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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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Recent Projects

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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

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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
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

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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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