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Network for Human and Social Development

The Network for Human and Social Development supports Pakistan's most poverty-stricken & socioeconomically deprived communities.

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Network for Human and Social Development is a non-profit non-government organization. It is registered with Pakistan Center of Philanthropy, Islamabad Charity Commission, and Economic Affairs Division. Established on 6 April 2012 NHSD is working in the field of health, disaster management, women empowerment, technical training, and education.

Our current projects are given below

  • NHSD TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE: Support for scholarship of students of Diploma in Information Technology, Certificate courses in web design, graphic design, basic computers and clerical documentation. PKR 3000 / student
  • NHSD / KKO SCHOOLS: Students in our school are provided totally free of cost education in Gulrez and Maskeenabad Rawalpindi as well as Mehar Dadu and Tharparkar in Sindh. Help with rent and running costs is requested.
  • DISASTER RELIEF AND RESPONSE: NHSD provides services during disasters like earthquakes floods COVID-19 epidemic both in disaster relief and response. These services mainly include: provision of food rations and cooled meals to the most vulnerable and underprivileged communities during disasters. we also distribute warm clothes, quilts, blankets as per the need alongwith medical services.

OUR BENEFICIARIES

  • To date we have trained more than 3000 apprentices and helped them with job placements.
  • Since 2012 we have educated more than 5000 normal and special students providing them with free education, pick and drop, stationary and uniforms.
  • During disasters we have provided services in Punjab and Sindh for 1500 families in five villages of Tharparkar, 2000 families in Dadu Sindh, and 4000 families in Punjab during earthquakes and floods.

SUCCESS STORIES

  • WASHED AWAY PAKISTAN: In the months of July and August in the year 2022, Pakistan experienced a period of immense devastation due to severe flooding. During this harrowing period, the resilience of the people was tested to its limits. Hailing from the predominantly Hindu village of Mithrio Charran in the district of Tharparkar, Kim Chand recounted the swift destruction of his mud house by the raging floodwaters. Witnessing their possessions being swept away, Kim Chand and his family found themselves displaced, seeking refuge in an elevated area, uncertain of what the future held.

Amidst the despair, a beacon of hope emerged. Stepping into the fray, NHSD, with the help from King Baudouin Foundation and GlobalGiving, provided essential food supplies and cooked meals to the villagers. Going beyond immediate relief efforts, NHSD collaborated with the community to construct 130 sturdy concrete homes, 5 schools, 5 vocational training centers and 5 dispensaries. The installation of solar powered electricity brought a transformative change. Kim Chand's children embraced education, his family accessed healthcare at the local dispensary, and his wife and sisters found purpose in crafting quality goods at the training center. The burden of financial strain lifted, paving the way for a brighter future. Kim Chand now stands as a beacon of hope and resilience in his community.

