Young Welfare

Even though the vast majority of the Pakistani population is under 30-years-old, there is insufficient support to help them become productive members of society.  Pakistani society at large fails to tap into their largest resource for economic development for low-income communities- their youth. According to Youthquake in Pakistan, close to 70% of Pakistan's population in under the age of 29.  ALFLAH WELFARE SOCIETY seeks to reach out to this marginalized group of people in order to tap into this enormous potential and focus on the possibilities that can directly contribute to the overall improvement of Pakistan's economic situation by helping to lower crime, violence and terrorism rates.

It is an innovative idea because it has multiple benefits for both server and the served. It is a new way to empower disadvantaged youth, a training ground for building good citizens, a service delivery program to the poor and needy, a way to reduce the incidence of crime, poverty, drug abuse, terrorism and unemployment, a way to yield good work habits all while contributing to a source of productive labor. In short, it provides an effective way to meet the needs of the disadvantaged youth and low-income communities simultaneously.

ALFLAH WELFARE SOCIETY plans to be the youth’s first choice for breaking their barriers, discovering their potential, re-branding their image and assuming a central leadership role in the community.

Reason

Around 70% of Pakistan’s population is currently under the age of 29. Poorly educated, socially excluded, and lacking access to economic and social opportunity, these disenfranchised youth are without channels to contribute their creativity, talent and energy positively and constructively. Unemployment, lawlessness and poverty drive many into disastrous cycles of violence, drugs and terrorism, causing society to view them as liabilities rather than valuable potential. Such conditions have contributed to a fragmentation of Pakistan’s social fabric, unstable economy and destruction of confidence from foreign investors.

Planning

Current government programs and civil society organizations at best only provide services to youth.  ALFLAH WELFARE SOCIETY is actively engaged in turning victims into leaders, recipients of aid into providers of social services. After holding open forum meetings and advocacy sessions to acquaint the community with the program and sensitize members to its mission.