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TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL:- Education and training for the girls working in hazardous conditions. EXECUTING AGENCY: Gospel Flame Ministries (GFM) Chak No, 214 R-B Dawood Colony ST#1 Faisalabad/PAKISTAN. A Pakistani girl---------- Study reveals Pakistan’s present population is 130 million and the growing rate is 2.8% yearly. Children having the age of below 18 are approximately 65 million. In which girls are 32 million. Mortality rate in children are 100/1000.Literacy rate in this country is very low although it is very less in rural girl.56% rate is in male children who are getting primary education and girl has only 34% literacy participation in our country. Drop-outs from primary education has the rate of more than 50 percent. Girls are much active in leaving their institutional period especially in slum and rural areas. Which causes the unawareness of the girl from every aspect of life. They are considering burden by all aspects of life like economically or socially on their families. Their work is also unrecognized whether she has to do work from day to night or even 14 to 16 hours daily but remains unrealized. Although she has participation in domestic or economic sectors but has no importance in any matter of her house like in decision-making. She has no access to resources like male child. She forcefully get married in small age and being faced the sever traditions and strict rules regarding to their personalities. She is insecure in her own house and had been exploited by different means PROGRAM’S LOCATION: Country: Pakistan Province: Punjab City: Faisalabad Areas: Dawood Colony, Maskinaabad, Ghokhowal, Kukiyanwala, Bahmniwala and Marriamabad.
Beneficiaries: Target: GIRL CHILD WORKING IN CARPET WEAVING UNIT 1.360 girls working in carpet weaving units. 2.400 families will involved from 06 target areas. Aim of the study: To organize study about the situation of working girls in which they have to work without the basic necessities and requirements of the work. The other cause of the study is to aware the parents about the rights of their children especially about their female child. Study organized in the sectors of: 1. Carpet weaving 2. Blanket weaving 3. Cotton ginning 4. House-maids These all sectors are affecting the health of the doers but the most perilous situation is existed in carpet weaving sectors that is why we select this sector with the purpose of to know the working situation of the workers and to find some best solution for the workers with the cooperation of those workers and the parents (owners) of those sectors. WHY PARENTS AND EMPLOYERS PREFERS GIRL CHILD IN CARPET WEAVING: Carpet industry is a major employer of girls. Employers and parents prefer girls for rendering the carpet weaving. The other reasons are as below: b Majority of the girls has to live without education so, with the purpose of skill learning they render carpet weaving. b Due to poverty they remain illiterate so, carpet weaving is the helping mode of these girls b The problem of dowry is also existed in our society and most of the illiterate and poor girls have to stay at their parents house after 30-32 age so, they consider it their fate and without saying a single word they helps their parents as they want to do for them. b Being a girl she has the sense to make everything beautiful and nice than man so, parents Prefers their girls in making the carpet attractive and ravishing. b Girl usually dislikes wandering in streets so for the time killing she renders carpet Weaving b Girls are more sensitive so their fingers are also slim and nimble which are necessary for knotting and weaving of the carpets. They are also more competent to perform the job required so parents prefer to involve their girls in this business. Most of the parents usually get the loans from the carpet owners and who insists them to do work in the given time by involving the family members of the loanee. This loan usually utilizes on their daughter’s marriages. These cottage industries are helping them in making their social and economic condition better at some extent but due to large number of family they are unable to mange their budget according to their members’ need and lives hand to mouth. Girls working on these sectors have not satisfactory health due to frequent work and children are the most vulnerable group being under age ten due to less power of immunity in their body which caught soon the germs of any disease. Condition of working girls: The demographic trends in Pakistan turn out to such that 40-45% of the total population is under 15 years of age are working in different private (household sectors) sectors of hazardous places.10-16 years old population was surveyed and studied their existed working conditions and situations. During study we analyze that the most hazardous section is the carpet weaving and girls affects more from these sectors they have no chance to get participate in any developmental activity and to mix with the educated class of the community. Carpet weaving is not good for their health but no one is considering it severely because parents are helpless on doing such behavior with their Childs. During sharing they have spotlighted the often distressing and sometimes tragic conditions in which many of them work. They are invisible workers, dispersed, hidden and largely ignored. Guidance on negotiating access to education with their employers (parents) is also important for it was noted that a significant number of these domestic workers enrolled in any institution are receiving many health hazardous like they have no sense of hygienic measures, they have no access to balanced diet and they have no proper and clean place for working or living. Main reason of their work is: Poverty and lack of resources is the chief cause of their work. That is why their houses have also not feasible condition for living. Their living standard is very low which causes the bad health of the residents and they are forced to work under such condition which that are even tough for adults. During study we found that most of the people have cottage industries, whole of the family members are involved in this activity. Some parents starts this activity at their house because they dislikes to send their girls outside of their houses for learning any skill and girls forcefully helping their parents in weaving their carpets. They are much concerned with their family members that are why they prefer to weave the carpet than studying in any institute. HOW CARPET WEAVING IS HAZARDOUS: * Rooms are not constructed according to the health point of view and have no ventilation system. Usually these communities have crowded, poor ventilated and bad lighted rooms. Girls have to do work under