Basic Education Reform & Development Foundation

Basic Education Reform & Development Foundation

How We Work

HOW BERD PLANS TO UNDERTAKE THE DEVELOPMENT

The organization has the plan to create a network of community organization development groups based on the small raqbas are followed by the formation of groups clusters which may comprise on 5 to 10 development groups/organized communities under the title of village development organization. These groups will be trained to make an integrated approach for development. The cluster will formulate a village development plan based on the existing data and future requirements both technical and financial The organization‘s work plan will include creating linkages with the partners organizations, Government departments (including line agencies) donors. Their proposals will be submitted to the organizations, donors and related public and private including international organization for possible financial support. The projects or the development interventions will be jointly monitored by BASIC EDUCATION REFORMS & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (BERD), donors and the community development groups. The communities will be provided training to undertake the development activities with their active participation at all levels. Aim is to create an environment conducive to development and transformation of the society into a developed and economically sound society.

Target Beneficiaries

Areas of Operation

BERD works in all over Pakistan including Gilgit Baltistan and  Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Suit No 022, Ground Floor, Block 3, Khudadad Heights, Main Margallah Road, E-11, Islamabad.

Programme Strategy

The programme strategy is to demonstrate effective community participation techniques for development by focusing on social mobilization and guidance. The empowerment of target population groups including women through skill development training and motivation of people to initiate development activities at grass root level

Cross Cutting Themes

Gender / Women Empowerment
Advocacy / Networking

Approach

To achieve the above objectives, the NGO approach is based on proved and tested models of participatory philosophy of development, through effective partnership between all the development actors in an organized manner. To fill up the vacuum at community level (being the major development actor in the process) the NGO assists & mobilizes communities to get themselves organized at grassroots level into self managed, self reliant and sustainable organization capable of undertaking all the development initiatives through managing Natural, Human and Financial resources in a holistic manner. To usher this level of participation, various outreach mechanisms, including village men and women organizations, hujras, forest owners and non-owners associations and CCBs and CBOs etc are used by establishing partnership. It supports local communities’ initiatives in poverty reduction, effective social service delivery & giving voice to the ignored & marginalized segments of the population through their participation in decision making and needs identification to implementation of any venture/activity.

Proposed Thematic Areas

Food Security & Livelihood

Healthcare

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Promotion

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Climate Smart Agriculture

Employment Generation

Governance & Justice

Advocacy & Awareness Raising and Rights Protection

Infrastructure Development

School Based and Community Based Disaster Management

Ecological Conservation

Education & Literacy

Women Economic Development

Skill Development

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Our Development Approach

Following approach is adopted to initiate development activities
with active participation of the target population at grass-root
level.

  •  Area profile with required information on economic status is
    collected to prepare a strong base for development. The
    particular areas/raqbas is visited along with the activist and
    initial dialogue is arranged with the community in order to
    form the community organization/development group.
  • Important skill and awareness is given to organized group with regard to identification of
    community needs, locating the internal and external resources to address these needs
    and management of these resources to produce the results of improvements.
  • Prepare a work plan to initiate development with implementation strategy and
    completion of the development activity. It is a part of programme to enhance the assessment of impact of the development intervention.