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Dosti Foundation & Dosti Welfare Organization Joint Annual Report for Calendar Year 2009
MISSION AND PURPOSES The Dosti Foundation & the Dosti Welfare Organization strive to make education available in parts of the world where it otherwise would not be available, due to economic depression or political op- pression.
The Dosti Welfare Organization is registered in Pakistan and over- sees Dosti schools through an office in Peshawar, Pakistan
The Dosti Foundation in the U.S., headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, raises funds in the U.S. for Dosti schools, and raises awareness of Dosti’s work. Donations to the Dosti Foundation are tax-deductible, and are transferred to Pakistan for use for school expenses. As of 2010, Dosti Foundation also does business as Global Education Campaign. 3 List of Key Board, Staff, and Personnel 4– 5 Messages from Leaders 7-9 Key Dosti Programs/Services and Their Sponsors 10-11 Highlighted Beneficiaries 12-14 Financial Records of Dosti USA (Income and Expenses) 15-21 Audited Financial Report of Dosti Welfare Organization, Pakistan 22-27 Important Developments and Events for Dosti Foundation USA 28 Contact and Donation Information Table of Contents Page
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Name and Title Position within Dosti Other Affiliations (for Identifi- cation Purposes Only) Munir Ahmad, MD Chair Physician, Reynolds Clinic Aijaz Ahmad Vice President Officer, Ajaz, LLC Kuldeep Singh Secretary Office Manager, Reynolds Clinic Bob Higgins Treasurer C.PA., R.A. Higgins & Associ- ates
Officers –Dosti Foundation Staff—Dosti Foundation
Jessica Weinberg, Communications / PR Coordinator (starting March 09) Dosti Welfare Organization (Pakistan) Board:
Mian Zamarud Shah President Aijaz Ahmad Abdul Salam Tahira Shaheen Ghulam Rafiq
Dosti Welfare Organization Key Staff Mr. Imtiaz Khan, Accountant & Office Manager
ployed at our various schools and our Center. All are residents of the local villages.
Dr. Munir Ahmad, MD Founding of Dosti, presently also known as Global Education Campaign, was for us the moment of rec- ognition of a need of an organization that is committed to achieving relative parity amongst the inhabi- tants of the planet that we call Earth. History teaches us that humans have often taken advantage of those who are weak or not as sophisticated or learned. Or they lack in basic (or advanced) education or do not possess developed skills to take advantage of their God-given attributes or precious reserves all around them. Sometimes outsiders come in to take advantage of such reserves and many times they are not fair or equitable to the indigenous population. Wealth is transferred outside their land At Global Education Campaign we believe that parity among nations is good for the world peace. Those nations, who do not apparently have direct geographical and ethnic relationship with nations that are far and away, still are affected by what happens there, the ripple effect. Thus it becomes essential and cost effective for "the developed nations" to see to it that young in "developing" nations are equipped with education and that they grow up with the knowledge that their education was partially sponsored by those who are not directly related to them … ethnically, racially or through religion.
It is easy to comprehend but hard to take to heart the fact that it indeed is in the interest of the developed nations to contribute towards developing the infrastructure of the nations that are not so developed. We mean infrastructure and not just offer hand-outs on ad-hoc basis. We understand that competition amongst individuals and nations is healthy but deliberately keeping others down is disharmonious, lead- ing to mistrust. Dosti Foundation, besides the educational mandate has deep interest in such basic essentials such as clean drinking water, care of the young mothers, care of the unborn and the newly born. We are pleased to have established wells and to operate medical clinics. Dosti was one of the many non-governmental organizations that assisted in disaster relief after the October, 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. Currently we are assisting victims of unprecedented flooding that has affected more than one-fifth of Pakistan. Our thanks go to those who have worked selflessly for the betterment of the humanity and who are af- filiated with us.
Respectfully submitted. Munir Ahmad, President * see the next page
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In Pakistan, our school at Sufaid Dheri was approved as a location where the 10th-grade exam can be administered. Subhan Ullah became the first student to earn an advanced degree on a Dosti scholarship. And we built new schools, added rooms and equipment to existing schools, and welcomed new fundrais- ing partners and volunteers.
