Overview

Hashoo Foundation USA

Core Areas
1- Education & Skill Development
Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project
Partners and Supporters
Hashoo Students helping students!
A Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action
foundation
2- Economic Development
Credit and Enterprise Development (CED) for Women Beekeepers of Northern

USA
Pakistan

3- Special Needs/Social Welfare

Hashoo Foundation USA & Medical Bridges Inc. Join Forces to Help Bridge the
Healthcare Gap

4- Creating Awareness/Promoting Pakistani Culture/Intercultural

Relations
Pakistan Aesthetics Project by Pakistani Students @ Brown
HF USA Highlights
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 Hashoo Foundation USA Program Impact
Hashoo Foundation USA (HF USA) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation based in Houston, Texas. HF 33 Houston Independent School District (HISD) students were awarded with the Expectation
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USA is working locally to raise awareness, promote intercultural understanding and best practices as it Graduation Room package:
builds partnerships with other individuals, non-profit and professional organizations. 24 Females
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9 Males
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In 2009, Hashoo Foundation USA supported the following Core Program Areas:
The project has had a direct positive impact on 144 people, including the students and their family
members: 37 under 18 years old and 107 over 18 years old.
Core Area Where are the students today?
Education & Skill Development 21 of the students are attending a 4-year university;
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8 of the students are attending a community college;
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3 of the students applied to the Houston Community College for Spring 2010;
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Program: 1 student is attending a technical institute.
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Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project Supported the City of Houston and Houston Independent
School District (HISD) “Expectation Graduation”.
Mayor Bill White recognizes
the students during the
Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project Expectation Graduation Room
press conference hosted by
Giving back to the community - Supporting at-risk students HISD at Sterling High School

Background and Objectives

In 2004, 50 at-risk Houston Independent School District (HISD) students from Robert E. Lee, Ross
Sterling, Jack Yates and James Madison High Schools signed a YES Mayor White, I Will Complete Partners and Supporters
High School Commitment Card, promising that they would graduate in 2009.
The Expectation Graduation Room pilot project was made possible due to the passion and
Hashoo Foundation USA in conjunction with HISD, Expectation Graduation and the City of Houston collaboration of the following local organizations, working together to recognize students' success and
Digital Inclusion Initiative and WeCan program created an incentive award “Expectation Graduation provide encouragement and opportunities for a better future:
Room” package to recognize the students that fulfilled their commitment and graduated in 2009.
Program objectives:

To recognize the students' success and provide hope and encouragement;

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To enhance the home environment;
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To encourage dialogue between students, teachers, parents, local organizations and businesses
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about how the learning environment influences student achievement and what action steps shoul
be taken to equip students with the resources and opportunities to address those challenges and HOUSTON
Independent School District
build better lives for themselves.

Based on this criteria student honorees received an “Expectation Graduation Room” package which Creating a College Bound Culture

included the following items:

Refurbished computer with air card, desk, desk lamp & chair;
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Twin size bed, linens, Good Bear of the World (GBW), Tsunamika Doll & T-shirt
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Montañéz Baylor Foundation
Night stand & chest of drawers;
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The Divas Leela Krishnamurthy & friends

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 “It will allow me to do my school
homework and the projects that I am
planning for the future”.
Students helping students! Safari Mukule, graduated from Robert E.
Lee High School. He is attending University
The University of St. Thomas MicroCredit Program (UST MCP) students of Houston.
committed to raising the necessary funds to offer a low-interest micro-credit loan
to one of the graduating students to support his/her education at a community “My expectation graduation room
college in the Houston area. package will make my life easier by
studying and helping all our family”.
Thimote Mukule, graduated from Robert E.
A Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action Lee high School. He is attending Houston
Community College.

The Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project is Hashoo Foundation's Clinton

Global Initiative (CGI) 2009 Commitment to Action for the Education Portfolio
“This graduation package will benefit
my sister and me because now most
of the school work is online. Having
my own computer and desk will help
me improve my grades and set my
priorities in an easier way”.
The wonderful HISD Team, Trinidad Cynthia Garcia, graduated from Robert
Rodriguez, Charles Bowden, Eddie E. Lee High School. She attends
Williams, Herman Stanley, Cody University of Houston.
Breazale, Cristal Montañéz Baylor,
De'bhi'Omonique Locks and
grandmother Tanya.
De'bhi'Omonique graduated from
Sterling High School

Mrs. Saleem received the

Expectation Graduation Room
package on behalf of her daughter
Wardah Saleem who graduated from
Robert E. Lee High School. Today,
Wardah is attending the University of
Houston.

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 Core Area CED for Women Beekeepers Objectives:

Economic Development Increase the total number of women beekeepers in the target communities of Northern Pakistan,
including Gilgit, Chitral, Kaghan, Azad Jamu and Kashmir (AJK).

