About Hashoo Foundation Mission

Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities.

Hashoo Foundation is headquartered in Pakistan and it has two chapters: • HF USA, registered under 501(c) (3) • HF UK registered with the Charity Commission in the UK

Our Core Program Areas

Our Focus on Women and Girls Empowerment

We have made a positive direct impact on the lives of more than 300,000 women and girls, who make about 60% of our total beneficiaries

Our Focus on Women and Girls Empowerment

We have made a positive direct impact on the lives of more than 300,000 women and girls, who make about 60% of our total beneficiaries

Our Focus on Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on Women and Girls Empowerment

Our Focus on Women and Girls Empowerment

Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming

Plan Bee in Pakistan

Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Plan Bee

Plan Bee was initiated by the Hashoo Foundation to empower women in the remote areas of Northern Pakistan by expanding employment opportunities and generating a stable source of income through the sale of high-quality honey.

Empowering Women through Honey BeeFarming Project Plan Bee949 Women Trained

Empowering Women through Honey BeeFarming Project Plan BeeOver 3,089 Beehives Distributed

Our Mountain Honey110,000 + Lbs. of Honey Produced and Sold

7,500 Dependents Have Access to Better Health and Nutrition

Our Mountain Honey Pays For Education

Access to Quality EducationOver 1,200 Girls and Boys Enrolled in Schools

Partners Investing in Plan Bee

USAIDRestoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers

W Global FoundationEmpowering Women through Enterprise Development with a Market-Based Approach

Chapelwood Foundation Restoring and Improving Livelihoods of Flood Affected Women Beekeepers

Promoting Women Entrepreneurs Changing Lives

Credit and Enterprise Development (CED) UST SEP, Rice MF & MFi UH Loan Distribution

Our Quality Control Partners Help Us Produce the

Highest Quality Honey in the Region

Producing High Quality HoneyImproving the Lives of Rural Farmers

• Sunrise Foods • Northern Area Honey Beekeepers Association (NAHBKA) • Mountain Organic Honey Traders (MOHT) • Honey Bee Research Institute (HBRI) • Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) • Mountain Organic Honey Traders Ltd (MOHT) • WWF-Pakistan

Our Clients5-Star Hotels & Grocery Stores

Our ClientsLinking Producers to Market

D. DaltonShaheen

Canteen Supply DepartmentRetail Market & Embassies and Ministries

Our Mountain Honey Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Flights

Plan Bee Affected by the the Worst Floods in Pakistan

Plan Bee Affected by the 2010-11 Floods

Assessing the Condition of the BeehivesAfter the Devastating 2010 Floods

435 Beekeepers Were Affected762 Beehives Damaged by the Floods

Houston Students Investing in Plan Bee

PISA Culture Shock Charity ShowKlein Forest High School Raise Funds to Help Rehabilitate Plan Bee After the Floods

79 Beehives Distributed

157Indirect

dependents

PISA raised$8,200

21 Beekeepers Impacted

4 Villages rebuilt

3,128 Lbs. Honey Produced

(1,422 Kgs.)

$379Annual income

earned 18 kg = 39.6 Lb.

69Girls & boys in

school

PISA Culture Shock Charity ShowContribution to Economic Development and Education in Pakistan

Klein Forest High School PISARestoring Livelihoods of Women Beekeepers

PISA Culture Shock Charity Show Restoring Livelihoods of Women Beekeepers

PISA 2013 Spring Culture Shock Charity Show Kick-Off Party to Benefit Plan Bee

ProposalExpand the PISA Culture Shock Charity Show for Plan Bee

This Pilot Project is bringing together students of diverse cultural and faith backgrounds with the objective of expanding the successful Klein Forest High School PISA Culture Shock Charity Show concept to raise the funds needed to help empower twenty-one (21) women kick start their honey producing micro-enterprises, locally and internationally

Join us and help us reach our goal!!

Our PartnersCulture Shock Charity Show for Plan Bee

• Mayor's Office of Education Initiatives & Volunteer Initiatives Program• Alliance for Multicultural Community Services• Talento Bilingue of Houston• Klein Forest High School Pakistani-Indian Student Association (PISA)• Xavier Educational Academy Interact Club• Lee High School Interact Club & ROTC• Clements High School Interact• Sharpstown International High School Capstone International Program• St. Thomas University Social Entrepreneurship Programs (SEP)• Neighborhood Center Inc. Youth Council• Rotaract Galleria

Houston $10,000 Empower 5 women

Pakistan $10,000 Empower 16 women

20 Beehives (4 / woman) $2,700 ($135 per unit)

5 Production kits $4,689.75 ($937.95 per unit)

Extractor, wax heater, storage tank $400

16 Production kits $1,920 ($120 per unit)

64 Beehives (4 / woman) $7,680 ($120 per unit)

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Extractor, wax heater, storage tank $790.75 Transportation & misc. $1,819.50

Expected annual increase income per woman $2,800 - $3,200

Expected annual income per woman $363

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pactPromoting Honey Micro-Enterprises

In HoustonEmpower Local Refugee Women to Generate a Secondary Income through the Sale of Honey

The refugee women are part of the Alliance for Multicultural Community Services re-settlement refugee agency in Houston and work in their Community Garden Program

In HoustonEmpower Local Refugee Women through the Sale of Honey

Refugee Women: Criteria and Selection

• Availability and willingness to get involved in honey bee farming• Lowest income household• Age between 40 & 64 years old• Arrival in the USA as refugee starting from January 2010 to date• Lowest level of education and level of literacy• Project will begin the with Bhutanese and Burmese women

Plan Bee Implementing Partners in Houston

Partners

• Hashoo Foundation USA - Facilitator• Alliance for Multicultural Community Services -

Project Manager

Technical Assistance

• County Extension - Spring Green Farm Project• Fort Bend County Extension Agent- Horticulture, Texas A&M

AgriLife Extension Service

Culture Shock Charity Show for Plan Bee Empowering Communities Locally & Internationally

• Philanthropic & Compassionate Perspective• Enterprise Development• Women Empowerment• Intercultural Relations• Build Bridges of Understanding

• Leadership Skills• Organizational Skills• Team Work• Fundraising Skills• Communication Skills• Creative Solutions to Challenges

Empowering Youth

To Develop To Experience

Visit to the Farm in Fort Bend County

Overall Donors and Partners

Overall Donors and Partners

Join Us Help Us Make the World a Better and More Peaceful Society

Grass-root enterprise projects, like Plan Bee, will help alleviate poverty, strengthen vulnerable communities and help promote a more tolerant

and inclusive society in Pakistan

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Contact Information

Hashoo Foundation USACristal Montañéz BaylorExecutive Director cristalmontanez@hashoofoundationusa.org

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