thaakat foundation annual report 2015

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THAAKATFOUNDATION

annual report 2015


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Letter from the Board

Meet the Team

Financials

Local Projects

Global Projects

Looking Ahead

Special Thanks

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THAAKAT ANNUAL REPORT 2015


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Every year, our project sites are faced with challengesthat leave us with the ability to fall or to make impact. Dueto our location and proximity to circumstances we havethe opportunity to make a difference especially when it’sneeded most. This year, Karachi, Pakistan—a city of 20million people faced a treacherous heatwave. The wave

of temperatures (recorded up to 113F) hit at a time whenmost people were observing the religious month of Ra-madan- this included the fasting from sun up to sundown.Shops were closed; restaurants were shuttered, for thepoor man walking the streets in search of water—it wasnowhere to be found.

The people who suffered the most were those withoutadequate housing and resources. At our DREAMS schoolsite in Jam Chakro village (Kachra Kundi), Karachi,Pakistan, the burning garbage and searing sun overhead

created for the most difficult of circumstances.Immediately you helped us to arrange food rations andpledged funds to build a water well. Today, should a heatwave hit, our villagers have a source of fresh flowingwater, new trees sprouting to give them shade and thepromise that we are there to support them.

Our Fatmata Maternity center in Sierra Leone serves as asounding board for six communities. Malaria is a problemand villagers don’t need to tell us, we see it.

Our project sites continue to serve as a ray of hope.

This year we launched a cross community Malariaprevention program and have encouraged thedistrict to adopt increased measures to detect andprevent people from the disease. Today we havesanitation leads in place at each village post, fines inplace for who don’t observe safety and hygiene rules

and plans to build out public latrines (restrooms) tostop the spread of illness and disease.This is leadership.

At the Konadu Basic School in Ghana we wanted tobe more than an institution, we wanted to be a partof building solutions for the community. More than 50%of students come from single mother homes and we

felt it our responsibility to help empower them. Thanksto your donations, we were able to launch a mushroo

farm. Not only does this flourishing farm provide skill

and opportunity for women who will be able to rotatethrough our training program but the profits will alsohelp us sustain growing operations at our school. Our

first mushrooms went to market in September 2015 athey looked enchanting! These mushrooms are not jus

food- they are going to one day define Konadu as aregional agri-hub.

The $125,000 you helped us to raise this year wasstretched as far as possible to provide the most impa

Every dollar has created a smile, love and opportunity for those who really need it.

Thank you for believing in us.Sincerely,2015-2016 National Thaakat Foundation Board

A Letter From the Board


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Amani MemonFunding/Development Outreach

Aysha Qamar Social Media & Campus Liason

Azka AsifDirector/Social Media

Hina Khan

Global Public Health LeadNudrat Zoha

Director/Global Projects

Faraz HamedaniStrategy & Development

Ruhail MoffatLocal Operations / Logistics Lead

Saad BawanyProgram Manager/ Annual Events

Sufyan BarkatFunding/Development Director

Uzma BawanyExecutive Director

University Presidents (2015-2016)

Sumayya Qudrat Bradley University

Ashna Mehra

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)Amal Amir & Haris Farooqi Rutgers University/New Brunswick

Misty Budwal The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)

Mariam Mirza

University of Illinois/ Urbana ChampaignAbad Majeed University of Illinois/Chicago

Amina Raazi The Ohio State University

2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Amani Memon Funding/Development Outreach

Aysha Qamar Social Media & Campus Liason

Azka Asif Director/Social Media

Hina Khan

Global Public Health LeadNudrat Zoha Director/Global Projects

Rabia Mukhtar Local Projects Assistant

Ruhail Moffat Local Operations / Logistics Lead

Saad Bawany Program Manager/ Annual Events

Sufyan Barkat Funding/Development Director

Uzma Bawany Executive Director

Zabin Patel Global Projects Assistant

mee th teathese are the people whokeep Thaakat running.


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- We raised a total of $136,993.63- We donated a total of $127,666.44

- 100% of our direct public support (donations)went directly to our projects!

