Ashraf Foundation was established in 1991 by a group of social workers aimed at helping the poor and underprivileged peoples of the society to improve their overall socio-economic status. It is founded on a set of beliefs concerning the basic problems of the rural people like illiteracy, lack of health care, unemployment, social oppression, environmental hazards, etc. People have their inherent power to solve their own problems, but they lack opportunity, resources and organization. The development philosophy of Ashraf Foundation is essentially a humanist, holistic and people-centered approach that aims to empower people through developing their latent inherent powers (intellectual, productive, physical and political) to enable them to take responsibility for their self-reliance and sustainable development.