HOPE”s Attendance At Key Findings Report – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)

Karachi, October 15, 2015 – The Key Findings Report – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Sindh 2014, was launched here today in a local hotel. Senior Minister for Planning & Development, Mr. Murad Ali Shah was the Chief Guest. The Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan, Representative, UNICEF Pakistan Ms. Angela Kearney, and Director General, Bureau of Statistics Mr. Ali Dino Gahoti also attended the event. The Key Findings Report covering socio economic indicators for Sindh focuses on children and women. It has been put together by the Bureau of Statistics, Planning and Development Department, Government of Sindh. Technical and financial support for the survey was provided by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  HOPE, a health and education NGO participated actively in the activity.

Sindh MICS 2014 is based on data collected during February to August 2014.More than 19,000 households were covered. Sindh MICS covers 125 socio-economic indicators. Five separate Questionnaires; household, women, children under five, health facility records, and water quality testing, were used for data collection.

Over the course of the day’s dialogue partners, including HOPE, a health and Educational NGO in Pakistan, exchanged insights of the progress made by the bureau of statisticsin Pakistan and
Sindh MICS 2014 noted considerable improvements in health indicators for women and children. Proportion of mothers receiving antenatal care from skilled providers has increased to 80 percent. Also, 28 percentage points improvement has been observed in births assisted by a skilled provider (from 38 percent to 66 percent). Moreover, births taking place in health facilities has also increased significantly from 42 percent in 2006-07 to 64 percent in 2014

A significant rise in continued breastfeeding at 1-year is observed from 35% in to 77%.
Overall, 35 percent of children age 12-23 months received all the recommended vaccinations by 12 months of age which reflects an improvement in the last few years. Similarly, an increase has been witnessed in measles vaccine coverage (53 percent).
Birth registration is one of the key indicators of child protection. MICS 2014 shows that 3 in 10 children (29 percent) under age 5 have been registered in contrast to only 20 percent reported in MICS 2003. Survey results show that at least one household member in 9 out of 10 households owns a mobile phone.
The objective of the MICS survey is to collect statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for developing evidence-based policies and programmes, and for monitoring progress towards global, national and provincial goals. The MICS Survey focuses mainly on those issues that directly affect the lives of children and women. MICS has been a major source of data on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators and provide baseline for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The efforts of HOPE as an NGO and in particular the efforts of  its chairperson, Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi were lauded for her pioneering efforts and the immense work she had done both in the field of education and health.

HOPE Participates in the Unilever/ Standard Chartered partnership to support UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development

KARACHI, 2 October 2015: Unilever Pakistan and Standard Chartered have joined hands in Pakistan to support the UN’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development, with the overarching aim of ending extreme poverty, fixing inequality and injustice, and tackling climate change. This collaboration endorses Project Everyone, a global initiative aimed at raising awareness of the Goals by reaching seven billion people in seven days.

As part of this effort, a roundtable dialogue was organized at a local hotel, bringing together experts from across the public, private and development sectors to develop actions for the implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Pakistan. HOPE, a health and education NGO participated actively in the activity. The SDGs build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), launched in 2000, which helped set global and national priorities and fueled action against the many social challenges in countries around the world. The SDGs aim to build and continue on the goals set by the MDGs to ensure the health, safety and future of our planet.

Over the course of the day’s dialogue partners, including HOPE, a health and Educational NGO in Pakistan provided an outline of the progress made in Pakistan and discussed the effort needed to shape political and business policies in the country for the successful implementation of the SDGs over the next 15 years. As wide spectrum of organizations supported Unilever and Standard Chartered by making commitments to create awareness for the Global Goals in Pakistan.

Ehsan A Malik, Chairman & CEO, Unilever Pakistan Limited, highlighted, “The challenges that the Global Goals aim to tackle have a huge impact on and opportunity for Unilever and are aligned with our own ambitions set out in the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. We are already bringing the Global Goals to life through our sustainable living brands and their social missions as part of our ambition to create a bright future for us and our future generations.”
Shahzad Dada, CEO, Standard Chartered Pakistan, added, “Supporting the Global Goals in collaboration with our partners, amplifies our existing focus to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change. Consistent with our brand promise, Here for good, our work in the community and our strong relationships with clients, regulators and the government, uniquely position us to influence a positive change for sustainable development.”

