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Bunyad Literacy Community Council

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Bunyad Literacy Community Council
Organization's acronym:	BLCC
Former Name(s):	Bunyad Literacy Community Council
Address:	24.5 KM Badian Road Near Village Theather Lahore Cantt. Paksitan Pakistan
Phone:	92-42-37167520
Fax:	92-42-37167720
Email:	bunyad@brain.net.pk
Web site:	www.bunyad.org.pk
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	Urdu Punjabi English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Children Citizenship and Governance Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Culture Debt Relief Development Disabled Persons Drug Control Education Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Governance Human Rights Information Intellectual Property Justice Labour Least Developed Countries Micro-Credit Peace and Security Population Religion Social Development Statistics Sustainable Development Violence Volunteerism Water Women Youth Financing for Development: Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Education and training of women Human rights of women Violence against women Population: Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Social Development: Poverty Statistics: Household Statistics Sustainable Development: Agriculture Education Health
Geographic scope:	Local
Country of activity:	Pakistan
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	BLCC Mission is to empower marginalizes communities and groups through their participation for their own development. The central theme is literacy and education to enable reach EFA goals. BLCC believes that the best way for sustainable development is the dual thrust of literacy and Micro-credit also two essential factors in poverty alleviation. Bunyad has been working in approximately 5000 villages in 500 Union councils on various projects in Pakistan. Bunyad is currently working on a large number of projects including social protection program to combat child labour in surgical instruments, carpet weaving industries and soccer ball. Programs raising awareness on child rights and advocacy aimed at elimination of child labour from hazardous occupation are being implemented in Sialkot, Multan and Shiekhupura. The rehabilitation of camel jockeys in Rahim Yar Khan is also a major project of Bunyad. It has touched about 20 Districts.
Year established (YYYY):	1992
Year of registration (YYYY):	1994
Organizational structure:	Bunyad Literacy Community Council (BLCC) is a Non-governmental, non- political and non-profit NGO founded in 1994 by a group of like- minded persons who wanted to make a difference in alleviating poverty and empowering the people through literacy. Conceived first as a project involving networking of NGO for the promotion of literacy in Hafizabad district, the program led to the realization of the critical issues of non- attendance of formal schools by girls, the need for quality education as an essential ingredient in assisting the country to reach the EFA (Education for all) goal. Bunyad sought to deliver education to girls in the rural areas through non-Formal methodology and developed a non- formal education project. The schools established under the project were known as ILM NFPE centres and were supported by UNICEF starting with literacy and education in one district Bunyad has gradually expanded both in geographical areas of operation as well as the field of its activities. It is presently active in 500 UC�s of the province of Punjab and particularly in more than 5000 villages and its programs, in addition to literacy and non-formal education, include projects in such diverse fields as child labour, women empowerment for poverty alleviation, saving and micro credit community development, integrated farming and sanitation, health, reproductive health and environment. Bunyad has a team of Master trainers which has a capacity to provide training throughout Pakistan.
Number and type of members:	8 BOD Members
Funding structure:	Fees for education and training services Donations and grants from domestic sources

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:	Indigenous people Women
Involvement in UN Partnerships:	Yes
Publications:	.

Social Development

Affiliation with other organizations:	Bunyad is implement different project like bounded labour, child labour, women empowerment, mobile literacy and etc. with financial support of UNESCO, UNICEF, ILO, Word Bank and UNDP. Govt. College for women University Lahore, Pakistan Govt. College University, Lahore (for Boys) Pakistan Punjab University Lahore - Pakistan
Publications:	Bunyad published many books and survey report in nationally but internationally

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:

UNDP
UNESCO
UNICEF
DPI
ILO
CONGO