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Sheltering Dreams & Bringing Water to Life: FRDP’s Field Visit to Mirpurkhas and Umerkot
In late July, the FRDP team, alongside our valued partners from Droplet of Mercy, embarked on a field visit that underscored the true meaning of humanitarian commitment and sustainable community development. Over two impactful days, the teams visited the “Village of Hope” in Mirpurkhas District as well as multiple clean water projects in Umerkot District — meeting with the very people whose lives have been transformed through these initiatives.
Strengthening Collaborations for Value-Added Support: FRDP’s Multi-District Coordination Efforts During Flood Emergency
As devastating flood emergencies in Pakistan continue to displace thousands of families and damage critical infrastructure, the Foundation for Rural Development Program (FRDP) has intensified its humanitarian response. Teams from Buner, Multan, Naushahro Feroze, Sukkur, Dadu, Jamshoro, and Hyderabad convened with district administrations and stakeholders to ensure coordinated, timely, and value-added support for affected communities.
Women Farmers From Tando Bago Of Badin Were Finally Given What Was Theirs To Begin With
Aug-11-2025
There is a kind of exhaustion that settles into the body when everything you do is borrowed. Borrowed time, borrowed land, borrowed tools, borrowed permission.
From Margins To Mainstream – A Behavioural Transformation In The Slums Of Hyderabad Through Integrated Urban WASH And Urban Food Production
Aug-12-2025
Once overshadowed by food insecurity, widespread unemployment, and the absence of basic services, the slums of Hyderabad, Sindh, were long viewed as pockets of hopelessness and neglect. Here, clean drinking water was a luxury, sanitation services were minimal, and livelihoods were scarce.
In The Shadow Of Floods, A Different Strength Emerged: The Story Of The BRAND Project
Aug-13-2025
There is a kind of silence that comes after the floodwaters recede. Not the stillness of safety, but the hush of uncertainty. In the flood-ravaged lands of Dadu and Mirpur Khas, silence often followed disaster, not recovery.
Care on Wheels: Taking Health Where the Roads End
Aug-15-2025
There is a kind of choice no one should have to make between selling the last of your livestock or watching a loved one’s health fade. In the desert stretches of Umerkot and Tharparkar, this is not a distant fear; it is a decision faced too often.
Typhoid-An Invisible Threat: The Story of Strengthening Healthcare
Aug-16-2025
There is a kind of danger that does not roar like a flood or scorch like a drought. It moves quietly, through the water you drink, the food you share, the hands you hold. In Umerkot…
Strengthening Community Resilience Against Floods in Sindh...
Floods are one of the most devastating natural disasters in Pakistan, displacing millions, destroying livelihoods, and putting vulnerable communities at constant risk With climate change intensifying rainfall patterns…
Protecting Lives in Dadu FRDP and WHH’s Humanitarian Aid through Anticipatory Action...
Communities in Sindh often face hardships caused by floods, food insecurity, and poor sanitation. In response, the Foundation for Rural Development Program (FRDP), with the support of Welthungerhilfe (WHH) …
Strengthening Localization: FRDP at the Peer Learning Meeting in Nairobi...
On 8th September 2025, Nairobi, Kenya, hosted the Peer Learning Meeting of Localization Networks. The event, co-hosted by the Charter for Change, brought together representatives from networks worldwide….