The efforts of HOPE as an NGO and in particular the efforts of  its chairperson, Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi were lauded for her pioneering efforts and the immense work she had done both in the field of education and health

HOPE’S Eid-ul-Adha Qurbani At Thatta, Sujawal, Badin With IFFCO International Assistance

The aim of sacrifice, like all other fundamentals of Islam, is to imbibe piety and self righteousness. It also promotes the spirit of sacrifice for a right cause.

There is nothing dearer to Allah during the days of Eid al-Adha than the sacrificing of animals. Sacrifice, as practised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is an essential religious rite of the Muslims – replicating and comemorating  the sacrifice performed by Prophet Ibraham in its truest spirit and essence. God put Prophet Ibraham to a most difficult trial, the details of which are described in the Quran.

Giving meat to the poor and destitute as required when doing Qurbani spreads happiness so they may also enjoy the event of Eid-ul-Adha as a time of celebration and festivities.

Keeping that in mind HOPE, an NGO in Pakistan, http://www.hope-ngo.com/ with the assistance of its supporters especially IFFCO International, has  once again upheld Sunnat-e-Ibrahimi with great reverence and performed qurbani at its Hospitals and centre in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin, http://hope-ngo.com/Health/MaternalChildCenter.aspx  and has done its utmost to spread  this happiness to the poor and destitute of rural Sindh. Sacrifice of half a dozen cows  have been done and all the meat equitably distributed amongst the poor of the adjoining areas.

Objectives:

To distribute qurbani/sacrificial meat to the poor and needy of the rural communities of Thatta, Badin, Sujawal under special instructions from Dr Mubina Agboatwalla,child specialist in Karachi and chairperson of HOPE,http://www.drmubinaagboatwalla.com/child-specialist-karachi/ .

To sacrifice two selected cows in each of the three cities of Sindh where HOPE’s presence is very prominent. This activity will be guided  and managed by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi,http://www.drmubinaagboatwalla.com/child-specialist-karachi/ .

The spirit behind this activity was  not only to provide meat to the very poor who can normally very rarely afford meat in their diets but to also encompass them in the true spirit of the celebration of  Eid-ul-Adha ~  and at the same time spread the essence of piety and humbleness and set an example for other financially endowed  people to step forward and help the needy not just during the Eid-ul-Adha celebration but on a continous basis.

HOPE’S Eid-ul-Adha Qurbani At Thatta, Sujawal, Badin With HCI’s Assistance

The aim of sacrifice, like all other fundamentals of Islam, is to imbibe piety and self righteousness. It also promotes the spirit of sacrifice for a right cause.

There is nothing dearer to Allah during the days of Eid al-Adha than the sacrificing of animals. Sacrifice, as practised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is an essential religious rite of the Muslims – replicating and comemorating  the sacrifice performed by Prophet Ibraham in its truest spirit and essence. God put Prophet Ibraham to a most difficult trial, the details of which are described in the Quran.

Giving meat to the poor and destitute as required when doing Qurbani spreads happiness so they may also enjoy the event of Eid-ul-Adha as a time of celebration and festivities.

Keeping that in mind HOPE, an NGO in Pakistan, with the assistance of its supporters especially HCI of Canada, has  once again upheld Sunnat-e-Ibrahimi with great reverence and performed qurbani at

its Hospitals and centre in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin, and has done its utmost to spread  this happiness to the poor and destitute of rural Sindh. Sacrifice of half a dozen cows  have been done and all the meat equitably distributed amongst the poor of the adjoining areas.

Objectives:

To distribute qurbani/sacrificial meat to the poor and needy of the rural communities of Thatta, Badin, Sujawal under special instructions from Dr Mubina Agboatwalla,child specialist in Karachi and chairperson of HOPE.

To sacrifice two selected cows in each of the three cities of Sindh where HOPE’s presence is very prominent. This activity will be guided  and managed by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi.

The spirit behind this activity was  not only to provide meat to the very poor who can normally very rarely afford meat in their diets but to also encompass them in the true spirit of the celebration of  Eid-ul-Adha ~  and at the same time spread the essence of piety and humbleness and set an example for other financially endowed  people to step forward and help the needy not just during the Eid-ul-Adha celebration but on a continous basis.