Develop an integrated model of Credit and Enterprise Development (CED), establishing improved
Program: techniques in honey production which will translate into long-term business sustainability for the
Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Project – “Plan Bee”. beneficiaries of the project. Future goals include the promotion and replication of this model in
Established partnerships with US universities micro credit organizations to provide credit to new other regions of Pakistan and the world.
beekeeper through the Credit and Enterprise Development Program (CED).
Facilitate CED site visits for UST MCP, OMF, and MFI UH students, during which time they may
work alongside the women beekeepers in their respective communities and actively participate in
the delivery of the project.
Credit and Enterprise Development (CED) for Women Credit and Enterprise Development (CED) as a Way to Alleviate
Beekeepers of Northern Pakistan Poverty and Empower Women in Northern Pakistan through a
Revolving Fund
Background and Objectives
Loan Number
Microcredit Women Estimated Number Project
Amount per of Bee Location
Building upon Chairperson Sarah Hashwani's vision for Women Empowerment through Honeybee Partners Beekeepers of Dependants Duration
Beekeeper Hives
Farming- “Plan Bee”- Hashoo Foundation (HF) has established the Credit and Enterprise
Chitral, Kaghan,
Development (CED) program to facilitate the allocation of loans provided by university students for UST MCP 100 $500 5 Azad Jamu, 800 3 years
new women beekeepers. Revolving fund
Kashmir (AJK)

OMF 24 $350 3 Gilgit, Chitral 192 2 years

Hashoo Foundation USA, under the leadership of Cristal Montañéz Baylor, Executive Director, Revolving fund
established partnerships with the University of St. Thomas Micro Credit Program (UST MCP), Owl Chitral, Kaghan,
Micro Finance (OMF a non- profit organization run by students from Rice University), and the MFI UH 4 $500 5 Azad Jamu, 32 2 years
MicroFinance Initiative at the University of Houston (MFI UH) to support the expansion of the Revolving fund
Kashmir (AJK)
Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Project - “Plan Bee”- in terms of scale as well
as geographic coverage.
The women for the CED program will be selected on the basis of baseline surveys undertaken by
Hashoo Foundation. Providing a solid base with a revolving fund will help extend/replicate
UST MCP, OMF and MFI UH committed to provide a revolving fund for microloans and Hashoo
outreach of the program on a continual basis (with loan loss provision of 5 to 10% borrowers)
Foundation will implement CED for Women Beekeepers according to the specified criteria, conduct
through improved technological support, community mobilization, marketing linkages and
baseline surveys to identify beneficiaries, provide loans based on the Group Lending Methodology
networking resulting in higher production of quality honey supplemented with consistent sales
(GLM) similar to a hybrid of Grameen Bank and BRAC models of Bangladesh, and provide in-kind
through outlets inland as well as overseas whenever and wherever possible.
and technical support through its regional offices in Gilgit and Chitral.

The ultimate goal project is to provide a long term, sustainable micro loans through a revolving Shandana – CED Beneficiary
fund to women headed households. The project will organize and mobilize communities into
Results and Impact
workable cluster based groups, increase outreach and productivity, provide training in bee farming
Shandana, 46, is a mother of 6 school going children
to ensure delivery of high-quality honey, improve processing facilities and related infrastructure, in the remote village of Mominabad, Hunza (Gilgit –
and facilitate market linkages for the sale of honey at higher competitive prices. Every microloan Baltistan). Her husband is a seasonal worker and has
beneficiary will receive training in beekeeping, five (5) beehives, necessary equipment to initiate no full time occupation. Without any land for
her enterprise and access to lucrative markets. agriculture and no permanent home, Shandana is
barely sustaining her large family.
This model will enable UST MCP, OMF and MFI UH students to learn institutional mechanisms for
socio-economic development by using microcredit as a poverty-alleviation tool. As a result of this She received training in honey bee keeping from
project, the rural women beneficiaries will gain a sense of social and economic empowerment, Hashoo Foundation in June 2009 and earned Rs.
increase the productive assets of their households, and support their children's education-related 4,000 ($50) from one hive that was provided to her by
expenses at high-quality schools. Hashoo Foundation. In the harsh winter of the Northern
Areas of Pakistan, she now has 5 hives worth $ 500 to
increase her income for the coming season.

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 “Hand in Hand” Fundraiser and Honey
Tasting to assist women in Pakistan Core Area:
develop their own business through a
partnership with the UST MicroCredit Special Needs/Social Welfare
Program and the Hashoo Foundation
USA
Program:
Umeed-e-Noor of Excellence for Care & Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs and Hashoo
Foundation's Health Centers.
Mobilized resources, medical and rehabilitation equipment.