Direct Public Support (These are funds you helped us raise!) General Donations $94,112.66 Corporate Contributions $17,145.98 Chapter Fundraisers $7,957.99

Total Direct Public Support $119,216.63

Projects Expenses (These are donations put towards our projects) DREAMS for Kachra Kundi- School in PK $86,120.11 Konadu Basic School Ghana $22,175.00 Local Volunteering $79.34 Fatmata Maternity Center $17,891.99

Global Projects Misc. $1,400.00

Total Projects Expenses $127,666.44

2015 financia highlightWe invested $20,000 more in ourglobal project sites over last year

thanks to your donations!


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We spent everythingdonated to us this year

(and more) thusNet Income is negative.

Overage was pulled in from retained earnings in

2014.

Thaakat Foundation Profit & LossJanuary through December 2015

Ordinary Income/Expense Income Direct Public Support General Donations 94,112.66 Corporate Contributions 17,145.98 Chapter Fundraisers 7,957.99

Total Direct Public Support 119,216.63

Corporate and Business Grants Sponsorships 9,325.00 Corporate and Business Grants - Other 5,452.00

Total Corporate and Business Grants 14,777.00

Other Types of Income Leadership Conference Funds 3,000.00

Total Other Types of Income 3,000.00

Total Income 136,993.63

Expense Projects Expenses Kachra Kundi- School in PK 86 Konadu School Ghana 22 Maternity Center 17, Global Projects Misc. 1,4 Local Volunteer 79

Total Projects Expenses 127

Fundraiser Expense Event Expenses 6,

Total Fundraiser Expense 6,

Travel and Meetings Leadership Conference Cost 1,9

Total Travel and Meetings 1,9

Overhead Bank/Wire Transfer Fees 1,3 Social/Web Expenses 37 Mailing, Administrative Fees 22 Software Expense 9.

Total Overhead 1,4

Contract Services Accounting Fees 618 Legal Fees 10.

Total Contract Services 62

Total Expense 138

Net Ordinary Income -1,4

Net Income -1,4


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Thaakat leads aseries of community-

based volunteer activities,awareness campaigns, and

fundraising events nationwide.Our university chapters helpus to carry out our mission of

service and charity byvolunteering their time to

local institutions andpeople in need.

Congratuations to our

2015 Tournament

Champions!

1st Place: Ruckus

2nd Place: Hard2Guard

projectLOCAL


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our volunteer

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Ashna Mehra, Founder, NYIT Thaakat

By learning about and joining theThaakat initiative, I have been broughtto a whole other world, one that isgiving, kind and brings smiles to the

world. It has opened my eyes.

Saad Bawany, National Board Member

Our annual charity tournament is morethan just guys coming out to play a goodgame of basketball, over the last 5 years

we've raised over $50,000 for our globalprojects. That's the impact you've helped tomake here.

Over the lasyears, our boar

campus chapterdedicated more

to help makeworld a better

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projectGLOBALThaakat adopted

global communities that wereotherwise outcast from society.

Due totheir economic status, war

and destruction or remotelocation they had been completely

forgotten. Over the last 3 yearswe've worked to empower, sustain

and help these people to stand

up to a better hope for the future.


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TECHIMAN, GHANA

111 Primary school leveLocation: Tanoboas

On Site Leader: Clement

Today,111 students

are receiving a free and quality

education under theroof of the Konadu

Basic School.

BASIC SCHOOLKONADU

K d B i S h l


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Tanoboase is a part of the Techiman District. Located ata historical crossroads of trade routes and the TanoRiver, it serves as capital of the Techiman Municipal ofthe Brong Ahafo Region in South Ghana.

Techiman is, together with Sunyani,one of the two majorcities and settlements of Brong Ahafo region. It boasts asettlement population of 104,212 people in 2013.

Tanoboase, Ghana

Konadu Basic SchoolIn 2013 we adopted the c ommunity of Tanoboase,Ghana. Here is where we found Righteous, or rather wefound each other.

