Programs

1. Empowerment program.

Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Unit (NCRU) in Islamabad.

Under this program, one project is conducted in collaboration with SMILE AGAIN ITALY ONLUS with the support of COSMO PROF, VANITY FAIR  so that comprehensive services, following the biocycle rehabilitation methodology are being provided to acid survivors : medical treatment, physiological care and socio economic rehabilitation.

  • Medical care
    • Reconstructive/cosmetic Surgery
    • Nursing care
    • Physiotherapy
    • Free surgical camps
  • Psychological support
    • Patients Counseling
    • Family Counseling
    • Group therapy
  • Socio Economic Support
    • Vocational Trainings
    • Educational Support
    • Job placement

2. Advocacy and lobbying program through:

-  Eradication of violence against women and girls  (UN WOMEN): This project aims to

1) Provide ASF with technical support to draft an acid crime legislation (Acid crime/Acid control) and liaise with relevant stakeholders/women rights network and representatives for the acid crime legislation to pass.

2) Develop/strengthen women and girls rights organisations network to work on policies and capacity building to eradicate violence against women in Pakistan through the enhancement of EVAWG alliance.

- Gender Justice and Protection Project (UNDP, UNOPS, UK AID).

This project aims to ensure the passing and implementation of Acid Control & Crime Prevention Bill (ACCPB) in Pakistan at the grass root level.

This project works to ensure that the ACCPB will be passed in the National Assembly, endorsed at a provincial level, then implemented at the grass root level, so that violence against women decreases, acid survivors and mostly women and girls can be empowered and therefore enjoy their basic human rights. Many cases of violence against women remain underreported. By implementing the law, the first impact will be an increase in the rates of notified attacks. Hence more FIRs (First Investigation Reports) must be registered, more cases taken to courts, more perpetrators punished and more severe punishment given. Through active participation of the stakeholders in the monitoring system the momentum for social disapproval of acid violence will remain such that acid violence is eradicated. The action will achieve three main results through various activities:

-Result 1: Stakeholders (local elected representatives, medical staff, journalists, lawyers) and law enforcement agencies (police) understand and advocate for the application of existing laws and policies on combating violence against women

- Result 2: Advocacy is carried out with local elected representatives/political leadership and achieves provincial endorsement and enactment of the ACCPB.

- Result 3: Police, lawyers, education and health professionals and local elected representatives understand the implications and content of the law and its implementation mechanism

3.Child protection Program

This program is a transversal one which aims at

a- Preventing acid attacks, CSA and CSEC of chidren (which may lead to acid attacks)

b- Protecting children form abuse including acid attacks

c- Delivering rehabilitation services to acid/burn attacked children  (medical care, psycho-social support, educational support, legal aid) and raise awareness within communities and stakeholders about child rights as per CRC.

Children are mostly collateral damages or attacked when they refuse marriage or sexual advances, therefore ASF is advocating and lobbying for Acid/Burn violence to be recognised as one of the worst forms of violence against children.

Additionnally, ASF is collaborating with Groupe Developpement-Acting for Life, Air France, Fondation de France, Smile Again Italy, 5 Miles to implement alternative rehabilitation tools to sensitise children about self protection mechanisms and develop child rights implementation. The program is also implemented with the support of Global Funds for Children.

4. Awareness Raising Program

The Burning Truth

burning-truthThis project has specific objectives: raise awareness among the Pakistani youth about the prevailing issue of acid violence as a worst form of domestic violence, torture and breach of human rights, and sensitize them to work for the cause and say No to such violence among the Society.

The project also aims at :

- promoting arts as a tool for creating sustainable change and turn artists into agents of change

- turning the Pakistani youth into a network of agents of change.

- developing a group of young development professionals, through  internship, dedicated to bringing up a positive sustainable change in Pakistan.

- Developing international artistic and social linkages, an enlightened creative synergy, to create a more equal, developed, human society in accordance with the Millenium Goals.

Young people and artists are an integral part of any movement: they contribute to its uniqueness and identity. As a movement, the capacity of young people and artists can act as transformational catalyst. Since Pakistani youth and artists have demonstrated  abilities by shouldering responsibilities for change within contemporary realities, ASF-Pak has developed the Burning Truth Program, an alternative programme:

- touring Kathak and Sufi Dance performance, as an effort to deliver the message to the youth to involve them in the elimination of acid violence and to get their support for the rehabilitation of acid burn survivors. For this program, arts are used as a universal language that can convey the message beyond any border.

- engaging students and artists in raising funds and running development projects through on job training

4. Capacity Building Program (CBP)

  • 5 Workshop on reconstructive surgery during camps conducted by ASF-Pak in collaboration with foreign Plastic Surgical teams
  • 1 Workshop on Physiotherapy
  • 6 Assessments & Training on Psychological counseling
  • On going Training on Hygiene for Nursing Staff with the support of Interplast UK

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