Nightingales of PamirEver since I started learning music, I started recognizing music in nature, like the music of the streams and of the blowing breeze -Sidra Kanwal, a 17-year-old girl who just completed high school, Bulbulik was...
Improving Public Service Delivery through Civic Participation“This training is a good start for all of us since it helps us understand our role and do our part in an effective way. We have learned how to organize ourselves better at the...
USAID Helps Children to Regain What’s Missed“I had been sewing over 30 shoe vamps daily, but now I sew eight shoe vamps daily and give more time to study because now I have an opportunity to acquire quality education free of...
Abdul Waleed’s Life Has Been Illuminated“For years, my mother sacrificed her sleep to give me and my sisters cool breeze through hand fan at night. But now she also sleeps when we sleep. Life has become comforting for her,” shared Abdul...
Young Entrepreneur, Giving Back“It is an inspiration to see that so many young people come together for the betterment of the society and are able to earn for their families simultaneously. And the credit for such a positive...
Dialysis – A Holding Measure“It is 3 in the afternoon and I have been waiting for my treatment to begin since 10 in the morning. I am praying I am not asked to go to a private hospital for...
I Have the Skill“I have no means of earning here,” cried Naeem Baksh, a resident of Jharkil. “Having no farming land of my own, no money, begging is the only viable option left for me to run my household”. There...
I Have a HomeKhpal Kor Foundation, located in the midst of Gulkada, Saidu Sharif, Swat is a well-established orphanage for girls and boys of district Swat. The Foundation offers provides all the basic amenities to these children, along...
Feast on YieldWhen 500 farmer households of Babuzai, District Mardan, were sitting disheartened with the hailstorm damaging their wheat crop last year, leaving one third of the total land to lie barren, LSO Babuzai in Mardan, with...
I Can Learn, Educate And Change!“Teaching could be so joyous and meaningful”, I had no idea at the time when I was selected for the Early Childhood Education training program spanning over a period of 22 days organized by DevCon (An...
I Can Earn AgainNargis Habib (32 year old), wife of Habib Said is a resident of village Gabral (Tehsil Matta, Swat), living in a joint family with his two sons and one daughter. Nargis is a tailor by...
Eco Friendly Living“In our village, where we have no access to piped gas nor enough money to purchase kerosene at such insane prices, this bio-gas plant being set up with USAID’s support, is a blessing in disguise...