and 1,000 women each receiving training. The project was a success, and many of the participants were able to find jobs or start their own businesses. This helped to improve the local economy and the livelihoods of the people in Nar Sher Khan.
Kitchen Gardening for Livelihood Security
In Gurunjur village, Hashoo Trust launched a kitchen gardening program to improve livelihoods and combat malnutrition. The program trained women in modern techniques to grow winter vegetables, even in the cold months. This boosted household consumption, provided surplus for market sale, and created seed banks for future harvests. This initiative addressed the lack of knowledge about modern agriculture and its potential to improve lives in this resource-rich village.
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