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Our Vision Our vision is of an ethical, equitable, inclusive and progressive society in which people live with dignity and have power over their own lives.
Our Mission Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities, through working on programs that lie within our three core programmatic areas: i.e. Economic Development, Human Capital Development and Social Protection.
Our Values Hashoo Foundation draws on the values of equity, inclusivity, transparency, innovation, integrity, respect and fulfillment.
About Us Hashoo Foundation’s mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities through our three core programmatic areas: Economic Development, Human Capital Development and Social Protection. Hashoo Foundation USA works locally to raise awareness, promote intercultural relations and understanding, as it builds partnerships with other non-‐profit and professional organizations, private sector and concerned individuals to promote the Foundation’s programs and increase its fundraising capacity to help support the Hashoo Foundation’s economic development, education, skills development and humanitarian assistance programs in Pakistan.
Hashoo Foundation USA is a non-‐profit organization under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code EIN 20-‐0748173 and is registered with the following registration authorities:
-‐ Trust Act 1882 vide Registration No 661 Sub-‐Registrar T-‐Div II Karachi dated 16/07/1988 -‐ Exempted from Taxes with approval by CBR under SRO 169(1)/2005 notified/published in Gazette of Pakistan dated 15/02/2005 under clause (3) of clause (58) -‐ Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy 2011 registration -‐ Charities Commission in the UK
Project Completion Report Women Empowerment through Honeybee Farming “Plan Bee”
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Contents Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................... 3
1-‐ Project Summary ................................................................................................................................. 4
2-‐ Project Goal ......................................................................................................................................... 5
3-‐ Background ......................................................................................................................................... 5
4-‐ Objectives ............................................................................................................................................ 5
5-‐ Project Activities Undertaken ............................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Community Mobilization ............................................................................................................ 7
5.2 Selection of the Trainees ............................................................................................................ 7
5.3 Selection of the Master Trainers ................................................................................................ 8
5.3 Development of Training Schedule ............................................................................................ 8
5.4 Post-‐training Evaluation .............................................................................................................. 8
5.5 Monitoring Visits to the Project ................................................................................................. 9
5.6 Distribution of Certificates, Beehives and Production Kits ...................................................... 10
5.7 Formation of the Cluster Based Association ............................................................................ 13
5.8 Value Chain Development (VCD) Training ................................................................................ 13
5.9 Branding and Marketing of the Honey ..................................................................................... 14
5.10 Packaging of Honey ................................................................................................................... 15
6-‐ Output and Achievements of the Project ......................................................................................... 15
7-‐ Linkages Building and Visibility ........................................................................................................ 15
8-‐ Risks/ Challenges and Assumptions ................................................................................................. 15
9-‐ Lessons Learnt ................................................................................................................................... 16
10-‐ Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Annex A Training Schedule ....................................................................................................................... 17
Annexure B Budget Summary ................................................................................................................... 19
Annexure C Profile of the Trainees ........................................................................................................... 20
Annexure D Beneficiaries Profile Template ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Annexure D pictures ................................................................................................................................. 24
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Acronyms BTLSO Best Town Local Support Organization
CBO Community Based Organization
CWF Chapelwood Foundation
EDP Enterprise Development Program
GB Gilgit-‐ Baltistan
HF Hashoo Foundation
HBG Honey Business Group
IP Implementing Partner
LSO Local Support Organization
NGO Non-‐Governmental Organization
PB Plan Bee
VCD Value Chain Development
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1-‐ Project Summary Project Title Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming
“Plan Bee “ Project
Implementing Partner Hashoo Foundation
Funded by Chapelwood Foundation
Area of Implementation GhakuchBalla, District Ghizer (Gilgit-‐Baltistan)
Number of Direct Beneficiaries Twenty (20) women
Number of Indirect Beneficiaries One hundred & twenty one (121) family members
Number of Children in School Sixty-‐seven (67)
Number of Beehives and Production Kits Distributed
Sixty (60) beehives & twenty (20) production kits distributed
Honey Produced in 1st year 285 kg (627 lbs)
Income Earned in 1st Year PKR. 285,000 (US $2,850)
Name of Business Group Shaheen Women Honey Business Group
Name of Honey Brand Shaheen Pure Honey
Project Director Muhammad Sadiq, HF-‐Pakistan [email protected]
Technical Support Cristal Montañéz Baylor, Executive Director, HF-‐USA [email protected]
Project Manager Kamal Uddin, HF-‐Pakistan [email protected]
Implementing Team BJ Shams and Garee Khan, HF-‐Pakistan Gilgit Office [email protected]
Project Budget US $9,000
Project Period One year (January 2014-‐ December 2014)
Country Pakistan
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2-‐ Project Goal The overall goal of the project was to increase the income of twenty (20) underprivileged women by building their capacity as honey bee farmers, and distributing sixty (60) beehives with twenty (20) production kits among them.
