Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Kyokushinkai Profile

1.   ORGANIZATION  INFORMATION

INTRODUCTION

KYOKUSHINKAI (AN NGO duly registered in the status of a non-governmental & non-profiting Organization) was established in 1983 at Peshawar (Pakistan) and started its activities to save the children & youth from drug abuse and other social evils so as to provide them friendly environment in decision making and protecting their rights of participation. The organization is actively working in the fields of Health, Education, Environment, Battle against Social Evils, Peace Campaign as well as Inter-faith & Inter-cultural Harmony. Its emphasis is up on the fundamental human rights that includes provision of all basic life amenities to the community at their door step. It has also initiated its mission by establishing a Basic Health Unit in the name and title of “Rehmat Medical Center”, few primary schools for boys and girls in Bara (Khyber Agency) including a Community Center for Peace at Bara (Khyber Agency) comprising of the elders of the locality. The strategy of the organization is to provide essential needs to the community within the available resources by creating a sense of self help and ownership. It also aims to provide a secured environment for promoting peace & developing measures for upgrading the lifestyle and socio-economic status of the people at gross roots level.

The organization is working towards its noble cause without discrimination of caste, color, creed, sect and/or religion including gender. The crystal clear message is “Service to Humanity”.
 
Sports strategy is very important and effective to educate the people, to make them aware and to motivate them to adopt a healthy life style having the elements of tolerance and respect to each other. The first branch created for fitness & self-defense (karate) sports activities for youth and children to provide those healthy activities and to save them from drugs and other social evils was started in Government Technical Training Center, Gulbahar, Peshawar and started sports activities three hours daily in evening. Still the program is being carried out with a view to save the youth & children from drugs, social evils and to persuade them towards peace and to eliminate extremism and terrorism that has ruined the socio-economic scenario of our society at national level. Now Kyokushinkai has the credit of having about 200 branches (sub-offices) in all the 4 provinces, Fata and Azad Kashmir and having more than 1000 active members majority of whom are youth and children both males and females.

The social activities of the organization are in accordance with the Charter of United Nations Human Rights, CIDA, CEDAW, IANSA, WHO, UNICEF, US-AID, UNDP and other protocols of international organizations working for the noble cause.
VISION

The main emphasis is on awareness/motivation on fundamental human rights without any discrimination of caste, color, creed, sect and/or religion including gender. It is effectively striving in the fields of Health, Education, Environment, Battle against Social Evils, Peace Campaign as well as Inter-religious & Inter-cultural Harmony. On the other hand, KKK also keen to provide training/job opportunities to youth by way of implementing vocational training programs, also in Computer Literacy & IT that is the call of the time. It will result in creating job opportunities and enable the people in earning their livelihood with a confidence resulting in better socio-economic condition at large and will alleviate poverty.

Kyokushinkai is supposed to make aware the people generally and especially youth/children for adopting a civilized socio-economic system for creating a sense of tolerance & respect to each other for carving a peace loving society. It also aims to keep youth/children away from drugs/narcotics & social evils by diverting their attention towards healthy sports culture that will result in anti-terrorism campaign effectively. It is committed to the fact that youth/Children are future of any nation so need special emphasis for molding their minds and habits.

MISSION

KyokushinKai is striving to provide health facilities to those who are deprived of such facilities including of educational facilities/opportunities to the devastated and down trodden children in the operational areas of the organization. Also to promote sports culture in order to reduce alienation emerging in the society.

Regarding the activities of the organization, KyokushinKai has been publishing a monthly “Blood Sports” magazine for youth and children as well as a weekly “Tarjuman-e-Qabail” magazine for the people of Tribal Areas (FATA). Kyokushinkai trying to create awareness among the community through these magazines with a view to encourage the youth and children to take part in healthy socio module system and the people in general.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

1.     To create awareness among the people especially youth and children against drug/social evils through sports and other physical fitness as well as to strengthen the society in order to combat and handle every problem with self confidence.
2.     To extend these facilities to every town, village and city in Pakistan, especially in FATA (Tribal areas).
3.      To enroll new members and provide them coaching facilities as well as sports equipments.
4.      To provide the facilities of a psychiatrist and other social experts to visit all our centers in Pakistan.
5.      To promote sports culture in order to reduce alienation emerging in the society
6.     To keep liaison with different organization/donor organization for strengthening the linkage   development and effective coordination.
7.      To work for the better health of community.
8.      To promote and motivate the community towards peace & social harmony.
9.     To organize focal group discussions and relevant programs up on Inter-Faith & Inter-Cultural                                           Harmony among various forms of socio-religious elders so as to create the awareness about    tolerance and creation of sense of mutual respect and co-existence.
10.  To upgrade the socio- economic condition of the members by providing skill development                                                          initiatives.
11.  To provide education facilities.
12.  To provide skill training to both males and females.
13.  To aware the society about environment.
14.  To aware the society about children/women rights.
15.  To provide help to the people in development infrastructure
16.  To encourage the disabled in the society and to provide them such environment like ordinary people as well as to distribute wheel chairs among the disabled ones.


