QURBANI - SHARING THE GIFT OF SACRIFICE

ENTRUST YOUR QURBANI TO OUR EXPERIENCE AND CARE

Appeal To Support This is an opportunity to create a long-lasting change in the lives of the poor and vulnerable people of AJK. This Qurbani meat can bring a smile on the faces of many children on the days of Eid. With your support, we can continue to transform the lives of families, widows and orphans across the AJK. Thank you for your generosity Donate Now

Every year Sustainable Development Organization distributes fresh meat on the days of Eid ul Adha, with our aim to uplift the lives of the most disadvantaged people, including orphan children, elderly and widows; those that mostly enjoy this luxury of eating meat once a year in AJK.

“For every hair of the Qurbani you receive a reward from Allah (SWT).” (Tirmidhi)

Today, one in nine people will go to bed hungry tonight – that’s 820 million people without enough food to eat. And as COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe, the most vulnerable families need your help just to find food this Eid.

“It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it is piety from you that reaches Him.”
Qur’an 22:37

 Keeping the view of food scarcity issue in AJK, we preferably choose only the highest quality animals from the alpine pasture of AJK for Qurbani in line with Islamic principles.

FEED THE FASTING IN THE MONTH OF HOLY RAMADAN

Appeal To Support   Whoever relieves his brother of a hardship from the hardships of this world, Allah shall relieve him of a hardship from the hardships of the Day of Judgement. And whoever makes things easy for a person in difficulty, Allah will ease for him in this world and the Next. Allah is forever aiding a slave so long as he is in the aid of his brother.” – the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) Please do donate generously during this blessed month. May Allah (Swt) bestow His kindness upon you, and reward you for helping to relieve the hardship of our brothers and sisters Donate Now

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 10.7% of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty while according to the World Food Programe, 43 percent of Pakistan’s population faces food insecurity. Of this number, 18 percent of people in Pakistan severely lack access to food.

Since 2014, SDO works with people and communities of AJK to support poor families in Azad Jammu & Kashmir through distribution of food items which will meet their nutrition needs in the Holy Month of Ramadan. Across the state, we distribute family food packs with essentials such as dates, oil, rice, pulses and wheat for the whole month, meaning families can instead focus on the spiritual duties of the month rather than where the next meal will come from.

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Appeal to Support   You can work with us to help continue to set up schools, provide modern equipment and facilities, including computer rooms and science laboratories, employ teachers and staff and create playful spaces to fortify life-long friendships. More than 1350 schools arestill awaited for your kind support. Donate Now

Sustainable Development Organization is constructing school building across the country to teach, inspire, and empower children by providing them save environment for study. With financial assistance and support of different donors, SDO have given the children of AJK an opportunity to achieve their dreams and ambitions in a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment. Its primary goal of SDO to empower vulnerable people with the knowledge, skills and values to live in dignity, build their lives and contribute to their societies.

Similarly, keeping the view of worldwide Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), this Organization aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all throughout the country. In order support the government of AJK, SDO has constructed 5 School in AJK including washroom and furniture having 710 direct and 6006 indirect beneficiaries.

Winter Emergency

A Winter Emergency Gift-Help Us to Save Vulnerable Lives of AJK

Appeal To Support In 2020, More than 1.1 million people have been affected by heavy snowfall, torrential rain, avalanches and landslides that are sweeping across Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. Help them survive this winter by donating a winter family emergency kit to the residents of Neelum and Leepa Valley AJK. Donate Now

SDO is working in AJK to help our most vulnerable brothers and sisters in need with the support of your winter charity, providing them with life-saving winter essentials. More than 550 families have been provided the winter emergency kits in last two years. In winter, a perfect storm of inadequate shelter and a lack of warm clothing and nutritious food can make the bitter season deadly for remote area of AJK. With no means of protecting themselves from the cold and no access to nutritious food, fighting illness becomes impossible. Common colds, flu and COVID-19 can be deadly. Pregnant women, small children, older people, and disabled people are especially vulnerable.

Our Winter Emergency Project provides essential winter support to those who need it most, wherever they may be.

Without your help, we simply can’t protect the most at-risk this winter. Donate to this fund if you care less about where your donation ends up, and more about making sure the most vulnerable people survive winter.

MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM

Appeal To Support Under Maternal Child Health Program, we have a vision of a state where all women, wherever they live, can  give birth safely and without fear. We need your help to make that vision a reality. On average it costs just USD 1520 to save a mother’s life during childbirth, whatever you can afford will help to make a huge difference. Donate Now

According to the statistic, Globally 529,000 women die annually due to pregnancy related problems and in Pakistan alone this toll is about 35,000 deaths per annum. The state of Azad Jammu & Kashmir has manifold health issues including lack of infrastructure, modern health equipment and qualified and trained medical human resource. The status of maternal and child health is very poor in the remote and mountainous areas of AJK. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of AJK ranges from 201 /100,000 live births. This situation is even more critical in the rural remote areas of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK).

To overcome the issue related to mother and child health, Sustainable Development Organization has been established the 24 maternity and child health center to all vulnerable and remote communities of AJK under its Maternal Child Health Program. Under this valuable program more than 4965 mothers obtain direct and 39720 people obtain indirect benefit.

