association for the development of pakistan (adp) 2014 ytd update
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The Association for the Development of Pakistan (ADP) is a volunteer-driven, engaged venture philanthropy organization that works with promising nonprofits and funds carefully selected development projects across Pakistan. This is the Q2 and Q3 update to the Board of Directors for 2014 that we want to share with all our stakeholders. http://developpakistan.orgTRANSCRIPT
ASSOCIATION FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PAKISTAN
(ADP)www.developpakistan.org
Agenda
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► Introductions
► 2014YTD Update
► Financial Update
► In-depth look at Water
► In-depth look at Education
► Volunteers
► Marketing and Communications
► Executive Session
Team Update
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Anum MalikOperations Manager
Anum joined ADP as Operations Manager in June 2014 and
plays a key role in supporting the expansion of ADP’s activities,
managing the volunteer network and supporting project teams.
Anum has a Bachelors in Media and Mass Communication from
Beaconhouse National University (BNU) and has previously
worked with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
(HRCP), managing external projects, documenting various
human rights violations across Pakistan, and writing for their
annual publication. She has done extensive research on
prisons, police abuse and women’s rights in Pakistan.
2014 YTD Update
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Successes and Priorities
► Projects• 6 approved projects (2 in education, 3 in water, and 1 in energy)
• 8 projects in pipeline (6 being evaluated, 2 being screened)
• Expected impact 235 + 250 + 14,535 = 15,020 beneficiaries by year end
► Partners• Identified and supported 8 new promising NGOs
• Water: Hisaar and SCF in Q2
• Education: TCF, IRC, FDO, SERVE, SOS Karachi in Q2
• Energy: PRES in Q2
► Programmatic Growth• Deeper sector focus; education and water strategies largely complete
• Extending projects to Sindh by exploring partnerships in Sindh (SCF, HF, SOS Karachi, IRC) and KP (SERVE)
• Innovations: multi-village scheme
• Sector specific tools and templates for evaluation and monitoring largely implemented
• Building a broader network of relationships with the key actors in each sector
YTD Update on 2014
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► Volunteers• 52 new signups; 127 available volunteers
• Creating new opportunities; recruiting more highly qualified volunteers;
improving tracking
► Marketing• Articles in print: Pakistan Today, 8/30 – Smart Giving, submitted by volunteer
• Op-ed submitted to The Nation, hoping for October print
• Partnership with global Pakathon – ADP is a thought partner supporting its
education stream
• Giveaways for volunteers and donors in production to celebrate 10 year
anniversary of ADP
• Website revamp process has started, hoping for a launch by the end of this
year
YTD Update on 2014
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► Water• 3 water projects were approved this year
• SCF: Hand pumps and water supply schemes for 10 villages (1st phase of implementation)
• HF: Solar powered pump on existing well (contract being finalized)
• BDS: Water filtration plants (expansion of previously approved project)
• 2 ongoing projects: SCF and PRDS
► Health• CCH: equipment of cancer hospital (completed)
• Another proposal from CCH for compassionate care, supported by Rehma Fund is being evaluated
► Education• 2 education projects were approved this year
• FDO: public-private partnership, construction of school (construction is midway)
• SERVE: construction of primary school in KP(funding to be released after contract is finalized by KP govt)
► Energy• 1 energy project was approved this year
• PRES: SHS for previously un-electrified village
• 1 project under evaluation with previous partner SDO, micro hydro powerplant
YTD Update on 2014
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2014 YTD Financials
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2014 Project Grants
Project Activity – YTD2014
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3
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0
2
4
6
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Education Water Health Energy Other Proposals
proposals received projects approved
currently under evaluation currently being screened
Outstanding
commitment:
$31,478
Outstanding
commitment:
$66,500
Funding
commitment:
$0
Outstanding
commitment:
$16,659
► Decisions on 3 projects • (1 in water and 2 in education) and approx. $ 53,265 in funding
► Develop partnership plans with 2 NGOs in water and
education• 5-year goals, roadmap and funding needs
► Raise $100k in annual funding commitments• Events in Bay Area, Houston and Boston
• Launch campaign in Pakistan
► Improve stakeholder engagement• Volunteer events, communication and feedback