DWO now oversees 14 schools, including a few newly started in 2009, in 10 different villages, mostly around the Peshawar area, in addition to a skill center in Sufaid Dheri. Between 2009 and 2010, 95% of our children qualified to advance from one grade to the next. And Dosti students frequently out-perform students of other schools in the same villages. Since, for many of our families, poverty makes education a luxury, they throw themselves into it whole-heartedly when it is made available, even accepting co-ed primary schools, which are not traditional in Pakistan.
In the U.S., we have expanded our fundraising operations and our communication with U.S. supporters. You may have seen our newsletter, monthly since April of 2009, and other new literature, including a web site complete with recent financial information. And you may have noticed that we’ve been out and about in Northwest Ohio more than ever, making speeches and hosting booths at international festivals, in addition to networking with community leaders, other organizations, and the media.
To manage all of this, Dosti has hired a Communications Coordinator, and has taken on new volunteers and partners, all of whom you will meet in this report. But we will not allow fundraising and communi- cation swallow up our funds. In this report, you will see that most of our U.S. fundraising expenses are donated in-kind by board and staff, and that much of the schools’ overhead is also donated, i.e., a teacher or principal donates a room in his or her home to be used for a school.
I now live mostly in Pakistan and oversee the Pakistan staff and board overseeing the schools, while staying in touch with our U.S. office. My foremost goal is to build a good team. Teamwork is very es- sential to serving the poor, but unfortunately, the team spirit is not always prevalent in Pakistan.
We hope in the coming years to further build upon our schools; to use modern technology to better communicate among Dosti schools and offices; and to form even more new partnerships with the U.S. and Pakistani governments.
Thank you and God bless those of you who have been supporting us.
Aijaz Ahmad Vice President of Dosti Foundation USA; Member of Board of Dosti Welfare Organization; and liaison between the two For the United States, helping to alleviate poverty in Pakistan is not only a moral issue but also a national security issue.. By ensuring that the people of Pakistan have the means of survival in the short-term and the education necessary for gainful employment in the long-term, the Dosti Foundation and the Dosti Wel- fare Organization can be instrumental in preventing people from becoming des- perate enough to resort to violence. If you have visited our web site, or read our newsletter or other literature, you have seen that students of Dosti schools have hope because they feel that as long as they stay in our school they have a future – and therefore we are welcomed in the communities that are home to our schools. 2009 was a year of major changes and developments, perhaps even revival, for both the Dosti Welfare Organization in Pakistan and the Dosti Foundation in the United States.
offers no future, but which is their only future if they are not educated Sanding a chair—50 hours of work per week earns $5.00 Delivering tea 7
SCHOOLS* Dosti School Sufaid Dheri 15-room primary middle, and high school—nursery school through 9th grade. 173 boys; 73 girls. 12 teachers, plus principal, sweeper, and office worker. Dosti School Abdara 12 – room primary, middle, and high school— nursery school through 9th grade. 89 boys; 43 girls. 10 teachers plus principal Dosti School Kalu Shah 10 – room primary, middle, and high school— nursery school through 9th grade. 109 boys; 60 girls. Five teachers plus principal and office worker. Dosti School Badazia #1 run by Filhal Khan 14-room primary, middle, and high school—nursery school through 9th grade. 219 boys; 28 girls. 10 teachers, plus principal. Noor Ul Hadi’s school in Badazia Six-room primary school—nursery school through 6th grade. 27 boys; 103 girls. 6 teachers plus princi- pal.