v  Distributed wheel chairs among disabled children to satisfy their basic needs

2.     ORGANIZATION STRATEGY

The working strategy of the organization comprises of the following:

1.      To encourage the children and young boys and girls in order to give them knowledge and aware them against the drug abuse and other social evils in the society.
2.     To extend these facilities to every town, village and city in Pakistan, as well as in FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas). We want to provide them facilities of psychiatrists and other social experts to visit all over the centers in Pakistan.
3.     Creating awareness through organizing Walks/Seminars/Workshops regarding crucial issues like Walks/Seminars on Polio Day, TB Day HIV/AIDS, Drugs, Women and Child Rights, Inter-faith/inter-cultural harmony as well as celebration of World Annual Days viz:

      I.        Pakistan Day – 23rd March
    II.        HIV/AIDS- 6th December
   III.        T.B Day – 31 Mach
   IV.        Environment Day- 5th June
    V.        Population Day – 10th July
   VI.        Children Day- 20th Nov
 VII.        Child labor –12th June /12 August etc., etc.
ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE

·         Health awareness seminars/ free medical camps.
·         Free Medical camps in earth quake areas and collection of donations and provision of relief material to the victims.
·         Walks/campaigns on polio and HIV/AIDS control program
·         Awareness about Environmental protection through walks and campaigns regarding     plantation/deforestation
·         Provision of books/uniforms/shoes/stationery for poor deserving students in contribution with poverty alleviation as well as increasing literacy rate
·         Rehabilitation of the disabled
·         Awareness regarding social evils like drugs especially among youth

ORGANIZATION LEGAL STATUS

The Organization has been registered under Social Welfare Voluntary Organizations Ordinance:
Registration No: DSW/NWFP/2309, Registration and Control Ordinance No: 1961 (XLVI of 1961).

BANK ACCOUNT

Account No # 01685007 in the Name & Title of KYOKUSHINKAI is being operated with Bank of Khyber
Bank Code (0061), Ashraf Road Branch, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan.
BOARD OF GOVERNANCE (BOG)

MANPOWER

Chairman/ Chief Executive       01
Finance Manager                       01
Computer Operator                   01
Office Secretary                         01
Receptionist                             01

3.  BOARD MEMBERS

Total Boards Members            15
General Members                     61
Qualified members                   15


CBOS UNDER KYOKUSHINKAI IN BARA (KHYBER AGENCY)

The following CBOs formed/activated in Bara which are actively working in the area for creating awareness/advocacy/action for vast welfare of the community:


S/No.
Contact Person
Location
1
Rajid Khan
Bara sholobar
2
Sardar khan
Aka khel
3
Sultan akbar
Mandrakes
4
Qadhar khan
Nala
5
Zewar Jan
Nala
6
Aziz ur Rehman
Kohi
7
Said Jalal
Naway Qamar
8
Amjad Khan
Zangal Kalay
9
Abdul Samad
Jan Khan Kalay
10
Zakir Khan
Pakay Tara
11
Amin Jan
Sam Baba
12
Peer Mohammad
Baromy
13
Naseem Gul
Amadi Takhtaki
14
Abdul Akbar
Tirah



4. ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH

MEMBER ORGANIZATION IN Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa & FATA

S/No   Branch Name       Members    Contact Persons                    Contact #                 District/Agency

01
KyokushinKai
50
Noman Afridi
0321-9032336
Peshawar Cantt
02
KyokushinKai
18
Miss. Basmeen
091-7100256
Peshawar Cantt
03
KyokushinKai
30
Najmullah Safi
0321-9038299
Mohmand Agency
04
KyokushinKai
30
Amal Gul Afridi
2650679
Peshawar Cantt
05
KyokushinKai
25
Inayat ullah
0301-8822930
Peshawar Cantt
06
KyokushinKai
30
Mohammad Naeem
0945-9315465
Pabbi/Nowshera
07
KyokushinKai
35
Sar Anjam
0333-9197422
Nowshera Cantt
08
KyokushinKai
30
Imran Khan
0300-5870656
Nowshera Kalan
09
KyokushinKai
25
Shah Wazir
0300-5959457
Nowshera Kalan
10
KyokushinKai
35
Qazi Afaq
0300-5870656
Risalpur
11
KyokushinKai
40
Zahid Iqbal
0300-9056320
Mardan
12
KyokushinKai
25
Mohammad Ilyas

