Baidarie Sialkot

Glimpses of Organizational Track Record

The Organization:

Baidarie is a non-government and non-profit civil society organization which was established in 1993 by a group of rural women of Union Council Roras, Tehsil Sambrial District Sialkot. With a demonstrated-focus on community led and demand driven approach, the organization carries out its operations without having religious, lingual, political, social or any other discriminations. Following web links can provide further necessary information about the organization. 

http://www.baidarie.org.pk/  

https://www.facebook.com/hinabaidariesialkot/?modal=admin_todo_tour , 

https://www.facebook.com/Baidarie/?ref=bookmarks 

https://www.facebook.com/baidarieorg/?modal=admin_todo_tour 

https://www.facebook.com/baidariesialkot/?ref=bookmarks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNSunqhxtJ4&t=683s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yMXk0G4BYQ&t=182s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL88oGyPojA&t=14s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr6d-XmBJuQ

Registration:

Baidarie Sialkot is registered under Social Welfare Agencies (Registration & Control) Ordinance 1961 with the Social Welfare Department, Punjab vide certificate No. DDSW-GRW (Regd ) / 2000-790 of 2000.

Baidarie is certified (as per NPO evaluation standards notified by FBR) by Pakistan Center for philanthropy (PCP) vide Certificate No. PCP-2018/630 dated 22 Nov 2018.

Punjab Charity Commission has granted registration (Provisional) to Baidarie vide registration No. PB-4565780787440175 dated 26 Oct 2020.

Having fulfilled all the procedural requirements, Baidarie submitted its application to Economic Affairs Division Ministry of Finance for signing an MOU in respect  of its NED funded “ Programme for strengthening democratic local governance in District Sialkot Phase-II and   Amplify Change funded “Programme for promotion of gender equity, empowerment and Justice: Phase-II”. EAD vide its letter No. 2(764) NGO/EAD/2020 dated 13 July 2020 acknowledged the receipt of the application. ( Copy of EAD letter is attached herewith) Matter is under process with EAD.

Commissioner Inland Revenue Sialkot Zone In exercise of the powers under sub-clause (c) of clause (36) of section 2 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 read with Rule 212 and Rule 220 of the Income Tax Rules, 2002, has granted to Baidarie, Model Town Sialkot having NTN 4001561 as “Non-Profit Organization” The approval is granted as NPO by FBR vide No.  4001561 dated 29 June 2020.

Contact Information:

Ms. Hina Noureen, Vice President

Email: hina.baidarie@gmail.com

Address : Mailing Address: Baidarie Head Office, 13/7-B, Model Town Uggoki, Tehsil & District Sialkot.

Permanent address: Village & Post office Roras, Tehsil Sambrial District Sialkot.

Contact Number (including area code): 052-3514246-48,

Contact person :

Arshid Mehmood Mirza: Executive Director

Email address: arshidmirza2010@gmail.com

Cell #: 0333-8615406

Vision:

“An equitable society that can provide for institutionalized  guarantee of protection and promotion of all the  civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights to all the vulnerable social segments  especially women, children and persons with physical limitations.”

Mission:

“To Provide  enabling environment and friendly spaces for empowerment of women & girls and other vulnerable social segments through general awareness of laws, capacity building and facilitating their access to the social protection networks.”

Core Programmes/Services

The organization has been working for increasing economic, social and political inclusion of women, girls and other vulnerable social segments into the mainstream developmental process through:

knowledge building, social mobilization, capacity development,

Provision of Healthcare facilities

Promotion of formal and non-formal education

skill enhancment and diversifcation,

development of women led entrepreneurship,

increase in  access to the linkages for maximizing productiivity, employablity and  income generation,

protecting women & girls from gender based discriminations & violence in the indoor and outdoor spheres of life,

promoting gender equity, empowerment and justice,

facilitation in isuance of CNICs,

registration of voters ,

voter education and 

promoting culture of accoutnability of elected representatives and public office holders.

It has also been makig efforts for  enabling the most vulnerable ones for making collective organized struggle for securing, protecting and promoting their basic human rights and raising their voices to be considered during policy/decision making processes at all levels.

From 2010 onwards, with the support provided by UN WOMEN, ILO, PPAF and adidas the organization has been making extensive efforts for the socio-economic rehabilitation of jobless women soccer stitchers and empowerment of women and girls workers in the informal sector in Sialkot.

Detail of the Projects Undertaken (1993-2020)

Current Partnerships

Target population groups:  Women & girls more specifically the home based and domestic workers, Children, persons with physical limitations, Non-Muslims and vulnerable peasants and workers.

