Livestock-Based Livelihoods Project (LBL)
This initiative empowers rural youth and marginalized individuals to become independent livestock entrepreneurs by strengthening Jammu & Kashmir's traditional sheep-rearing sector. Through a two-tier model, we provide micro-finance loans to purchase sheep and offer hands-on apprenticeship training with experienced farmers. By blending traditional pastoral knowledge with modern livestock management, this project bridges the gap between local mutton demand and supply, generating sustainable rural employment and boosting the local economy
Prof. Bashir Foundation
Core Philosophy Statement
“Education should awaken self-awareness, nurture empathy, and develop the knowledge and capabilities that enable individuals to understand their world, build dignified livelihoods, and contribute meaningfully to their communities.”
Vision
To nurture a society where education cultivates self-aware, compassionate, and capable individuals who can build dignified livelihoods, strengthen their communities, and contribute responsibly to a rapidly changing world.
We envision learning as a transformative process that connects knowledge with life, respects cultural wisdom, encourages innovation, and empowers people to shape a just, resilient, and humane future.
Mission
Prof. Bashir Foundation works to empower individuals and communities through education, livelihood development, and compassionate social support systems that promote dignity, self-reliance, and social responsibility.
Our Inspiration:
Why ‘Prof. Bashir Foundation’?
Guided by the enduring legacy of Prof. Bashir Ahmad Mattoo (1945–1996), the Prof. Bashir Foundation stands as a tribute to a visionary physicist, distinguished educator, and selfless social activist. Prof. Mattoo’s life was a masterclass in institution-building, from pioneering student study circles in his youth to co-founding the Iqbal Memorial Trust and establishing vital welfare initiatives like the Muslim Welfare Society and its orphanage. A dedicated mentor who shaped both the intellect and character of his students, his foresight paved the way for modern professional coaching and advanced technical institutes in Kashmir. Today, our Foundation carries forward his mission of moral and intellectual upliftment, striving to empower future generations through the same spirit of education, mentorship, and social responsibility that defined his luminous journey.
In tribute to his luminous journey, the following verse of Allama Iqbal beautifully captures the essence of his life and mission:
زندگانی تھی تیری مہتاب سے تابندہ تر
خوب تر تھا صبح کے تارے سے بھی تیرا سفر
What We Do
Financial help to educate poor children
There is a huge requirement of educating poor children in our place (see statistics). We are doing it from the past 06 years. We have a list of students who we are helping all through the year in their education. And the list is swelling year after year. We support students in terms of tuition fees, stationary and books they need.
Academic help to schools educating the poor
We have MOU with a number of schools that educate disadvantaged children. These schools face severe shortage in trained teachers. Short of funds they employ untrained teachers for education. We fill this gap by training their teachers in the areas of curriculum and pedagogy. It helps in two ways. One, our training benefits percolate to the disadvantaged children getting better education in resource starved schools. Second, we contribute by providing on-the-job-training to untrained teachers whose teaching intervention otherwise would be of greater harm than help. Many schools keep on asking us to begin our intervention with their teachers but given our shortage of funds and personnel we are unable heed to their requests.
Research innovation & Transformation in Education (RITE)
Working with schools for the disadvantaged our educators have, over the time, been able to innovate to devise and deploy pedagogic strategies. It has helped our schools, students, the community and other institutions. It is not just fruitful but research based intervention that would change the condition of the underprivileged communities.
Contact
HB Complex, Near Boys Higher Secondary School, Soura, Pin 190011
07006786902