these conditions which are hurting the eyesight of them. * They have to work from morning to dusk sometimes it takes 14-16 hours and they continuously have to sit on carpet without any rest which affects their health badly. * Due to constant sitting they caught backache. * Usually they seem very weak which is the result of appetite and irregular timings of their eating. Because they have to sit on carpet after taking breakfast, or without digesting their food which disturbs their diet circle and make it irregular. * Close concentration to carpet is affecting their eyesight. * They have to do work from morning to evening even to night without any recreation or holiday. * Children have no much immunity in their body and caught every disease or problem very soon than an adult. * This work has to be done by sitting and their knees are also affects by constant sitting in one position. * Fiber of the thread is affecting directly the lungs of the doer which creates respiratory problems for the community and if we not gave attention to this it will become Tuberculosis. * They have to bind the thread by knot and also have to use a sharp knife for the proper joining, usually these knives struck with the fingers of the children and make them injure severely. WHY THEY ARE TARGETED? During different meetings community appreciates such effort related to girl and women’s uplift because they have much ways of development but due to lack of information they remain unrecognized in society and her activities are also remain unrealized. She wants to upgrade the level of her living in her house, on working sector, in society. But she is doing every task without any interest and parents are forcefully involves them specially in working sectors for the labor subsistence. But on the whole she has to bear many difficulties from childhood to maturity. Girl’s critical area of concern: ç The persistent and growing burden of poverty on girl ç Inequality in access to education, health and related services and means of maximizing the use of girl’s capacities. ç Violence against girl ç Effects of armed or other kinds of conflicts on girl ç Inequality in girl’s access to and participation in the definition of economic structures and Policies and the productive process itself ç Lack of adequate recognition and support for girl’s contribution to managing natural resources and safeguarding the environment ç Insufficient mechanism and commitment to, internationally and nationally recognized girl’s Human rights ç Insufficient use of mass media to promote girl’s positive contribution to society. ç Discrimination against girls, including parental sex selection and infanticide of females, preference for male child and marriage age of girls. ç Violence against girl, including domestic/family violence, rape and sexual assault and abduction of girl, rape in marriage, female genital mutilation, dowry and dowry-related violence, self- Immolation of widows, remedies for girl victims of violence, rehabilitation of girl victims of Sexual violence and provision of crises/ shelter less girl. Girls have to face this discrimination in her society but being a creature or human being she demands to solve these problems and abolish these discrimination which hindered in achieving her goal in the proper way. During sharing they demand these opportunities from the society or her family to: EEliminate all forms of discrimination against girls EEliminate negative attitudes and practices against girls EIncrease public awareness of the value, needs and rights of girls EEliminate discrimination against girls in education, skill development and training. EEliminate discrimination against girls in health and nutrition. E Eliminate the economic exploitation of child labour and protect young girls at work. E Eradicate violence against girls E Educate girls about social, economic and political issues and problems. E Strengthen the role of the family in advancing the status of the girl child. Role of GFM: In 2013 we start to work on the issue of child labour by different ways. We are struggling to provide the facility of education, health and other basic necessities related to these children. Girls are also the part of our efforts and we are helping them in point outing the problems regarding to these girls. Carpet weaving is the hazardous sector which is affecting the health of the performer and majority of the girls are involve in this business. So, we conduct a study about these girls and want to start an activity program with them. In which they will got the opportunity of education and skill. Objectives of the activity: › To aware the target groups about the importance of their health. › To aware the parents about the hazardous affects of the industry and also about the negative impacts on the health of their family members. › To start an activity program for the social and economic uplift of the community. › To provide education and skill learning opportunities to the neglected groups of girls › To negotiate with the employers and parents of the working girls for their education. MODES AND METHODS: This is very sensitive matter because in our societies parents dislikes to send their girls outside of their houses for the purpose of learning because it disturbs their business and the other reason is that their girls got awareness about their rights and on their demand they consider it the liberty and Boldness of the girl which is not appreciable in our society. Parents share the reasons for not educating their children specially their girls in their school going age these were: 1. Inadequate or non-existent child care services, requiring elder girls to stay at home to take care of younger siblings. 2. Economic constraints due to lost opportunity costs for girls’ labor in domestic tasks. 3. Inadequate public services of energy and water, requiring girls to search for and chop wood for Cooking and to fetch water as the helper of their mothers 4. Percieved irrelevance of the educational curriculum to the needs of girls and their families 5. School schedules those conflicts with the working period or family work schedule. In keeping the existed situation of the target group and with the special emphasis of the community it was decided to start with them an activity program in which their working girls will be taught atlas the basic primary education along with their work. The other activity will start with them the skill learning program. This will be planned how and when they will taught and target group will also decide the suitable time for their learning. Because it is the need to educate the girls which will prove very useful in their work and also in future. Educational activity will comprise on two methods: 01. General awareness 02. Basic Primary education GENERAL AWARENESS: These girls have the trend to live inside of their houses and do not like to mix with others and the reason of this hesitation is illiteracy and poverty.So,our study reveals to start such programs with them by which they will gain ò Confidence ò Self-reliance ò Abolish inferior complex ò Sense of security ò Access to their rights By organizing such activities with these working girls we will mobilize the importance of girl in society and also will create in them the courage for survival. This general awareness will be about : 01. Social knowledge 02. Rights of girl 03. Health and hygiene 04. Income generating and home budgeting 05. Environmental protection 06. Child care This awareness will help them in their married life and also they will face the difficulties of life courageously. 