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"Ilm-o-Amal is a network of volunteers in Pakistan. We develop and manage programs to help poor families to escape poverty"

At present we have 868 members in Pakistan and around the world. We are supporting 125 families, education of 217 children and 36 income opportunities.

You can join us by supporting the following programs and volunteer with us to manage the programs.

Children Scholarship Under this program we support the education of a child in Pakistan. It provides for the school fee, uniform, books, copies and gifts for the child.		Income Opportunity Under this program we help a person become a productive member of the society. It will provide tools of trade and necessary capital for a small business		Family Support Under this program we support a family in Pakistan. It will supplement their expenses for food, shelter and other basic necessities
Sponsor a Child for  $10 monthly		Sponsor an Income Opty for $250 once		Sponsor a Family for  $40 monthly

Why should you consider joining Ilm-o-Amal

• We have a strong team of 5 Management Committee members, 33 Coordinators and Field Volunteers
• We have developed a proven working model
• We have developed an online platform named Raabta to support our model. You can access it from anywhere and at anytime.
• Ilm-o-Amal is managed by volunteers. As such we have less than 10% overheads.
• Ilm-o-Amal is registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 in Pakistan and exempted from Tax. Read more

Fund Raising 2010-2011 Join hands to support the poor of Pakistan.		I Wish to Sponsor          Select One A Child's Education A Family Help

Stories of people we help Join us to support a good cause.	Stories of women who need help Join us to support a good cause.

Thursday, July 29, 2010      

Latest news from our community

NEWS
• New Volunteers
  Adeel Shafqat joins as chapter coordinator
  Fatima Ajmal joins as Family Help Strategy Analyst
  Asif Adeel joins as Sponsorship Coordinator
  Salman Hafeez joins as Lahore Coordinator
  Ifrahim Babur joins as Jeddah Coordinator
  Hasan Manzoor joins as Lahore Education Coordinator
   Read More


• New Volunteer Opportunities
  Coordinator for Pakistan Center of Philanthropy - We need a coordinator who can help Ilm-o-Amal fulfill the certification requirements of PCP. Must have project coordinatoion skills. time requirement 2-5 hours a week
  Coordinator Marketing - for developing marketing content, must have good writing and content development skills - time requirement 2-5 hours a week
  


• Ilm-o-Amal Summer 2010 was held in Karachi at Rangoonwala Hall.  Read More


• 20 members joined us in last one month  Read More


• We reached an important milestone. This month we awarded 200th Scholarship to needy student


• Raabta Training was conducted at Ida Rieu School for blind and deaf in Karachi Read More


• 22 new applications  Read More


• July 14 2010 - Meeting with Dr Prof Ahmed Saleem of IISAR foundation to discuss educational programs Read More


• 33 new sponsorships Read More


• We have added 1500 books in our mobile library Read More


• New Raabta Features
  Resend joining request to friends through My Friends tab on home page
  See Partner Schools on the top menu
  


ACTIVITIES
• Fund Raising Campaign for 2010-2011
  Please help us raise Rs 15 Million for our programs Read More


• New features in Raabta
  Logging of all changes made in an application. It will help the coordinators track the changes and how made it.
  


• New Idea:We are planning to extend our Raabta portal to support business-to-business (B2B) processes for other welfare organizations in Pakistan. If you wish to join this program please let us know at info@ilmoamal.org Read More


• New partner school Little Star School added in Lahore.  Read More


• An interesting slideshow from Waseem Khan on how to make Candles at home Read More


• Mr Mohammad Qavi visited the mobile library in North Karachi Read More


EVENTS
• We had a fundraising event in Riyadh on June 15th 2010 at Al-Worood Compound  Read More


• We arranged a cake sale in British School Riyad. We raised SAR 1,836/- for blind and deaf in Pakistan Read More


ARTICLES
• In this article Saif Manzoor discusses the idea of Ilm-o-Amal Reading Room Read More


• At Ilm-o-Amal, we belive that just charity is not enough. We need to empower the poor to take control of their future. In line with our belief of teaching a family how to fish, micro-financing institutions provide loan services to poor families, so that they can create and pursue new opportunities for themselves. This article presents an example of Kashf Foundation which is providing these micro-financing services in Pakistan. Read More


• An excellent article written by Ms. Farah Abrar on how you can ignore someone's advice without hurting their feelings. Read More


• Essay by Akhtar Hameed Khan From the book: Orangi Pilot Project, Reminiscences and Reflections With due acknowledgement to Oxford University Press, Pakistan  Read More


INTERVIEWS
• This is an interview in Urdu of a beneficiary taken by our Field Volunteer Shahbaz Pasha Read More