General Project Information
Project name: Kitab - Karachi
Specific Location: Mohammadi Colony, Karachi, Pakistan
Expected Start-up Date: December 2010
Project Duration: On-going
Agency Details:
Name: Concern for Children Trust (CFC)
Principal Contact: Hema Mukesh - Public Relations Consultant
Telephone: (92-21) 220-3279/ 231-1105
Fax:(92-21) 231-3850
Email: hmukesh@concernforchildren.org.pk
Organizational Background
CFC is a non-profit, non government organization established in 1997. Our mission is to design, implement and replicate models for sustainable development for children within at-risk populations. Since March 2000, CFC has made efforts to counter the deplorable conditions of Karachi’s largest unofficial katchi abadi (urban slum) Mohammadi Machar Colony, through its Community Driven Development Project (CDDP). Machar Colony is a 4 square kilometer area located behind the railroad tracks on Maripur Road. It houses over 750,000 individuals, amounting to approximately 7-8% of Karachi’s population. The residents’ illegal settlement is used as an excuse by the government to not provide basic water, sanitation, education and healthcare to the community.
Community Driven Development Project (CDDP)
The Community Driven Development Project is a holistic approach to community development, in order to build a long standing model for sustainable change for those living in urban slum areas. The CDDP has three major thematic areas derived from intensive needs assessment in the community: Health, Environment and Education/Livelihood. Projects are designed under these thematic areas that seek to address an identified need in the community.
Project Description and Analysis
Situation Analysis:
There are currently 35 small “private” schools in Machar Colony catering to the area’s 200,000 students. Most schools suffer from terrible infrastructural issues, lack of ventilation, sanitation and lighting, additionally, schools are staffed by teachers with limited education and access to teaching aids, hence violence is often utilized as a mean of control. As a result of these short comings, the drop out rate, particularly among girls is extremely high
Project Description:
Project Kitab will initially be introduced in three (3) private schools (affecting 700 students and 33 teachers) with the aim of replicating the project in all 35 private schools in the colony. The project will assist the selected schools in several different ways such as adding on infrastructure facilities or strengthening the existing ones by providing repairs, repainting, building toilet facilities also provision of teaching materials on a needs basis.
Project proposed activities:
· Teacher training and administrative support
· Syllabus design, procurement of relevant books
· Physical infrastructural changes to schools, improving ventilation, light and sanitation
Project Input:
1. Renovation
2. Furniture
3. Equipments
4. Educational material
5. Syllabus
6. Teacher training
Major Project objectives:
1. Improvement in post intervention test scores of students
2. Increase in attendance of student pre and post interventions
3. Improvement on scores of teacher proficiency test post intervention
4. Increased user satisfaction
5. Decrease rate of violence in schools
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