Upcoming Projects

  

Thalassaemia Campaign to launch in March 2008.
CFC in partnership with the Fatimid Foundation aims to launch its first healthcare campaign in March 2008. CFC will begin this new phase of work with a Thalassaemia campaign. This campaign aims to raise awareness for the disease via Government linkages, public relations and service provision initiatives (i.e. blood drives, testing etc.)

The long term goal of this campaign is to incorporate blood testing onto the Nikah-nama in an effort eliminate Thalassaemia Major.

Community Driven Development Education Initiative: “Project Kitab”
Project Kitab is a pilot project which aims to create a model of self-sufficient, effective administration and teaching in primary schools. On December 10, 2005 CFC established a co-ed primary tent school complete with educational material, based in the Hattian Bala tehsil in Bandi Chakkan. Bandi Chakkan is a small, remote community of approximately 1500 residents. Prior to the earthquake the school of 150 pupils. Operated out of the only teacher’s house and was a severely under-funded government school.
In the interim of beginning construction of a physical school building, CFC has supplied the school with additional tents – to form different level classrooms, hired and pays for four (4) additional teachers, and has provided essential school supplies – including stationary, blackboards, textbooks, et cetera. Aid has also been provided in the form of warm clothing, blankets and heaters for the winter months, an important incentive to increase pupil attendance.

CFC has been awarded a small area of land by the community for the CFC’s construction of a school building. CFC will build the school on this location, furnish the classrooms, provide additional teaching and school supplies, and provide trainings for the teachers. CFC has been paying teachers salaries at this school since March 2006 and will continue to do so until December 2007. Following the completion of the school building, CFC will provide monthly on-site support visits for the duration of a six-month period. CFC will form linkages with the AJK Government to bring the schools teaching staff on its payroll and to begin provision of materials on a regular level.

Baby Immunization Campaign
In order to form linkages between the Community and the government by inviting Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) for vaccinations of all new births in Machar Colony CFC will incorporate the EPI into the Healthcare Initiative and provide them with a base at CFC's Mother Child Health Clinic through CFC's Public Advocacy Program. The government of Pakistan currently has this immunization program in place under which free select vaccines are provided to babies under the age of 1 year. These vaccines are provided to established Para-medical clinics and are distributed through the township. These free vaccines include: BCG (Bacilles Calmette-Guerin) – for tuberculosis (TB), Oral Polio Vaccination, DPT (Diphtheria Pertusis Tetanus) and Hepatitis B. Some of these vaccines are costly and unfortunately anyone over the age of 1 year will not receive these vaccinations for free.

In order to reach and vaccinate as many babies as possible, and ensure this is an on-going service in the community, CFC will conduct regular community mobilization and awareness raising efforts regarding vaccinations during the first year of a child's birth. This will ensure extensive coverage of the project and will reflect the diverse population currently residing in the Colony.

This is part of a larger holistic campaign to educate the people of Mohammadi Colony on proper healthcare procedures and practices and to empower them with the ability to make healthy decisions about their own lives.

Garbage is Gold
Sanitation in Machar Colony is an undisputed problem which affects the lives of every resident in the Colony.To create awareness in Mohammadi Colony about the necessity of good sanitation and the health benefits of living in a clean environment. CFC hold formal meetings regarding sanitation conditions in Machar Colony with Colony Councilmen.

CFC is also collaborating with, an organization that has been running a Safai Bank which buys garbage from individuals CFC aims for a six-month initial clean-up drive through an income generation scheme. This would involve training a selected number of residents to collect and separate the different components of solid waste. The residents would be paid a certain amount for every pound of separated recyclable waste.