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Al-Makkah Medical Center Expansion

ADP partners with Rural Development Organization to expand a Medicare Center in Faisalabad for provision of more advanced healthcare...

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Recent Projects

Al-Makkah Medical Center Expansion

ADP partners with Rural Development Organization to expand a Medicare Center in Faisalabad for provision of more advanced healthcare...more

Biogas Plants in Dera Ismail Khan

ADP is partnering with FIDA to build biogas plants to meet the energy needs in villages near Dera Ismail (D.I.)...more

Water Pumps in Shenky & Cheena

The Association for the Development is funding the installation of 13 hand pumps throughout Shenky & Cheena in Charsadda to enable ~4,250 people to gain access to clean drinking...more

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Volunteer Dispatches

Project Complete: Latrines in Sokar Village

Najaf Shah reports on the completion of the Sokar Latrines project, including an excellent overview of the challenges faced and how they were...more

A presentation at NUS in Singapore

Note: This post was written by Omar Bilal, the ADP Singapore chapter lead. The place chosen for our first ever ADP session in Singapore, on the 31st of July, was the student hostel of Prince George’s Park Residences at the National University of Singapore. The event was attended by a decent...more

Amir Public School Update

Recently, ADP volunteer Arsalan Mushtaq conducted a site visit to Amir Public School in Kalaskey, Gujranwala. Here are the summarized findings from his report. For recent project pictures, visit the project page or see the album on Facebook. Amir Public School provides free cost tuition, books and uniform to...more
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Progress Updates

Amir Public School
04/24/2012
The Amir Public School project has official reached completion. A detailed report about the last phase of the project can be read here. The update...more

Mishtimba Sanitation Scheme
04/24/2012
Work on this project has started at an energetic pace with construction started on most of the latrines and HEED is confident that the project...more

School Expansion in Hafizabad
04/01/2012
The MHSF Kaseese Branch School expansion has been slightly delayed. The roof was laid over the past few weeks. The finishing work on the 2 classrooms...more

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Events

BBQ Fundraiser with the Pakistan Development Fund

Credit: Pakistan Development Fund On Friday, June 10th, the Pakistan Development Fund (PDF) held a BBQ fundraiser for the Association for the Development of Pakistan on the Hart House lawn at the University of Toronto. All of the proceeds from the event went directly to the microfinance...
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Meet-up for Volunteers in Karachi with ADP’s Director,Tarim Wasim
When: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Where: Cafe 9, 9th Commercial Lane, Zamzama

Dear Volunteers, We would like to invite you to an informal meet up for all of ADP’s Karachi based volunteers. Tarim Wasim, ADP’s co – founder and Director will be here and this would be a great opportunity for volunteers to connect with each other and the ADP leadership. Date: Wednesday, April...
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Comic Relief: A fundraiser for Pakistan’s flood victims
When: November 12, 2010
Where: Kresge Auditorium, MIT

Update: Please see the Dastak blog post on the event with pictures! ************************************************************ ***Online Ticket Sales are closed now, buy your tickets at the door!*** ************************************************************ ADP is hosting a stand-up comedy fundraiser for the floods in Pakistan on November 12 in Boston; all are invited to enjoy a few laughs while contributing to...
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Social Enterprise from Scratch
When: June 17, 2010, 6pm
Where: The Hub, Bay Area, San Francisco (901 Mission St, Suite 100)

  An exciting conference on social entrepreneurship is scheduled to take place later this month at the Hub Bay Area in San Francisco – and the Association for the Development of Pakistan is being recognized for its contributions by being highlighted as an emerging social entrepreneur in Pakistan. Tarim Wasim, Director of...
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Gig Night
When: June 10, 2010
Where: Session 73 (1st Ave and 73rd St, NYC)

Coming your way is an opportunity to give back to your homeland – by attending a concert! The Association for the Development of Pakistan has organized a fund-raising concert at Session 73 on Thursday, the 10th of June (at 7:30 pm), featuring three exciting new Pakistani artists: Fahad Ahmad Umer Piracha Daniyal Noorani All three...
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