Health
Health, particularly environmental health, is a significant focus of Concern’s work in Pakistan.
CWPP’s work in the health sector includes:

• Environmental health: water & sanitation, health & hygiene education and solid waste management
• Maternal & child health: training & equipping of traditional birth attendants
• Support for the local government in the form of capacity building and medical equipment for Basic Health Units

Livelihoods
In order to secure the livelihoods of Pakistan’s poorest and most vulnerable, CWPP implements programmes aimed at enhancing their capacity. CWPP’s livelihoods activities include:

• Introduction of improved agricultural practices and techniques for sustainable water resource and watershed management,
• Sensitisation on gender issues, such as the promotion of more gender-fair feeding practices at the family level,
• Vocational skills & enterprise development training,
• Improving access to capital

Disasters
CWPP has established itself as an effective and reliable organisation capable of implementing quality relief operations in difficult environments. Since establishing a presence in Pakistan, we have responded effectively to a number of emergencies/disasters, including the influx of Afghan refugees into Chaman, the Gilgit earthquake in FANA, flooding in Balochistan and Sindh, landslides in NWFP, heavy rain and snowfall in AJK and, of course, the 2005 South Asia earthquake in both AJK and NWFP.

HIV&AIDS
While HIV&AIDS is integrated into our organisation-wide programmes, as part of our advocacy strategy, CWPP supports existing HIV&AIDS networks, contributes to advocacy events such as International HIV&AIDS Day and assists in the development of IEC materials and information sharing, helping to raise the voices of those who are marginalized and excluded, in the policy consultation processes in Pakistan.

DRR
Pakistan is vulnerable to many types of natural disasters, including earthquakes, drought, and seasonal floods, all of which can severely undermine the impact of our livelihoods programmes. To decrease the susceptibility of Pakistan’s poorest and most vulnerable people to natural shocks, and to sustain the impact of our programmes, our livelihoods projects are supported by appropriate DRR measures.