02. BASIC Primary Education: A center will be developed for the teaching. This education will be started after a meeting with parents and employers of these girls in which they will decide the time for their study. They will reduce the time of their work in which they will teach Urdu and Maths. English will also the part of their study but more stress will be given to first two subjects which will help them in their future. It will help them in counting the knots and also in their home budgeting. Time of their study will be of two hours 2:00 to 4:00 daily .Sunday will be their off day from work and education in which they will help their mother in household activities and also will take rest from the whole week’s tiredness. Teacher will responsible for the effective teaching for these girls. He/she will teach them by games, puzzles and in recreational way. It will enable them to read and write the required things or their names in Urdu and English. They will move in society with full confidence and hesitation will also removes from their personalities. Education will be through different recreational ways and many colorful things will be used in their studies for the effective and fast learning these are: k Abacus with different colourful things k Flash cards of alphabets k Coloured charts k TV/VCR k Educational movies k Symbols of alphabets k Thermopore sheets for practicals The other component of the activity program is “Skill learning activity”.In this activity they will got training in different skills like home based enterprise,handicraft outflow and micro entrepreneurship. But all these training will be organized with the participation and willingness of the community. According to their point of view they realize the importance of skills and also they are interested in making their economic condition more strong and powerful for their development.These training are also the part of this activity but it will organized gradually and at the suitable time for the effective learning.Trainings will be oraganized in keeping the component of economic alternative activity by which they will protect them from diseases and will keep them sound and healthy. LOGICAL FRAMWORK: Objectives Description Variable indicator Means of verification Assumption& Risks General Objectives To aware the parents about the hazardous affects of the industry and also about the negative impacts on the health of their family members. Awareness programs number can be increase depending upon needs and demand Physical existence attendant of children and parents Assumption Regular awareness for parents and girls Risks People can take less interest for girls and in awareness programs Specific objectives To give basic education to the 360 working girls of six urban area Number of admission, this can be increase depending upon the demands Registration form, admission numbers Assumption Enable girls to face socially crises and find our solution Risks Parents may not send the girls to the centers In put Teachers, Colours, Flash cards of alphabets Coloured charts TV/VCR,Educational movies, Thermopore sheets Activities, programs quantity, Requirement of the program will increase depending upon the needs and demands Record Registers Salaries slips Meeting record Assumption Girls will be aware about the hazardous affect of carpet weaving Risks Lack of community interest program can reduced
Out put Rights will be accessed and confidence will develop that will alleviate the burden of parents Community literacy rate and awareness opportunities Literacy rate in the community Assumption Literacy rate/healthy atmosphere will increase Risks People can show a less interest toward education of girls and programs JUSTIFICATION: Girl has to perform a great role in producing the best generations for any society so; it is most essential to attend this creature with love and will provide all of the necessary or basic things related to her personal building. She will be protected from all of the exploitation and deprivations. It is also the need of the time to arrange some counseling program in which she will get the opportunity to talk with others and will share her problems. This activity is also has the objective to provide the participation opportunity to the target group in every matter related to her personality. Some other advantages of this program are:
D Girls will got the strength of confidence. D Conscious about their own or family member’s health D Protect them selves from exploitation D Access to their rights D Aware about their responsibilities D Eliminate their inferior complex D Making their future bright D Education will help them in all fields of life D Great participation in every activity OUTCOMES OF THIS ACTIVITY: This activity is oriented with special emphasis of parents and girls whom are working in different sectors of carpet weaving which are affecting directly their health and respiratory system. This community is totally unaware about the disadvantages of these sectors and continuously works without considering its in utilities. Girls are the direct beneficiaries of our this activity and due to our study we got some outcomes which we will got after starting this activity with community these are: J Parents will aware about the importance of education J Girls will get the opportunity for polishing their personality according to the standard of the society. J They will help their parents and husband in making their economic condition more strong J After marriage child care will not disturbs them due to the education and awareness. J They will manage their budget properly for the whole month. J Equality of both male and female child will be considered. Training will prove as the economic alternative for them which will protect them from health hazardous Total Centers: In the start 6 educational centers will be developed and will be extended in keeping the impacts and evaluation. Initially the project is planned for three years and it’s planned to educate the girl’s upto the primary level in this period.