  • RESPONDING TO CYCLONE BIPARJOY: In June of 2023, the coastal region of Sindh, Pakistan, experienced the devastating impact of the Biparjoy Cyclone. Around 70,000 individuals were relocated to 51 relief camps in safe locations. Among them was Muhammad Hakim, a 40-year-old resident of Keti Bandar who arrived at a relief camp in Thatta district with his wife and children. Hakim expressed his concerns about the potential loss of their belongings in their home. He shared his worries about the uncertainty of rebuilding their house if it was destroyed, as they had left everything behind in the face of the storm.    “We came here with nothing, filled with fear about our future. We had to abandon our homes due to the storm's threat, but now we are left wondering where to go and what to do” lamented Hakim.     However, the prayers and struggles of Hakim and other fishermen like him did not go unheard. NHSD visited Keti Bandar and, with the support of donations from King Baudouin Foundation, and Global Giving, distributed food supplies and cooked meals to the community. Their timely assistance arrived when hope was fading.
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**A Campaign by Network for Human and Social Development (NHSD) in *JalalPur , Buner, AliPur Pir Wala, Sialkot and Mandi Bahauddin*** "She walked six hours through floodwater — not for herself, but to get her baby checked." This is the reality for thousands of mothers across flood-affected Pakistan today! THE CRISIS -WOMEN AND CHILDREN PAYING THE HEAVIEST PRICE! Pakistan's floods have not just destroyed homes and harvests, they have shattered the health and dignity of an entire generation of women and children. In the districts of JalalPur, Buner, AliPur Pir Wala, Sialkot, and Mandi Bahauddin, floodwaters have receded, but the devastation they left behind remains invisible to most of the world.Clinics are submerged. Roads are broken. Medicines have run out. The people who need the healthcare the most are pregnant mothers, newborns and young children. They have been abandoned by the very systems that were meant to protect them. Pregnant women are delivering babies in flooded mud homes, with no skilled birth attendant, no clean water, and no medicines.Children are drinking contaminated floodwater — the only water available — leading to explosive outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, and diarrhea.Mothers who lost everything are showing signs of severe psychological trauma, depression, and grief — with no one to turn to.Un-diagnosed Hepatitis C, Diabetes, and Hypertension are silently killing women who have never had a single blood test in their lives.Malnutrition is spreading among children under five, as food stocks were swept away by floodwaters.Eye infections and respiratory diseases are rampant in temporary shelters packed with displaced families. NHSD'S RESPONSE: 50 MEDICAL CAMPS IN 5 DISTRICTS! Network for Human and Social Development (NHSD) has been on the frontlines of disaster response across Pakistan since 2012. We have served communities in Tharparkar, Keti Bandar, Bahawalnagar, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kohistan, Shangla, Chitral, and beyond. We have worked through floods, cyclones, and pandemics. We know how to reach the people that no one else can reach.Recognized with the Presidential Corporate Humanitarian and Strategic Achievement Shield at Aiwan-e-Sadar Islamabad in 2023 , NHSD has been trusted by over 60 national and international organizations including USAID, UNFPA, GlobalGiving, Give2Asia, King Baudouin Foundation, and Caritas. WHY TRUST NHSD: 12+ YEARS OF PROVEN IMPACT? NHSD is not a new organization responding to a crisis for the first time. We are a battle-tested team with a proven record of reaching Pakistan's most vulnerable communities — and delivering results that are documented, transparent, and celebrated nationally and internationally. Awarded the Presidential Corporate Humanitarian and Strategic Achievement Shield at Aiwan-e-Sadar Islamabad, 2023Trusted partner of 60+ organizations including USAID, UNFPA, GlobalGiving, Give2Asia, King Baudouin Foundation, Caritas, German Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, GIZ, Muslim Aid, and Action Aid Outreach spanning all seven provinces: KPK, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan, and ICT30 flood-damaged houses reconstructed in Tharparkar using locally sustainable materials 30 solar-powered homes installed in TharparkarFree medical camps conducted in Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan, FATA, and Sindh7 community libraries established across Pakistan Free schools for 700+ children in Rawalpindi and Tharparkar 100+ young people trained in IT Recognized as Hero in War Against COVID-19, March 2020 Registered with Social Welfare Dept ICT, Pakistan Centre of Philanthropy, and Economic Affairs Division Internationally affiliated with GlobalGiving, Give2Asia, and NextGen NHSD'S PLAN OF ACTION I n JalalPur , we will run 10 camps to address severe riverine flooding that has created high maternal mortality risk, waterborne disease outbreaks, and near-total loss of access to obstetric care. In Buner , 10 camps will reach remote mountain communities that have been cut off by landslides, where children are facing acute malnutrition and health infrastructure has all collapsed. In AliPur Pir Wala , 10 camps will serve women-headed households in an agricultural heartland that has been destroyed, where Hepatitis C and Diabetes are going entirely undetected. In Sialkot , 10 camps will bridge the urban-rural divide that is leaving displaced communities without any care, as respiratory infections spread rapidly through overcrowded shelters. Finally, in Mandi Bahauddin , 10 camps will respond to flash flood damage that has wiped out primary health centers, leaving communities with rampant psychological trauma, eye infections, and skin diseases.Each of NHSD's 50 medical camps is a full-scale healthcare event, not just a tent with a doctor. It is designed to address every invisible wound physical, reproductive, and psychological that flood-affected women and children are silently carrying. NHSD'S MEDICAL CAMPS FOCUS AREAS A. Gynecological & Obstetric Care (Priority Focus) B. Waterborne & Infectious Disease Screening C. Respiratory Disease Management