{"id":21484,"date":"2014-11-30T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T12:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/project-demos.com\/sgafp\/?p=21484"},"modified":"2018-06-21T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T11:11:58","slug":"usaid-and-aku-join-hands-for-let-girls-learn-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/usaid-and-aku-join-hands-for-let-girls-learn-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID and AKU Join Hands For Let Girls Learn Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Karachi<\/span> \u2013 American Ambassador David Hale witnessed the signing of a partnership agreement between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) and Aga Khan University\u2019s Human Development Program. The effort will support nutrition-related activities for children ages 5-9 in CMP schools in seven northern districts in Sindh and five towns in Karachi.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation plays a vital role in improving children\u2019s health and nutrition,\u201d<\/span> said Ambassador Hale. \u201cNo nation can reach its full potential if its people are not healthy and educated.\u201d<\/span> he said.<\/p>\n

As part of the USAID-funded Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP) \u2014 in partnership with the Sindh Education and Literacy Department \u2014 CMP is linking schools and health facilities to fight malnutrition. CMP also screens children and creates awareness among parents regarding the benefits of improved nutrition. \u00a0Malnutrition affects children\u2019s ability to learn. \u00a0In Sindh, the situation is most severe in districts affected by the 2010 floods.<\/p>\n

USAID also awarded a grant to Aga Khan University to mainstream education for children with special needs and increase enrollment for girls in government and private schools. The effort is part of the \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d initiative in Pakistan to ensure girls receive the education they deserve, announced by Michelle Obama and Maryam Nawaz Sharif at the White House in October 2015.<\/p>\n

U.S. Consul General Brian Heath, Sindh Health Director-General Hassan Murad Shah, Education and Literacy Department Curriculum Wing head Fouzia Khan, Aga Khan University Hospital CEO Hans Kedzierski, and AKU Medical College Dean Farhat Abbas attended.<\/p>\n

For more information about USAID programs in Pakistan, please visit: http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/pakistan<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1528445113093{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/1″ id=”blogpost”][vc_column_text] Karachi \u2013 American Ambassador David Hale witnessed the signing of a partnership agreement between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) and Aga Khan University\u2019s Human Development Program. The effort will support nutrition-related activities for children ages 5-9 in CMP schools in seven northern districts in Sindh and five towns in Karachi. \u201cEducation plays a vital role in improving children\u2019s health and nutrition,\u201d said Ambassador Hale. \u201cNo nation can reach its full potential if its people are not healthy and educated.\u201d he said. As part of the USAID-funded Sindh Basic Education Program (SBEP) \u2014 in partnership with the Sindh Education and Literacy Department \u2014 CMP is linking schools and health facilities to fight malnutrition. CMP also screens children and creates awareness among parents regarding the benefits of improved nutrition. \u00a0Malnutrition affects children\u2019s ability to learn. \u00a0In Sindh, the situation is most severe in districts affected by the 2010 floods. USAID also awarded a grant to Aga Khan University to mainstream education for children with special needs and increase enrollment for girls in government and private schools. The effort is part of the \u201cLet Girls Learn\u201d initiative…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightposts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22373,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21484\/revisions\/22373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrsp.org.pk\/sgafp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}