Non-government and Public Health

Organizations and their Current

Programmes
 United Nations
International Children's
Emergency Fund
UNICEF WAS CREATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ON 11 DECEMBER 1946
 UNICEF’s work
For 70 years, across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF defends the
rights of every child
 UNICEF believes

All children have a right to survive,

thrive and fulfill their potential-to
benefit for a better world.
 UNICEF’s SIX PRIORTIES IN PAKISTAN

1. Birth Registration
2. Decrease Child Death
3. Stop Stunting
4. Educating All Children
5. Eradicating Polio
6. Improve Access to Water and Sanitation
• UNICEF WORKS WITH FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,
provincial Education Departments, International NGO’s, NGO’s and
other UN agencies to ensure that every girl and boy completes a quality
primary education.

• Along with its partners UNICEF attempts to develop and implement

policies, procedures and mechanisms to:

 Reduce the number of girls out of school by at least 30%

 Promote effective high quality learning in school that are child-friendly
and attentive to needs of girls and boys alike.
Pakistan Annual Report 2015
• UNICEF assisted national and provincial governments in developing cost
effective vaccine management and its supply.
• About 762000 children were enrolled in primary school following
community mobilization through the every child in school initiative.
• Over 32 million children aged 6-59 months received 2 doses of vitamin A
in 2015.
• In project areas birth registration increased 85% compared to
2014 through the use of innovative mobile phone technologies.

• Pakistan achieved its sanitation target under MELENNIUM

DEVELOPMENT GOAL 7 with UNICEF assistance through
the Pakistan approach to Total Sanitation.
  United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR was created in 1950
 UNHCR’s Works
Protection

Shelter

Advocacy

Health

Safeguarding individuals
Global Needs Assessment
• UNHCR is a United Nations programme mandated to protect
and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN
itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local
integration or resettlement to a third country.

• The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in 1954

and again in 1981
 UNHCR in Pakistan
• UNHCR’s priority in Pakistan is to achieve lasting solutions for one of
the largest and most protracted refugee situations in the world.

•  Pakistan continues to host approximately 1.45 million refugees. Most are

from Afghanistan and live in refugee villages and urban areas.

• Since March 2002, UNHCR has facilitated the return of approximately

4.1 million registered Afghans from Pakistan.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WFP was established in 1961
What the WFP is doing in Pakistan
Food Assistance:

WFP supports the return and rehabilitation of one million

displaced people in FATA through a six-month unconditional
food ration of wheat flour, pulses, oil and salt to mitigate food
insecurity until they restore their livelihoods.
Nutrition:

In partnership with UNICEF and the World Health

Organization (WHO), WFP provides treatment for moderate
acute malnutrition among children aged between 6 months and
5 years, and pregnant and nursing women.
 Activities include:-
• distribution of fortified foods

• education on infant and young child feeding

• promotion of home fortification of foods through the distribution of

micronutrient powders.
Resilience:

WFP provides food assistance in exchange for participation in

the construction and rehabilitation of community assets that
can support food security, such as water harvesting systems,
feeder roads, water channels, schools and other infrastructure,
in areas affected by droughts or floods, or where displaced
people are returning.
Disaster preparedness and response:

WFP provides capacity strengthening and technical

assistance at the federal and provincial levels

• Community-based disaster risk management

• School safety
• Multi-hazard vulnerability risk assessment
• Supply chain management
School meals:

Working in close coordination with the FATA directorate of education,

WFP provides mid-morning snacks of fortified biscuits in pre-primary
and primary schools in FATA and part of the Frontier Regions.

Secondary school girls in FATA, of whom only 1 percent complete

schooling, will receive a cash transfer with a view to increasing
retention and literacy rates.
Micronutrient initiative

MI was established in 1992

 The micronutrient initiative (MI) is an international non
profit agency based in Canada that works to eliminate
vitamin and mineral deficiencies in developing
countries.

 The staff of MI includes scientists, nutritionists, policy

and development experts.
 Vision: A world free of hidden hunger

 Purpose: To ensure that the world’s most vulnerable –

especially women and children – in developing countries
get the vitamins and minerals they need to survive and
thrive.

