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01 - Name of OrganizationThe full name / registered name of organization is ROOT WORKFOUNDATIONThe abbreviation is RWF.02 - The People

Root Work Foundation was established by a group of young andenergetic people whowere highly motivated and committed for contributing their time, skillsand energies forthe development and empowerment of socially disadvantaged andvulnerable communitiesin Pakistan and addressing poverty issues and gender baseddiscriminations.03 - Type & Nature of OrganizationRWF is a development organization. Its a non-government, not-for-profit and nonsectarian,

non-partisan organization working for social development of vulnerableand lessdeveloped people. Its a human-centered NGO. RWF could also belabeled as animplementing organization which designs and implements variousdevelopmental projectswith the financial and technical support of international donor agenciesand thegovernment.

Root Work Foundation was established in year 2002.

04 - Year of EstablishmentRoot Work Foundation was established in year 2002.

05 - VisionRWF envisions a "poverty-free, empowered & democratic society inPakistan; which isguided by the values of equity, accountability, inclusion and respect06 - MissionRoot Work Foundations Mission is to work for the development &empowerment ofsocio-economically disadvantaged & vulnerable people in Pakistan and

assist them inaddressing their poverty-linked issues07 - Broad ObjectivesFollowing are board objectives of RWF:1. Disaster Risk Reduction, Provide Timely Relief Assistance to DisasterAffectedCommunities and Assist them for their Timely Rehabilitation and EarlyRecovery


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2. Promotion of Livelihoods and Explore Sustainable & DisasterResilient LivelihoodOptions

3. Promotion of Education with Special Focus on Girls Education

4. Promotion of Gender Equality & Women Empowerment, and AddressGender BasedViolence Issues

Provision of Accessible and clean drinking water & quality SanitationFacilities andImprovement of Community Physical Infrastructure6. Promotion of Child Protection, Rights of Children & YouthDevelopment andAddress the Issues related to Abuse and marginalization of Children,Adolescents

and Youth7. Promote Environment Protection and Address Climate Change Issues8. Promote Basic Health Facilities and Address HIV & AIDS9. Support Development of Civil Society and Institutional Development

09 - Focus GroupsRoot Work Foundations focus is on the socio-economicallydisadvantaged groups ofwomen, youth and children. Keeping in view the overall socio-culturalfabric of the societyand the overall power imbalances and discriminations that exist at alllevels; the focus,amongst these groups, is again on most vulnerable and themarginalized ones. RWF alsofocuses on the inclusion of minorities and special groups such aswidows and physicallyimpaired persons and elderly people.10 - Geographical FocusThe Foundation's overall geographic focus is the province of Sindh.11 - Legal StatusRoot Work Foundation is a registered body. The Foundation isregistered under The

Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act XXI of 1860) of Government ofPakistan. Theregistration number is 5763.

13 - ManagementRoot Work Foundation is lead by its Executive Director who is theformal head of theorganization. The Executive Director reports to the Chairperson of theBoard of Directors


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(BoD) and is responsible for the overall management of theorganization.The Executive Director is supported by the manager programs andteam of coordinators /managers of different sections / programs of the foundation and they

jointly form amanagement structure for the Foundation.

14 - Partners & PartnershipsPartnerships are the heart-line of Root Work Foundation. TheFoundation refers asPARTNERS to all those individuals, communities, and organizationsand departmentswhich join hands for extending program interventions. Beneficiarycommunity, the linedepartments, national and international donors, the provincial

governments, and other keystake holders from civil society are the best examples of Root WorkFoundations Partners.These partnerships help organization (financially and technically) toachieve its mission.Since its establishment in year 2002; Root Work Foundation hasremained privileged ingetting the opportunity to work with a number of diverse partners whonot only extendedfinancial support for various projects; but also adequately build thecapacity of

organization from different perspectives.Root Work Foundation greatly values and acknowledges the support ofits partners whoprovided their great support to RWF for its previous current projects.These includeBalochistan Education Foundation, The World Bank, ConcernWorldwide, World FoodProgram (WFP), USAID, Food & Agricultural Organization, (FAO), ReliefInternational (RI),Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment (DTCE/UNDP), OxfamGB, The Asia

Foundation (TAF), Trust for Voluntary Organizations (TVO), The BritishHigh Commission,UNICEF etc.