Righteous began his school with just two kids. Now hehas over 100. Righteous and the children make the bestwith what they have. Class starts at seven with breakfastand a morning prayer. Righteous and his staff teach thestudents to read and write English, learn basic math andgeography, and provide a safe space for the children toplay while their parents work. And all of this at no costfor the parents and students of the school.

Over the last year, our donors, our partners Liz Zweiflerand Austin Pruett and everyone supporting us havebrought this school to a place we never imagined insuch short time. We have a complete 3 room school-house, the uniforms, supplies and books to meet thestandards of the Ghana Educational Service, childrenreceive lunch every day, we have employed 8 teachers,and currently have 111 students enrolled.

Courses offered:

English Language Ghanaian Language Mathematics Environmental Studies Creative Art Computer technology Natural Science Religious and Moral Education Physical Education Music & Dancing


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water wa som- thin w neede ver desperatel;

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imagin!

to drink, to eat, to clean, for useat our farm, especially with thedry season. We drilled threeyears ago and had no luck butI went back to the GhanaWater Company. I showedthem what we do. I plead withthem to please check again. At

my request, with no fee untilwater was guaranteed, theyreached fresh water at 300 ft!We connected pipes to bring itto our school and...

- Clement ‘Righteous’ Opoku Boamah,Founder of the Konadu Basic School


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2013Konadu BasicSchool is built

five teachersare hired.

2014

School busis purchsaed

Three additional teachers are hired

student bodygrows from 65to 100 children

2015

Water well is built.

Mushroom farmis launched

in the past three years...


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DREAMS


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DREAMS for KARACHI KUNDI

KARACHI, PAKISTAN

570 PreK-Metric school leve

Location: Jam Chakro Village (Kachra Kundi) On site Leader: Mazahir Sahib, Idara Al Khair

The ‘Dreams’ Schoolat Kachra Kundi, one of theworlds largest waste dumps,

is located in Jam Chakrovillage. 20 kilometers away

from the main city ofKarachi, more than 300

families are living on thisland and more than 10,000

in surrounding villages.


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More than 100 tons

of waste is dumped heredaily. Villagers make theirliving by rummaging

through the garbage foranything they can use

or re-sell


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"Everyone has dreams. I too wato have a dream. These dreams arepossible through an education. W

receive that education and I start to my goals, I know that I will be inspircontinue to receive more learning.

want to set new goals. In the future I wbe able to teach other girls. I want to

those girls whose families are also stothem from receiving an educatio

th live yo’v change

Shaheen, Age 14. Student atDREAMS School

for Kachra Kundi


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"After the city of Karachisuffered from a heat wave in July

2015, more than a thousand peopleperished. In October 2015, welaunched a water well on site to

provide relief from future such cir-cumstances. With this water children

can wash their faces, families havewater to cook and drink and we are

planting new greenery aroundcampus to provide color to our

surroundings and shadefrom the heat."


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Nab Baks

Age 14. Student atDREAMS School

for Kachra Kundi

Every day after school, Nabraces home with his you

brother and sister. His walk30 minutes each way is oveand behind the mountainou

grounds. Thankfully he is

distance from the landfill, family, like all others in the

struggles.

Drug mafia and crimeplague the area but our school helpsstudents make good decisions over

bad and you know instantly when youmeet Nabi, he is a wonderful kid. In hishome live about 15 people. Brothers,nephews, nieces and parents underone roof. There are 2 straw mats that

are used for beds--the others sleep onthe floors. There is no heat or AC, in the

heat temperatures reach over 100Fand in the cold, nights fall to a chilly

40 F or below.


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Nabi is very quiet, doesn'ttalk much or smile but you can

tell he has a vision and he is determined.Nabi races home each day to help his

mother make samosas (potato filled pastries)that he then walks through the village to sell.By sundown, if he has sold his batch, he willmake a total of $1. Each samosa sells for 5

rupees, less than 5 cents. After the expensesto make these delicious samosas, earnings

are even less. Like many other young students, Nabi works to help

support his family.

