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Mrs. Ibad:
You have requested for the report on an NGO, we are therefore submitting you
the report on DEWA Trust on 16th April, 2009. Kindly accept our report.
This report contains the research done on one of the famous Trust of Pakistan
DEWA Trust. Initially we have discussed the background that how the DEWA
Trust came in to being and then how it is functioning in their areas. Later the
research is done on their service to the people of Pakistan. We have also
discussed the sources from where the generate funds and where the allocate it.
In the end we mentioned so far what are the future prospects and plans for
expansion and diversification DEWA management had got in their mind.
We worked for this report at our best, if you have any queries regarding this
report, feel free to contact us at 111-222-222
Sincerely Yours,
Hooria Khan
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
16th April, 2009
Dear Readers:
This report contains the research done on one of the famous Trust of Pakistan
DEWA Trust. Initially we have discussed the background that how the DEWA
Trust came in to being and then how it is functioning in their areas. Later the
research is done on their service to the people of Pakistan. We have also
discussed the sources from where the generate funds and where the allocate it.
In the end we mentioned so far what are the future prospects and plans for
expansion and diversification DEWA management had got in their mind.
In the end we like to say that this report provides sufficient knowledge about
the services by the DEWA Trust. It will definitely help all of you to enhance
your knowledge about it. If you have any queries regarding this report feel free
to contact at 111-222-222.
Sincerely Yours,
Hooria Khan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
No report is the result of an individual effort only. This report would not have
been possible without the help of first and foremost our Business and
Professional speech teacher Mrs. Fareeda Ibad. We would like to thank Mr.
Rizwan Ahmed Lodhi, Executive Director DEWA Trust as well as Ms
Tabassum Afroz, Incharge and Professor of DEWA College for Hearing
Impaired; together with Ms Asma Karim, Lecturer at DEWA College and Ms
Saima Afroz, Teacher for Higher Secondary in DEWA Academy for Hearing
Impaired who made it possible for us to accomplish the report.
This report has enabled us to learn more about DEWA Trust and their services
to the humanity which enhanced our knowledge. We would also like to thank
our parents for their constant support through out the report and the numerous
cups of coffee that they made for us during the long nights that we spent
working on the report.
We would again like to thank Mrs. Fareeda Ibad who took the pain of reading
our moderate articles. As once a scholar said, “my parents brought me from
the skies to the earth, but my teacher put me back on the skies” and so did
Mrs. Fareeda Ibad.
Sincerely Yours,
Hooria Khan
Table of Contents
LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION.....................................................................2
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL..........................................................................3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.................................................................................4
Table of Contents...............................................................................................5
ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................8
ACHIEVEMENTS.........................................................................................8
OBJECTIVES:.................................................................................................10
MISSION:....................................................................................................10
FUNCTIONAL AREAS..................................................................................11
KARACHI....................................................................................................11
ISLAMABAD..............................................................................................12
FACILITIES AT DEWA.................................................................................12
DIVISIONS......................................................................................................13
DEWA ACADEMY FOR HEARING IMPAIRED.....................................13
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.......................................................................14
DEWA DEGREE COLLEGE......................................................................16
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS FOR INTERMEDIATE................................17
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS FOR DEGREE LEVEL................................18
CLIFFS LEARNING PARADISE...............................................................20
HEARING AID DEPARTMENT................................................................21
PRINTING PRESS......................................................................................21
SPEECH / AUDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT................................................22
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE..............................................................23
HIRING AND TRAINING OF STAFF...........................................................24
SERVICES RENDERED BY DEWA ............................................................24
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION........................................................................24