3-‐ Background Hashoo Foundation (HF) with the financial support of the Chapelwood Foundation (CWF), has built the capacity of underprivileged women in Gilgit-‐Baltistan (GB) in honey bee farming for the last four years. CWF is playing an important role in helping alleviate poverty in GB. In 2013, CWF awarded a 4th grant for $9,000 to HF to train twenty (20) women from GahkuchBalla, in District Ghizer, in beekeeping skills. Upon completion of the training, sixty (60) beehives and twenty (20) production kits were distributed amongst the new trainees. The trainees extended their gratitude to the CWF for the generous contribution to help improve the living standard of women in the remote areas of GB and recognize the efforts of HF for arranging the trainings.
Honey bee farming is a unique area where HF has strong capacity. HF facilitates the training, Value Chain Development (VCD), organization of business groups, distribution of beehives and production kits and links their trainees with the market, providing them with innovative branding and marketing strategies.
The project is one of its kind and contributes to the HF’s overall economic development strategy in the target area. It has helped women become self-‐sustained and independent. The “Mountain Honey” brand, produced by the “Plan Bee” beneficiaries, is now being supplied to Serena, Marriott, and Pearl-‐Continental Hotels, and to a range of domestic supermarkets across Pakistan.
4-‐ Objectives The project aims to empower poor women through the replication of CWF’s successful enterprise models, consecutively functional for last three years (2010 -‐ 2013) in the remote areas of GB, with three pronged objectives;
1. Organize, mobilize and train 20 rural women beneficiaries in bee farming. 2. Provide equipment and technical assistance required for bee farming, ensuring
economy of scale, facilitating beehives management, processing, quality assurance, storage and transportation.
3. Facilitate market linkages in lucrative markets of big cities of Pakistan as well as overseas, if possible, to maximize profit which will have multi-‐dimensional socio-‐economic impact in the targeted areas.
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5-‐ Project Activities Undertaken 5.1 Community Mobilization HF’s regional team initiated a dialogue with the target community in collaboration with the Best Town Local Support Organization (BTLSO) in Gahkuch, Ghizer. The communities expressed a keen desire for the beekeeping training. HF engaged BTLSO and delegated the responsibility to mobilize and identify the deserving women.
5.2 Selection of the Trainees HF field team in collaboration with the BTLSO followed predefined selection criteria to reach out to the most vulnerable families, with the priority given to orphans, disabled, widows and other potential beneficiaries.
HF and BTLSO identified targeted women trainees through a participatory selection process. A meeting was held with Women Organizations and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) in the village. The participants were briefed about the importance of micro enterprise development and honey bee farming. They were informed that beekeeping was an income generating activity with an incubation period of five months, which could be undertaken at cottage level; as it did not require heavy investments or infrastructure. The participants were also informed that congenial climatic conditions and availability of bee flora in Ghizer District was an excellent opportunities for beekeeping. The participants highlighted the need of onsite appropriate training with equipment.
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After the initial meeting, analysis of the baseline survey and recommendations of community leaders and BTLSO, twenty (20) trainees were identified on the following selection criteria:
-‐ The trainees should be women from vulnerable families. -‐ Should have the potential to build a small entrepreneur. -‐ The selected person should have an interest in honey beekeeping. -‐ Be able to play a positive role in linkage development between institutions and
communities.
5.3 Selection of the Master Trainers For the past 5-‐6 years, HF has been producing highly skilled women Master Trainers of honey beekeeping. HF is now providing opportunity to local Master Trainers to impart their skills, hiring them to train and demonstrate practical and theoretical work to new trainees. Ms. Jamila Bano and Ms. Zohra Ara, Master Trainers were hired for this project.
5.3 Development of Training Schedule A consensus was built for implementation of the project and the training schedule was finalized with the participation of the selected trainees and their communities. Based on mutual consensus the training on honey bee farming was scheduled from May 05 to May 11, 2014, and the training on value chain development was schedule from July 05 to July 07, 2014. Both trainings were conducted as per planned schedule. The topics covered as per planned training schedule are included in Annexure A.
