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HELM Foundation

HELM Foundation is a non-profit committed to meaningful and sustainable social impact by empowering individuals, nurturing potential, and strengthening communities. We believe lasting change begins with guidance, opportunity, and confidence to envision a better future. Our work focuses on education, mentorship, personal development, social well-being, and community empowerment beyond immediate support.

Vision: Transforming society by mentoring youth through purposeful direction, Islamic ideology, and character building — developing visionary young minds with strong values, clear purpose, and confidence to create positive change.
Mission: Support children and families through education, mentoring, career counseling, values development, parenting support, psychological assistance, and welfare initiatives.

KIFALAT is our flagship sponsorship program covering tuition support, mentoring, career counseling, values & ideology development. As of Aug 2026 we have 104 mentees under mentoring, with a ratio of 11 mentees per mentor. Sponsorship tiers: PKR 2,000 (one month tuition), PKR 10,000 (full Kifalat month), PKR 25,000 (term of education, mentoring, guidance), and custom amounts.

We restructured the 1.5 hours – 60 mins mentoring and 30 mins recreational session into two purposeful segments: 30 minutes recreational (critical thinking, problem-solving, patience, decision-making, teamwork, fairness) including logic-driven games, self-defense, archery, first aid, Arabic, and 60 minutes mentoring (character building, confidence, responsibility, personal development) with Islamic ideology lens. Age criteria: 11 years and above, from underprivileged and middle-class families. We are expanding to teenage community 14-20 years via private schools, DHA Colleges.

Our team is led by Kashif Iqbal (Head of Mentor, Assistant Professor SSUET, Civil & Environmental Engineer 24+ years, pursuing PhD), supported by 9 mentors. Self-care mentor is Dr Nouman Silwani (MBBS, FCPS Psychiatry, Civil Hospital Karachi). COO Tariq Ghouri brings 21+ years media and social work. Mentors provide consistent support beyond academics — confidence, character, communication, positive habits, purpose — creating a safe environment.

A child thrives when family thrives. We have 78+ families enrolled and actively tracked under Head of Parenting Nasreen Lalani (20+ years educator, M.Phil HRM, PhD pursuing). It is a one-year journey, 4 modules (3 months each): Confidence, Creativity, Character, Well-being. Each 90-min session: 20 min Ruqyah & Dua-e-Noor, 60 min core parenting, 20 min parent care, 10 min self-help. Tools: WhatsApp groups, quizzes, daily reflections, peer support. We also run Self-Care Program for psychological well-being and Food Support at subsidized rates.

Yes. Clinical psychological support via Dr Nouman Silwani for psychological, emotional, behavioural concerns of parents and mentees. We have a Counseling Panel: Pre-marriage, Mentee Psychological, Post-marriage, Family Business Counseling. For severe cases (mental health conditions, domestic violence, child abuse, addiction) we are building partnerships for Legal Aid, Family-counseling Partner, Financial Aid, Clinical Psychologists. We also surface single-parent, family dispute, sensitive home issues with care.

Beyond sessions: Internship Program Portal (CV Bank ready — select candidate, empower mentees to learn, grow, thrive), Healthy Snack Initiative (seasonal fruit replacing chips/toffees/biscuits — kicked off with mango party), upcoming recreational: self-defense, firefighting, archery, first aid, Arabic Language, expanded mentoring track for middle-class teens, and brand ambassador program for visibility.

Yes — Zakat eligible, Sadaqah accepted, receipt issued for every contribution. Every rupee accounted for. PKR 2,000 = one month tuition, PKR 5,000 = full month Kifalat sponsorship, PKR 25,000 = term of education, mentoring, guidance. Custom amount welcome. Payments: Online, Bank transfer, Cheque, Raast supported. Our onboarding: Kifalat, Dawat-ul-Quran, Siegwerk — total 150 mentees as of Aug 2026, 79.4% mentoring, 20.6% non-mentoring.

Three ways: 1) Sponsor a child through Kifalat — sponsor now, 2) Volunteer as mentor, career counselor — become a volunteer, 3) Partner as school, clinic, or corporate donor — contact us. We also need parenting facilitators, psychologists, internship hosts, and brand ambassadors who amplify our message on personal and social media. Rebranding done: Instagram rebranded, website revamped, official mails streamlined, LinkedIn active /helmfoundationpk.

Half-yearly reporting: families enrolled tracked, sessions engagement, WhatsApp groups activity, quizzes, daily reflections, peer support. We honor most engaged parents with Ehsaas Trust tokens. Capturing journey with photos, CV Bank usage, healthy snack participation. All programs documented and digital presence managed, official contact 0316-2284989, website and socials /helmfoundationpk.