Challenges Facing a Changing Society

Poverty and Illiteracy

Challenges Facing a Changing Society

Poverty and Illiteracy Rates in Pakistan
Are among the highest in the region:
More than one-third of the population lives on less than $1.25 per day. Approximately 90 million people in Pakistan are illiterate.

Challenges Facing a Changing Society

Poverty and Illiteracy

Challenges Facing a Changing Society

Gender Inequality
4.2 Million girls are out of primary education 3.1 Million boys are out of primary education 30% Pakistanis have received less than two years of education

Challenges Facing a Changing Society

Poverty and Illiteracy Rates in Pakistan

The worst effected are girls because parents stop them from going to school and hand over trivial jobs to earn few bucks at home.

Challenges Affecting Education

Militancy and Terrorism
Attacks on girl schools made education more vulnerable for children.

Challenges Affecting Education

Militancy and Terrorism
Malala Yousafzai
A 15-year-old Pakistani girl activist shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education .

Challenges Affecting Education

Increase Drop-Out Ratio

Challenges Affecting Education

Out-of-School Children Global Raking

Challenges Facing a Changing Society

Poverty and Unemployment
Ambassador Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistans representative to the UN, told the Economic and Social Council

Employment has a symbiotic link with poverty eradication which is a sine qua non for inclusive, sustainable and equitable economic growth at all levels for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Hashoo Foundation
Mission
Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities.

Hashoo Foundation is headquartered in Pakistan and it has two chapters:

HF USA, registered under 501(c) (3) HF UK registered with the Charity Commission in the UK

Our Core Programmatic Areas

Our Focus on
Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on
Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on
Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on
Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on
Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on
Women and Girls Empowerment

Womens Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Plan Bee

Plan Bee was initiated by the Hashoo Foundation to empower women in the remote areas of Northern Pakistan by expanding employment opportunities and generating a stable source of income through the sale of high-quality honey.

Empowering Women through Honey Bee Farming Project Plan Bee

949 Women Trained

Empowering Women through Honey Bee Farming Project Plan Bee Over 3,089 Beehives Distributed

Our Mountain Honey

110,000 + Lbs. of Honey Produced and Sold

7,500 Dependents Have Access to

Better Health and Nutrition

Our Mountain Honey Pays For Education

Access to Quality Education

Over 1,200 Girls and Boys Enrolled in Quality Schools

Plan Bee Affected by the 2010-11 Floods

Assessing the Condition of the Beehives

After the Devastating 2010 Floods

435 Beekeepers Were Affected

762 Beehives Damaged by the Floods

Working Together to Rebuild Plan Bee

Promoting Social Change

Working Together to Rebuild Plan Bee

Transforming Communities

US Students Investing in Plan Bee

PISA Culture Shock Charity Show

Klein Forest High School

PISA Culture Shock Charity Show

Restoring Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers
Location: Danyore, Sultanabad, Mohammad Abad, Oshikhandass Villages in Gilgit-Baltistan Donor: Pakistani Indian Student Association (PISA) Klein Forest High Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: September 2011 - May 2012

Direct Beneficiaries: 21
Beehives Distributed: 79 Indirect Beneficiaries: 157 Children in School: 69

PISA Pakistani Indian Student Association

Restoring Livelihoods of Women Beekeepers

Craft Sale
Pakistani Student Association @ Brown

Pakistani Students @ Brown

Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers
Location: Mominabad Village in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan
Donor: Pakistani Students at Brown University (PS@B) Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: March 2011 Direct Beneficiaries: 15

Beehives Distributed: 18
Indirect Beneficiaries: 225

Pakistani Student Association @ Brown

Beehives Distribution in Hunza

CED for Plan Bee

Womens Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming
Location: Oshikhandass, Danyore, Mohammad, Mominabad Villges in Hunza, Chatorkhand Village in Ishkoman, Sultan Abad in Gilgit-Baltistan Donors: University of St. Thomas Social Entreperneurship Program (SEP) Rice Micro Finance (RMF) & Micro Finance Initiative at UH (MFi UH) Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: 36 months (March 2010 February 2013) Extended to February 2014 due losses during the 2010 floods Direct Beneficiaries: 128 Projected Beehives: 592 Indirect Beneficiaries: 1,024

Credit and Enterprise Development CED

Loan Distribution

Credit and Enterprise Development CED

Loan Distribution

Credit and Enterprise Development (CED)

Loan Distribution

Partners Investing in Plan Bee

USAID
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers
Location: Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (KPK)

Donor: USAID Small Grants Program

Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: 13 months (April 2012 June 2013) Direct Beneficiaries: 450 Beehives Distributed: 1,350 Indirect Beneficiaries: 2,000

USAID
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers

Walmart Foundation
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers
Location: Shigar Tehsele, Skarku in Gilgit-Baltistan Donor: Walmart Foundation Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: 12 months (August 2011 September 2012) Direct Beneficiaries: 50 beekeepers Beehives: 250 Indirect Beneficiaries: 289

Walmart Foundation
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers

Walmart Foundation
Promoting Women Economic Empower

Chapelwood Foundation
Building Sustainable Enterprises with a Market-Based Approach
Location: Hussainabad in Skarku, Gilgit-Baltistan Donor: Chapelwood Foundation Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: 24 months (April 2011 March 2013)

Direct Beneficiaries: 40 beekeepers

Beehives: 80 Indirect Beneficiaries: 253

Promoting Women Entrepreneurs

Changing Lives

Chapelwood Foundation
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers
Location: Ishkoman Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan Donor: Chapelwood Foundation

Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan

Duration: 12 months (August 2011 - October 2012) Direct Beneficiaries: 52 beekeepers (47 women & 7 men) Beehives: 58 Indirect Beneficiaries: 349

Chapelwood Foundation
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers

Plan Bee
Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers
Location: Danyore Village in Gilgit and Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan Donor: US Individual Donors Implementing Partner: Hashoo Foundation Pakistan Duration: 12 months (September 2011 - May 2012)

Direct Beneficiaries: 50 beekeepers

Beehives: 250 Indirect Beneficiaries: 289

Our Clients

Our Clients
Linking Producers to Market

D. Dalton Shaheen Canteen Supply Department Retail Market & Embassies and Ministries

Our Mountain Honey

Our Mountain Honey Served in

Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Flights

Our Quality Control Partners

Producing High Quality Honey

Improving the Lives of Rural Farmers
USAID

Sunrise Foods
Northern Area Honey Beekeepers Association (NAHBKA) Mountain Organic Honey Traders (MOHT)

Honey Bee Research Institute (HBRI)

Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Mountain Organic Honey Traders Ltd (MOHT)

WWF-Pakistan

Plan Bee Awards and Recognitions

BBC World Challenge 2008 Award Winner

Clinton Global Initiative Featured Commitment

Jefferson Award
Youth Service Challenge 2012 Winner

TEDx Houston
Ted Talks Video

Hashoo Foundation Overall Donors and Partners

Overall Donors and Partners

Overall Donors and Partners

Join Us
Help Us Make the World a Better and More Peaceful Place
Grass-root enterprise projects, like Plan Bee, will help alleviate poverty, strengthen vulnerable communities and help promote a more tolerant and inclusive society in Pakistan

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Contact Information Hashoo Foundation USA

Cristal Montaz Baylor Executive Director cristalmontanez@hashoofoundationusa.org

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