5.4 Post-‐training Evaluation Post-‐training evaluation was conducted to assess the learning level of the trainees and to seek their feedback on overall training environment. Following questions were asked in this regard;
− How much did you learn from this training? − Did you easily understand the training language? − Were you satisfied from the presentation skills of the trainer? − How was the practical work and to what extent you found it interesting? − Was the training duration sufficient? − How was the overall training environment and arrangement?
Beekeepers stated that, first time ever in their life; they had exposure to the bees and witnessed honey production. Earlier, some of the trainees were of the view that honey is the feces of bees and admitted their limited information about the bees. During the training, they came to know about the whole process of honey production and uses of honey for different
Ms. Jamila Bano Master Trainer Ms. Zohra Ara Master Trainer
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purposes. Moreover they added that, they also learnt about division of Labor among bees. For them, it was very fascinating to know about how bees work in a group. The role of queen, guards and workers are predefined and everyone is doing their jobs so well. Furthermore, they learnt, how to run business in a group and benefits of group business.
They also stated that, they learnt new skills and started an activity, which is allowing them to do something different from their daily mundane activities, which enabled them to earn. Other than an economic activity, the project also brought an opportunity to meet trainees with new people. One of the trainees stated that, “for us this is unique opportunity to meet new people and we are excited to visit other villages along with the beehives. We have never been to other places”. The trainees showed their satisfaction to overall practical work, they had in the field. For them, it was easy to learn since the trainer was speaking in their native language.
The overall feedback was very positive and trainees were very happy from the given opportunity and were more excited to travel to other places in group in-‐order to extract honey in the field. They were feeling more confident since they will also contribute to their household income.
5.5 Monitoring Visits to the Project Monitoring is the key mechanism to gauge the project’s success and to take the prerequisite measures, if progress does not meet expectations. HF enterprise development team visited the project area on July 22, 2013, to meet the trainees and held a day-‐long session to discuss the progress and challenges of the project. Local stakeholders and members of the BTLSO were also in the meeting session. They shared some productive ideas for improvements, and particularly they were cognizant about the shifting of beehives during the winter and rainy season. BTLSO ensured the beekeepers of their support in shifting beehives to down the country.
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5.6 Distribution of Certificates, Beehives and Production Kits
Closing ceremony of the training was held in GhakuchBalla in District Ghizer, with the participation of Mr. Bj Shams HF GB Office and Mr. Kamal Uddin Program Manager Enterprise Development HF.
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5.7 Formation of the Cluster Based Association
The twenty (20) trained women beekeepers were organized as a business group, named “Shaheen Honey Business Group” and registered as Best Town Local Support Organization (LSO). Now they are working under the umbrella of the Best Town LSO.
5.8 Value Chain Development (VCD) Training
VCD training was arranged for twenty (20) beneficiaries of the Shaheen Honey Business Group in Gahkkuch Balla in Ghizer with an objective to make the beekeepers aware of basic knowledge of value addition techniques and VCD concepts which would improve their product and help increase their income. Mr. Kamal Uddin, Program Manager Enterprise Development facilitated the training and briefed the trainees on VCD steps, including quality assurance, processing, packaging, and marketing, while maintaining supply of the honey-‐made products in a systematic manner. The participants learnt how value addition could help them increase the demand and expand the market of their product.
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5.9 Branding and Marketing of the Honey
Women of the Shaheen Honey Business Group developed their own honey brand named “Shaheen-‐Honey”. Since there were not many brands of honey available in local market, the business group received positive response from nearby towns and villages. The group even didn’t feel to make more efforts in marketing since the demand was very high. Initially, HF helped in developing, branding and marketing of the honey, however, now women are independently marketing and selling honey. On the other hand, the BTLSO provides technical assistant to the women of the Shaheen Honey Business Group and shares their progress and challenges with HF to strengthen the women based enterprises.
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5.10 Packaging of Honey Shaheen Honey Business Group received a huge demand for raw honey, resultantly they sold all the produced honey in raw form in the local market. Therefore the group didn’t required to use packaging and branding. This year they produced 285 kg (627 lbs) and sold an average of PKR. 1, 000 (US $10) per kg, which was a great achievement for the Shaheen women honey business group.