Today, almost 1 milliolaborers in Pakistan are ch

between the ages of 7-14. Na

to his home one day to shoprocess of making his samosasprobably the best we've ever h

pride in his work and hopeeducation will help him fur

entrepreneurial skill


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FATMATAMATERNITY CENTER

BLAMA PERRI, PUJEHUN DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE

Maternal + General Healthcar6000+ patients

Location: Pujehun District, SierOn Site Leader: Philip

Our commitmentto healthcare and women

empowerment lives on throuour newly constructed

maternity center. This facilwas opened in April 2014 in

rural village in Sierra LeonePujehun district. The strugglget this facility up and runn

has been a battle worth fighting entirely.

Th i il i hi h


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The civil war – in whichhalf the population wasdisplaced, 50,000 peoplewere killed, 100,000 weremutilated and 250,000

women were raped –has ruined the country’seconomy, infrastructureand social services.

Despite the end of thehostilities, population’shealth status has notimproved. Sierra Leone’smaternal mortality rate isamong the highest in theworld. Some 17% of children

die before their first birthdayand 25% die before theyreach the age of five.

Information Courtesy Médecins Sa-Sierra Leone

wh i thaaka her?

BLAMA PERRI, PUJEHUN DISTRICT,SIERRA LEONE

2015 Overall Statistics at Fatmata Maternity Cente


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2015 Overall Statistics at Fatmata Maternity Cente

adults

adolescents

children < 5

total

total malaria cases may - dec 2014

27.40%

8.80%

63.80%

%

177

57

413

647

total

71

22

215

308

106

35

198

339

adults

adolescents

children < 5

total

total malaria cases jan - dec 2015

30.50%

12.50%

57.10%

%

300

123

562

985

total

137

57

273

467

163

66

289

518

During our cross community Malaria prevention programs we pulled 60 people for randomtesting. 36 of those people tested positive for Malaria.

That is more than 50%. This highlights what a problem the disease is for the region.

Full Year Analyzing Fatmata Maternity Center


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Antenatal Care (2015):

Providing antenatal care to the pregnant wpopulation has been one of Thaakat Founmain initiatives to aid in reduction of maternchild mortality rates. From January throughNovember of 2015, a total of 489 women w

continually provided with antenatal care. Aly, through outreach, 46 additional womenprovided antenatal care. Antenatal care hetrack and monitor the health of both the mothe child, throughout the pregnancy.

Adult Population (2015):

Malaria had the highest disease incidenceamong the adult population in 2015 with500 cases out of 1514 total disease casesrecorded in the adult population (0.200

incidence rate). STIs ranked in second high-est with a 133 cases recorded (0.088incidence rate). And ARI/Pneumonia rankedin third with a 116 reported cases with anincidence rate of 0.077.

Healthy Baby Deliveries (2015):

We had a total of 93 healthy babies deliveredsafely at the Maternity Center in 2015. Of those,45 were boys and 48 baby girls were delivered.YTD we have delivered over 150 babies at thecenter.

More than 6,000 patients havebeen provided free treatment

since our opening in April 2014.

Family Planning (2015):

STDs have been one of the top threediseases afflicting the adult population of BlamaPerri. Thaakat Foundation’s initiative to reduceSTD rates within this population subset has beento: increase awareness of the health benefits ofprotected sex through increased use ofcontraceptives. In 2015, the Maternity Center hada total of 258 reported new contraceptive usersand 194 continuing users. Oral contraceptiveswere used in higher numbers by new users (147users out of total 258 users) whereas injectibleshad a higher number of continued users (119

users out of 194 total users). Thus, the conclusionis injectable contraceptives were better acceptedby the target adult population, as is visible by thecontinued use of this form of contraception over aprolonged period of time.

Children Under Five Population (2015):

Malaria ranked in number one with 562cases out of a total 2376 disease cases

reported in this population (0.237 incidencerate). ARI/Pneumonia ranked in second with410 cases (0.173 incidence rate).Malnutrition ranked third with 207 casesreported and incidence rate of 0.087.

Adolescent Population (2015):

Malaria ranked highest in the adolescentpopulation with 123 cases reported in 2015out of a total 449 cases (0.274 incidencerate). Typhoid ranked as the second highestwith 47 cases reported (incidence rate of0.105). The third highest disease in thispopulation was worm infection (incidencerate of 0.078).

