Organizational Information
Organization Name
Community Awareness Raising & Advocacy Ventures Around Needs ( CARAVAN )
Created : Oct 18 2007 / Modified :
- Contry/Region
- Pakistan
- Contact
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Address: College Colony Saidu Sharif Swat NWFP Pakistan. Mailing Address: P.O Box # 18 GPO Saidu Sharif Swat. Tel: 92-946-713554 Fax: 92-946-727311 URL: http://www.caravan-swat.org/ Email: madyan@caravan-swat.org, kalam@caravan-swat.org, beghrain@caravan-swat.org
- Organization Structure
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- Date of Establishment:
- 1998
- Number of Staff:
- 9
- Sections:
- Members:
- Name of Director:
- Syed Jafar Shah
- Activity Area
- Advocacy / Community Development / Education / Poverty Alleviation / Public Health / Women Gender
- Foundation (Budget)
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- Foundation
- 0 (0 US Dollar) (Fiscal Yr. )
- Annual Budget
- 0 (0 US Dollar) (Fiscal Yr. )
- Account Settlement
- 0 (0 US Dollar) (Fiscal Yr. )
- Main Resources
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- Introduction of the Organization
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- Objective:
- CARAVAN is a Sub National NGO, with head quarters in Swat District of the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Pakistan. Established by renowned social workers and development professionals from NWFP in the year 1998, CARAVAN is registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, with the whole of NWFP as its jurisdiction.
Dedicated to promote participatory social and economic development, CARAVAN is a technical, facilitative and organizational support institution, providing services to the communities through CBOs, to harness their potential and capabilities to promote self -supporting system of community development. With the whole of NsWFP as its jurisdiction, the NGO is presently working in Swat district since 1998, while contributing to the efforts of its partner organizations, the NGO has built its alliance with the NGOs consortium, IDEALS, as one of the founding members of the network, availing the opportunity to interact with other NGOs at the provincial network and to benefit from their experiences.
Objective:
a) Socio- economic uplift of the population through resource management, peoples participation and effective partnership with Governmental and Non- Governmental Organizations working in the area.
b) Increase in productivity and earnings of the population through skill development and income generation opportunities.
c) Increase in efficiencies and effectiveness of the organizations providing services through institutional networking.
d) Promotion of formal and non- formal education with special focus on women -folk.
e) Improvement in health and hygiene situation in the area.
f) Assistance in capacity building of grassroots organizations through training, technical support, networking and linkages.
g) Contribution to Institutional Reforms & Good Governance initiatives at grassroots level.
h) Empowerment of people by ensuring their access to information for having informed choices to prioritize and address their needs.
i) Contribution to the Civil Society strengthening initiatives by giving voice to the voiceless and promoting social justice.
j) Support to the farming community in scientific management of Natural Resources on sustainable basis.
- Partnership with
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- DFID/Planning Commission of Pakistan
- Citizens Community Boards
- World Vision International
- Integrated Development, Empowerment & Advocacy for Livelihood Support
- Community Development Council Swat
- Regular Environmental Education / Education for Sustainable Development Programs
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Title Place Operational features Social Balance Sheet of Education Performance evaluation
- Publications
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Type Title Price Publisher Reports PRA Reports in Engilsh & Urdu CARAVAN Newsletters Manzil in English & Urdu CARAVAN
- Plans for the next 5 years
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The organization will continue a slow and gradual journey towards its' destination without compromising on basic principles of its' strategy and approach. There will be less dependence on external donors support and more emphasis will be given to its' Advocacy interventions to empower local communities.
Expansion to other areas will be a gradual phenomenon by replication of tested models of participatory development.
Networking with other CSOs is the major line of direction in the future. The already established forum. The IDEALS will be further strengthened. CARAVAN will play a leading role in this direction. It is already decided that CARAVAN local offices will be considered as branch offices for the consortium as well.
IDEALS, as mentioned earlier is the consortium of 20 registered CSOs from Malaknd and Hazara division. It was established in the year 2003 by the activists from founding CSOs working in the region in different sectors on small scale. The main objective of its' creation has been to make efforts to bring different NGOs/CSOs on one platform to pool their resources, expertise and experiences for a visible change.
- Self Evaluation
- We are trying to do our best.
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- Programs
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Name Field of activities Forest Development & Conservation Project, Education, Earthquake Response Program, DWSS Shahgram, Primary Health Care Advocacy / Agriculture / Community Development / Earth Science / Ecotourism / Education / Energy / Poverty Alleviation / Public Health / Research / Women Gender / Other ( Children, Culture, Disaster management, Governance, Human Rights, Infrastructure Development, Rural Development, Youth )
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