WORKSHOPS.............................................................................................25
AWARENESS PROGRAMS THROUGH MEDIA....................................25
PLACEMENTS AND MATRIMONIAL....................................................26
SOURCES OF FUNDS:...................................................................................26
FUNDS ALLOCATION:.................................................................................27
PLANS FOR EXPANSION:............................................................................28
IMMEDIATE PLANS (2-3 YEARS)..........................................................28
ISLAMABAD CENTRE BUILDING.....................................................28
HOLISTIC REHABILITATION UNIT...................................................28
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION TRAINING................................................28
HOSTEL AT KARACHI.........................................................................29
PUBLISHING AND MARKETING OF PRESS.....................................29
LONG TERM PLANS (5-10 YEARS)........................................................30
PROPOSED UNIVERSITY....................................................................30
CONCLUSION................................................................................................33
ABSTRACT
As part of the Business and Professional Speech course, this report has been
furnished keeping in mind the standards that were dictated. The non
governmental organization on which this report is made is Deaf Education &
Welfare Association (DEWA) Trust. The purpose for selecting this
organization is to reveal to the readers that how the special children especially
the Hearing Impaired are educated and taught to keep pace with the changing
world. For this reason, our group visited the DEWA Complex in Gulshan e
Iqbal in order to collect the data and to examine what goes on in the
organization; also we searched the official website of DEWA Trust and the
brochures that they had published so that we can get ample of knowledge. The
subjects that were studied in the organization were its different division like
DEWA Academy School for Hearing Impaired, DEWA College, Hearing Aid
Dept., and Press etc. The teaching methods as well as the hiring process and
different types of facilities available there were being observed and analyzed
with the help of respective teachers and under the permission of Executive
Director. Also, we gathered information, regarding the funds sources and
allocation, future outlook and services that they provide to the society, by
interviewing the staff and Director.
INTRODUCTION
S ince the world is perpetually changing and we need to change with it.
The underprivileged people living in our society lack the fulfillment of
a number of basic needs, health care and education being amongst these
and hence with its deep concern.
The founder of DEWA was Mr Munir Ahmed Lodhi, who started this
institution with the aim to provide the special people with quality education
and make a difference. He started this in 1967 in a small room and now to this
date, DEWA is the largest institution in Pakistan which provides education to
special people. It is now aiming to start a University as well which will be the
first ever University for Special Children in Asia with Inclusive System of
Education for both special and normal people under one management.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Achieved its first memorable goal with the cent percent result for
Secondary School level examination of the education board in 1979.
• In the year 1984, “BENEFIT DINNER” for fund raising was hosted
which was chaired by the then President of Pakistan, General Zia ul
Haq.
• Almost all the Governors of Sindh (since 1971 to date), Heads of Local
Governments, and concerned Federal Ministers, and the Foreign
Experts/ Delegates & Dignitaries have visited DEWA from time to
time.
OBJECTIVES:
MISSION:
7. That the moneys, income and property of the institution / fund / trust
howsoever derived shall be applicable solely towards the promotion of
the objects of the institution / fund / trust and no portion thereof shall
be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of profit, dividends
bonus or otherwise to any of its members or their relatives.
FUNCTIONAL AREAS
DEWA primarily operates in two big cities of Pakistan i.e. Karachi and
Islamabad.
KARACHI
FACILITIES AT DEWA
It also provides the students with latest therapy techniques and aids, use of
multimedia and modern learning tools, computer and science laboratories and
library, spacious elegant campus with lush green lawns, play grounds,
swimming pool and stand by generator in case of power failure. There are also
indoor games facilities available for students like badminton, table tennis and
squash. Other than that DEWA also has a cricket and football team which
represents DEWA in various Inter school and colleges tournaments.
DIVISIONS
This is the main portion / division of DEWA; this was the first of all portions
to be established and started working. It is a school for special children
specifically the Hearing Impaired i.e. Deaf; which is affiliated with the Board
of Secondary Education, Karachi but with modified form of syllabus.
The DEWA Academy for Hearing Impaired is further divided into two
categories:
1. GENERAL SECTION
2. ORAL SECTION
This section contains students who have mild and minimal hearing
disability and can speak and listen to some extent, if not fully. The
teaching methods for them include communication via verbal dialogue
together with the sign language and written aids. This section is only
till 8th standard.