6-‐ Output and Achievements of the Project The project has helped improve the socio-‐economic status of the underprivileged people, especially women of District Ghizer. Honey bee farming is a lucrative income generating enterprise. The environment in terms of natural and manmade flora is in abundance and available for more than six months of year. The immediate earnings from the beehives within three to four months is another important factor that contributes to economic sustainability of the beneficiaries. Some of the measurable project outputs and outcomes are as follow:
-‐ 20 women, identified, mobilized and trained. -‐ 60 beehives distributed: 3 per beekeeper. -‐ 20 production kits, distributed amongst the beneficiaries. -‐ 285 kg (627 lbs) honey produced and sold in local market for PKR.1, 000 (US $10) per kg. -‐ Income of PKR. 285,000 (US $2,850) earned by the Shaheen Honey Business Group 2014. -‐ 67 children have access to quality education. -‐ 121 indirect beneficiaries. -‐ Women’s involvement in decision-‐making increased in their village. -‐ Extra income was spent on health care and food.
7-‐ Linkages Building and Visibility HF regularly conducted monitoring visits to assess the progress of the project and consulted all the stakeholders. HF developed linkages with; local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Local Support Organizations (LSOs), Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Government line departments to make the project more viable and sustainable. Local media and District authorities highly appreciated the women focused initiatives made by HF and highlighted extensively that such intervention could play pivotal role for poverty alleviation.
8-‐ Risks/ Challenges and Assumptions Globally, honey bee farming carries a natural risk, and this project was susceptible to the same risks. However, the potential for securing a better livelihood for targeted beneficiaries far outweighed the risks, especially involving the community in community based employment increased the source of income and livelihood in remote valley of District Ghizer.
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Before starting the project, HF team conducted series of meetings with all the political and religious leaders to avoid hurdles during the project life cycle.
Environmental risk, harsh winter and lack of infrastructure, is the key factor in GB and Chitral. Keeping in mind such risks, HF developed business groups of beneficiaries for collective shifting of the beehives to reduce transportation cost and other risks.
Apart from this, HF signed an agreement with the supplier to assist the beneficiaries to shift their beehives to the down country in off-‐season and deliver back to the project site during season.
Initially, it was very difficult to mobilize the women due to cultural sensitivities, but HF curtailed this challenge through engaging community elders and relevant stakeholders during the beneficiary’s selection process.
9-‐ Lessons Learnt • HF found that building capacity of the marginalized people, particularly women, not only
provides them with encouragement and improves their socio-‐economic conditions, but also provides them with decision making skills.
• The women have great potential to benefit from income generation initiatives and to utilize the knowledge, gained through different capacity building programs to upgrade their businesses.
• Honey beekeeping is a model of civil society enterprise development. Beekeepers know the way bees are organized and have specific role to play in producing honey. With a clear understanding of the teamwork, participating in the tasks, to achieve desirable results can lead to an organized society among the people, particularly women and other partners such as shopkeepers, traders and suppliers.
• HF realized that the trained beekeepers can play an important role in creating an enabling environment in the society and can help to create diversity and tolerance, which are the milestones for a civil society. Beekeepers are more confident and motivated to become a social change agent through such micro entrepreneurial initiatives. VCD of the product/service is the integral part of the civil society development and value chain of the honey might promote socio-‐cultural and civil society sustainability
10-‐ Conclusion
The fact remains that women are about 51% of the country and have a very low contribution to the family income. This project provided an opportunity to women to earn livelihood for their families by undertaking entrepreneurial initiatives.
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HF found that expanding these income-‐generating programs to low-‐income families had strengthened the socio economic conditions of the targeted communities and helped alleviate poverty. So far, the income of the families facilitated with beekeeping has increased by 25% in Ghakuch Balla. These families have moved from below the poverty line towards above the poverty line. The project has also started providing an indirect benefit to families of the targeted women who are using a percentage of their income to pay for their children’s \education, health care and improving their nutrition too.
Some of the trained beekeepers are now working with HF as Master Trainers, thus helping HF in replicating its Plan Bee model in other remote areas of the District.
On behalf of the Hashoo Foundation’s team and its beneficiaries, we are thankful to Chapelwood Foundation for their financial contribution to empower 20 more women in honey bee farming and enabled them to earn an income to improve quality of life, provide education to their children and better nutrition and health to their families. We are looking for forward to our continued partnership.
