About Us

It was early in the year 2004 when some like-minded development professionals got together to establish an organization that could deliver quality services in the area of social sector. Their dream came to be true when the foundation of the organization for Community Services & Development “OCSD” was laid down. OCSD is a not for profit organization working at grass-roots level in Quetta and six rural districts of Balochistan. As the today’s world is of information and technology and without accessing to modern developments we cannot compete it. If we look at the situation of Balochistan we would find far behind the province in so many areas and especially the information technology. This was the main thrust of the OCSD that some practical measures were needed to carry forward the modern developments in the province.

The team comprises of a group of energetic and fully charged with the mission to serve the deprived segments of the society and especially the displaced ones. The development professionals working with OCSD have a vast experience in development and relief assistance activities. The organization works without any caste and creed differences, political and religious motives.

The working approach is such that the organization seeks to promote durable solutions that are realistically achievable and sustainable. Its interventions serve the refugees, internally displaced and local communities without regardless of creed, nationality, ethnicity, race, political beliefs and gender or social status. The organization strictly follows the principles of solidarity, dignity, transparency of funds and most importantly serving the marginalized in a very effective and efficient way.Social mobilization plays a central role in all the interventions of the organization.

OCSD envisions creating a World of peace, justice and harmony where all disadvantaged have equal & equitable access to resources and opportunities.

MISSION

OCSD believes in the provision of the best possible social services to the community particularly the disadvantaged women and children. It also ensures active community participation in:

• All facets of development and support interventions.
• Equal access to the latest forms of technology and the provision of information and services.
• Providing a learning environment for adult and non-formal education.

Further, the mission is supplemented with some more ingredients like personal attention to the work taking as an essential component and using technology as a supportive source; work sustainability aiming at strengthening and community empowerment, advocating effectively on community needs, strengthening donors-partners-communities-volunteers loop and lastly the capacity enhancement of CBOs.

CROSS CUTTING THEMES

Gender Equity

Women do form over 48% of the population in Pakistan, thus forming an important part of the majority poor, marginalized and disadvantaged groups in Pakistan. Women’s domestic work and contribution to the household income always goes uncounted for, in monetary terms, and therefore, it is unnoticed.

O mankind: Reverence your Guardian-Lord Who created you from a single person created of like nature his mate and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women; reverence Allah through Whom you demand your mutual (rights) and (reverence) the wombs (that bore you): for Allah ever watches over you. (Qur’an 4:1)

Islam provides the ground work for this equity at all levels and we believe that by working to reinforce the unbalanced equity will no doubt help in creation of the caring communities that we are targeting.

 Environmental Sustainability

We inherited the environment and its natural resources from our parents’ generation and it is our responsibility to hand it over to our children, as the next generation, same as we received it if we are not able to improve on it. That is the extent to which the environment preservation is important to our cause and we practice this during our interventions to balance the ecosystem and sustain our environment, our gift for our children.

Empowerment

OCSD has gained rich and strong experience in social mobilization and from there we do believe that by including the people in the actions affecting their lives and bringing them to the heart of the actions this will, no doubt, ensure that they do own the actions and they will stand for its continuity in the future.

Accountability

Accountability is central to our core values, and the organisation and individuals were accountable to our creator at a first instance and then accountable to the people that we are working with to end their suffering, we do see them as our raison-d’être, and thus we are accountable to them. Also we are accountable to those donors, individuals or institutes, who entrusted us and have confidence on us to support the vulnerable people through funding our operation. We are accountable to our colleagues, supervisors and to the organisation core values and set rules and regulations to guide our operation.