ActionAid doesn't just tackle the effects of poverty' We also change what keeps people poor' ActionA

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Pakistan
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ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency
whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Formed
in 1972, for over 30 years we have been growing
and expanding to where we are today - helping
over 13 million of the world's poorest and most
disadvantaged people in 42 countries worldwide.
Our head office is in Johannesburg, South Africa
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ActionAid Pakistan started its operations in
1992 and since then, it has been working in
partnership with local civil society
organisations, community groups and marginalised
people to fight poverty and violations of human
rights
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WHAT WE DO
JUST DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
WOMENS RIGHTS
Corporate Social Responsibility Right to
Information Registration and NIC Campaign on
FCR Provincial Autonomy ELBAG Agrarian Reforms
Movement Rights of Brick Kiln and Sanitary
Workers Addressing Drainage Crisis Curbing
Illegal Migration Human Smuggling
Right to Land Empowering Home Based
Workers Rights of Women Belonging to Religious
Minorities Violence Against Women Anti Sexual
Harassment Bill Womens Political Rights
RIGHTS TO AND RIGHTS IN EDUCATION
National Education Policy Right to Education in
Mother Tongue Securing Girls Right to Education
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WHAT WE DO
HUMAN SECURITY IN CONFLICTS EMERGENCIES
HIV AIDS, RIGHTS TO PRIMARY HEALTHCARE
Interfaith Harmony Participation of Youth in
Peace Building Consultation on Balochistan
Conflict Earthquakes, Floods and IDP crisis
FOOD RIGHTS
STAR Project Working with HIV Positive
Children HIV AIDS Budget Tracking Awareness
Prevention Improving Communities Access to
Health Facilities, Water Sanitation
HungerFREE Campaign Policy Proposals on Food
Rights Campaign on BT Cotton, WTO and Rakh
Issues Rights of Tobacco Growers
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WHERE WE WORK
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HOW WE WORK
Our partners range from small community support
groups to national alliances and international
networks seeking education for all, trade justice
and action against HIV/AIDS.
Our work with these networks highlights the
issues that affect poor people and influence the
way governments and international institutions
think.
We constantly seek new solutions and ask
ourselves how we can make the greatest impact
with our resources.
We have a unique vision and direction. We don't
impose solutions, but work with communities over
many years to strengthen their own efforts to
throw off poverty.
We make the most of our skills and abilities by
working at many levels - local, national,
regional and international.
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• OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Poor and excluded people are able to demand and
realize their rights and entitlements
Women and girls are able to participate in
social and political processes
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Citizens and peoples organisations are
strengthened and have the capacity to demand
just, democratic, transparent and accountable
governance
National and international institutions
including IFIs and MNCs are accountable to
citizens
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Poor peoples access to and control over basic
rights ( land, education, health, shelter) is
increased
Their livelihoods are protected especially in
emergencies and disaster situations.
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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2008
Around 25,000 people belonging to poor rural
background, vulnerable fisher folk communities,
peasants, sanitary workers, religious minority
groups and youth were organised into over 550
groups
A large number of people were mobilised to raise
governance issues.
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Over 41, 600 children were facilitated to get
education, 40 of whom were girls belonging to
remote rural areas with traditionally
conservative backgrounds.
Helped over 159,000 people to have access to
health services by functionalizing government
facilities and organising mobile medical camps,
weekly clinics, and community health centres
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Organised people living with HIV/AIDS to improve
their access to care, support and treatment.
These interventions particularly benefitted
women, helping 106,640 to access basic services.
Supported 108,319 poor people (50 women) to
have access to safe drinking water and sanitation
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• Men were sensitised to issues related to womens
  rights. 10,208 men participated in our womens
  rights interventions.

People were mobilised on the issue of Peace and
Harmony and facilitated to organise rallies,
walks, seminars and dialogues to improve
interfaith harmony and resist intolerance in the
society.
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LEARNINGS
CHALLENGES
To improve our work quality the capacities of
staffs should be strengthened through regular
training needs assessments. Poor and excluded
people must be kept at the centre of
planning. Country's security and political
situation must be considered while planning our
interventions PPRP exercises are helpful in
gaining trust and confidence of the poor
communities. Impact of our work can be enhanced
by means of networking and alliance building with
like minded organisations.

• Shifting the staff and partners from fragmented
  interventions to strategic planning
• Staff turnover
• Implementation of RBA by partners
• Countrys overall security environment
• Capacity gaps of staffs and partners
• Lack of baseline data to measure impact of our
  work

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