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Project Update: NEEDS Microfinance in Charsadda
Recently, Sadia Ijaz undertook a site visit to Tangi Charsadda to check the progress of the microfinance project with...
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Model Village at Kot Addu
The Association for the Development of Pakistan is supporting Sahara for Life Welfare Trust's flood redevelopment project in Kot Addu, District...more
School Expansion in Hafizabad
ADP is funding the expansion of a primary school established by the M.H. Sufi Foundation in the village of Kaseese, District Hafizabad,...more
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
Amir Public School Update
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Progress Updates
Amir Public School
02/05/2012
This wonderful clip from Amir Public School will make you smile! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Pi0HjxVlk
This is the first batch of 3-4 year old children enrolled in the school....more
Model Village at Kot Addu
01/30/2012
SFL has reported that based on an exhaustive survey using predefined criteria, the organization identified 12 households that needed shelter more than the others (although...more
Microfinance for Poultry Farming
01/10/2012
Sadia Ijaz visited the site recently and found that the project is progressing well - several women are making good progress and the community feedback...more
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!
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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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