Mardan City
13
KyokushinKai
30
Mohammad Ikram
0300-9025456
Swabi
14
KyokushinKai
35
Sibghatullah
0932-413437
Batkhela
15
KyokushinKai
30
Fazal Tawab
0935-761537
Dir
16
KyokushinKai
30
Farooq Shah
0945-762582
Dir
17
KyokushinKai
40
Akhtar Khan
0936-720051
Swat
18
KyokushinKai
45
Zafar Ali
0936-725965
Swat City
19
KyokushinKai
42
Mohammad Azam
0300-9817033
Haripur
20
KyokushinKai
34
Dr Agha Asad
0300-5600287
Mansehra
21
KyokushinKai
30
Akhtar Nawaz

Abbotabad
22
KyokushinKai
45
Hakeem Sahib rehman

Bannu
23
KyokushinKai
35
Nadeem Bangash
0300-9331147
Hangu
24
KyokushinKai
53
Abdul Samad Afridi

Bara/Khyber Agency
25
KyokushinKai
45
Zewar Jan Afridi
5670257
Khyber Agency
26
KyokushinKai
40
Jamal Afridi

Khyber Agency
27
KyokushinKai
35
Zakir Afridi

Khyber Agency
28
KyokushinKai
40
Aala Gul Afridi
0321-9073460
Khyber Agency
29
KyokushinKai
35
Asad Shinwari

Khyber Agency
30
KyokushinKai
30
Burhan

Khyber Agency
31
KyokushinKai
32
Amin Jan Afridi
0300959535
Khyber Agency
32
KyokushinKai
20
Zafarullah

Bajour Agency
33
KyokushinKai
22
Ghani Gul Mahsood

South Waziristan
34
KyokushinKai
18
Iqbal Hussain

Kurram agency


5.  REGULAR PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES

SPORTS

KyokushinKai has been providing health facilities to those who are deprived in the operational area of the organization and providing education facilities to the divested and down trodden children in the operational areas of the organization as well. Also promote sports culture in order to reduce alienation emerging in the society.

KyokushinKai is supposed to make aware the people especially youth and children against drug through sports and other activities as well as strengthens the society in order to combat and handle every problem.
In order to create awareness and attraction, we have arranged several programs like belt promotion tests, tournaments and referee judges courses, seminars. Besides these activities, we have also organized walk against Drug abuse, pollutions and Pakistan & Peace day walks. We have published these activities along with pictures of our member’s achievements in different local and national Urdu and English newspapers, due to which the children and young boys took interest in our healthy activities and joined KyokushinKai international membership from different parts of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and FATA (Tribal).

We provided sports uniform, equipments and coaching facilities in different cities of Pakistan. Due to our positive health activities the memberships raised to about 5000 in previous years. We have given opportunity to our members to visit some attractive sights especially hilly areas to discuss social problems of young generation and solution of these problems as well. We discussed the methodologies that how to create awareness among youth against drug abuse and other social evils.

6.  ENVIRONMENT

Environment is one of the components of KyokushinKai working strategy. KyokushinKai is working for the protection of environment through plantation as the rate of deforestation is increasing rapidly in our country and community infrastructure to upgrade living standard of the citizen.

Activities undertaken for Protection of environment:

Walks and Awareness campaigns on Plantation.
Celebration of Environment Day every year on 5th June
Develop Linkages with Government forest Department and other organizations.

KyokushinKai is involved in Community infrastructure in which, disposal of domestic waste through proper drainage system is also included.

7.  HEALTH

KyokushinKai Health Program has been instrumental in providing access to the devastated and down trodden communities of the project areas to the preventive and curative medical care.

KyokushinKai extends its potential through "Rehmat Medical Center" which has been established in 2004 at Waris Abad Haji Camp GT. Road Peshawar and the other medical center is located at Nowshera. Recently a new branch established in Bara Khyber Agency (Tribal Area). The staff comprises of one doctor, one LHV, laboratory assistant, receptionist and peon. About 15-20 average patients are served with urine, blood, stool and phlegm tests facilities in the laboratory of these medical centers along with diagnostic and remedial services.

Keeping in view the national situation of disaster in shape of Earth Quake of October 8, 2005, that affected the major parts of Azad Kashmir and northern districts of, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Rehmat Medical Center organized set up for  3 days relief camp for relief and rehabilitation of affected people. Kyokushinkai collected 2 trucks load of relief stuff that was transported to those areas.

