Enhancing the professional capacities of teachers, health workers, and relevant officials.
Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood Development
Supporting parents, government institutions, and civil society to ensure the holistic development of children under the age of eight.
Key Intervention Areas
Supporting the establishment and improvement of ECD classrooms.
Promoting social and behavioural change in ECD through parents, caregivers, and communities.
Key Achievements
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme became part of AKRSP’s mandate in 2001. Since then, the organisation has actively implemented ECD initiatives in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, working in close collaboration with government education and health departments, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies, the private sector, and local stakeholders.
AKRSP strengthens family and community support systems, builds local capacities, and improves access to ECD services in underserved areas. By leveraging existing platforms from the government, community institutions, private sector actors, and AKDN- including Aga Khan Education Services, Pakistan (AKES,P) and Aga Khan Health Services, Pakistan (AKHS,P)- AKRSP extends ECD outreach to promote holistic child development.
Through infrastructure development, human resource capacity-building, and community-based interventions, AKRSP fosters a sustainable, locally driven ECD model that enhances child well-being, empowers caregivers, and strengthens service delivery at the grassroots level. This collaborative approach contributes to breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty and ensuring that children in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral receive the best possible start in life.
6,091
Children Benefited
825
ECD Workforce Trained
224 schools
260 ECD Classrooms upgraded
20,000
Parents, Caregivers. Community Members Reached