 Mission: Be a global leader in advancing integrated,

innovative and sustainable solutions to reduce vitamin
and mineral deficiencies through advocacy, technical
and programmatic support, in collaboration with others.
 MI PROGRAMES

SALT IODIZATION SUPPLEMENTATION FORTFICATION

EVIDENCE GENERATION MATERNAL & NEW INFANT & YOUNG

& POLICY BORN HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION
Priority roles of MI in Pakistan
 Expand vitamin A supplementation to children in hard-
to-reach areas.

 Initiate and increase complementary zinc

supplementation for treatment of childhood diarrhoea.

 Increase the production of adequately iodized salt and

its use in households.
 Expand the use of Sprinkles – or multiple
micronutrient powders – in the feeding of children aged
6 to 24 months to reduce anaemia

 Increase the number of women of child-bearing age

consuming fortified wheat flour to increase iron and
folic acid consumption.

 Reach more women of child-bearing age with iron and

folic acid tablets, and improve the rates of proper and
consistent use of the supplements.
Global Alliance for
Improved Nutrition

Gain was founded in 2002

Global Priority Areas of GAIN

Large Scale Food Fortification.

Nutrition for Women and Children.
Agriculture for Nutrition.
Business Partnerships and Alliances.
 GAIN in Pakistan
Working since 2006.
Supporting National Fortification Alliance.
Assisting Flour Fortification in Pakistan.
Currently engaged in business model-export of wheat.
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an
international non-governmental organization that promotes children’s rights, provides
relief and helps support children in developing countries.

Slogan:
“We save children’s lives, we fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their
potential”
Mission:
To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve
immediate and lasting change in their lives.
 Concern’s Work
• Concern works to help those living in the world's poorest countries to
achieve real and lasting improvements in their lives

•  Concern’s core work focuses on health, hunger and humanitarian

response in emergencies.

• They work in partnership with small community groups as well as

governments and large global organizations
 Concern’s Work in Pakistan
• Floods
• Emergencies
• Healthcare and livelihoods
• Work in Progress
• Reaching the vulnerable
• Helping the Urban Poor
• Supplying Food
Action Against Hunger

Founded in 1979
 Works
Nutrition and health
Water sanitation and hygiene
Food security and livelihoods
Emergency response
 While Pakistan has made dramatic progress in
reducing polio and other health threats, national
surveys estimate that rates of child stunting from
undernutrition have not improved in 30 years. At
present, 45 percent of children in Pakistan are stunted,
and 16 percent of children under the age of 5 suffer
from acute undernutrition.

 Action Against Hunger began working in Pakistan in

2005. It currently has programs in Islamabad, Dadu,
Badin, Peshawar, Bannu, and Kohat.
Work in Pakistan
 Vision and
Mission
 We design communication solutions that solve public health problems. Our
core strengths include:
 Social and behavior change communication – to influence social norms and
individual health behaviors
 Knowledge Management – to put correct, concise and timely information
into the hands of health providers
 Capacity Strengthening – of communication professionals at all levels, in all
types of organizations
 Research and Evaluation – to build the evidence base for our work and our
field
 CCP was established over 30 years ago in recognition of the pivotal role
communication plays in the way people think and behave about health and
development issues. We are a Center within the Department of Health,
Behavior and Society at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. CCP has
active programs in more than 30 countries worldwide as well as in the U.S.
 Most importantly, CCP makes a difference in people’s lives.
 SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR
CHANGE
COMMUNICATION
CENTER WORKS THROUGH ALL AVAILABLE FORMS OF MEDIA AND HAS
EXPERTISE IN CONCEPTUALIZATION, DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND
EVALUATION OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING
DEVELOPMENT OF CAMPAIGNS, MATERIALS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
 Pakistan Health Communication Project

• CCP envisions a Pakistan where individuals, families and communities

advocate for their own health, practice positive health behaviors and
engage with a responsive health care system.
• HCP activities are designed to enable behavior change by bolstering
social networks and individual self-efficacy. Aspirational health
communication campaigns and other SBCC interventions will encourage
individuals and households to practice sound health behaviors.
Social and Behavior Change Communication

• CCP was founded on the belief that social and

behavior change communication (SBCC) is key to
solving the world’s most pressing health problems.
AGENCY FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION
AND DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION:

ACTED, formerly 'Agency for Technical Cooperation and

Development', is a French humanitarian NGO set up in
1993. It is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit
organization committed to supporting vulnerable
populations across the world.
ACTED IN PAKISTAN:

ACTED’s goal in Pakistan in 2015 was to provide an

integrated humanitarian approach. The goal was to
respond to the basic needs of affected communities.