 MEDICAL CAMPS


Facilities provided in Medical Camps:
Concerned specialists/doctors
Free Checkup
Provision of Medicines free of cost
Inventory is available for follow-up

9. RELIEF CAMP FOR THE VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE (MANSEHRA, BALAKOT &                                                                                ABBOTTABAD)                              
                                                
08th October 2005 was a great challenge to National interests in term of heavy destruction and loss of precious human lives in Balakot, Mansehra & Abbottabad regions spreading up to Shinkiari. Kyokushinkai organized Relief Camp for the victims of this natural disaster at Peshawar and sent 3 truck load relief material comprising of food stuff, clothes, warm clothes and other essential life commodities. The team of Kyokushinkai rushed to the scenario and also took an active part towards provision of relief activities and rehabilitation of homeless victims. CMU (Crisis Management Unit) of Kyokushinkai comprises of young and enthusiastic workers who always proved their worth in any adverse situation like flood, earthquake or any other natural disaster. 

10. RELIEF ACTIVITIES REFERENCE TO SEVERE FLOOD THROUGHOUT KHYBER      .                                                                              PAKHTUNKHWA                                                     .                                                           

The recent furious flood has resulted a considerable lives & material loss to the community throughout the province due to which the province has been depreciated more than 50 years back. A number of people lost their lives, became homeless and also deprived of their cattle and house-hold. The infrastructure of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been totally demolished in shape of roads, bridges, schools and valuable national and private institutions. Kyokushinkai promptly accepted the challenge and organized Relief Camps in which the Crisis Management Unit (CMU) of KKK members worked enthusiastically and collected donations which were delivered among the deserving perturbed masses.

In this connection KKK organized Charity Karate Tournament for Flood Victims with the help of Pakhtunkhwa Sports Board at Qayum Stadium, Peshawar Cantt. A number of elites, youth and students participated in the event. Director, Social Welfare & Women Development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa extended Rs.10,000/- grant in this context.    


11.  NARCOTICS/DRUGS

Narcotics/Drugs pose a serious hazard to health that has recently assumed grave proportion is drug addiction among the youth. Drug – induced crimes; the problem of the addict who become a social liability, the release of enormous sums of money out of the profits of the heinous traffic for anti-social purposes; the concentration of purchasing power of this wealth in criminal hands. Together, they become the common problem of our society in streets and homes. KyokushinKai aims to eliminate this problem at grass-roots level.

During the year 2007, Kyokushinkai organized a Kyokushin Karate Tournament at Bilour Plaza in collaboration with ANF (Anti Narcotics Force) with a view to create awareness on this important social issue. The message conveyed was to get rid of Narcotics and to adopt a modest and healthy lifestyle for the youth. The youth are the futures of the nation thus need to be kept away from such evils.

WALK AGAINST NARCOTICS

Activities comprise of:

I. Walks against supply, provision and usage of drugs.
ii. Organizing recreational training for the addicts.
Iii. Karate Tournament for youngsters to utilize their time in recreational activities instead of being Drug  addicts.


12.  PROGRAM STRATEGIES

WALKS/CAMPAIGNS AND SEMINARS

Walks w/r to PEACE, Inter-faith & Inter-cultural harmony dialogues
Violence against Women, Women Empowerment
Small Arms Conflict & Aerial Firing

 PEACE WALK

Every year, KyokushinKai has been organizing walks on the following themes:

1.      Different Newspapers have published the activities carried out by KyokushinKai, such as Polio Walk Organized by experts of the organization.
2.     Polio Campaigns
3.     Participated three days polio vaccination campaign of children under 5 years of age at Peshawar
4.     Walk on Disabled Day organized at venue; Peshawar Almost 60 participants including organization members participated in Walk.
5.     Awareness Walk on T.B Day.
6.     A cricket match was organized among the blind player in Govt. Blind Institute G.T. Road Peshawar   at International Blind Day 2005. 
                                                                          

7.     Kyokushinkai Organized Charity karate tournament for flood victims of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.