Shaheen Begum’s school in Badazia Three-room Primary school and middle school — nursery school through 4th grade, plus 6th and 7th. 36 boys; 66 girls. Three teachers plus principal. Shazia Begum’s school in Nasir Bagh Road
Two-room primary school—nursery school through first grade. 12 boys; 7 girls. Two teachers including principal, Shazia. Dosti School Chitral Three-room primary and middle school—nursery school through 8th grade. 57 boys; 27 girls. Six teachers plus principal
14 primary schools in Pakistan plus one skill center; about 1700 students being educated About 100 employees—including teachers, principals, office workers, and janitors— in Pakistan. All local village residents All schools co-ed up to sixth grade; girls make the majority at five schools. Four schools have female principals. Schools range from offering just early education to offering classes through 9th grade. Higher grades are added as the students need them, i.e., when a class finishes the 9th grade, 10th grade will be added the following year. 95% of students qualified to advance to the next grade for the 2010-11 school year One paid employee in the U.S. Dosti Foundation office The Dosti Foundation in the US was supported in 2009 by approximately 40 individuals, busi- ness and groups, whose names we are withholding for privacy reasons. Over half of all money given to Dosti by outsiders (people not Dosti officers) in 2009 came from people not affiliated ethnically or religiously with Pakistan. The largest contributor not on the board in 2009 was not affiliated ethnically or religiously with Pakistan
* schools are usually identified by the name of village or tribal area where they are located. When an area has multiple Dosti schools, a number is assigned and either a more specific location or the name of the principal or school head is given as further means of identification. DOSTI KEY ACTIVITIES: SCHOOLS (cont). Dosti School Jamrud. One-room primary and middle school —nursery school through 7th grade. 41 boys; 51 girls. Two teachers plus principal. Dosti School Lala Kali Three-room primary school—playgroup, nursery and prep, and first and second grade. 17 boys; 25 girls. Four teachers plus principal. Dosti School Kagawala Bada Bair Six-room primary school (with veranda as addi- tional classroom)—nursery school through 5th grade. 64 boys; 20 girls. Six teachers plus principal and two other staff. Dosti School Kashmir Kalay Five-room primary school — nursery school through 5th grade. 30 boys; 41 girls. Two teachers plus principal. Dosti School Tangi Ghairat Kheley 8-room primary school—nursery school through 4th grade. 47 boys; 32 girls. Three teachers plus princi- pal.
Dosti School Tangi Akhtarabad Seven-room primary school—nursery school through 5th grade. 133 boys; 60 girls; 8 teachers plus principal. DOSTI KEY ACTIVITIES (Other):
Dastakari Skill Center at Sufaid Dheri, instructing young women in Tailoring; Hand Embroi- dery; Machine Embroidery; Hand knitting and Crocheting. In the past, courses have been given during the summer vacation from school, with 10 to 15 students at a time. We try to provide each woman who completes the course with a sewing machine to use to make household clothes or to earn income. Field trip to the resort town of Murree—summer 2009.
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School Sponsorships (individuals and organizations who either (a) gave funds that originally started a school, or (b) give regular pledges, as of 2009 or before, that regularly sup- port a particular school. You are remembered with gratitude.
Pan-Pacific South East Asian Women’s Association—Jamrud School
Dr. Mohammed Kamil Ahmed—Kalu Shah School. Dr. Khalid Mahmood — Badazai school number1
( Here are some significant stories of 2009.) Masood Khan, retired Pakistani Army solider, wanted so much for all of his four sons and five daughters to complete their education that he relocated the family from the vil- lage of Khaji Panda, which has no high school, to Sufaid Dheri, site of Dosti’s first school. Four of his sons and two of his daughters studied at the Dosti Sufaid Dheri school last year, including the oldest son, Muhammed Zarshad, shown to the left.
Zohra and Saima, whose father, Zafar Iqbal, lost both his hands in an accident and now has prosthetic hands, aspire to become their family’s support when they are adults. And they feel that’s only possible because of Dosti! In 2009 they completed the 6th grade at Dosti’s Sufaid Dheri school. Zohra won first prize in the Naat Competition, and Saima was honored as the best student in her class.