Honey produced by the women in the

Northern Areas of Pakistan displayed
at the dessert and silent auction
event “Pastries Against Poverty”
organized by Owl Microfinance, a
Rice University student-run non-
profit organization.
Hashoo Foundation USA & Medical Bridges Inc. Join
Forces to Help Bridge the Healthcare Gap
Hashoo Foundation USA and Medical Bridges shipped a forty-foot ocean-freight container filled
with life-saving medical supplies and rehabilitation equipment destined for Pakistan. The inventory
has an inventory value of more than US $150,000. The depreciated inventory value is $91,350.53.

The container departed from the Port of Houston on April 3, 2009, and arrived in the Port of Karachi
by May 18, 2009. The Hashoo Foundation (HF) team in Pakistan received the container and
distributed the medical supplies destined to HF sponsored Healthcare Centers serving an
Our Partners estimated 340,000 people among the country's most marginalized and destitute communities,
including individuals affected by the October 2005 earthquake and those living in urban centers
and well below the poverty line.
The continued partnership between the University of St. Thomas MicroCredit Program
and the Hashoo Foundation USA has brought me a deep sense of satisfaction as we
The rehabilitation equipment will enable Umeed-e-Noor Center of Excellence for Care and
work together to bring empowerment and self-support to 100 women and their 800
Rehabilitation of Children with Special Needs to provide therapy to 300 children with multiple
dependents...The interest -free loans...are not only empowering the individual...women
disabilities, many of whom have been abandoned by their families.
but are also creating economic independence for the Northern Areas in Pakistan.”
The humanitarian aid sent to Pakistan as a result of the new partnership between Hashoo
- Joe Konkel, President, UST MCP
Foundation USA and Medical Bridges, Inc. will give hope to many needy people in Pakistan and
improve their health and living conditions. Hashoo Foundation USA is grateful to Shriners Hospital
“Working with the Hashoo foundation has been a fantastic experience for Owl
and Dr. Mathurian of Humble, Texas, for donating the rehabilitation and therapy equipment to
Microfinance...Not only was HF instrumental in our efforts to reach out to the Houston
Medical Bridges which in turn designated it to Umeed-e-Noor.
community, its staff provided us with guidance and advice relating to working as a
development NGO...Hashoo Foundation has become one of our premier partners—so
The Hashoo Foundation USA and Medical Bridges shipment of humanitarian aid underscores the
much so that we have decided to launch our largest loan program to help expand their
positive relationship between the US and Pakistan at time when the two countries continue to
operations this year...and we look forward to collaborating with them in the future!”
develop their strategic alliance. The gesture of goodwill fosters the importance of investing in
- Josh Ozer, Risk Assessment Officer, Owl Microfinance

MICROFINANCE INITIATIVE
U N I V E R S I T Y of H O U S T O N
“MFI teamed up with the Hashoo Foundation on the “Plan Bee” project, which focuses
on empowering women through honey bee farming...in regions where women's
mobility is strictly regulated...This project is the embodiment of MFI's ultimate goal: to
improve lives, specifically through the application of microfinance. By initially investing
in 4 women through a revolving funds model over 2 years, MFI pledges its long-
standing commitment to the Plan Bee project and the lives that it enriches.”

- MicroFinance Initiative at UH

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 Mohammad Aqil Nadeem, Consul
General of Pakistan in Houston,
Dorothy Bolettieri, CEO Medical
Creating Awareness/Promoting Pakistani
Bridges and Cristal Montañéz Baylor,
Executive Director Hashoo Foundation
Culture/Intercultural Relations
USA during the farewell and closing of
the container.
Pakistan Aesthetics Project by Pakistani Students @ Brown
A partnership was established between the Pakistani Students at Brown University and Hashoo
Foundation USA to promote cultural awareness events and raise money for the foundation’s
ongoing humanitarian programs.

Mr. Arman, a 26 year old man
presented with severe abdominal
pains, vomiting and high grade fever.
He was properly examined on the
examination table with and the doctor
discovered the patient had symptoms
of typhoid fever. After laboratory
confirmation he was immediately put
on intravenous fluids and antibiotics.
Mr.Arman was treated absolutely free
of charge at the health centres.
HF USA Highlights
Recipient of the International Outreach Award presented by the Greater Houston Women
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Chamber of Commerce (GHWCC).
Hashoo Foundation/Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project was chosen as a finalist for 2010
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Texas Association of Partners in Education (TAPE) awards.
Honorary Board Member of the University of the St. Thomas Center for International Studies
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MicroCredit Program (UST MCP) lead by Professor Mohammad Yunus.
HF USA participates in the following global networks
Salzburg Global Seminar Session 465
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Mehnaz is a child living with cerebral Global Philanthropist Circle (GPC)

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palsy. She had difficulty controlling
her posture while standing because Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)
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there was no standing frame
available to meet her needs. After
receiving this tumble form tristander
donated by Medical Bridges, she can
now maintain a standing posture for
a long period of time while improving
her stability.

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