Mother and Child Care center - UC Lamnian 

 

The far flung and deprived union council Lamnian of district Muzaffarabad has bee provided with the establishment of Mother and Child Care center through the family of departed soul Ms. Mariam Touseef. She was 32 years young lady scummbed due to corona and passed away in 2020. The center has been established in memory of Mariam Touseef by the family living in United Kingdom. The center will be equipped with services of trained lady health worker offering services 24/7. The center will accommodate big number of women living in the area and it will minimize the death ratio of women during the delivery cases. The center will not only provide delivery services to women but also taking care of new born babies. Mr. Arshad CEO Sustainable development organization while talking to media said that annually thousands of women die while giving birth to children and it is painful that it happens because of unavailability of health facilities. However, with the establishment of Mariam Touseef Mother and Child Care Center the women of district Jehlum valley especially the women UC Lamnian will have delivery services during child birth. This is indeed a fancy that majority of AJK population lives in remote and mountainous areas having no or little access. To facilitate such people SDO requests the community living abroad to come forward and help us to built hundreds of mother and child care center through out AJK.

SAFE AND HEALTHY WATER FOR ALL

Appeal To Support This is an opportunity to create a long-lasting change in the lives of 40% poor and vulnerable people of AJK. When we give Sadaqah Jariyah, it is as if our Sadaqah never ends – each time someone drinks clean water from the well you build, you and your family will be rewarded by Allah Almighty. With your support, we can continue to transform the lives of families, widows and orphans across the AJK Donate Now

AJK with a hilly terrain is engaged with broad service delivery challenges for water and sanitation. As a result thousands of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often contaminated sources. Especially women in poor communities have to walk miles to fetch water from rivers and wells which put their security at risk and expose them to vulnerabilities. In AJK 40% population is still deprived from drinking water facility at their door step. Understanding local behavioral and cultural practices relating water, sanitation and hygiene by gender, SDO has been working to help ensure more people in AJK have access to clean and safe water by constructing gravity water supply scheme and providing hand pumps in rural areas.

Moreover, SDO support in improving sanitation and raising awareness on hygiene practices has changed behaviors of communities for healthy lifestyles and value added benefits for persons with disabilities.

Keeping the view of water scarcity and aiming to provide pure healthy water to the local community of AJK, SDO has completed 45 Deep wells and two drinking water supply scheme by facilitating of 2,233 household and 17,865 population.

Clean water project 2021 AZAD KASHMIR PAKISTAN.

 

 Alhumdulillah we have completed 50 Deep Wells pumps in rural part of Mirpur Division AZAD KASHMIR. We would like to thanks all the donors and volunteers who took part in this project.
Sustainable Development Organization through its generous donors, recently installed 50 Deep Wells in Mirpur Division AZAD KASHMIR.

These are the few pictures of the Happy faces who are smiling because you people have donated the Water Hand Pumps for them.

Gravity Water Supply

 Gravity Water Supply project is completed by SDO with the funding from Penny Appeal. 

By this Project many of the houses have a safe and clean drinking water.

Brushers of the SDO

 

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Its my Right make it Right

In collaboration with Pakistan Coliation for education Organized by Sustainable Development Org...

Construction of Shelter for Boys Primary School Danna

Construction of Shelter for Govt. Boys Primary Schools Dana, UC Gurase Valley, District Neelum Valley (Azad Kashmir)

Economic Empowerment of Kashmiri Female

Title of the Project: “Economic Empowerment of Kashmiri Female Artisans through Skills Enhancement”

Objectives of the project:



To economically empower 160 female artisans from 06 villages of UCs Gojra and Chattar Domel, District Muzaffarabad through:
Mapping of female artisans in proposed area and development of database of local business entities related to handicrafts.
Enhancing skills of 100 artisans in Needle Work (Kashmiri Embroidery), 60 artisans’ in Aar Work (Gaba Sazi) through advance skill training
Training of 160 artisans in basics of Business Development and Management
Linking the artisans with various business entities, stake holders and arranging their participation in Lok Virsa Islamabad exhibition and visit to the handicraft markets in Islamabad.



Donor: U.S. Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Program (SGAFP)

Identification and Enrollment of Trainees:

Beneficiaries will be identified from the developed data base/profiles of artisans. It will also be ensured at this stage that only one beneficiary is shortlisted per family/ household. The project team will identify artisans from the developed profiles, based on the following criteria;
18 years of age or older.
Possess basic skills among any of the 02 selected trades’ i.e. Needle Work (Kashmiri Embroidery) and Aar Work (Gaba Sazi) proposed in the project.
Must pass the preliminary skills assessment test (that will be conducted by trainers/experts) in the respective skill.
Permanent resident of the target area (village/UC).
Belong to a household with monthly family income not more than PKR 8,000.
Must be motivated and willing to attend 04 hours training daily during the training period.
Willing to take up demands/orders as and when given.
Widows, female headed households and disabled will be preferred as beneficiaries.
Having support of the male head of the family.



Targeted Beneficiaries
UCs No. of beneficiaries
Gojra 160
Chattar Domel


After verification, the shortlisted applicants will be called for skills assessment test and interview at vocational centers established under the project in each selected UC. Participants will be asked to bring their own material for basic test. Project Coordinator will be responsible to conduct the basic skills assessment and interview of candidates in 02 selected trades i.e. Needle Work (Kashmiri Embroidery) and Aar Work (Gaba Sazi). Based on the test and interview score, 100 participants will be selected for Needle Work and 60 participants will be selected for Aar Work.