Country Programme Human Interest Stories
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Dedicated Healthworkers and Volunteers Help Protect 63 Million Children against Measles in Pakistan
MULTAN, Punjab Province, 17 March 2008 – In a small, cool classroom in the ancient city of Multan, Samana Khan smiles reassuringly at a little girl. "What is your name?" she asks, and rolls up the girl's sleeve.
Fresh hope for arsenic-struck communities in Southern Punjab
BASTI PATHANISTAN, Punjab Province – Zahida Parveen Chandyo's eyes sparkle as she recounts her struggle to achieve her current position – a volunteer and councillor in the local government in this conservative area of southern Punjab.
Trainee Midwives Bring Expert Care to Rural Women in Pakistan
NANKANA SAHIB, Punjab Province, February 2008 – Tabassum Naseem walks through the dimly lit women's ward at the Nankana District Hospital. She pauses to gently examine a pair of twins only three days old.
Protecting the rights of Faisalabad's most vulnerable children
Faisalabad, Punjab, Dec. 2007 - In a tidy dormitory lined with bunk beds at the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau in Faisalabad, ten-year-old Tariq plays a game of carom with his friends.
Community midwives in Pakistan help mothers and babies survive
SHAHDADPUR, Pakistan, 24 December 2007 – Inside a small, mud-walled clinic, a group of expectant mothers converse while a community midwife performs her check-ups.
Children Support the Polio Campaign in Balochistan
Quetta, Balochistan. May 2007. It was an unusual kind of rally but one that conveyed a powerful message. A dozen of children affected by polio on their wheelchairs were at the front of a bicycle rally organised by the Balochistan Boys Scouts Association
Giving At-Risk Children in Lahore a New Chance
Lahore, Pakistan, 24 May 2007 – Like other young girls, 17-year-old Saba* loves teasing her friends, laughing out loud and making plans about the future. Like other girls her age, she once had the dream to become a singer.
Clearing the path for female teachers
For five long years teacher Zubaida Wahab had to endure a dangerous and uncomfortable three-hour ride by horse and cart to get to her school. The cart was often late and in bad weather couldn’t make the journey at all.
Persuading the polio refusers
Lahore, November 2006, For three or four days this month when Tehseen Akhtar takes to the tiny streets of her crowded neighbourhood in Lahore she will scan every small child she meets carefully.
Lahore street children swap gender identities to survive
Lahore, October 7, 2006: ‘Nobody, not even the police, dares to touch me,’ says Rehan, a sharp, funny boy with roughly cropped hair dressed in a dirty shalwar kameez and oversized man’s wool jacket.
Pakistan's children thirsty for safe water
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Pakistan, 31 August 2006 – Surrounded by vast mango groves and freshly tilled fields, Basti Yar Muhammad, a village of 200 people in the south of Punjab Province, is bracing itself for a storm.
The Hidden Jewel
UNICEF has piloted an innovative community empowerment project in the Kalat district, Balochistan.The project uses a technique called the Community Action Process - which consists of a series of steps to carry out a community project
Like Teacher, Like Child
KALAT, Pakistan– The reddish brown ink glides over the white slate like a graceful ice skater, forming neat rows of Urdu script. The little hand is even-keeled in its concentration.
Karachi street boys find a friend
Karachi, Pakistan, June 2006 – Fourteen-year old Akbar breaks seven eggs into an aluminum frying pan sizzling with sunflower oil and red chili powder. He’s making his favourite dish, an omlette.
