Message from Country DirectorWe are pleased to share with you this edition of the HF Chronicles. This newsletter offers a glimpse into the activities, updates and achievements of our interventions from all across the regions for the month of May. The teams in the region with the support of

the Core office have been working very hard in overcoming the challenges and taken great strides in extending the reach of our programs to the communities. We have strengthened our programs especially in the area of Economic Empowerment through the Hashoo Huner Program, aimed at promoting the unique craftsmanship of the diverse cultures across the country. We have worked with the most indigenous and marginalized women from the Kalash Valley and have helped

them modernize their craft, by making products that are in line with modern day trends. The Environment and Climate Change Program accelerated its efforts towards

increasing the visibility of the program, by networking with key players – INGO, NGO, and Government Departments - and awareness-raising events.

The program has so far reached out to several key players in the field of Environment and Climate Change and successfully laid the

foundations of a long-term partnership with ICIMOD culminating in an MOU signed in Kathmandu, Nepal.

As the Foundation moves forward to respond to the external opportunities and challenges, we continue with our legacy of social protection and humanitarian programs

designed to help people out of the crippling effects of chronic povertyIn all our activities, we will continue to reach out to the extremely vulnerable individuals, marginalized groups and people living with disabilities. By strengthening our programming, we aim to be bolder and wiser, progressively serving the underprivileged and the people in need. We invite all the caring citizen to continue this mission of creating change with us as ‘Together we make a Difference’.Here’s wishing you all Ramadan Mubarak !

SessionsHealth session for Early Childhood Development trainees

Mother awareness session at Hashoo Foundation Schools Commencement of Skills Development Training for FATA Youth

Role play session on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Monitoring visit to Pearl-Continental Bhurban

ActivitiesCultural Food Show by ECD Students

ActivitiesNational Trade Test for Professional Cooking conducted at Regional Office Lahore under the supervision of National Training Bureau Islamabad

Mid-Term Skills Competition at Pearl Continental Peshawar under the Prime Minister’s Youth Skills Development Program Phase III

NVTTC made an inspection visit to Project Office Rawalpindi, to assess the progress of the Domestic Skilled Worker Training Pro-gram

Such TV conducted auditions for the co-host of their flagship morning show “Such Savera” Ramadan Transmission.

building the capacity of school children vis-à-vis natural disasters to which district Chitral is so highly vulnerable. In addition, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) kits were also distributed among 17 schools of the selected UCs, Almost 9 School Representative Councils (SRC) have also been formed with complete profiling. The overarching objective of the intervention is to provide safe and secure learning environment to children of 20 selected schools of UC Charun and Shoghor in district Chitral.

Career Counseling and Scholarships Opportunities

Towards a Safer Tomorrow - School Safety Project

Coordination meeting with Environment Protection Agency, Gov-ernment of Gilgit-Baltistan

Hashoo Foundation organized a session on “Career Counseling and Scholarships opportunities” in collaboration with Aga Khan Local Education Board Gilgit. 88 female boarders attended this session that was held at Youth Development Center for Girls in Gilgit.

Hashoo Foundation’s Regional Office Chitral conducted Hazard, Vulnerability, Capacity Assessment (HVCA) in seven selected schools in Union Council (UC) Charun and Shoghor of district Chitral under its ‘Towards a Safer Tomorrow—School Safety Project (SSP) in partnership with Plan Pakistan. These HVCA exercises were aimed at

Coordination meeting was held at Environment Protection Agency, (EPA) Government of Gilgit-Baltistan with all the partner organizations for celebrating Bio Diversity day in Hoper Nagar. Hashoo Foundation was represented by Ms. Marina Begum, Deputy Regional Program Manager, at the meeting. The agenda of the meeting was to finalise the program for the event and delegate roles and responsibilities to the event partners.Assistant Director, GB- EPA. Mr. Manwar Mossovi thanked all the NGOs, and International Government Organizations for their participation in the event, he paid special thanks to Hashoo Foundation for the contribution and help in fostering partnership with other government and private organizations such as; World Wide Fund for Nature, Karakorum International University, Forest Department, Tourism Department, Serena Hotel Gilgit and GB EPA.

Celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2017

Hashoo Foundation’s boarders won gold medal at the National Beach Games 2017

Birthday Bash

Boarders from Hashoo Foundation’s Youth Development Center Rawalpindi Girls participated in National Beach Games 2017, held in Karachi. YDC boarders Anita, Seema and Sanita won Gold Medal in a game of Tug of War. The Boarders presented their gratitude to YDC for providing them the ideal environment where they could excel in their field of interests. They said “We are very thankful to our families, Hashoo Foundation and especially Youth Development Officer (YDC) Madam Naik Bano who always trusted and encouraged us in every field.”

Hashoo foundation celebrated International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2017 in collaboration with six other government and private organizations such as; Gilgit Baltistan Environmental Protection agency (GBEPA), Serena Hotel Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan Tourism Department, Karakorum International University, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Gilgit Baltistan Forest Department. The event was celebrated in Hoper Nagar, District Commissioner, Nagar, Mr. Rana Waqas was the chief guest at the event along with Mr Rizwan Ali, Member Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA). Other attendees at the event included the management and staff, students, teachers of Public Schools, community members, and host organizations officials who made the event a success for the local community.

As per tradition, Hashoo Foundation creates a social environment for trainees through birthday parties every month, where trainees present their dishes and talent for the recreation, keeping up with this tradition recently a birthday party for the trainees was held at the project office Rawalpindi.