D. Eye Care Screening for conjunctivitis and flood-related eye infections E. Screening for Diabetes, Hypertension & Hepatitis C F. Malnutrition Assessment & Treatment G. Psychological Trauma & Mental Health Support HOW MUCH YOU CAN GIVE? If you can give PKR 2,000 / $7 , you will cover a Hepatitis C rapid test kit and medicines for one woman who has never been screened in her life. A gift of PKR 5,000 / $18 provides a full general checkup and medicines for a mother and her child — two lives changed with a single act of generosity. With PKR 10,000 / $35 , you fund a psychological therapy session and medicines for five women carrying the invisible weight of trauma and loss. A donation of PKR 25,000 / $90 covers malnutrition screening and RUTF therapeutic food packs for ten children who are fighting to survive. If you can give PKR 80,000 / $285 , you fund complete gynecological services for an entire camp day, protecting over 20 women. A contribution of PKR 1,60,000 / $570 covers the full medical team for one camp, bringing doctors, a gynecologist, a therapist, and nurses to 100 women and children at once. And if you can give PKR 8,00,000 / $2,860 , you sponsor an entire medical camp from start to finish ,100 lives, one donor, one transformative day. THE REALITY SHE CANNOT WAIT!*Every day without care is another day a pregnant mother faces risk alone.Every night without a doctor is another child losing the battle against malnutrition. Every week without mental health support is another trauma buried deeper.*Your donation today is the doctor she will never be able to afford. Your gift is the medicine her child desperately needs. Your generosity is the hand that pulls her out of the darkness the floods have left behind. DONATE NOW! Support NHSD's 50 Medical Camp Campaign today. Every contribution, no matter how small is a lifeline for a woman and child who has nowhere else to turn!
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Educating Pakistan's Forgotten Children The Children We Serve: In the crowded streets of Punjab and Sindh, five-year-old children should be learning their ABCs. Instead, they're begging for coins, working in dangerous conditions, or worse are vulnerable to exploitation that steals their childhood and their future. These aren't children who chose the streets. They're trapped there by circumstances beyond their control—born into families where parents work backbreaking jobs for wages that barely keep everyone fed. The stark reality: Without intervention, these children will become tomorrow's impoverished adults, repeating the exact same cycle that trapped their parents and grandparents before them. Our Solution: Education as Rescue Network for Human and Social Development (NHSD) runs eight Kaus e Kazah Schools across Pakistan—but these aren't ordinary schools. They're rescue missions disguised as classrooms. Right now, we're educating over 700 street children and orphans who would otherwise have no access to education. Many of our students have never held a pencil. Some have never experienced the simple dignity of wearing clean clothes. All of them arrive hungry for food, for safety, for hope. We provide everything they need to succeed: Free education with trauma-informed teachers who understand their journey Clean uniforms that restore dignity and belonging Nutritious meals so hungry minds can focus on learning Flexible schedules that meet children where they are Modern curriculum Vocational training Real Impact, Real Transformation Since 2012, NHSD has built partnerships with over 70 organizations including the Japan Embassy, National Bank of Pakistan, and The Citizens Foundation. We've been recognized by the President of Pakistan for our humanitarian work. Our Proudest Achievement The former street children who are now freelancers, earning sustainable incomes and supporting their families with dignity. The 700+ students currently in our schools who will never have to beg again. The Gap Between What We Do and What We Could Do Here's the painful truth: We have the expertise, the track record, and the partnerships. What we lack is the resources to reach every child who needs us. Right now: Our classrooms are overcrowded Our teachers are stretched thin Our equipment is outdated Hundreds more children are still on the streets, waiting How Your Support Creates Miracles? $10 - School supplies for one child for a month $25 - Nutritious meals for one child for a month $50 - A complete school uniform (dignity in fabric form) $100 - Complete annual education for one student $500 - Equips an entire classroom $1,000 - Supports a teacher for a month $5,000 - Upgrades a school facility $10,000 - Sustains a full school for three months What We're Building Toward? With your support, we're not just educating children—we're: Rescuing 700+ children from exploitation and child labor ✓ Connecting 100+ graduates per year to freelancing and employment ✓ Breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty ✓ Creating role models who prove escape from poverty is possible The Ripple Effect When you educate one street child, you don't just change one life. That child grows up to send their own children to school. Their family's trajectory shifts from survival to thriving. Their community sees living proof that poverty isn't destiny. Within one generation, 700 educated youth can lift entire communities from despair to hope. Who We Are? Network for Human and Social Development (NHSD) is registered with Pakistan's Charity Commission, PCP, and EAD. We've been doing this work since 2012, building trust and delivering results across disaster response, education, health, women's empowerment, and sustainable livelihoods. We work because we believe every child—regardless of where they were born or how much money their parents make—deserves safety, dignity, and the opportunity to dream. Your Invitation The children are waiting. They're brilliant, resilient, and full of potential. All they need is a chance. Will you give them that chance? Every donation—whether $10 or $10,000—is a vote of confidence in a child who has been told their whole life they don't matter. Your contribution proves them wrong. Together, we can ensure that no child in Pakistan has to choose between begging and believing in their future.
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