GOALS:
1)Providing Emergency Relief and Early Recovery
to People Affected by Natural Disasters
2)Integrated Humanitarian and Recovery Approach for displaced people in (KP /
FATA)

3)Conducting Research and Development Programmes.

4) Moving from Vulnerability to Resilience

5) Linking Solar Panel Technician Graduates to the Work Market

6) Pakistan 2005-2014: ten years of assistance to the people of Pakistan.

 Programs
 Disaster management
 Education program
 Human program
 Information communication resource and advocacy program
 Infrastructure development and shelter
 Monitoring evaluation and research
 Poverty alleviation
 Social mobilization program
AURAT FOUNDATION
Introduction

 Established in 1986, as a national, non-profit, non-

governmental organization.
 It is committed to create widespread awareness and
commitment for a just, democratic and caring society in
Pakistan.
  Aurat Foundation has its
About Aurat
Head Office in Islamabad Foundation
 Five regional offices in the
provincial capitals in Lahore,
Karachi, Peshawar ,Quetta
and Gilgit
  37 Field Offices
Goals of foundation

The goals of the Foundation are to:

 To enable women to acquire great access to knowledge, resources and
institutions;
 To influence attitudes and behavior for a social environment
responsive to women’s concerns and people-centred issues;
 To facilitate citizens’ active participation in the process of social change
and governance at all level.  
Major Achievements

 Increased awareness & sensitization on women's rights issues

 National development plans and policies for women
 Reservation of seats for women in legislatures
 Mainstreaming gender into laws and policies
 Support to women public representatives & legislators
 Formation and strengthening of National Commission on the Status of Women
 National Institute of Health is one of the most prestigious
institutions of the country .

 Itis involved in multi disciplinary public health related

activities.

 Diagnostic services

 Research

 Production of biologicals
 FUNCTIONS
 Toadvise the Government on the control of diseases by
suitable methods.

 Todevelop an Institute of Tropical Diseases for Research and

Training

 To function as National Type Culture Collection Centre (NTCC)

To
 implement all the schemes and proposals approved by the Federal
Government for it.

To
 develop methodology and standardize techniques for the investigation of
various diseases prevalent in the country.

To
 develop a National Virus Reference Centre

To
 conduct research on traditional system of medicine and to collaborate with the
international agencies
Tawana Pakistan Program
 Tawana Pakistan

• Tawana Pakistan Project

• School Nutrition Package for Girls

• A Safety net Intervention For Malnourished Girls in High Poverty

Districts of Pakistan
 Tawana Pakistan

• The Government of Pakistan Launched Tawana

Pakistan Project with the objectives of improving
the nutritional status of primary school girls of 5-
12 years of age and to increase their enrolment in
primary schools.
 Tawana Pakistan

• The strategy addresses malnutrition and

micronutrient deficiencies in girls child and
improvement in school enrolment and learning
outcome/ cognitive development.
 Tawana Pakistan

• It uses an innovative participatory approach for

building partnership between government
department and local communities through elected
representatives at district level.
 A little about thali…

 In August 2009, Thali established. THALI is a non profit organization and is

registered as a Trust under the Government of Pakistan.
 Situated in Rawalpindi.
 THALI has several projects, running simultaneously. Having served 7,000
beneficiaries to date, THALI continues to spread innumerable smiles.

SAYYED NAZISH ABBAS QAZI – Managing Director

SAYYEDA RAFIYA NAZISH – Director
 Objectives of thali

 Feeding the less fortunate through meals the more fortunate take for granted.

 To acquire, build, set up and maintain resources for providing food, clothing,
shelter to the undeserving, and undertake activities and operations for making
the cause self sustainable and approachable.

 To initiate and, facilitate or undertake all kinds of humanitarian pursuits such as

building networks, facilities, centers and shelters for sustainable development of
the members of deserving segments of society
 Projects of thali

Thali is running following projects:-

 Sponsor a child: they sponsor financial support for child's entire education.

 Thali spread smiles: they celebrate festivals with hospitalizes children.

 Feed a family: feeding refuges of FATA and KPK.

