Introduction

The Soft Heart Foundation was established in 2019. SHF is from all aspects a non-Governmental, non-profitable, and non-sectarian layer of social welfare. SHF to serve humanity through multiple ways and projects. Since 2019 SHF is committed to serve humanity by organizing orphan’s rehabilitation programs, children support, old age homes, peace, tolerance, Harmony, democracy, protection of women from violence, gender equality, clean water access and sanitation issues, capacity building of Government Officials and supporting communities on Local and District level. To be most dynamic, trust worthy and commended social-welfare Organization serving the humanity with utmost sincerity and striving for the well-being of vulnerable and marginalized segments of society. SHF is committed to communities, helping to break the cycle of generational poverty driving positive change through its multiple programs.

Nature Of Foundation

Soft Heart Foundation is a welfare organization that aims to tackle current issues of extremism, hate speech, discrimination, democracy, and gender inequality among people by arranging different peace-provoking seminars, community development workshops, Social Action Projects, and sports festivals. It is focusing the empowerment of downtrodden sects through awareness sessions, and capacity building of minorities, women, and youth according to their rights and duties towards their country.

Year of Establishment

Soft Heart Foundation was established in year 2016.

Type of the Foundation

SHF is originated from philanthropic basis and focuses on multi-faceted approach of empowering women, minorities and youth at the grass root level. SHF ensures their autonomy, equality, capacity building, development, acknowledgement, and empowerment socially, economically and politically.

Zia Rizwan
President Message

I have generated this section keeping in view the multi-dimensional needs of our society. We work to promote peace through our different projects which are not profit based but highly volunteer and full of social service vigor. We are working with high hopes, enthusiasm and positivity. With our sincere efforts and honest attempts, we shall gradually try to diminish chaos from our society.


Anjum Noreen.
Managing Director Message

Women are in a large number in our society and society will remain backward until women are enlightened and educated according to the advanced digital learning strategies. We want women empowerment socially, economically and politically to ensure women's voices are to be noticed not disregarded for assurance of equal rights, opportunities and respect for women. For us, each day is a new day, dawned with new challenges appearing on the horizon to be scaled and striving for women capacity building.


What we do

Soft Heart Foundation has a core team with various professional backgrounds such as management, Finances and HR. In addition, SHF hires the project staff as and when required. The Foundation also engages volunteers and interns on need basis.

Our Mission

Our mission is to create a society where marginalized communities are socially, economically and politically empowered through equal rights of participation. To tackle current issues of Democracy and Democratic Values, Child Education, peace, tolerance, human rights, awareness sessions for women & women empowerment, skills development of women and youth, empowerment of downtrodden sects through awareness sessions, capacity building workshops, social media campaigns, and sports & games etc.

Our Vision

SHF envisions communal Harmony, Peace, Tolerance, Democratic Values, child education and empowerment of the vulnerable class which is followed by the prodigious values of equality, harmony, cooperation and brotherhood.

Managements/Departments

SHF has established its various departments which help in smooth and systematic Implementation of Foundation interventions:


*HR departments


*Administration Departments


*Finance deparment


*Information and Reporting deparments

Our Team

Mr. Zia Rizwan

(President)
zia@softheart.org

Miss Shagufta

(General secretary)
shagufta@softheart.org

Muhammad Amjad

(Vice President)
amjad@softheart.org

Anjum Noreen

(Joint Secretary)
anjum@softheart.org

Sohail Masih

(Finance Secretary)
sohail@softheart.org

Muhammad Abbas

(Information Secretary)
abbas@softheart.org

Asma Saeed

(Office Secretary)
asma@softheart.org

DR.Aneela Fahad Paracha.