(Zohra and Saima shown below, enjoying school and accepting prizes.) 11
Subhan Ullah (left) earned his Masters in Computer Science, from the City University of Science & IT of Peshawar, becoming the first higher education success for Dosti and Dr. Ahmad. A 2004 graduate of the Uni- versity of Peshawar, Subhan started his Master’s program as a scholarship student, but had to drop out when his father became ill. In 2008 he con- nected with Dosti and received about $1200 to finish three semesters.
stories of 2009, cont.)
The following 3 pages are financial documents from the Dosti Foundation in the United States. Please note: Office supplies, printing utilities, travel expenses, and other overhead and fundraising not specifically noted as expenses are donated in-kind by board and staff, usually by Dr. Ahmad
The other accounts listed under our assets and liabilities indicate donations from Dr. Ahmad and his other enterprises
Pages 15 through 21 contain the Audited 2009 financial report of the Dosti Welfare Organization in Pakistan. Monetary amounts listed in rupees; 1 US dollar = 80-84 rupees Picture at left: A class picnic in Kund Park near Peshawar, February 2009
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Dosti Foundation (USA) 2009 Expenses and Income Broken Down by specific source or use Income Individual, Family, or Small Business Donations (not Dosti insiders) $11,928.24 Organizational Fundraiser Donations (Girls, Inc, YWCA of Dayton) $317.63 Kroger Community Rewards Revenue* $475.63 Total income not contributed by officers or officers’ affiliates $12,721.50**
Money contributed by officers or officers’ affiliates (Munir Ahmad and Aijaz Ahmad) $10,200.52 Other—bank account interest $.32
Other—source unknown $2500
Total income: $25,422.34 Expenses * Kroger customers can register their Kroger Plus cards www.krogercommunityrewards.com, and then 5% of the purchase with the card is sent by Kroger to Dosti.
** This number represents a 13.5% increase from 2008 Given to Dosti Welfare Organization in Peshawar, Pakistan (―Grants, Dosti, Pakistan‖ on Profit/Loss sheet, previous page) $21,500
Employee Gross Pay (The new Communications Coordinator, hired late in March, at $9/ hour) $9301.80 Employer FICA contribution (7.65% of gross income) $711.59
Miscellaneous expenses later reimbursed by Dr. Munir Ahmad $300.00 Printing, Arrow Print and Copy—June and July newsletter $654.00 Bank fees and service charges $511.31 Total Expenses: $32,978.70 15
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Dosti hired a staff person to work
Jessica Weinberg joined Dosti as Pub- lic Relations Coordinator for the Toledo, Ohio Dosti office in March of 2009.
Ms. Weinberg has a Bachelor’s in Writing and a J.D. from Ohio Northern University, in Ada, Ohio. She was admitted to practice law in Ohio in 2007, but sees com- munication and outreach as her real forte and enjoys supporting non-profit and activist organizations. We assembled a new advisory board whose members: Assist in the process of editing our literature Through their contacts, find us fundraising, presentation, and other outreach opportunities Help us plan new initiatives Work as volunteers around our events
Member profiles and pictures be- low. Originally from Pakistan, Dr. Ali has an MD and an MBA in Healthcare Man- agement, and is CEO of a clinical research company that has been performing clinical trials all over the world since 2008.
Dr. Conway is Dean Emeritus of the University of Toledo College of Business and Finance, and President of the Diller Foundation, which promotes medical missions throughout the world by provid- ing doctors, nurses, dentists, public health personnel, medical supplies, medi- cal equipment, and medication .
Lawrence Conway, Ph.D, joined April 2009 (below right) Elizabeth Balint, joined April 2009. Photo not available.
Project Manager of the Great Lakes Consortium for International Training and Development, which develops international exchange programs, Dr. Balint is also involved with UT’s Catherine S. Eberly Center for Women and the Accounting and Computing Advisory Committee at Bowsher High School. Before the advisory board was formed, Dr. Balint, as president of the Toledo chapter of the Pan-Pacific Southeast Asia Women’s Association, led a PPSEAWA initiative to raise funds that were used in 2003 to open our school in the village of Jamrud . Kristie Foell, Ph.D., joined May 2009 (left) German Professor and Director of International Stud- ies at Bowling Green State University, Dr. Foell has traveled extensively in Europe and taught or studied in Munich, Vienna, Berlin, and Salzburg Austria. 23
DOSTI’S NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN 2009
led organizations all over the world, under fair labor conditions, at fair wages. You can now pur- chase GGP products and specify that some of the revenue be sent to Dosti.
wear. You can now purchase this clothing and specify that some of the revenue be sent to Dosti.