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
As these students are not normal, therefore they do not have technical subjects
and courses like physics, chemistry and biology; instead they have other
technical subjects and courses with modified syllabi form the Board of
Secondary Education, Karachi.
In the school standard, the technical subjects that are being taught are:
1. TAILORING
2. COMPUTER STUDIES
The computer science is only taught to boys as the girls do not have
any interest in this subject. The computer syllabi provide students with
ample knowledge of computer related works as it is now mandatory for
every student to have basics of computers in order to prosper later in
life. This subject teaches them the basic concepts and the various
programming languages used in computer. It gives students the basic
knowledge of the different components of computer and teaches them
about the hardware and software used.
In its practical section, the students are being taught how to operate the
operating systems and how to work with different tools and software
like MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Introduction to computers.
• Components of computers.
• Input and Output Devices.
• Backing Storage Devices.
• Data Representation.
• Problem Solving and Flowcharting.
• Operating Systems (LINUX and WINDOWS).
• MS Word.
• MS Excel.
• MS PowerPoint.
3. FINE ARTS
This course helps the students to bring forward the art hidden in them.
Being deprived of listening and speaking abilities, these students are
take refuge in the hands of fine arts and are really fond of it. This
subject is taught to both the girls and boys. The course of fine arts
teaches students various techniques used in drawing like sketching
with free hand, dot drawing, shading, brush spraying etc.
DEWA College offers courses for normal and special children. The normal
college is deals with the normal students and it is only for Intermediate level.
It is like any other regular college and it offers all those subjects which
students normally opt for like physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.
Although this facility is offered by DEWA, but very few students take
admission as the normal college is not very popular as compared to colleges
like Aga Khan College or DJ Sindh Govt. Science College.
The special college is for Hearing Impaired students which provide higher
secondary education and degree education. Higher secondary section deals
with Intermediate students and teaches technical courses like fine arts and
computers as a substitute for physics, chemistry etc.
The degree college offers a Bachelor in Arts (B.A.) degree for special
students, as it is affiliated with the University of Karachi. The technical
subjects offered for the degree level are fine arts, computer science and health
and physical education.
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS FOR INTERMEDIATE
Most of the subjects are the same as of matriculation level but are advance in
terms of their course contents and syllabi.
1. COMPUTER SCIENCE
• Inpage.
• Windows 98.
• MS Word.
• MS Excel.
• MS PowerPoint.
• MS Access.
2. FINE ARTS
Fine arts, at Intermediate level, introduce the history and evolution of art to
the students. It tells them about the art of various cultures which existed
and are still existing in the South Asian Region, together with the
renowned painters and artists of different eras and their services towards
the art and architecture.
On the practical side, the basic elements of art are taught and then students
use their knowledge and actually put their ideas to paper in the form of art
work.
The course contents for Intermediate Fine Arts include:
• History of Art.
• Appreciation of Painters.
• Structure of Art.
The further syllabi of Intermediate Fine arts and Computer science are further
advanced and a new technical subject is included at the degree level i.e. Health
and Physical Education.
1. FINE ARTS
The fine arts course in B.A. gives theoretical knowledge if art and teaches
various techniques of printing and drawing. It teaches the styles of various
painters as well. Further more, it elaborates the knowledge of various
cultural arts and primitive arts. Finally, it teaches the students know how
of the types of architecture and the architecture that is currently in use in
Pakistan.
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE
This course talks in detail about the operating systems (Microsoft). It also
teaches how to make use of the internet facility and how to work with
different types of hardware and software. Making and managing a
database, for a larger organization, is also taught together with certain
programming languages like Visual Basic on which different software and
programs are being designed. Also the students are taught the graphic
designing and website development methods; as these are the demands of
the contemporary world.
• Microsoft Windows.
• Internet.
