Fayeeza Naqvi Fayeeza Naqvi is Co-founder and Chairman of the Aman Foundation, a private philanthropic trust headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. Founded in 2008 by Fayeeza and her husband Arif Naqvi, the foundation is dedicated to transforming lives by enhancing dignity and choice for the underserved. To accomplish these goals, Aman focuses on the key pillars of health and education. Recognizing that empowering women and girls can create a transformative impact on the health and socio-economic well-being of communities, the foundation has long championed the creation of a multi-tier health system that incorporates community health worker programs, healthcare provision through clinics, and emergency ambulance services that operate to global quality standards. An innovative element of the healthcare program is the tele-health service which provides a secure environment to discuss family healthcare concerns and has helped thousands of women to overcome the very real challenges of mobility, timely access to information and healthcare. The ‘Mashal’ initiative, developed by the foundation, places mental health at its core and addresses the issues of awareness, social stigma and agency, giving a voice and much needed support to women who benefitfrom professional counseling and care. Building on the Aman Foundation’s existing track record in health and family care, Fayeeza joined Melinda Gates at the London Summit for Family Planning in 2012 and pledged for their respective foundations to work together to further empower women in Karachi’s most underserved communities through family planning and maternal health. In 2013, at the Family Planning Conference in Addis Ababa, Fayeeza Naqvi, Melinda Gates and Carol Larson of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch the US$ 15 million ‘Sukh’ initiative, to provide more women with access to family planning and to increase the use of contraceptives by 15% in these communities. Sukh, which is co-sponsored by the Gates, Packard and Aman Foundation, was launched in Karachi in 2014 and already serves a population of one million people today. Fayeeza graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1982. After a successful career in banking, she raised two sons while becoming increasingly immersed in social sector organizations in the Middle East and Pakistan; she was a founding Director of Saharay Welfare, established in 2000. She serves as a trustee of the British Asian Trust and most recently, Fayeeza accepted an invitation to serve as a founding partner and board member of the LSE South Asia Centre. In 2015, Fayeeza and Arif Naqvi were named as the BNP Paribas Grand Prix winners, an annual award that honors an individual and family for their overall philanthropic activity. Fayeeza’s contribution to the development of Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian (MENASA region) art including raising the profile of many emerging artists, has been recognized with the John F. Kennedy Centre Gold Medal in the Arts award. She has also played a leading role in Art Dubai since its inception in 2007 and is a member of the Selection Committee for the Abraaj Group Art Prize. She is a member of the Tate Modern International Council and the Tate Acquisition Committeesfor the MENASA region. BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE AMAN HEALTH Not every problem needs a complex solution. With a high ratio of preventable diseases and deaths, Pakistan suffers from a range of health issues that can be solved with simple and basic interventions. The Aman Foundation established Aman Health to help provide these interventions. Since 2011, we have helped nearly 1.8 million people in Karachi through specialized healthcare services targeted at urgent and community medical needs. A PARENT’S STORY “When our daughter Saima was born, we did “We started to get counseling services not pick up on any major health issues, but from Aman Telehealth which provided we noticed a little squint in her eye, which valuable information about a speech we tried to address through regular visits therapist at a nearby hospital. We contacted to various doctors. But when she turned her immediately, and she has helped to four, Saima vomited and suffered seizures improve Saima’s ability to converse. Saima called for an Aman Ambulance to take her to physiotherapist, also sourced from Aman hospital. She received basic medical aid in the Telehealth. She has now started moving ambulance en route to the hospital. “Our daughter continued to suffer like this “With medical assistance and psychological for the next few months. Her seizures, which counseling, our daughter is visibly improving. occurred two or three times a day, lasted We hope that she will be able to go to school for 30 to 60 seconds. And, six months later, soon. We are truly grateful to the Aman after a long-drawn-out seizure, Saima was Foundation for its role in giving our daughter paralyzed. We had been taking her to doctors some quality of life again.” throughout this time, looking in vain for answers. Now we desperately