1.     Monthly Blood Sports magazine                      Weekly Tarjuman-e-Qabail
              
KyokushinKai has organized Seminar on HIV/AIDS awareness program on 6th December 2004 at Ring Road, Peshawar In which District Social Welfare Officer, Nazism and Social Workers discussed about preventive/curative measures and causes of HIV/AIDS in detail. Participants of the seminar were more than 80.
13. CHAIRMAN KYOKUSHINKAI WITH TRIBAL ELDERS IN A GRAND JIRGAH

13.  WOMEN AND CHILDREN RIGHTS

KyokushinKai is working for the protection of Women and Child rights including all basic rights like food, shelter, clothing, technical and vocational education, skills and etc. KyokushinKai has contributed in protection of Women and Child Right as much as possible within the limited resources. Activities undertaken for the protection of women and child rights program:

i. Celebration of Children Day on 20th November
ii. Organizing Seminars/ Walks on Child Labor
iii. Walks on violation/ discrimination against Child Rights
iv. Provision of books and clothes to poor students
v. Celebration of Women’s Annual Day in which initiative was taken by the organization i.e. Special Motivation campaign on female Education.
vi. Celebration of Mother’s Day on 12th Feb. in which 25 women were facilitated through clothes and grant by the organization.
vii. Participated in Seminar on Hudood Ordinance in which it was requested that the Ordinance does not cover Women Rights completely therefore, amendments should be made for the protection of Women Rights.
14. KYOKUSHINKAI FOCUS AREA

KyokushinKai focus area is FATA (Tribal Area) as well as Pakistan and Afghanistan. The female education ratio is zero and the male education ratio is about 15% in FATA. Most of the tribal areas comprise of High Mountain having no roads, electricity, health, education and other basic facilities. There is very miserable condition of women, who have no rights and work as Labor through day/night instead of male. They have no education and no technical skill. They are living to serve the men and to give birth to babies. Majority of the pregnant mothers die in the way to climb (over many mountains by riding the horses, donkeys to reach to the hospital miles away from their homes. The women start their activities to make breakfast, to go into the farms, to cut the wood from jungle, to make lunch and dinner and to bring water from spring and rivers. The males are the lords in their traditions and female have no value in their home decisions. They are meant only to work from dawn to dusk.

15.  INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT GRANTED BY FATA CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM                          SPONSORED BY US-AID (WORTH $ 9,303.23) IN KIND                              .

Kyokushinkai has been able to avail of an opportunity in shape of institutional support from FATA Capacity Building Program sponsored by US-AID worth $ 9,303.23 in kind. Now the organization is capable of organizing and implementing its intended future work plan more effectively. The process is in progress that will be reflected in our incoming Progress Report expected at end of June 2009.
The following training workshops were attended by the members of the organization and were awarded respective participation/completion Certificates:


S/No.
Description of Training (Topics)
Sponsored by
Duration
01
Financial Resource Management
FATA CBP  (US-AID)
3 days
02
Proposal Writing
FATA CBP  (US-AID)
3 days
03
Monitoring & Evaluation
FATA CBP  (US-AID)
5 days
04
Management Development Training
FATA CBP  (US-AID)
9 days
05
Right based Approach & Advocacy Tools
Sungi Development Foundation
3 days
06
Conflict Resolution
Sungi Development Foundation
2 days
07
Internship Program for 4 participants
FATA CBP  (US-AID)
2 months


Mr. Noman Afridi (V. Chairman – Kyokushinkai) & Mr. Najmullah Safi participated and successfully completed the training conducted by FATA CBP (US-AID) & Sungi Development Foundation.
M/s. Imran Afridi, Inayatullah Afridi, Humayun Afridi & Mewa Khan Afridi participated in Internship Program organized by FATA CBP (US-AID) for duration of 2 months and successfully completed the tenure.


16. KyokushinKai has planned in the future to:     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
·         Start (MCH) mother childcare health care centers in each village.
·         Motivate the females about protection of their rights.
·         Establish schools for males and females in each village.
·         Provide skill training for females to generate income for their families.
·         To launch “Adult Literacy Programs and to educate the old men about the reading and writing books and newspaper.
·         To educate them about the modern methods of farming.
·         Create awareness about environment related issues and to convince them not to cut forest           .for fuel purpose
·         Provide healthy activities to the youths and children and to divert them towards sports culture                                                                            .so that they are kept away from social evils, drugs etc.
·         Protect youths and children from narcotics and other social evils and give them awareness.                     .
17.  Contact Person:

Mr. Rehmat Gul Afridi
Chairman/Chief Executive,
KYOKUSHINKAI
Cell #: 0346-5002674
Office# 091-7100256
Address: D-6, City Centre,
Ashraf Road, Peshawar,
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa,
Pakistan
Post Code: 25000


Memberships for all the concerned individuals/organizations are welcome to participate in the noble cause of KYOKUSHINKAI. All sorts of donations in kind/cash are acceptable provided agreed with the anal objectives through Bank Account # 01685007 (Bank of Khyber) bank Code 0061), Ashraf Road Branch, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.


























KyokushinKai is organizing twice every year various Free Medical Camps for provision of quality health to local community members and to facilitate the poor people with basic health facilities at their door steps.