Culture Shock Charity Show for Plan Bee November 16, 2013 at Talento Bilingue de Houston - Celebrating Citizenship Month
Oct 27, 2015
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, five (5) refugee women in Houston and sixteen (16) rural women in Pakistan, kick start their honey producing micro-enterprises. Your humanitarian and entrepreneurial efforts will enable these women to earn an income, become self-sufficient, improve the quality of life for their families and educate their children though the sale of honey, both locally and globally.
The students are the social entrepreneurs that will help raise the funds needed to invest in these honey producing micro-enterprises through the Culture Shock Charity Ticket sales, T-Shirts sales, Food sales, Bee Honey tastings, and other activities.
This proposal has two objectives inter-related objectives designed to benefit, both students and underprivileged women. It is a win-win situation!!!
The students are the social entrepreneurs that will help raise the funds needed to invest in these honey producing micro-enterprises through the Culture Shock Charity Ticket sales, T-Shirts sales, Food sales, Bee Honey tastings, and other activities.
This proposal has two objectives inter-related objectives designed to benefit, both students and underprivileged women. It is a win-win situation!!!
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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
Impa
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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
www.hashoofoundation.orgwww.hashofoundationusablog.org
Contact Information
Hashoo Foundation USACristal Montañéz BaylorExecutive Director [email protected]
www.hashoofoundation.orgwww.hashofoundationusablog.org
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