 Ramazan project: feeding people in ramazan through iftar and dinner bags.
 Be my guest: restaurants and caterers are involved in this campaign
and there leftover was served to homeless people in form of
individualized meals.

 Thali Flood Relief Drive: in calamities like floods, earthquakes etc.

thali also provide food relief programs.

 Food for thought: A literacy initiative for educating the less fortunate
children of today, to build a stronger work force for tomorrow.
 History

“Scaling Up Nutrition: A Framework for Action`` published in the March 2010 issue
of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin.

A high level SUN meeting titled, “The First Year and the Future,” was held in
September 2011

A high level Lead Group was established in 2012, supported by a Coordinator

and Secretariat based in Geneva.

In mid 2014 ICE was conducted

 History

“Scaling Up Nutrition: A Framework for Action`` published in the March 2010 issue
of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin.

A high level SUN meeting titled, “The First Year and the Future,” was held in
September 2011

A high level Lead Group was established in 2012, supported by a Coordinator

and Secretariat based in Geneva.

In mid 2014 ICE was conducted

 SUN in Practice
•Effectively engaging multiple stakeholders (2014)

•Information systems for nutrition (2014)

•Social mobilisation,Advocacy and communication for nutrition ( 2014)

•The contribution of Agriculture and Social protection to improving nutrition ( 2015)

•From Science to Action: Academia and Decision-Makers Unite in SUN Countries (

2016)

•Empowering Women and Girls to Improve Nutrition: Building a Sisterhood of

Success ( 2016)
 SUN FOCUS

The SUN Movement will continue its efforts to ensure good

nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life – starting from
the moment a mother gets pregnant until the child turns
two. This is a pivotal window of opportunity that can go a
long way toward determining the future for girls or boys.
 INTRODUCTION

Lok Sujag, literally meaning “people’s awareness/awakening,” is

a not-for-profit organization striving for a society that respects the
rights of all human beings, offers equal economic opportunities and
promotes democratic values.

Punjab Lok Sujag, registered under Societies Act 1860, established in

1986, has operated since 1997 and has three offices in Lahore,
Sahiwal, and Faisalabad.
Practically it has been able to undertake research and advocacy work
on :-

Gender

 Agriculture

 Health

 Politics

Governance.
 OBJECTIVES

•Motivating voluntary involvement of local individuals and

communities in increasing the iodized salt usage.

•Increase awareness on infant formula feeds.

 Programme Description

•.Iodine deficiency alleviartion intiative in Depalpur through

innovative and effective communication strategies using theater and
puppet shows.

•Breast feeding promotion and struggle against Baby food formula

project
WOMENSHADE PAKISTAN
 WSP
 WomenShade Pakistan (WSP) is right based, non-profit, non-governmental,
non-religious organization, registered in 2008 .

 working exclusively for women empowerment and raising awareness on

women's human rights.
 AIMS
 Spreading awareness of women's human rights
 Strives to sensitizes society towards gender issue
 Encourages women to take steps to improve their own lives.

 Rani Wahidi is Executive Director of WomenShade.

 PROGRAMS
Violence against women (VAW).
Women Health (WH).
Women Economic Empowerment (WEE).
Girls Leadership (GL).
Women Encouragement. (WE).
 WomenShade Vocational Training Center

 Women Shade Vocational training Center imparting

FREE stitching and cutting skill to needy women and
girls in the area of Nawan KilliIn .
 Production of Electronic Media content

 WomenShade Pakistan is dedicated media organization working

both through print and electronic media for raising awareness of
women's human rights and empowerment of women.
 NETWORKING

WomenShade Pakistan is member of; 

 Gender Journalism Network (GJN)

 Network for Peace and Justice
 Alliance for SRHR (Parwan Project)
 Network for Child Protection
 Ending Violence Against Women and girls Network
Society for the Advancement
of Community ,Health,
Education & Training
SACHET
 VISION

SACHET strives, in partnership with communities, public and civil

society organizations, to develop a society based on three core
values of sustainable human development i.e. self esteem,
freedom of choice and tolerance; a society where all have equal
access to opportunities and justice irrespective of gender, color,
creed, race and status
 Programs in Pakistan

• Health program-RAH (Responsible Action for Health)

• Education program- Khazeena
• Livelihood program-PACIG (Poverty Alleviation cum Income
Generation)
• Miras (Mobilization of Resources and Sustainabilty)