Organizational approach towards delivery of gender-sensitive, rights-based projects:

On the basis of objectively done situation analysis and in cognizance of the ground realities, the organization develops its operational strategies to maximize qualitative results at the ultimate outcome level for the empowerment of women, girls and other vulnerable communities by providing them with the appropriate knowledge and skills, as well as organizing them for identifying and tapping into economic growth opportunities. Increasing women workers' understanding on gender issues, protection against harassment, exploitation & violence and educating women workers on civic, economic, political and workers’ rights are the added key endeavors made by the organization.

Strong community mobilization component is also integrated to encourage decision makers in the families and the respective communities to allow women to get training on locally marketable income generating skills, set up women-led enterprises or find jobs and most importantly have control over their income.

All of these measures positively influence women’s capacity to (i) challenge gender biased stereotypes (ii) increase role of women in economic activities and decision-making at the level of their homes, workplaces and communities (iii) increased access of vulnerable women workers to social protection services that can safeguard their economic and social rights and save them from domestic violence and exploitation & harassment at the workplace.

Length of existence and experience:

Baidarie has been working in Sialkot District (1993-2018), Attock District (2002-2003) , in six districts of Gujranwala Division (2017-20) and districts Okara and Sahiwal in Sahiwal Division (2019-202). The organization enjoys an enviable level of credibility among the relevant stakeholders regarding usefulness of its interventions aiming at socioeconomic empowerment of women & girls.

Organizational Structure:

Baidarie has following three tier leadership and governance structure comprising of General Body, Board and Management.

General Body is exclusively comprised of programme beneficiaries (36 women + 13 Men) and it meets once a year to formulate and update the constitution of the organization.

Further It formulates overall policy of the organization

It appoints the members of the board

Review the annual report and budget of the organization

Board is a mix of social development experts, practitioners and beneficiaries dedicated to the advancement of gender equality, empowerment and justice. It meets on quarterly basis to determine strategic dimensions of the organization and grants approval to programme designs in accordance with the mandate approved by General Body.

Management

Executive director is appointed by the Executive Board to take care of day to day business of the organization. S/he is reportable to the Board on the financial, administrative and programmatic affairs of the organization.

Participation of the programme beneficiaries including women groups in all of the above listed three decision making bodies helps in identification of their right based needs and demands, sorting out solutions to their problems, themselves becoming part of the solutions and in maintaining connectivity with communities.

Financial capacity:

Finance and Accounts system at Baidarie is regulated by comprehensive financial policy and SOPs approved by BoD. Qualified and adequately trained staff with clear job descriptions and well defined reporting channels is in place to ensure effective and efficient functioning of the systems. Automated financial information system (FIS) is used to document the financial transactions. Financial audits are conducted annually by the firm of auditors approved by the Board. Project based/ third party auditing is also conducted, whenever required.

Partnerships:

Baidarie during its struggle for empowerment the poor and ultra-poor social segments  has enjoyed very good working relationship with the govt. departments i.e. Social Welfare Department,  Women Development Department, Punjab Labor & Human Resource  Department and district and Tehsil administrations. It also has enjoyed  very good working relationship with the  support agencies UN WOMEN, adidas, Amplify Change, National Endowment for Democracy, Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability (TDEA), Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, The Asia Foundation, EC-EIDHR, UNICEF,  British High Commission, DFID, CIDA-PSU,  CIDA-PAGE, SCF (UK),  NCHD, DTCE, TVO, GFW (US), Muslim Charity Fund (UK) , Awaiting Eyes Foundation (UK), Punjab Business Skill Fund, Corporate Sector, vocational training institutes, Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sports Good Manufacturers Association, Pakistan Gloves Manufacturers and Exporters Association   and Local support structures.

Organizational Strengths

More than  25 years of Experience of Social Activism and Development

Well defined vision, mission & objectives, Policies and SOPs,

Operational outreach all across Sialkot District

Linkages with social activist/groups.

Close contacts with women & girls workers

Close working relationship with key players in Sialkot Industry and trade associations like SCCI, PGMEA, SGMA and others

Working partnerships with Training institutes in Sialkot i.e LPDI and VTI

Connected with Civil Society Groups and Networks in Pakistan

Well recognized role of activism for right based Socio-economic development for rural women and other vulnerable groups

Well defined field management strategies, internal control procedures for ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.

Trained Cadre of Trainers

Effectively functional MIS & FIS

Well organized Finance & Accounts Department

Human rights reporting desk and responding system

Research, analysis, documentation and Publication Team

Networking and Linkages at national, provincial, district and local levels.

Future Plans:

To contribute to the efforts for mitigating spread of COVID-19.

Poverty alleviation,

Strengthening democratic local governance system

Provision of relief and rehabilitation services to people hit by natural calamities and other emergencies.

Community development,

Empowerment of Women

Provision of facilities for preventive, diagnostic and curative healthcare services to reduce maternal and child mortality and increase access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Prevention of discrimination and violence against women, children

Fostering Culture of respect for the basic human rights

Promotion of facilities for quality education-Formal, No formal, vocational, Technical