Visit the Shop for Dosti page of our web site to learn more about both of these partnerships. We continue to participate in the Kroger Community Rewards program, successor to Kroger Ca- res. By registering their Kroger Plus cards for us at www.krogercommunityrewards.com, supporters can now ensure that 5% of the revenue of their Kroger purchases comes to us.
As their summer camp service project, Girls, Inc of the YWCA of Dayton held a bake sale to raise money for Dosti! (picture above right)
Girls, Inc is a national organization that encourages girls to be ―strong, smart and bold.‖ They affiliate with churches, community organizations, and housing projects throughout the U.S. and Canada to pro- vide girls with activities that build self-esteem and leadership and promote healthy values and relation- ships and economic self-sufficiency. Right: Girls, Inc. of YWCA of Dayton sum- mer camp bake sale (July 2009). Thanks to the YWCA of Dayton for the photos. Right: icon for the No Sweat and the link to our No Sweat page. George Farah, Esq, joined June 2009 Pictures available at http://www.cohenmilstein.com/ attorneys_gfarah.php, and www.opendebates.org (these are not affiliated with Dosti)
Activist and international human rights lawyer George Farah is a graduate of Harvard Law School and has worked in Ralph Nader’s office in Washington, DC. In 2004, he founded Open Debates, a non-profit organization with the mission of reforming the Presidential debate process and format. He currently practices law in the Antitrust and Human Rights divisions of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, a public interest law firm headquartered in Washington, DC.
The milestone exam for students in Pakistan is a 10th grade exam known as the Matric. Unlike high school exams in the U.S., (and more like some professional examinations) the Matric can only be given at certain locations certified by the board of education. Our Sufaid Dheri school was certified in early 2009. as a Matric location. Rachel Williams, an active Rotarian currently serving as Lit- eracy Coordinator of the Rotary District 7930 in the Boston area, and as the International Chair of the Ipswich, MA, Ro- tary Club, brought the Rotary clubs of Salem, NH, Ipswich, MA, and Unitown, Peshawar together in 2009 to raise $3300 between them and then apply for a Matching Grant from Ro- tary International. The matching grant, which brings the total to $12,000, was approved in early 2010, and bought furniture and equipment for the Dosti School Kalu Shah.
Above: Rachel being recognized for her work by the Unitown, Peshawar Rotary Club Rachel works through Rotary for education for peace in Afghanistan and Paki- stan, on behalf of not only Dosti but many schools and educational organizations. More about her work at rachelforpeace.blogspot.com Major 2009 School Construction and Improvements A science lab was added to the Sufaid Dheri school for the 9th and 10th graders of the Sufaid Dheri and Abdara schools to share, studying biology, physics, and chemistry.
Four middle-school classrooms were added to the Kalu Shah school. Pictures below. 25
in September 2009 and met with the following government officials about U.S. government aid for Dosti:
Joseph Lai, Foreign Policy Aide to Senator George Voinovich, who first invited us Tanya Somanader, Foreign Policy aide to Senator Sherrod Brown
Cory Gill, Senate Foreign Relations Committee aide to Senator Richard Lugar, the Ranking Minor- ity Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kate Byrne, aide to U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur Congressman Dennis Kucinich, of the Tenth District of Ohio (Lakewood area), known for his inter- est in international peace-building. Kucinich subsequently wrote to Secretary of State Clinton urging her department to collaborate with Dosti.
Joseph Truong of the U.S. Agency on International Development Dr. Munir Ahmad, Dr. Anwer Ali and Kuldeep Singh met with U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (June 1) to discuss U.S. govern- ment help for Dosti and for schools in Pakistan. (picture below) Right: Dosti board, staff, and volunteers on Capitol Hill be- tween meetings.