Acute Malnutrition Treatment (2015):

In order to help reduce the mortality rate in children under five population, Thaakat Foprovides a nutritional food source (in powdcalled Sierra Mix. Sierra Mix is loaded with a

necessary nutrients to aid in the growth anddevelopment of a young child. AdditionallyMaternity Center does growth monitoring opopulation subset. From January through ber of 2015, a total of 888 children under fivpopulation’s growth were monitored, out o430 were boys and 458 were girls. By monthe growth of these children, disease prevewell as early diagnosis and treatment of a d

become possible, allowing the child to grohealthy adult. Currently 30 infants and toddon our acute malnutrition treatment progra

Full Year Analyzing Fatmata Maternity Center

In 2015 In 2016


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In 2015we provided:

In 2016we hope to:

*special thanks to One Ummah Foundation,APPNA, NJS Logistics and Airlift International

Dreams for Kachra Kundi, Karachi, Pakistan

dreams

-Launched water well, serving over10, 000 people

-Emergency food aid relief for 600 familiesduring the heat wave

-550 students with education 7 days a week

-Adult accelerated learning program launched

-Counseling and emergency medical aidprovided to students

-General healthcare provided free of costKonadu Basic School, Ghana

konadu

- Launched a permanent source ofwater for the school

- 3 new teachers hired- Mushroom farm launched to provide poor

women with jobs/opportunities

- Free breakfast and lunch providedevery day for students

- Our curriculum and dedication hashelped our students earn 2nd

best readers in the district

Fatmata Maternity Center, Sierra Leone

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- 6000+ patients treated to date(of all ailments and ages)

- 150+ babies delivered

- Malaria prevention/ educationplanto launch this month

- Additional unit added as post maternity suite andmedicine store

- Water well launched in nearby community for the poor

- Acute malnutrition program provides malnourishedinfants and toddlers with food supplements;

30 children on the program today

- 2 new employees hired

Konadu Basic School, Ghana

konadu

-To grow and help Tanoboase, Ghanabecome recognized as a regional

mushroom agri-hub

Fatmata Maternity Center, Sierra L

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-To expand our healthcare servFatmata Maternity Cente

-Launch a business start up programmothers and widows struggling to

their families in Sierra Leon-To continue to work to decrease

Malaria rates in the regio

Dreams for Kachra Kundi, Kara

dreams

-Adopt 200 more students ineducation at Dreams of Kac

-Support our first ever graduatDreams for Kachra Kundi as they

future in careers/ educa-Complete our 10 ft boundary s

to ensure the safety of our s(thanks to One Ummah Foundat

support here)

Thank you to Our Sponsor


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specia

than yo“Coming together is a beginning;keeping together is progress;working together is success.”

- Henry Ford

Thank you to Our SponsorElite Sponsors

Airlift International

AVCS Chicago

Barkat Consulting

NJS Global Logistics

Rosati's Pizza- Elk Grove

Gold Sponsors

Al Bawadi Grill

Abdul Rangoonwala

AtoZ Preschool

Brooklyn Boulders Chicago

Chicago Helicopter Tours

City Express Travel

CPX Sports

Einstein Bros Bagels

Enterprise Rent A Car Syed Zaidi

I Dream of Falafel

iFLY ChicagoRosemont- Indoor Skydiving

KINGS Rosemont IL

Lettuce Entertain You Restau

Lucky StrikeLombard, IL

Matt & Danielle Forte

Mr. Halal Broast

Oak Brook Park District

Pita Pita

Sabah Azam Photography

Simply Beautiful Day Spa

Spider Electronics

Sports Authority

Tandoor Char House

Ulta Beauty

WingZone Glendale HeightsZanies Comedy Club

ZN Sounds and Lighting

Thank You to Our Partners

APPNA

Idara Al Khair Welfare Society

One Ummah Foundation

Young Vision Africa

Liz Zweifler

Austin Pruett

Photos Courtesy:

Kelly Wenzel Photography

Austin Pruett Photography

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