• Donor reporting templates
Q4 Priorities
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In-depth Look at Water
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The Big Picture - Global
13Sources: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water Supply and Sanitation. (2012); World Health
Organization (WHO). (2008). Safer Water, Better Health: Costs, benefits, and sustainability of interventions to protect
and promote health; Water.org| Sources: WaterAid.org, http://www.wateraid.org/where-we-work/page/pakistan
• About 800 million people in the world lack access to clean drinking water; that’s 1 in every 9 of us
• 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation facilities; that’s 1 in every 3 of us
• 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths [99%]
occur in the developing world
• Women all over the world spend 200 million hours a year collecting water
• 16 million people lack access to clean drinking water [some reports estimate the # to be as high as 40M]
• Over 93 million people do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities
• ~ 200,000 children die each year from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation in Pakistan
In Pakistan
The Big Picture – The Urgency to Invest
14Sources: Facts and Figures, Water, Sanitation & Health, WHO
Clean water alone can reduce water related
deaths by 21%
Sanitation alone can reduce water related
deaths by 37.5%
Hand washing alone can reduce water related
deaths by 35%
► GoalOur goal is to provide convenient access to clean drinking water
• Water quality above globally accepted standards
• Water access without excessive hardship to women and children
► Our evaluation is focused on ensuring technical feasibility,
community adoption, sustainability and low cost • Proven solutions
• Unfettered community access
• Low cost per beneficiary
• Long useful life / simple maintenance needs
• Community investment
• Partner with experience and local presence
In-depth Look at Water
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Needs Assessment
16Note: The lifetime of these projects could range anywhere from 7 years to a lifetime with minimal maintenance required
Difficulty of Access
14 hours/week spent collecting (typically by women)
0 hrs 20 hrs
Levels of:• Biological contamination: Less than 0.00 per
100 ml• Chemical contamination: values vary
depending on chemical• TDS: Less than 1500 mg/l
Potable Water threshold
Acceptable time investment
High
Low
Solutions Assessment
Hand Pumps Filtration Units Solar Pumps
Situation • No access to running water
• Water table depth <100ft
• Water available, but unfit for drinking
Annual cost / beneficiary • $0.2 - $0.8 • $0.4 - $0.8
Useful life • 6-7years • 5-7 years
• Limited ground water sources
• Ample rainfall
• $1.4 - $2
• 25years
• Dug wells with water table > 200ft
• Ample sunlight
• $2.6 - $8
• 15 years
Type terrain • Plains • Anywhere • Mountainous• Desert
• Desert
Rainwater Harvesting
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Cost Benchmarks
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0
2
4
6
8
$10
Annual Cost per Beneficiary
Handpumps
$0.2
Water Filtration
$0.4
RainwaterHarvesting
Donor
$1.4
Solar Pump
Community
Donor
$8.0
20132013 20132012Year
Thar, Sind Thar, SindRegion
9515,665 2504,250Beneficiaries
256 156Life
SukaarBDS AWARESIDOPartner
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
$10
Annual Cost perBeneficiary
Hand pumps
$1.6
Rainwater
$2.5
2000 2000Year
ADP Projects (2012-13)
WHO Benchmarks (Asia)*
*Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Water and Sanitation Improvements at the Global Level , 2004
Smart Giving: Partner Evaluation
• We look for organizations providing long lasting solutions to the clean drinking water needs of local
communities
Key Criteria
Experience In similar geography In similar sector
Effective
Org
Structure
Strong administrative capacity
Financials Financials show a significant amount
being used for water projects each
year
Constant flow of
revenue/donations
No signs of waste
NGO’s
Credibility
Reference checks to confirm implementing and monitoring ability of
NGO
Site visit to verify NGO operations on the ground and community trust
NGO model Is the NGO doing anything innovative/different? Is it adding value to
the sector/addressing a critical need in the area?
Is the model exciting/high impact?
Does ADP really have a role to play or should some other actor step in?
Approach
• Data collection
• Management discussions
• Site visits
• Reference checks
Monitoring
• Regular reporting
• Site visits
► Sukaar Foundation • Founded: 2003
• Focus: WASH
• Villages covered: Approx. 148
• Total number of beneficiaries: Approx. 102,760
• Major donors: WaterAid, UNICEF, WFP, Oxfam GB, IDRF etc.
► Association for Water and Renewable Energy (AWARE)• Founded: 2003
• Focus: WASH
• Villages covered: Approx. 58
• Total number of beneficiaries: Approx. 30,000
• Major donors: Action Aid, Oxfam Novib, WHO, UNICEF, Water Aid, USAID/TAF etc.