15 - Memberships & AffiliationsRoot Work Foundation believes that networking, collective efforts,sharing of knowledge,resources and information is a key to the success as for addressing the


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developmental issues and challenges are concerned. Keeping thiscritical fact in mind; theorganization always tries to join all such forums and networks which

directly link to itsmission and objectives. In this regard; the Foundation has joined thefollowing importantnetworks operating at local and international levels.

16 - EXPERIENCE PORTFOLIOi - Experience in Education Sector...Root Work Foundation has remained engaged in education sector sinceyear 2004. TheFoundation has established a number of primary schools in differentproject areas and has

also formed a number of parents education committees (PECs) andschool managementcommittees (SMCs).For the sustainability of the schools and its effective operations; RootWork Foundationalways uses the strategies such as the true community participation,public privatepartnerships and the formation and strengthening/capacity building ofPECs & SMCs.Root Work Foundation has established a total of about 73 primaryschools in diifferent

districts. These schools have catered the primary education needs of2272 children inabout 73 villages. About 78 teachers are engaged in these schools tofulfill the educationalneeds of the primary students.

ii - Experience in Gender & Women Empowerment Issues..Root Work Foundation is engaged in promoting gender equality andaddressing womenempowerment issues since its inception in year 2002. The Foundationsfirst ever project

(year 2003) focused the issues of violence against women (VAW)particularly the issues ofhonor killing.Over the period of 8-9 years of rich experience of working on womenissues; theFoundation has well increased its conceptual understanding andknowledge of the issues ofmarginalized women and the women vulnerable to domestic violence.


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During its work on gender issues; the Foundation explored and workedwith a number ofcritical stakeholders who could be of great support as for as addressingthe issues ofgender and women empowerment particularly VAW is concerned. For

example, theFoundation closely worked with School Teachers and MediaRepresentatives to increaseawareness and sensitize the local communities and administration foraddressing genderissues. Working with police officers was another successful approachthe Foundationsuccessfully tested.

iii - Experience in Responding Natural Disasters..Root Work Foundation actively responds natural

disasters and emergencies such as flood and earthquakeetc. The Foundation has been responding emergenciessince year 2004. During its engagement in variousdisaster response interventions; Root Work Foundationhas well skilled itself in designing and implementing therelief and early recovery interventions.

Building capacity of partners and different stake holders is the crosscutting theme for allRWF core programs. Root Work Foundation has been involved incapacity building

activities since year 2003.Root Work Foundation has conducted a large number of trainingworkshops for policeofficers, media representatives, school teachers local NGOs and CBOs,school managementcommittees, community groups, government officers, and projectteams of various projects.Over the period of 8 years; the Foundation has greatly developed itscapacity in designingand conducting different nature training and capacity building eventsfor different groups /

stakeholders.The Foundation now itself designs and conducts training which caterthe capacity buildingneeds of its different partners and clients. Following is the details ofsome of the projects /assignments related to capacity building and institutional developmentwhich Foundationconducted during different periods for different groups.


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v - Experience in Physical Infrastructure Development...The Foundation has been intervening for the development ofcommunity physicalinfrastructure since year 2004. Root Work Foundation always tries todevelop and improve

the local physical infrastructure which can help improve the livingconditions of the ruralcommunities.

