CEO Message

Ulfat Bangash is a strategic, innovative, mission-driven leader, with more than 20 years of experience in large, complex local and global organizations. He brings with him a diverse multi-sectoral experience in senior leadership roles in private and non-government sectors, with a proven track record of effectively managing interfaces of development programming operational and financial sustainability and building effective partnerships, both within and outside the organization. Mr Bangash has vast experience in Education, Health, Economic Development, Social Capital Development, Technical and Vocational Education, Disaster, Emergency Relief, Policy, and Advocacy with a variety of tangible and laudable successful programs and projects. He was instrumental in bringing back the out-of-school children in Southern Punjab, Interior Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan while working closely with renowned global and public sector organizations. He has played a significant role in launching and supervising the “Mother Literate Program” in all the districts of Kashmir and enhancing the professional capacity of more than 15,000 teachers are some of the credits to his name.

He is academically sound having and a veteran person in the development arena. He has a huge network in the public and private sector of Pakistan which he generally utilizes for public welfare and societal development. He is also well cognizant of the national and international legal framework and has vast knowledge about the regulatory framework, norms, and values of the Pakistani and international community. Mr Bangash intends to serve society without any difference of caste, culture, and creed. His philanthropic activities are being acknowledged across society.

Our commitment is providing exceptional services to the deprived segments of society and to living the core values of this organization to the fullest with the dedication to enhancing the capacity of social capital through a self-help approach. We strongly believe in the key dimensions of sustainability— economic, social, environmental, and institutional. There is a significant need to maintain a balance within and among them. We are promise bound to cater to the immediate needs of the underprivileged public of impoverished and lagging behind areas for their dignified life and prosperity especially girls and women folk.

We at HDF welcome the best of the best and innovative practices being followed by national and international organizations of repute to make the organization agile and dynamic to cope with social maladies and economic hiccups that hinder human development. We with the vision of “Serving the Unserved” and are passionate about human development to achieve the dream of a dignified life for every individual. Our quest for positive social change remains at the forefront and we with the self-help approach working tirelessly with the communities for sustainable solutions to have healthy and prosperous lives. In short, the Foundation stands for excellence in leadership, integrity, full transparency in the spirit of community collaboration.

Looking ahead, we are focused on accelerating our growth strategy while continuing to build on our strengths. We are excited about expansion plans for our current programs, as well as adding new concepts in programming that will increase the scope of social development as we believe in “Small is Beautiful but Big is Necessary”. All of which brings positive change to the communities where we work and live.

” I am incredibly grateful to be associated with the Foundation and excited about this journey. The best of Hamza Development Foundation is yet to come! “