Highest Potential Partners
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In-depth Look at Education
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► Mission• ADP’s mission is to improve access to and quality of schools across Pakistan
► Sector Updates• Successful launch of the TCF program (details to follow)
• Identified partners and projects in Sindh and KPK:
• Project approved in KPK (SERVE)
• Evaluating 2 projects in Sindh while a third is under screening
• Refined ADP’s approach in education:
• Identified intervention models & assessed the strengths & weaknesses of each model
• Fleshed out criteria to gauge short term and long-term project impact
• 2 high potential partners identified
• Thought partner and supporter of Pakathon, a global movement with a mission to connect
entrepreneurs, researchers and technologists from Pakistan to those around the world
In-depth Look at Education
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► Launched: February 2014
► Partners: Bunyad and SOS
► Timeline: 1 year project agreement; continued partnership to
be re-assessed in February 2015
Current activities & next steps:
• 5 full day teacher-training sessions: The sessions covered
areas of classroom management, lesson plans, development
of teaching aids, teaching methods, literacy and numeracy
• Head Teacher Training: These sessions will cover areas of
leadership, team building, problem solving, lesson plans,
classroom observations and feedback, introduction to school
finances and human resource management and school
improvement plans.
• Baseline tests were conducted in SOS and Bunyad and
baseline data from SOS has been received
TCF Partnership Update
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41.50%
31.58%
19.50%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
SOS Kasur SOS Lahore Other QIP Schools
Overall School Score
Benchmarks: Cost + Source of Funds
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Benchmarks: Cost vs. Learning
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0
500
1,000
1,500
Rs.2,000
0
20
40
60
80
100%
MHSF
72%
93%
PEN
36%
100%
Govt. Schools
48%
TCF
62%
SOS Karachi
87%
APS
45%
FDO
100%
PKSS
95%
Bunyad
84%
Monthly Cost / Student % of Total Students
Cost / Student
Matric 1st Div %
5th Grade ASER %
5th Grade ASER % = Average % of 5th graders that can read an Urdu story, read an English sentence and perform Arithmetic DivisionMatric 1st Div % = % of Matric students achieving 2st division
► We are using the following criteria to select long-term partners• Experience in Education
• ADP’s experience (project implementation)
• Meeting reporting requirements
• Responsiveness
• Long term vision for the sector
• Involvement with the community
• Financial sustainability
• Administrative capacity
• [ A concrete rating system is being created against which each partner will be rated and a final decision on
potential to partner with in the long term will be made]
Highest Potential Partners
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► Bunyaad• Founded: 1994
• Approximately 750,000 beneficiaries in 18 districts and 2000 villages of Punjab
• Major donors: UN, World Bank, USAID, ILM Ideas, Government of Punjab
• Cost Impact: With cost per beneficiary < PKR 250, learning outcomes at Bunyad are higher compared to other
LCPS and public schools
Highest Potential Partners
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Read a story in Urdu Read a sentence in English Perform basic arithemtic division
Bunyad
Private Schools
Public Schools
► SOS • Founded: 1980s
• SOS runs the Rural Support Program(RSP) as well as the Herman Gmeiner Schools (HGS) to cater to
different segments of the population. It functions across 13 cities in Punjab, AJK and Baluchistan. It currently
reaches out to approximately 10,000 students
• Financial Sustainability: SOS charges fees to cover its operating costs, making the schools self sufficient.
While for RSP schools these may fall between PKR 400-500, for HGS these can go up to PKR 1,200
• Quality: 100% of teachers in HGS and 90% in RSP schools have BA degrees or above. 87% students
received 1st division in Matric from the Sindh Chapter. Attendance rates are close to 90% for both students
and teachers and survival rates to secondary school are also high
• [Detailed point of view on all interventions employed in education are present in the Appendix]
Highest Potential Partners
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Volunteers
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Updates and Management
Volunteer Management
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► Statistics• Total# of Volunteer Signups in 2014: 136• Total# of Volunteer Signups in 2013: 63• Total# of PTMs promoted to PTLs (this
quarter): 4• Total# of new signups staffed on project
evaluation: 13
► Communication and Recruitment• More direct calls with volunteers and
arranging casual gatherings (within Lahore) to improve communication, creating a better relationship between them and ADP.
• An unofficial partnership with LUMS has created a ground for recruiting more good quality volunteers with higher potential for being part of evaluation
► Increased Opportunities• Volunteers unsuitable for project evaluation or site
visits are still being kept on record for other opportunities. Their contacts or expertise to benefit ADP in other ways.
• Volunteers already engaged with other development organizations express interest in collaborations/partnerships with ADP.
• Visits to past project sites arranged for 2014, increasing staffing of site visit volunteers
► Feedback• Inquiring constant feedback from project teams has
helped improve staffing mechanisms e.g. selecting teams within suitable time zones only.
• Questions for Net Promoter Score have been added to feedback forms. Calculation of quarterly NPS to begin at project completion.