• Adobe Photoshop.
• PowerPoint.
• Database Management Systems.
• Visual Basic.
This course works towards promoting the value of good health. It makes
them into healthy and responsible citizens by giving them knowledge
regarding health and safety education.
On the technical side, it introduces them to various indoor and outdoor
games and sports; and teaches them the rules and regulation together with
the techniques of different types of games and sports.
Also the affects of drugs on health are taught to these children so that they
should get aware and do not get exploited when they step into the real
world.
1. Body worn
2. Behind the ear.
PRINTING PRESS
DEWA has its own printing press. Although the press is not at a large scale,
but the press proves to be sufficient in providing material for students of
DEWA. The printing press facility helps DEWA cut down costs as they do not
have to pay high prices for printing from other sources. The press even prints
pamphlets, brochures and posters which are used in DEWA. The press also
tries to generate revenue by offering printing services to outsiders and DEWA
plans to expand the press so it is able to accommodate more outside orders and
also meet its internal demands.
SPEECH / AUDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The audiology department charges PKR 200 from its students and provides the
required amount of sittings. It also provides the services to outsiders and
charges the same amount. If ear testing is done outside then the charges are
about PKR 800 for each visit. So, DEWA does welfare works in all fields by
providing cheaper and better services to its students and even outsiders.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DEWA has a predetermined standard of hiring the teaching staff, which was a
norm since its creation and was established my Mr Munir Ahmed Lodhi. They
hire teachers who have the minimal qualification of Masters in Special
Education or any other related fields, at times fresh Graduates are also hired
only if they are capable enough to cope up with the stress and are efficient
workers. The teachers are hired on a six months evaluation period during
which they have to go through a number of training sessions and workshops in
order to learn effective ways to teach the Hearing Impaired Students. They
also hire former students and other Hearing impaired people for teaching some
technical subjects like fine arts and tailoring.
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
DEWA also creates awareness of general public towards these special people
through media, as it participates in various events and programs, organized by
different channels, which focuses on the Deaf people. Recently they had
organized a vaccination program, in association with Ashfaq Memorial
Hospital and Sindh Medical College, for Hepatitis. Also ARY Digital has
provided the full coverage of the DEWA trust in their program “Muskurana
Seekh Ley”. These awareness programs helps in allocation of schools for
special children as well as they provide guidance to parents as to what they
should do about their children. Now the time is changing and everyone is
talking about equal rights and privileges in this world, so these special
children are not an exception and they should also enjoy their right, that’s
what DEWA believes in.
PLACEMENTS AND MATRIMONIAL
DEWA also encourages its students to excel in their respective fields and for
that they go an extra mile and place their students in different organizations.
The first batch of graduates from DEWA College was awarded positions in
government offices by the Honorary Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishrat ul Ibad
Khan. Also DEWA has placed their students with KFC outlet at University
Road, Karachi. Along with the placements in jobs, they also provides
matrimonial for special students as they have one of the largest database of
special (especially deaf) people with them.
SOURCES OF FUNDS:
DEWA meets its expenses through various sources. Firstly, the funds come
from the parents who are willing and are privileged, they provides the funds
either in the shape of fees or as a charity. Secondly, DEWA has a proper and
fixed fee structure for the College of Normal students (Rs 1000 per student),
this helps it to achieve its costs incurred in various phases and departments
like press and hearing aid department.
The special children in DEWA mostly belong to the less privileged class and
they can not afford the high and fixed fee, so in order to provide them with
relief, DEWA has a structure of fee according to the household income that is
the fee is decided by the family itself according to their needs not the institute;
most of the time the lowest segment of the population income wise is also
educated freely and the Director provides them with the fee exemption. It also
has a hearing aid department which sells the hearing aids in order to meet the
expenses of the organization. The press in DEWA has also applied for the
license to work as a publisher from the Ministry of Information.