17 - DepartmentsRoot Work Foundation has established its various departments whichhelp in smooth andsystematic implementation of Foundation interventions: These include:i: HR Departmentii: Monitoring Evaluation, Research & Documentation Departmentiii: Admin & Logistics Department

iv: Finance Departmentv: Complaint Response Unit

18 - Financial PortfolioRoot Work Foundation implements its projects with the grants / fundingfrom variousnational and international donors and government of the provincewhere it works. Thesegrants are usually time-bound and for specific project interventions.Root WorkFoundation has learnt a lot while managing grants of diverse donors

and has welldeveloped its financial management capability. Since its establishmentin year 2002 till themid of year 2011; the organization has implemented about 29 projectsin differentgeographic areas and in different sectors amounting to over 400million rupees.19 - Approach & StrategiesThe Foundation strongly believes in the true and active participation ofall keystakeholders particularly the local communities or program

beneficiaries. Fair efforts aretaken to ensure that stakeholdersparticipate and contribute at all the stages of theinterventions.As its strategy, Root Work Foundation particularly focuses to ensurethe maximumparticipation of women, children and youth wherever required andrelevant andparticularly if the program has any direct or indirect impacts on their


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lives.The overall approach of work also identifies the gender sensitivities ifany related to theprogram and strategically addresses the same.Root Work Foundation, as its overall implementation approach, takes

carefully intoaccount the local culture and traditions and fully respects the same.Following are the key elemnts of RWF Program Strategies & WorkApproacho Thematic Partnerships

o Social Mobilization /Community Participation

o Awareness Raising & Sensitization

o Capacity Building

o Dialogues & Engagements

o Research & Publications

o Networking & Coalition Building

o Advocacy & Lobbyingo Review & Reflection

20 - Values & Guiding PrinciplesIn order to achieve its mission and to make its programs even morehuman-centered; RootWork Foundation follows certain values and guiding principles in all itsinterventions anddealings.These include the following:Peace & ToleranceParticipation & InclusionTransparency & AccountabilityNon-DiscriminationNon-ViolenceEquity & FairnessSharing & Openness

21 - Policies & SystemsRoot Work Foundation follows its specific set of policies and StandardOperatingProcedures (SOPs) which has been revised and updated a number oftimes up till now inorder to make them more staff friendly and organization-centered.Root Work Foundation uses its following manuals of policies:- Manual of Human Resources and Administrative Policies- Manual of Financial PoliciesThese manuals contain a number of basic organizational policies andprocedures whichhelp in the creation and maintenance of a transparent, accountable


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and fair workingenvironment in Root Work Foundation and ensure the effectiveachievement of overallobjectives of the Foundation.22 - Human Resources

Root Work Foundation has a core team with various professionalbackgrounds such asmanagement, finances and HR etc. In addition the RWF hires theproject staff as and whenrequired. The Foundation also engages volunteers and interns on need

basis.

23 - Review & MonitoringMonitoring of projects in Root Work Foundation is always the importantand prioritymatter. There is always a built in mechanism of review and monitoring

for all the projectsRWF implements. The processes of review and monitoring helpFoundation in achievingthe project objectives in smooth and timely manner. As the keymechanism of monitoring;the projects are monitored by the implementation teams; thecoordinators / managers ofthe program and the management of RWF.24 - Accounts & AuditsRoot Work Foundation maintains its all accounts on double entrysystem. Foundation has

developed various financial policies, systems and formats etc. whichhelp it in effectivemanagement of all its funds and maintaining a complete transparencyin receipts andpayments at all levels.Root Work Foundation gets its accounts (receipts and payments)

audited by the recognized

chartered accountants firms on the completion of projects or by theend of each financialyear.

25 - The WebsiteRoot Work Foundation Website is one of the best websites of NGOsworking in Pakistan.Efforts have been made to ensure that website contains all therelevant information of theorganization and the same is easily accessible to the visitor. Thewebsite improvement and


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updating is continuous process and organization is trying to upload inthe cyber space itsmaximum information possible.

CONTACTSMailing AddressHouse # 122,Muslim Housing Society,Qasimabad, Hyderabad,Sindh, Pakistan.Phones(+92-22) 21 025 95 & 21 025 96Fax(+92-22) 21 025 97

[email protected].

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