Annex A Training Schedule Days Time & Date Activities Day 1
Time : 9:00 – 4:00 Date : 05-‐05-‐2014
• Introduction of the participants • Introduction of Hashoo Foundation • Purposes of the training course • Introduction of trainers • Tea break • Expectations of the trainees from the course • Conduct the pretest about beekeeping • Lunch break • Out major beekeeping problems of the area -‐ group work • Honey bee & its biology • Behaviors of honey bees & its activities
Day 2
Time : 9:00 – 4:00 Date : 06-‐05-‐2014
• Follow up and evaluation of day first • Hive management • Site selection for apiary • Hives and its different types • Attract bee to the in hives • Tea break • Tools used in beekeeping
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• Apiary management • Lunch & pray break • Group discussion • Moving colonies • Post test
Days 3
Time : 9:00 – 4:00 Date : 07-‐05-‐2014
• Follow up and evaluation of previous day • Winter management of honey bees • Summer management • Tea break • How to make more honey from a colony • Group work and presentation • Lunch break • Group discussion • To share the experience of local beekeepers
Days 4
Time : 9:00 – 4: 00 Date : 08-‐05-‐2014
• Follow up of previous day • Common honey bees pests & their control • Biological control of honey bee Pets • Honey bee diseases • Tea break • Control measures • Medication and treatment of diseased colony • Lunch break • Field visit • Practical training on the farm site.
Day 5
Time : 9:00 – 4: 00 Date : 09-‐05-‐2014
• Follow up of previous day • Swarming and its behavior • Swarming Preparation • Tea break • Swarm management • Swarm control, capture and removal • Lunch break • Role of Honey bee as pollinator • Field visit • Practical training on the farm site
Day 6
Time : 9:00 – 4: 00 Date : 10-‐05-‐2014
• Inspection of the colony • Tea break • Group work and presentation • Artificial feeding techniques • Lunch break • Inspection of the colony • Important bee floras of the area • Practical training on the farm site
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Day 7
Time : 9:00 – 4: 00 Date : 11-‐05-‐2014
• Recap of the previous day • Basic management techniques • Tea break • Practical training on the farm site • Lunch break • Post training evaluation • Formal closing of the training
Annexure B Budget Summary Act. Code
Particular Activities
Base
Quantity Total Amount PKR.
Total Amount
USD @100
1.0 Baseline Survey & Mobilization Cost Trainee 20 30,000 300
2.0 Honey Bee Farming Training Cost (One week)
Trainee 20 100,000 1,000
3.0 Honey Value Chain Development Training (Three days)
Trainee 20 50,000 500
4.0 Procurement and Distribution of Beehives & Production Kits
Production Kits
60 600,000 6,000
5.0 Branding, Monitoring & Administrative Cost Lump Sum 1 120,000 1,200
Total Project Operational Budget 900,000 9,000
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Annexure C Profile of the Trainees Sr. # Name Gender # Family
Members # Children in School
1 Naheed Amjad Female 7 5
2 Nafas Begum Female 8 2
3 Aman Nisa Female 7 4
4 Yaman Female 3 1
5 Himat Nisa Female 6 3
6 Robina Female 4 3
7 Niat Bi Bi Female 7 5
8 Janaroop Female 8 3
9 Kosour Female 6 3
10 Iqbal Bano Female 5 3
11 Perveen Female 5 2
12 Razia Female 6 3
13 Noormeen Female 5 3
14 Shahida Female 7 4
15 Fozia Mir Female 5 2
16 Bi BiGul Female 7 5
17 Qurbani Female 8 6
18 Dudi Female 6 3
19 Doulat Bi bi Female 5 3
20 Bulbul Zareen Female 6 4
Total 121 67
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REGISTRATION/SURVEY FORM Personal Information: Name of Trainee*: __________________________ D/O or W/O _________________________ Gender*: Male Female Marital Status* Married Single* Date of Birth*: _________________ NIC No _____________________ Qualification: _________ Village: __________________ Region: __________________ Nationality* _________________ Telephone No: __________________________ Mobile No: _____________________________ Address*: _____________________________________________________________________ Family Information: S # Member Name Gender Date Of
Birth Marital Status
Relation Occupation Qualification
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E conomic & Transport Information: S. No Source of Income Gross Monthly Pay/Income Annual Income Transport Type
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Beneficiary Information: S. No Expense Type Annual Expenses
Declaration: -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ D/O, W/O -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ a citizen of Pakistan hereby solemnly declare that, I have written absolutely correct information if proven false or any of my deeds during the training results in harming the good will or property of Hashoo Foundation or anywhere I would be undergoing for training, I would be held liable for it. Signature of Trainee/Beekeeper Prepared by: _____________ Date: __________________ Signature: _______________
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Annexure D pictures
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