(Project Director)
M.B.B.S(Pb.)R.M.P, M.P.H(Masters in Public Health)Ex.Manager Administration Ittefaq Hospital Lahore
AneelaFahadParacha@softheart.org

Fahad Khalid Paracha

( Director International Grants)
FahadKhalid@softheart.org

Muhammad Riaz

(Chief Financial Officer)
MuhammadRiaz@softheart.org

Our Portfolio

Qama-uz-Zaman Qaisarani (Additional deputy commissioner) with MR Zia Rizwan (President Soft Heart Founadtion)
Qama-uz-Zaman Qaisarani (Additional deputy commissioner) MR Zia Rizwan (SHF) is giving award to Azam-e-Pakistan Team
Abdul qayyum khugani (DDG intelligence bureau Punjab) with MR Zia Rizwan (President SHF)
Noor Khan (Director intelligence bureau Multan) with president SHF
Ameer Taimour SSP Special branch Multan With Mr Zia Rizwan and Miss Anjum Noreen SHF
SHF team
Aamir Khatak Honorable (Deputy Commissioner Mulatn) With Mr Zia Rizwan and Miss Anjum Noreen SHF
Kabbadi Tolerance league teams during awareness session
KTL teams with Shahzad khatak Assistant Commissioner and president SHF and Jameel Kamran (District sports officer Multan)
SHF team receiving achievement award from Acting Deputy Commission and Divisional sports Officer Multan
Kabbadi Tolerance league Team during registration in talent Hunt
View More

Our Objectives


➢Creation a progressive, tolerant and democratic society that retain its Majority
whilst giving equal rights, equal opportunities, and equal respect to its Minority.










APPROCHIES AND STRATEGIES

SHF conceptually and strategically brilliant in bringing together volunteer groups of citizens, social activists, professionals and government officials… that give SHF program its vital benevolent development energy .As its strategy, SHF particularly focuses to ensure the maximum participation of women, minorities and youth.

The Foundation strongly believes in the true and active participation of all key stakeholders, the local communities, and program beneficiaries. Soft Heart Foundation as its overall implementation approach takes carefully into account the local culture and traditions and fully respects them.

Policies


Soft Heart Foundation follows its Specific set of policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which has been revised and updated a number of times up till now in order to make them more staff friendly and organization-centered. Soft Heart Foundation uses its following manuals of policies Manual of Human Resources and Administrative Policies Manual of Financial Policies.
These manuals contain a number of basic organizational policies and procedures which help in the creation and maintenance of a transparent, accountable and fair working environment in Soft Heart Foundation and ensure the effective achievement of overall objectives of the Foundation.


Major Projects

1. Mashal e Raah


In the project “Mashal e Raah” SHF trained and supported 60 government officials from the Punjab Women Protection Authority and District Administration of Multan/Bahawalpur and approximately 600 (community women) from (Multan and Bhawalpur) on CVE laws, role of women in peace building, role of Government in peace building, policies and issues from the lens of gender.


2. Kabaddi Tolerance League (KTL)


SHF‘s project ‘’Kabaddi Tolerance League’’ held in 11 Union Councils of Multan involving 10,000 direct and indirect beneficiaries. KTL purpose was to increase the involvement of diverse backgrounds based on the ideas of Peace, Tolerance, Sportsmanship, Interfaith and Harmony.


3. Union Council Leadership Program


SHF organized two sensitization sessions with the MCF and TCS staff (20 officials) FSD, selected 200 UPG (Underrepresented population groups of women, minorities, and youth) members for their comprehensive capacity building training on selected themes leadership skills, Baldia online application, Local Governance acts, women and minority rights, and gender mainstreaming.


4. Capacity Building and Strengthening Women’s Political Empowerment in Democracy


SHF organized project “Capacity Building and Strengthening Women’s Political Empowerment in Democracy” based on strengthening Democratic values through women empowerment by equipping Lady Councilors with the comprehensive knowledge of the local Democracy and women empowerment.


5. Protecting Pakistan’s Democratic values through Democratic Awareness, Peace, and Tolerance


SHF organized project “Protecting Pakistan’s Democratic values through Democratic Awareness, Peace, and Tolerance’’ The purpose of this project was to raise beneficiaries’ political awareness about Democratic values, benefits of democracy, Peace, Tolerance, respect for other’s opinion irrelevant to one’s political party etc.


Strategy of Evaluation

As the evaluation is an integral part to check the effectiveness of any project on beneficiaries. Through Base line surveys, history interviews, FGD, in-depth internal learning, and autonomous impact evaluations, we are persistently looking at productivity of our project’s segments.

FORMATION OF SOFT HEART FOUNDATION WOMEN WORKING GROUP

SHFWWG was formed in 2018 when we felt need for a group that work solely for the welfare of women.

CERTIFICATE