Charsadda
Stories and updates from Amplifying Voices Pakistan’s project in villages near Charsadda.
Change is happening and its infectious! The development changes we have seen in the last few months in Majukay, a community in Charsadda, Pakistan, were almost unimaginable 4 years ago when the community members set ambitious goals for being a healthy thriving society. It feels like a corner has been turned, and the change is gaining momentum.
Day 11 of #16DaysofActivism This year the UK celebrated 100 years of women being able to vote. Before that democracy was interpreted to mean “rule by the men” rather than “rule…
Day 6 of #16 Days of Activism. In a village in Pakistan, we met a girl, aged 15, with 18mth baby and married to a 45yr-old man. She is a mother, and still a child.
When it comes to community empowerment, service providers often look at what resources and strengths THEY have and what THEY can do to meet community needs. But it is too…
By Hazeen Latif Sahib Gul is 25 years of age and has never been able to walk. He uses his arms to go places in the community. The ground is…
On 26th February, Hazeen Latif, Director of HCR in Pakistan visited Charsadda to present a refresher course for a previous radio group who were trained in 2014. The meeting was…
By Annie Sarfraz Community leader: “Sir, you could have cancelled the meeting and stayed home. It’s been raining for the last three days”. Hazeen: “Rain can’t stop us”! HCR has…
By Hazeen Latif Sahib Gul may be disabled, but his talent for art and music speaks for itself and he is a person who never gives up. “My name is…
By Jon Hargreaves “You have lost me my business,” health clinic owner, Zahid jokingly tells HCR Pakistan director Hazeen Latif. He was speaking at the opening of the new drinking…
By Ross James When attackers stormed the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, 20 January 2016, they exposed a great irony. Twenty one people, not including four…
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