Estimated cost of the Project:
Building 3000 x 12 x 3x 6 648000.00 Utilities 1000 x 12 x 3 x 6 216000.00 Teachers cum field coordinators 2500 x 12 x 3 x 6 540000.00 Teachers’ orientation and training 3/year 3 x 3 x Rs. 6000 054000.00 Transportation 3000x12x3 108000.00 Stationery Rs. 4000 x 12 x 3 x 6 864000.00 Printing 48000 x 3 144000.00
CRC Workshops for: - Teachers 4/year 4 x 3 x Rs. 2000 024000.00 - Parents 4/year 4 x 3 x Rs. 6000 072000.00 - Employers 4/year 4 x 3 x Rs. 4000 048000.00 TV/VCR 050000.00 Movies 007000.00 Reporting and evaluation 030000.00 Total (US$:28050) Rs: 2805000.00
GFM Contribution: Teachers’ orientation and training 3/year 3x 3 x Rs. 6000 054000.00 Transportation 3000x12x3 108000.00 TV/VCR 050000.00 Movies 007000.00 Reporting and evaluation 030000.00
Total (US$:2500) Rs: 249000.00
Requested Amount: Rs.2556000.00 (US$:25540)
The Children Our works are many and seem to be never-ending. Due to the extreme poverty, entire families in Faisalabad, Pakistan get entrapped in bondage. In particular, the brick works are notorious for ensnaring generations in debt poverty. Small children to the elderly work at brick making to pay for unscrupulous bonded labor.
These families are largely from a Christian background and meet with discrimination because of their faith. Without adequate medical or educational provision, these destitute laborers face a continual downward spiral.
But they are not forgotten by God – or His people. Pastor Mumtaz works with other Pakistani Christians to rescue children's from brick yard and teach them in school. The Gospel Flame Ministries meet all their expenses through donations from loving people just like you.
"It’s not enough to just teach," explains Pastor Mumtaz, "If you show your love, people will come to Jesus."
Church/School/Orphanage Building: We are in desperate need of a Church building to gather the believers of Christ for worship and learning. This building will serve several purposes including, but not limited to, Worship center, Education and Learning center, Fellowship center and Orphanage. The estimated cost of this building is about $100,00USD. The cost of teachers' salaries, school uniforms, books, stationery and school bags totals are estimated to be about $40 USD per child per year. Nominal school fees are charged at $0.06 USD per child per month to parents who can afford it.
Bibles: We need to be able to purchase Bibles in Urdu. We use these Bibles to teach About Jesus Christ and to teach the people how to read. The Bibles cost about $15.00 USD each. Food: In the Faisalabad area of Pakistan poverty is wide spread. The literacy rate of this area is only 40%. With little to no education many families are forced to work in the mills and brick yards for just pennies a day, receiving no social protection, no identity cards, no education, no health benefits, no payment according to government rates and living in absolute poverty conditions, they are basically in bonded labor. Food is in short supply for these people and when we can, we provide them with food packets purchased with your contributions. A Vehicle: This vehicle is needed for outreach and evangelism where there are no transportation facilities available. Many of the neglected and unreached people of Faisalabad live 2 or 3 hundred miles from our outreach center. Additionally, we would like to provide transport to new believers who want the opportunity to attend our worship crusades and join in fellowship with their Christian brothers and Sisters. We need to reach these people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that we can give them hope through the Good News of the Bible. The vehicle we need will cost about $12,000 USD and we have a long way to go to reach this goal. Sewing Machines: With sewing machines we are able to teach the believers a new skill. With this new skill they can earn a better living than working in the brick yards. The women also attain a better sense of self-worth and can help pull their families out of poverty. The sewing machines cost less than $100 USD each. These sewing machines provide self-sustaining means of protecting vulnerable girls and young ladies. "These families are so poor that even young people have to work very hard, many come from a Christian background or are newly born Christians and face persecution. They have to go to work young, doing unskilled labor like cleaning. Often girls are abused yet they cannot obtain justice. "Learning to sew means that girls can be rescued from their abusers and earn an income. One young teenager was sexually abused and her parents tried to take the case to court. But they were discriminated against. Now she is at home with her supportive family and able to work sewing, with new found faith in Jesus Christ, her life has been completely turned around."
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