DEWA is also being funded by the Government which is not recurring though,
the government officials and delegates who pay a visit to DEWA provides
some donations to the organization as in 2003, the president of Pakistan
provided DEWA with land near Super Highway for upgrading it into a
university. People actually get inspired by the work of DEWA and due to
which they donate for the DEWA together with the business class of Pakistan.
In 2001, the Japanese delegates donated the Buses for to the chairperson of
DEWA, Mr Munir Ahmed Lodhi which are now serving as school buses.
DEWA’s accounts section maintains an up to date record of all donations and
funds received from all the sources as well as all the details regarding
expenditures in various places.
FUNDS ALLOCATION:
The funds that are being raised by DEWA are primarily spent on the repair
and maintenance of the institution which include all the facilities (tailoring
room, fine arts etc). These funds are also utilized to provide education to the
less privileged or the lower segment of society who can not bear to meet the
expenses of their children like school books, transport, fee and other
accessories.
The remaining funds, if any, are then allocated equally to each department in
DEWA, be it Special school, Special College, Cliffs Learning Paradise,
DEWA College for Computer Science, Press, Hearing Aid Department and
Speech / Audio logy Department.
PLANS FOR EXPANSION:
The project of immense importance has been submitted for approval with the
government authorities. The “Holistic Rehabilitation Centre” means early
detection and intervention for all types of disabilities together with the proper
counseling and therapy facilities. DEWA intends to eliminate “Dis” from
“ability” as its core mission. This project will be technically equipped and
furnished and will cost around Rs 100 million.
The disable students in the suburbs and neighboring cities of Karachi like
Hyderabad, Thatta etc are still deprived of the basic education as they do not
have facilities in their respective cities. Therefore, Mr Munir Ahmed Lodhi,
Founder and Chairman of DEWA Trust, has proposed the project for building
a hostel in order to accommodate the students from these vicinities and
provide them with equal opportunities; as he is a staunch believer that
education is not only for a certain segment or for people of certain area but for
all.
PROPOSED UNIVERSITY
The torch bearers of DEWA are striving hard to establish a University, unique
in itself, with the Inclusive system of education for the special need students
and general students under one roof. For this the former president of Pakistan,
General Pervez Musharraf, during his visit to DEWA Complex at Karachi in
2003, has granted the land near Super Highway adjacent to Baqai University.
This project is on paper uptil now as some formal approvals from concerned
government authorities are required but negotiations had been going on
between the DEWA management and the Government for the last five years.
The only hindrance in this project is the openly corrupt system of Pakistan in
which everyone sees his own benefit.
This university, if established, will be the first ever university for inclusive
system of education in the whole Afro Asian region. This project will be
completed in three phases with estimated cost around US $110 million.
• Intake from all over Pakistan and other neighboring countries as well.
• Special service and counseling for studies and rehabilitation.
Some of the achievements of DEWA are 100 percent results in the SSC
examinations, opening of the DEWA school in Islamabad, starting of the
under graduate program (affiliated with The University of Karachi) and also
SSC 2008 results declared DEWA as has been securing the three top positions
in the special children examination.
DEWA is operating at a large scale in Pakistan and the funds required for the
operations are obtained by the willing and privileged parents of the students
studying there in the form of school fee. The other sources of funds are the
donations by people, government etc. The funds are allocated to each division
according to their needs, and the expansion plans are also fulfilled and
managed very efficiently by the management at DEWA.
Another very bright aspect of the DEWA is the start of the Inclusive
education. A separate unit under the DEWA is working with the name of
Cliffs Learning Paradise, which provides a learning facility to special children
with the normal children. Also the proposed University is one of the brightest
aspects of DEWA and it desperately needs to be built as it is a step towards a
new system of education in Pakistan, which will in turn help these special
students to be part of the society.
In short, the DEWA foundation is working well towards the fulfillment of the
objectives of providing learning facility to the special children, so that they
can find their respectable and desirable place in the society.