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The Sindh Social Welfare Council was
constituted by the Government of Sindh in January,
1971. Before this Social Welfare Councils were
functioning in the former Provinces of East and West
Pakistan since 1956. A Council, known as the National
Council of Social Welfare is also working at the Federal
level.
There are more than 6500 voluntary social
welfare agencies in Sindh and only about 200-250
agencies of good standing get grant-in-aid from the
National Council of Social Welfare/Sindh Social Welfare
Council every year. Besides providing grant-in-aid to
voluntary social welfare agencies from its funds and
performing other functions, the Sindh Social Welfare
Council has also been implementing the programmes and
projects of the National Council of Social Welfare,
Islamabad. It includes processing of applications for
financial assistance from the funds of the National
Council of Social Welfare, organizing
seminars/conferences/workshops and evaluating the
programmes of the aided voluntary social welfare
agencies etc.
Some of the important functions assigned
to the Council are as under:-
a)
to
formulate and implement plans and policies for promotion
of social welfare work;
b)
to render
financial aid, when necessary, to deserving organization
or institution on terms to be prescribed by the
Council;
c)
to educate
the public in problems of social welfare and to get
their co-operation in solving these problems;
d)
to render
advice to Government on social welfare. |
