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AKRSP, GVTTC signs MoU to train 300 youth in Astore and Ghizer districts
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP), in collaboration with the Government Vocational and Technical Training Centre (GVTTC), will train 300 youths in the Astore and Ghizer districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. The training will be conducted under the Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerability to Emergencies in Pakistan (BRAVE) project, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government through Concern Worldwide and the Aga Khan Foundation. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Yasmin Qalandar, Regional Programme...
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KfW Development Bank supports AKRSP irrigate 253 hectares in Hunza and Nagar
The KfW Development Bank is supporting AKRSP under the Hydropower & Renewable Energy II Biodiversity-funded project to bring 253 hectares of land under irrigation, plantation, and other agricultural activities in Hunza and Nagar districts. A mission of the development bank visited the project sites and interacted with the beneficiary communities in Hunza and Nagar districts. The communities of these villages have dedicated 30% of land to women's organizations for income generation, 30% for plantation (biodiversity), and the remaining portion to...
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Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) Provides PPE worth PKR16,997,000 to Sindh Government
AKRSP handed over personal protection equipment (PPE) worth PKR 16,997,000 to DG Health Hyderabad Sindh at a ceremony held in Thatta Hospital on December 30, 2021, as a covid response to European Union’s AP Asia project. The equipment included 20,000 amplification test, 20,000 manual extraction test, 20,000 VTM with swab, 500,00 surgical masks, 20,000 examination gloves, 10, 000 sanitizer and 5,000 fabric gowns. These PPEs will be utilized in the hospitals of Sindh to curb the new ongoing wave of...
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Sadpara Development Project
AKRSP has long history of engagement with the communities and government line departments in the mountainous regions of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. For the improvement in quality of life of local communities, AKRSP engages in different activities at all level including policy making. Sadpara Development Project (SDP) of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) is a project that aims at maximizing economic and social benefits for the people living within the command area of right and left bank canals of the...
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Community mobilisation paying off in Chitral
The flash flood of 2012 had washed away the water supply scheme and 1.5 kilometres link road of the remote Kiyar village of Karimabad valley, but the services were restored the very next week by the local community itself and they did not waste a moment to wait for the government departments. The community had a pretty sum of money in savings and it just passed a resolution authorising the office-bearers to withdraw the required amount from the bank account...
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Earthly matters: A bright future
At a two-hour drive rough over broken roads from Chitral town, lies Garam Chashma. This is where hot springs bubble up from deep inside the neighbouring mountains that tower over this sleepy town. The broken roads are due to the recent flooding in the area. On a recent trip to Chitral, organised by the Heinrich Boll Foundation for journalists based in Islamabad, we clambered up to the top of the town to see the source of the hot springs. The...
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Member Profile: AKRSP’s Trailblazing Micro Hydro Efforts in Pakistan
At the United Nations SE4ALL Forum in May 2015 there was much good discussion on mini-grids. Anytime the mini-grid technology was specified, it was assumed to be solar PV. However, there are other -- unsung but proven mini-grid technologies that have long provided electricity -- such as micro hydropower, biomass gassifiers, and small-scale wind. Needless to say, during the four-day event attended by 2000 persons and a multitude of speakers, we were ecstatic to hear at least one member of...
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Once devastated, women share success stories
Islamabad - Robina Kosar, a 27-year-old widow, is supporting her family in a village of Skardu, Gilgit–Baltistan, by pursuing a profession for livelihood rarely opted by women; she is an electrician. A mother of two was devastated when her husband died of cancer about four years ago. She had to look after her children, her ailing parents and younger siblings. Having an inborn inclination towards electrical work, she got herself enrolled in a project called ‘enhancing capability and leadership for...
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