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Our each day brings with
itself new challenges and opportunities to grow and reach out more to
the people in need, our thriving team of social mentors with their
broad range of expertise and hard earned practical experience is
playing a pivotal role in this quest for prosperous and equalized
world.
And the basic purpose of
this web site is to share that each day with you, so that together we
can make a difference.
Competencies
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BEEJ has experienced
and qualified human resource in its head office and regional offices.
Capacity
building of staff is a continuous process. The organization believes
that Human Development is the key for sustainable development.
The organization has been involved in preparation of various kinds of
projects in the fields of education,
health awareness, capacity building and community physical
infrastructure development. Capacity
Building is an integral part of all the projects being implemented by
the organization. Documentary
making is also the differential skill of the organization.
Organizational Details
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Full Name:
Balochistan Environmental & Educational Journey
Acronym: BEEJ
Registration: The organization is registered
under Voluntary Social Welfare Ordinance of
1961.
Registration # DSW-1153
Constitution: The constitution of the
organization is according to the Social Welfare Ordinance
1961, which is pre-defined.
Vision
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A prosperous society where people have their right to a life of
dignity where all resources are equitably
managed and sustained.
Mission
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To alleviate poverty by encouraging sustainable use of natural
resources and improve living conditions of disadvantaged communities.
Objectives
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Low-Cost Sanitation:
BEEJ will work to improve sanitation conditions through introducing
low-cost sanitation technologies
and provision of clean drinking water facility.
Natural Resource
Management:
BEEJ will strive for optimum natural resource management through
participatory approaches and
introduction of new techniques for promotion of agriculture, forestry,
water resource management and
livestock.
Promotion of Quality
Education:
BEEJ will work for the promotion of quality education among
disadvantaged communities through
activation of existing government line departments and civil society
organizations (CSOs).
Advocacy & Research:
BEEJ would pursue advocacy & research on various social, political and
economical issues by
developing linkages with government and other CSOs. Gender
discrimination, Violence against
Women, Human rights violation and role of institutions will also be
the focus of the organization. For its campaign, BEEJ would use all
the means including print and electronic media to create mass
awareness.
Women’s welfare:
Women welfare and gender is a cross cutting issue in all the
interventions. BEEJ believes that women
are double burdened, being women – they face economic, social,
cultural, political and religious
discriminations in the society - and being poor - face all kinds of
discrimination in the society. BEEJ
would rigorously focus the betterment, welfare, empowerment of the
women and work to narrow the
gender gap.
Coordination of Social Development Agencies:
BEEJ would sensitize the Support System-Government, Semi-Government,
Non-Government
Organizations, Banks, Private Sector and Corporations etc so that the
resources could reach to the
poor and needy without any leakages. BEEJ would also try to develop
linkages of the grass root level
organizations with Support Systems.
Advisory Services:
BEEJ will provide advisory services and training in gender equality,
women in development and poverty
alleviation through rigorous Social Mobilization.
Relief & Rehabilitation:
BEEJ will provide relief and rehabilitation services to the
communities in times of disasters and
calamities.
Major Sectors
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o Natural Resource
Management
o Community Physical
Infrastructure
o Livelihoods
o Advocacy for social
issues/human rights
o Education
o Women Empowerment
Planned Sectors for
Future Interventions
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o Disaster Recovery
o Disaster Preparedness
o Relief and
Rehabilitation Programmes
o Natural Resource
Management
o Education and Literacy
o Health Programmes
o Poverty alleviation through Micro Credit, Enterprise Development &
Skill Development
initiatives
o Awareness, Education and Advocacy (A.E.A) through (documentaries,
theatres, printed
material, seminars and workshops)
o Public Private Partnership
Management System
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Board of Directors is the governing body of organization, which is
involved in policy issues of the
organization. The BoD members appoint head of the organization that is
fully responsible for overall
activities of the organization.
Each programmeme is being implemented by the concerned Programmeme
Manager. Proper
implementation of activities according to the work plan is the
responsibility of the concerned manager.
However, the head office regularly monitors activities of these
programmes through progress review
meetings, field visits and progress reports. Other activities of head
office are liaison with the donor
organizations, networking with government departments, CSOs, fund
raising and preparation of various
documents.
The organization has double entry accounting system and financial
policy. All the organizational matters are guided by the policy manual
which is recently revised to incorporate further improvements with the
help of consultations of professional organizations, board members and
individual consultants. Regular audit of accounts is conducted by
renowned external auditors.
Governance
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BEEJ board consists of highly dedicated and committed professionals.
Following are the members
board of directors of BEEJ;
1. Mr. Mohammed Siraj-ul-Haq Ghauri (President) Good Governance Group
NRB
2. Mr. Saleem Zaman (Vice President) Development Professional
3. Mr. Mohammed Arshad (Treasurer) Finance Officer (Taraqee
Foundation)
4. Mr. Mohammed Rafiq (General Secretary) Provincial Coordinator World
(Balochistan)
5. Mr. Iqbal Panezai (Member) Director, Save the Poor
6. Ms. Yasmin Lehri (Member) Senior Coordinator Gender and Capacity
Building (SPO)
7. Ms. Rahila Durrani (Member) MPA and Lawyer
8. Syed Qurban Gharshin (Non voting Member) Development Professional
Summary of
Partnerships
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o UNICEF provided seed money to the organization during its inception
to implement a Water &
Sanitation project in district Musakhail and afterwards for
strengthening of school health services for
Afghan Refugee Children in Quetta District.
o The organization has had
successful partnership with Oxfam-GB for rehabilitation and management
of irrigation system in district Musakhail.
o Social Welfare
partnership with Government of Balochistan Human Rights & Women
Development
Department for research study about Gender Violence with regard to
Honour Killings in district Bolan,
Naseerabad, Jhal Magsi and Jafferabad Districts.
o Environmental Protection
Agency, Government of Balochistan for Elimination of water-logging and
salinity through plantation of trees with high Evapo-Transpiration
Rate in district Jafferabad.
o National Commission for
Human Development for Promotion of primary education and adult
literacy
programmeme in District Mastung.
o Trust for Voluntary
Organizations (TVO) for Primary Health Care activities in district
Musakhail.
o Mercy Corps for its ECHO
funded project for Host Community Rehabilitation in District Mastung.
o The existing strategic
partners of the organization include
European Commission (EU)
United Nation Development Programmeme – Small Grants
Programmeme (UNDP-SGP)
ISCOS-CILS
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF)
o BEEJ is a part of
Institutional Management and Certification Programme of USAID being
executed by NGO Resource Centre (A project of Agha Khan Foundation-AKF)
for capacity building of organizations in order to become competitive
for further partnership with USAID for their different projects.
o The organization is under process of partnership with UNDP for
Rehabilitation of School Sanitation
System in District Gawader.
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