Reporting Organization: | International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF) |
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Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 67,000 |
Timeframe: | November 8, 2021 - April 29, 2022 |
Status: | Completion |
Contact Information: |
Sumaiya Jahan [email protected] |
International Development and Relief Foundation (IDRF)
Pakistan - $ 67,000.00 (100.00%) | |
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Nutrition (50.00 %) | |
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Food Security & Agriculture (50.00 %) | |
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Inflation rate in Pakistan is on the rise the past few years. Worsening economic situation has
put food, one of the basic necessities of life, out of reach of many people. This has resulted in
malnutrition and that has remained unresolved for decades. Existing approaches, like Ration
distribution are severely inadequate. The ration distribution drives become source of great
humiliation for the beneficiaries and they completely exclude the lower middle class of
communities in need. Recipients of ration distribution often face psychological trauma, which
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embedded in their thought processes which hinder their journey towards social mobility and
independence. We have enormously changed the idea of ration distribution by providing
beneficiaries with digital cards which they can use to redeem at any of our Right Choice stores.
One of the major impacts of this intervention was that the circle of beneficiaries expanded to
the people who never wanted to compromise on their dignity for their food. Also, the
beneficiaries started to actualize their self-worth and self-esteem. Lastly, our experience indicated that the beneficiaries buy varied items as per their houselhold needs which are very
different from a pre-packed ration pack. The beneficiaries got a chance to decide their needs
without any form of external imposition.
Gender and age: | Adult women Adult men Adolescent females Adolescent males Children, girls Children, boys Under-5 children |
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Total Direct Population: | 2,616 |
1 | Provided digital cards |
1 | Prevent child labor |
To eliminate food security from the deprived areas of Pakistan and subsequently to eradicate all the problems attached to food security.