Thal
Welfare Organization
Thal
Welfare Organization (TWO) is a Dehi Taraqyati Tanzeem (rural development
organization) working in the backward area of district Layyah. This is the most
backward and disadvantaged area of the southern
TWO
took first step by starting its Dehi Taraquiati Program (rural development) by
starting Female education Program by establishing community schools in this
area. In the history of Layyah for the first time some non-governmental
organization has started a female education Program. There was a cultural norm
that people were reluctant to send their girls to schools but it was is only
possible due the Thal Welfare Organization’s awareness program, which was so
fruit full in motivating village people to send their females to these
community schools. Later on community them selves involved in this program by
organizing Village School Committee. This committee is comprised of parents in
each village.
At
this time Thal Welfare Organization is successfully running 43-Non Formal Basic
Education community Schools. Total 1291 students were enrolled in these schools
out of them 62%(811) are female students and 38%(480) are male students under
14 years old. Under age group of 5-9 Years girl students are 449 and boy
students are 331.Under age group 10-14 years old girl students are 362 and boy
students are 149.Most of these children were working before coming to these
schools.
600
students have passed primary school in the non-formal schools working under
Thal Organization.
Main aim of this Organization is to
provide a helping hand for local community of this area by creating awareness,
advocacy and capacity building of human resources. TWO has mobilized the community and empowered
them to take their own decisions. Such decisions that are taken at the
community level are most valuable and their impact is good.
Thal welfare Organization has a broad come in to existence with
a view to focus on following main objectives.
·
Increase
literacy rate with special emphasis to female education.
·
Raise
the Socio –Economic status of the Women in society.
·
Institutional
and organizational development.
·
Economic
development of local people.
·
Research
and training.
·
Housing,
sanitation and drinking water.
Thal Welfare Organization comprises of dedicated team members
whose continues struggle and commitment has enabled to achieve some of
objectives in a very short time. Here is a brief overview of its activities.
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Non Formal Education Program for
promoting Village
Thal Welfare Organization has started
education program under Education Project under Prime Minister’s Literacy
Commission, Islamabad in the remote villages where already no schooling
facilities for the women exist. These schools are community based and are run in
the boundary of a house. Community has contributed in this project by giving
building for these schools. Thal Welfare Organization has trained these
teachers with the coordination of Bunyiad Literacy program. The idea behind
these schools is to assure attendance of female teacher as in these schools,
female teacher is mostly from that community. This shows not only punctuality
but also due to relations with the community, children feel more confidence to
study from this teacher. Presently Thal Welfare Organization is successfully
running 43-non Formal schools in 43 different distant villages inn Tehsil
Karor.
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Male Student 250
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Female Students Enrolled: 350
Total
Male –Female Children: 600
¨ Health Activities
Thal Welfare Organization is only organization that
has started health awareness among the rural community. Keeping in view the
needs and wants of the rural community, Thal Welfare Organization has arranged
free eye camps in rural and backward villages of Tehsil Karor. One at Sarghani,
Katcha(Riverian Area) and other in Chak 94,99/TDA in Tehsil Karor. About 1000
men, women and children get benefit of free medication.
Community is mobilized to understand the importance
of health by inviting them in village meetings with the doctor. In near future
Thal Welfare Organization is going to establish Mother and childcare Centers in
remote areas in collaboration with some other organization.
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Women Development
Established a women skill enhancement center in village where cluster of villages are
getting benefit to train their
women in income generating skills.
Until now about 200 women were trained .
The standard of living of this area is very
backward as compared to other areas of Pakistan. The women of this area are
being deprived of their fundamental rights. Financial statuses of the women are
very poor, as they are dependent to males. As it is a male dominating society
and its worse example is Divorce system. If a woman is divorced, she has to
face moral and financial crisis. There is no one to help her at this critical
event of her life. People hate to establish relation with her. With in house
and out side in the society, she would lose reputation.
There
is no adequate facilities offered by the government where she could work
smoothly according to her best potential.
Thal Welfare Organization has started women
development program for the welfare of these village women by establishing a
skill center, where village girls are trained in local skills i.e. Embroidery,
Tailoring and Handicraft making. Under this program village women are trained
in income generating schemes so that they can earn sufficient income to stand
on their own feet. This scheme has not only improved the financial status of
village women but also raised their social status.
TWO established this center in year 2000 in
collaboration with TVO and now running this center in collaboration with Punjab
Vocational Training Council. Women are supplied with raw material for producing
households like embroidered clothes, school uniforms, school bags, children
clothes, toys, etc. For marketing of these products in local and major cities a
marketing department will be established. The revenue generated from all this
will be distributed among the women of the center.
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Agriculture Extension Services
Most of the population is
dependent upon Agriculture, which include poor small farmers whose land holding
is two to three acres each and tenant farmers. Production capacity of these
farmers is very low. They are following traditional farming and don’t know
modern techniques of farming.
Thal Welfare Organization has started farmer
advisory service in 1997. This advisory team consists of Professional
Agriculture Graduates and experts from Agriculture Department who give advice
free of cost before growing each major crop. About five villages have got
benefit of this advisory service. This service has improved the socio-economic
status of majority of farmers in this area.
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Resource
center
Thal
Welfare Organization has established one resource center facilitated with
various informative magazines, development journals and newsletters.
Contact
Us
Contact
Person
Mr. Tariq Mahmood
General Secretary
Thal Welfare Organization
Head office : Chak No 99/TDA Tehsil Karor,
District Layyah, Pakistan.
Branch office: Lodhra house Railway Road
Karor Lalehsan Tehsil Karor District Layyah
Tel & fax 0671-810747. Email: tariqm80@hotmail.com