|
Pakistan ranks 135th on the HDI index of the UN and with a
score of 0.527 falls among the last ten countries of the medium human
development index with a GDP per capita income of 2.628 US $. In line
with the Millennium Development Goals, the strategy of the Branch
Office is to work towards the goals of poverty reduction and women’s
empowerment. Currently the projects are concentrated in the
North West Frontier
Province, Punjab Province, Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir.
Small Scale Projects:
-
Womens’ Skills Training Centre – Shishkat/ Northern Areas (HOPE´87)
-
Equipping two schools in Northern Areas (UNESCO)
-
Nature Conservation and Tourism Promotion in Northern Areas
(HOPE´87)
-
Playground for Girls – Northern Areas (Private donations from
Venezuela)
-
Mother and Child Health Care Post – Northern Areas (HOPE´87)
-
Pilot Health
Project –
Peshawar
(ANT Hiroshima, JICA)
-
Sadako’s Prayer“ Book Publication (ANT Hiroshima)
The Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP)
– Entrepreneur Training and Employment Generation, is being
implemented by HOPE’87 in partnership with Agha Khan Foundation –
Pakistan. The total project budget is € 423,055.21 and is funded by
the European Commission (50%), Austrian Development Agency (35%) and
HOPE’87 (15%).
The project duration was two years, starting from September 2004 up
till August 2006, which has been granted a no cost extension up to the
end of February 2007.
The objective of the project is to alleviate poverty and to improve
the quality of life of people (specially unemployed youth and young
adults) through housing sector related enterprise development &
promotion, skills enhancement and training of youth in the Ishkoman
and the Chupersan valleys of Northern Areas and the Garam Chashma
valley of Chitral, Pakistan.
[Complete
Details] [Pictures]
[PDF
version]
|
Primary Education Schools
are being run for Afghan Refugees and Pakistani Children near
Shamshatoo, Peshawar, Pakistan. Students are being provided quality
education at no cost. Supported by Foundation of UNESCO – Education
for Children in need and Austrian Development Agency, project worth of
220,000 €. Starting form July 2006 the schools are supported by a
local Pakistani philanthropist for a period of one year. |
.jpg) |
|
|
|
[Complete
Details]
[Pictures] [PDF
version] |
Child Labor Rehabilitation Centres,
in Lahore, Faisalabad and Kasur Districts which were previously funded
by EC, ADA and HOPE’87, is being run successfully by the local partner
of the project Pakistan Crescent Youth Organisation (PCYO).
[Complete
Details] [PDF
version]
Medical Camp
Using
the school building facility on every Sunday (school Holiday) a weekly
Medical Camp is held by providing consultancy and medicine at
very minimal costs. Keeping in view the local customs a female
gynaecologist consults female patients.is held by providing
consultancy and medicine at very minimal costs. Keeping in view the
local customs a female gynaecologist consults female patients.
Mother Child Health Centre
at Altit village, Northern Areas, Pakistan, providing basic health
facilities and guidance on mother child health. It’s an ongoing
project funded by HOPE’87 Pakistan, project worth of 18,000 €.[Pictures]
|
Women Skill Centre
in
Naval Harris Model School, Shishkat, near Gulmit, Northern Areas,
Pakistan. Supported by HOPE’87, project worth of 2,000 €.
Girls Right to Play,
in
which provided Swings at 2 Schools in Chupersan Valley. HOPE’87 and
private donations arranged by a Venezuelan Philanthropist, project
worth of 3,000 €. |
Development of Tourism Promotion and Nature Conservation
by
providing Fishing Boats in Andrap Lake, Handrap Village, near Shandur
Pass, Northern Areas, Pakistan. Funded by HOPE’87, project worth of
2,000 €.
Playing equipment for school
(shamshatoo and Bagh, supported by ANT Hiroshima),
Publishing of Sadako’s story book (a joint collaboration of ANT
Hiroshima and HOPE’87 Pakistan) for promotion of Peace and Harmony
among different ethnic groups.
|
|
Women Empowerment Centre in Chitral
HOPE’87
and HOAP have chosen some of the most remote and inaccessible regions for
their interventions, in order to empower the people through the provision
of different services such that they can change their lives. Chitral in
the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) belongs to one of those regions.
Attracting tourists from all over the world for their picturesque beauty,
the rugged mountains and valleys are made up of small villages and
enclaves. With a dependence on subsistence agriculture coupled with a fast
increasing population, the ratio of available resources to consumption is
decreasing, resulting in widespread poverty. With such little resources
available, most families are reluctant to spend money on educating their
children and
girls
are suffering the most under these conditions.
Providing them with a facility where women could get education in a safe
and secure environment with least education cost, will give them an
opportunity to turn their dreams into reality.
|
 |
.jpg)
.jpg)