Dosti director Munir Ahmad has long wanted Toledo to have a Sister City in Pakistan. Dr. Anwer Ali (see page 22) visited Pakistan during September 2009, and then invited four Pakistani govern- ment officials, that he met to visit Toledo to tell us what Toledo and Hyderabad, Pakistan would have to offer each other as Sister Cities. Making up the delegation were:
Dr. Shabab Imam, Executive District Officer of the City of Karachi Pakistan (and medical-school friend of Dr. Ali)
Barrister Farogh Naseem former Advocate General (like Attorney General in the U.S.) for the province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Dr. Khalid Maqbool, former Federal Minister Tanvir Ahmed, — Karachi real estate tycoon
We introduced the delegation to the board of Toledo Sister Cities and to Lucas County Commis- sioner Ben Konop at a meeting the morning of October 28, and then introduced them to many other public officials, and members of the Pakistani community of Toledo, at a dinner that same evening at the Grape Leaf Diner in Holland, Ohio.
Dr. Ali subsequently assembled members of the Pakistani community into a committee that will be responsible for forming and facilitating the relationship. Above left: TSCI board president Hans Ersepke presides over the meeting of TSCI board members, Pakistani delegates, and Dosti board and staff, at One Government Center. Above right, from left to right: Jessica Weinberg, Dr. Ahmad, John Camp- bell, Dr. Imam, Barrister Naseem, Mr. Erspeke, Dr. Maqbool, Dr. Ali, William D. Hoover, Eric Bergman. Below left: Stopping in toward the end of the meeting, Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop discusses the struc- ture of Ohio government with the Pakistani visitors and waxes enthusiastic about visiting Pakistan.
Right: the Pakistani dele- gation meet community leaders and members of the Toledo-area Pakistani community 27
Here in the US, May or June marks the end of a school year and the start of summer. But in Pakistan, students move be- tween grades in March, three months before summer vaca- tion. Therefore, March is the month of Dosti school Annual Days – the celebration of students’ successful completion of a grade. It is always a jubilant occasion that students, parents, and school staff all work hard to make just right. For the last few years, Aijaz Ahmad, Vice President of Dosti USA, and some Dosti Welfare Organization officers have attended and taken part in the distribution of awards.
The ceremony typically opens with recitation, by a selected student, of verses from the Holy Quran, followed by student- led prayer; philosophical student speeches; humorous student skits; and poetry recitation by a few teachers or the principal.
Eventually, the school faculty invite Mr. Aijaz on stage and he presents trophies, medals, and other honors to the top stu- dents in each class, as well as to winners of school poetry and debate competitions.
Aijaz also spent time with teachers during his 2009 visit, lis- tening to their concerns about how the schools and the Dosti organization could be improved. Among top concerns: the need to use email and modern technology to improve com- munication; and the difficulty of providing clean water and sanitation for the schools.
Ninety-five percent of Dosti school children qualified to ad- vance to the next grade at the conclusion of the 2009-2010 school year and the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. Awards being handed out The Biggest Day of the Dosti School Year in Pakistan Above: Aijaz poses with prize winners Below: Crowd assembled
Dosti Foundation U.S. Office 2450 N . Reynolds Road Toledo, OH 43615 419-535-3214 (p) 419-535-6794 (f) info@dosti.org Dosti Welfare Organization Head Office 1046-C Canal Road, University Town, Peshawar Phone: + 92-91-5850478-5851381 Facsimile: +92-915854024 Email: dostiwelfareorg@hotmail.com Ways to Help: Send a check, made out to Dosti Foundation, to the above U.S. address. Or visit www.dosti.org to donate through Paypal. You can choose a one-time or recurring donation. But please remember that PayPal will take a small percentage of your donation as their fee.
Contact the U.S. office for volunteer opportunities such as events and booths, or to book us for a presentation to your class or club!
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