It was a dream-come-true for the students and teachers at Government Primary School Sringwari in District Tharparkar. The only classroom of the school had new benches and a running fan – something the children in the remote village of Sringwari had wanted for years. The fan not only provided a degree of relief from the…
Details“It was a horrible night. My husband complained of pain in his chest, and before we could do something about it, he fainted”, said Bilquees – a mother of five and resident of Basti Ludhani Chandia which is a small far-flung riverine community without proper health care facilities in Tehsil Kot Adddu, district Muzaffargarh. She described…
DetailsHey kids! See what I have brought for you today”, shouts Sadique as he enters his house. His young daughters – Fatima and Heer – run towards him with curiosity in their eyes. He gives them a small bag full of their favorite fruit grapes saying, “This is fruit of your hard work”. The girls…
Details“As a doctor, I felt helpless dealing with the child abuse cases. I did not know how to interact with the victims or which forums to approach for support.” says Dr Mona Habib, a young and passionate medical practitioner at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) in Kasur – the historic town known for being the eternal abode…
Details“Not this time!”, said Ashraf Ghani resolutely responding to a fellow villager who had reached his home amidst heavy rain in the middle of the night to see if he could do something to avoid the usual damage such rains brought upon their village Hafizabad – prone to heavy rains, flash floods, and landslides. Their…
Details“After installation of the solar power units in our community, our income has increased. We are saving money because ofa concept that was unknown to us, just a few months ago. This has also provided us an opportunity to save our traditional skill: “ralli-making”, Chatoon said excitedly. Chatoon is a leader of 30-odd household village,…
DetailsIt is past sunset in Barra Banda village, District Torghar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Each house is glowing with a luminous bulb, which makes this small settlement of 55 households look like a constellation of stars with dark mountains in the background. Aslam Khan, a student of seventh grade, lives in one of these star-like houses. He…
Details“There was no loss of life and property and we were able to put out the fire. We prevented a catastrophe before it was too late,” Ghulam Ishaq recalls proudly. “Fire brigade was late in coming to the incident site, but our ERT was in place and each member knew what to do and how…
Details“Every month people came knocking my door, asking for money I owed them. I had the tailoring skills, but I was not an efficient worker due to ongoing house chores and regular load shedding. Though I had developed a customer base, I had to turn away a majority of them as I could not manage…
DetailsPhulana, a 37-year-old mother of five children, is a scheduled caste Hindu who lives in ghettoized Ghera Basti in Hyderabad, Sindh. Her community is discriminated against by Muslims and upper-caste Hindus alike. Abject poverty and a lack of economic opportunities have made their lives considerably hard. Given the hardships, the family resorted to collecting used…
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