Marketing
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One Year Later
One Year Later
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• ADP’s Mission: to be recognized as a cutting-edge, responsible, transparent, high-impact actor and thought leader in
philanthropic giving within the donor and volunteer communities
Our Goals
• Brand: unique brand positioning and brand identity
• NGO partner investment
• Donors: Increase donor network
• Operational communications: Dastak, website, social media
Targets
• Branding guidelines
• subsectors
• Media kit
• Info materials for partners
• Revamped newsletter
• New website; avg 200
• Facebook: 7,000
• Twitter: 2,000
• Whitepapers
What We Achieved
• Branding guidelines
• Subsectors
• Visiting cards
• Media Kit
• Info Materials: partners, evaluation guide, school evaluation, water evaluation, guidelines for site visits, blogs, fundraising guide
• Newsletter (8 so far)
• Facebook: 6,802; Twitter: 1,700, analytics
• Instagram, LinkedIn
• Website, avg 350 per day
• Going forward
Executive Session
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Appendices
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A. Water Intervention Models
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SOLUTION BENEFITS SUITABALITY CONCERNS PARTNER
Hand pumps Can reach a large number of beneficiaries (though
not more than 200 per pump)
Low cost per beneficiary
Minimum maintenance and repair required
Simple technology
Water fit for drinking purposes is
available at a maximum of 100 feet
No drainage/contamination issues are
prevalent
Community is comfortable and familiar
with hand pumps
Water must only be for household
consumption and not for agricultural
purposes
Hand pumps will last no more than 5-7
years (depending on maintenance,
weather conditions etc)
Can be affected by natural disasters like
floods
Can fall into disrepair if not properly
maintained
most recent ADP project:
PRDS
Water
filtration
plants
Model can be specified depending on the
particular type of contamination present
High number of beneficiaries can be reached
Constant water supply is already
available
A safe place must exist for the
installation of the filtration plants (e.g
school/office building)
Maintenance and repair
Community involvement
Complicated technology and unsuitable
for remote villages
most recent ADP project:
BDS
Rainwater
harvesting
Communities with very little access to water can
get water almost all year round
Rainwater harvesting structures (ponds) can last a
life time
Very little maintenance/repair is required
Needs of the entire village can be met
suitable in desert areas or in some cases,
in mountainous areas
access to clean drinking water is difficult
drought ridden areas
Dependence on rainfall
Risk of contamination (proper use of
filters)
Cost per beneficiary is high as compared
to other ADP projects
most recent ADP project:
SF
Solar pump on
existing dug
wells
Needs of the entire village can be met
Depends on solar energy (no energy costs
associated with the project
Solar pump can last for 20 years with minimal
maintenance and repair (hardly any costs
associated with this)
Storage tank helps store water for when pump
does not work
Areas where dug wells are present and
clean drinking water is available below
200-250 feet
An area where there is sufficient sunlight
Water in the wells must be clean
Source of water must be enough to
meet the needs of the entire village
Cost per beneficiary is high
(AWARE)
B. Education Intervention Models
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SOLUTION BENEFITS SUITABALITY CONCERNS PARTNER
LCPS Targets marginalized communities
Affordable education (PKR <500/month)
Addresses critical gaps of demand and supply in
education. Often offers the only educational
opportunity to low income communities
Many LCPS focus heavily on female education,
Students are more likely to complete education due to
affordability
Families which can afford fee structures of PKR
<500/month or less
Operating costs are often not covered
through tuition fees, making some NGOs
donor dependent.
Educational quality is often sacrificed
The best teachers cannot be hired and
teacher training becomes costly
Educational outcomes are often lower
most recent ADP project:
Bunyad, APS
High cost,
higher quality
Families which can afford fee structures of PKR 1000-
15000
Financially sustainable model (opex covered through
tuition fees).
Often hire the best teachers (with B.A degrees or
above) and provide regular teacher training
Learning outcomes are high and often match those of
excellent institutions in the country. This means
bringing low-income groups at power with higher-
income students and giving them access to similar
opportunities and social mobility
Presence of lower middle class families Education is at risk of becoming
unaffordable if tuition fees keep rising to
cover OPEX.
Lower-income families cannot afford the
education or may choose to put one
child in school (often the male child).
The audience targeted may not be the
one in the most marginalized conditions
most recent ADP project:
MHSF
Public-private
partnership
Public sector role in education
The funding is from the public sector, the quality is of
private sector level.
Improves quality of education in government schools
Red tape; delays in approvals
Teacher tenure means they cannot be
held accountable
NGOs often have minimal say in decision
making thereby making their role
insignificant in some areas
most recent ADP project:
PEN/FDO
Informal
schools
Can target marginalized communities, especially victims
of terrorism, refugees and other vulnerable
communities who have been displaced
Often a useful strategy for first generation school going
Problems with standardization and
structure
Difficulty with M&E
PKSS
C. Marketing Materials: Analytics
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