Ilm-o-Amal Presentation Ramadan 2008 Prepared by: Saif Manzoor and Ahsan Abdi Website:
Who are we? A network of volunteers Founded in 2006 in Karachi Pakistan Registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 in Karachi, Pakistan (0114/2007) Exempted from income tax 100+ Members Management Committee (4 individuals) Office Volunteers (6 individuals) Field Force (8 individuals) Coordinator (6 individuals) Donors (more than 50)
Office bearers Saif Manzoor, Secretary om om Saira Nasir om Nasir Jamal Ahmad Faraz m m
Who are our beneficiaries? Poor families in Pakistan referred by our members who are affected by inflation and struggling to survive We provide: Family assistance for food, rent, medicines Educational scholarship to their children Income opportunities to setup small enterprise Each family is assigned an application # and complete information maintained about family, payments, reviews, documents
How do we operate? Office Work is manage by volunteers e.g. accounting, payments, application management, information technology, marketing content development done through web-based BMS Field work done by a mix of volunteers and paid staff (variable cost based on # of visits-our overheads are < 15 %) Use virtual office to save office costs, commuting and to involve volunteers from any part of the world
What have we achieved? Established a web-based 6 step process : Submission of application by member from anywhere and anytime Verification by field volunteer within 3 days by home/school visit Decision by Management Committee within a week Payment by Payments Team at the end of each month Review by Review volunteers every quarter Sponsorship by Donor through web or personal contact, All processes are Web-based through BMS system Complete information available for each case on the web. Currently supporting 117 families (open application) Supported approx 200 families (total # applications)
A view from BMS
Targets Help 200+families target by June ‘09 Help families target by June ‘12 Helps 10,000+ families target by June ’17 Budget for Jul 2008-Jun USD 100K Inshallah
Want to join us? Fill volunteer Form Volunteer Guide ilmoamal.org/docs/Volunteer_Guide.pdf Fill Membership form Donate Sponsor it=+Go+ it=+Go Need more information – read donor guide ilmoamal.org/sponsor_step1.php?start=1&project=3&submit=+Go+
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