Current Projects

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.

• Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) – Entrepreneur Training and Employment Generation (EC, ADA, HOPE’87)

• Living Together – Education for Afghan Refugees and Pakistani Children (ADA, HOPE´87)

• Child Labour Rehabilitation Centres (EC, ADA, HOPE’87)

• Bread Against Misery-Bakery

Small Scale Projects:

• Womens’ Skills Training Centre – Bagh (HOPE´87)

• 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.

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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). 

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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 €.

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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. Project has been submitted, awaiting approval.

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