sought help and were willing to go anywhere. “Luckily, we did not have to go far. We saw a message from Aman Health’s new service Aman Telehealth, which provides medical guidance over the phone. We did not hesitate, and called immediately. “And now, we thank God for having helped us to take that decision. Our challenges 1 48 67 0.83 % % of the world’s of births are not is the average life doctors to every attended by a doctor expectancy at birth 1,000 Pakistanis occur in Pakistan in Pakistan Our approach: Aman Health Aman Ambulance Aman Paramedic Training Academy Community Health (the Urban Health Initiative) Workers Program Aman Life Savers Program Primary care clinics (CPR training) Aman Clinics Y C G EN E PRI E M ER C AR CARMEARY N S H O EC ALT ATI O N CON HE R M ATI AD O C REARY INFED U Aman Family Health Center Aman Telehealth Mother and child health phone consultation and mental health counseling Sources: World Bank, Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, Unicef, World Health Organization, CIA World Factbook BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE THE AMAN FOUNDATION Social and economic hardship has long been part of everyday life in Pakistan. For the majority of the population, the solutions to problems such as poor literacy and rates of preventable disease seem like a distant dream. The Aman Foundation wants to bring this dream closer. We aren’t a charity or an NGO; we’re a social impact enterprise with an entrepreneurial mindset and a humanitarian heart. We believe that the best way to solve Pakistan’s problems is to empower individuals. We were founded in 2008 with the aim of giving Pakistanis the right tools to help them reshape their lives and redirect their destinies. on Karachi. By driving innovation in underfunded areas, we can effect a rapid and sustainable impact in Pakistan’s most populous city. By harnessing individuals’ innate entrepreneurial spirit, we can engender sustainable change that outlives the political lifecycle of donor programs. Since our inception, we have helped thousands of people to realize better lives for themselves and their communities. We look forward to working with them in the future to build a better Pakistan. HEALTH EDUCATION We want to build a vibrant, healthy Pakistan. We know that a prosperous country is Our health programs and initiatives form founded on good education. Our education part of the solution. programs give young Pakistanis the skills they need to build a better nation. Our challenges 276 55 1 3 3 48 67 % in million % Maternal Illiteracy rate young people girls out of of births are Average life mortality among adults have not school not attended expectancy rate per completed by a doctor 100,000 primary school live births Our approach 1 Invest capital of USD100 million from the Aman Trust to build infrastructure and seed proposed initiatives 5 2 Recognize that we cannot Create a talented team solve every problem and of professionals with need to collaborate with experience of scaling similar organizations to commercial enterprises achieve a meaningful and sustainable impact 4 3 Establish standards Operate a market-based, of transparency in Pakistan KPI-oriented approach by making all Aman combined with disciplined accounts and audits decision-making accessible to the public Sources: World Health Organization, Unicef, Unesco, Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE SUKH INITIATIVE H E A L T H Reducing Pakistan’s severe rates of maternal, perinatal and child mortality is crucial to building a better future for the country. To do this, we need to increase the use of modern contraception in underserved communities and among young couples. In Urdu, ‘Sukh’ means peace and tranquility – and it is this goal that drives the Sukh Initiative. Created as a partnership between the Aman Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, the Sukh Initiative aims to improve the health of mothers and children across Pakistan. By expanding access to and the quality of family planning information and services, we can help mothers to take control of their destinies and improve their lives for the better. OUR RESEARCH OUR FIRST STEPS In order to understand the severity The Sukh Initiative was launched in Karachi of Pakistan’s family planning problem, in 2014. With 60% of its population living in we conducted a survey of young women kachi abadis (slums), often without proper in Karachi. Our research indicated that water and sanitation systems or access to there is a large gap between demand for healthcare, Karachi represents an important family planning services and supply. starting point to improve family planning in Pakistan. To begin with, we focus on one million people across four peri-urban areas in Karachi: Bin Qasim, Korangi, Landhi and Malir. The Sukh Initiative addresses contraceptive use in these towns through implementing a range of different services. From door-to-door counseling to call-center support for referrals and follow-ups, the Sukh Initiative aims to strengthen family planning facilities in both the public and private sectors.