Hashoo Foundation USA

Hashoo Foundation (HF) is a progressive and dynamic nonprofit organization, leading the way in human development and poverty alleviation by implementing viable Economic Development, Human Capital Development and Social Protection programs in Pakistan since 1988.

HF’s Thematic Focus & Key Program Pillars
When viewed from the lens of HF’s core competencies, the development needs of the country were distilled into following three thematic program pillars:
Economic Development
Human Capital Development
Social Protection

There are strong inter-linkages between these pillars. Hashoo Foundation also sees an improved, more responsive governance as an overarching goal for the programs in many ways, which ultimately contributes to women’s and youth’s socio-economic empowerment. Keeping in view the growing urban factor, HF also aims for programming in urban contexts and creating integrated models in selected districts. The strategy also has an emphasis on building resilience across the programs. There are convincing arguments for placing work on DRR and climate change under both the Social Protection and Economic Development pillars – a recognition that work on DRR, climate change and adaptation are essential bridges between responding to humanitarian crises and in the longer run helping people avoid losing hard won gains due to external shocks (whether occurring slowly or rapidly).

Within the text, there are references to “specific” and “mainstreamed” or “cross cutting” programming. The former means distinctive programming often with its own objectives, resources and so on, and the latter focuses on how key cross cutting issues (for example governance, gender equity and building resilience) can be best integrated into all aspects of programming.

Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities.”

Hashoo Foundation (HF) goals are:
- To emphasize on serving marginalized communities particularly women, children and young people across its targeted areas.
- To provide ‘equitable socio-economic opportunities’ and ensure ‘inclusivity of the interventions’, without compromising on dignity of targeted communities
- To foster entrepreneurship in order to improve quality of life of its beneficiaries, especially young people and women and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for them.It is aimed that by 2018, HF’s targeted communities enjoy a better quality of life through greater socio- economic empowerment.
- To create/develop sustainable business models in its existing geographical spread and replicate the best pilot models from one geographical area to another in Pakistan.
To strengthen its humanitarian response efforts and timely respond to emergencies occurrences.
http://hashoofoundation.org/thematic-areas/