Association for the Development of Pakistan

[Jawad Hasan]

Project Description: Community Advance Programme is a registered organisation help to promote literacy among masses through accessible educational institutions.We have establihsed SIX Schools for poor street children where we serve all irrespecive of their colour,caste,creed,gender and religion.Our school,Community Education Centre has two branches for Boys and Girls separately established in Youhannabad, Lahore situated in the outskirt of the Southern Lahore.At present there are 800 Children getting quality and accessible education.As we are a non-for-profit organisation and it becomes difficult for us to provide our children with all sort of educational facilities.The branches are Registered with the Directorate of Education and Affiliated with the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Lahore.Professional people are there to run these schools.Director,Projects Coordinator,Principals and Vice Principals keep regular watch over the growth of the projects.Weekly, monthly and semester wise meetings are scheduled to assess the progress of the projects.

[Jawad Hasan]

Key Questions to be Discussed on Kickoff Call

1. Critical Need
a. Are there other computer labs in the vicinity?
b. How many students per computer? Is 40 necessary?
c. Are prices in line with cheapest available? What about used computers?
d. Will there be an internet connection?
e. Confirm critical need with site visit. What’s the current facility like?
f. Schedule calls with 2 teachers to confirm need

2. Sustainability
a. Who is responsible for monitoring the new labs?
b. Do the computers include all peripherals? Monitor, keyboard, etc?
c. Could we rent the lab out to other organizations in the area?
d. How will teachers be trained?

3. Measurability
a. How many students will benefit per year?
b. How can we measure and track impact on students?

4. Social Return
a. Is this the greatest need at the schools?
b. Are there any better uses of funding?

4. Other Considerations
a. Determine if any religious affiliation
b. NGO credibility and ability to execute. References check out? Ask NGO for more info about prior projects
c. Request audited financials for past 3 years
d. What's the timeline expectation? What's the implementation timeline requirements (i.e. time to setup lab, time to hire a teacher, etc.)
e. What are services charges (Rs 20,000) and Furniture for Nursery Classes (Rs. 150,000)?
f. Is there still a need? Proposal received in Jan, last contact with NGO on Feb 8., funding deadline stated as 04/01/11

[Natasha Qureshi]

I have some additional questions related to 1) the School itself and 2) Computer Labs

Details needed for the 2 Schools:
- Number of Male students, Number of Female students
- Primary, secondary, or high school?
- Grades and students in each grade
- Number/%age of students who pass matriculation
- Any religious curriculum / missionary activities?
- What do students do once they graduate? Employed (skilled/unskilled) or higher education?

Computer Labs:
- What curriculum will be taught?
- Is computer science a mandatory subject for matriculation?
- What grades/classes will be taught in the computer lab?
- How many students / computer?

Also, as i mentioned we funded a computer lab. Following are some details including success metrics:
http://developpakistan.org/noor-lakhan-computer-lab/