Pakistan is the world’s sixth most populous country and a significant power. However, it is vulnerable to large scale disasters and has endured several in the last decades, in the context of instability, poverty and poor infrastructure. Earthquakes and flooding have most severely impacted upon rural communities where local resources are scarce, wiping out crops and livestock and increasing people’s dependency on external aid.

• Widespread gender inequality with high levels of illiteracy particularly for women
• Almost 30% of population lives below the poverty line
• Approximately 3.8 million children work to support their families

In addition to the threat of earthquake and flood, Pakistan endures an annual heatwave with temperatures often reaching 50 degrees and posing an immediate threat to the lives of children and the elderly. In 2015, 1,200 people died and 100,000 needed medical attention in Karachi, southern Pakistan.

Our projects include:

• Establishing child welfare & development centres for over 700,000 children
• Providing over 500 children with regular sponsorship funds to meet their educational and health-related needs through our child sponsorship programme
• Developing an Islamic mode of microfinance to over 5,000 families to build and support their futures 
• Building and providing health, nutrition, education and WASH services across the country 

Between 2017 and 2018 we invested in educational welfare of the people of Rajanpur district, Punjab. 

Our education development programmes provided 1,522 children with: 

• Teacher and school workforce
• Reconstruction and repair to school buildings including new classrooms, clean water supply and sanitation
• Awareness campaigns on themes such as girls’ education and hygiene
• Equipment for disabled students to access learning
• Learning materials, books and resources

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