Society for Sustainable Development

Society for Sustainable Development is a non-profit and Non-Governmental Organization, founded in 1999 and is registered with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ministry of Commerce & Industry under Society’s Registration Act, 1860. In coordination with other humanitarian organization it contributed a great deal in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Water supply, Education, School and community sanitation and hygiene education, and child protection in Earth Quake affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Apart from its earthquake interventions, it remained actively involved in responding to militancy related Internally displaced persons crises in the province right from day one. In coordination with its humanitarian partners it provided basic facilities that included shelter, drinking water, sanitation and hygiene education to almost 50% of the IDPs in camps during the peak days of the emergency. Besides the above-mentioned interventions in IDP camps, iy also remained actively involved in the recovery and rehabilitation of IDPs in the area of return.
It also played a role in responding to 2010 floods in the province. It initiated its life saving activities through provision of clean drinking water, sanitation facilities along with hygiene education during the emergency phase and then with the support of UN and other humanitarian partners early recovery initiatives restored damaged community physical infrastructure, revitalized key livelihood sources and promoted safer / resilient communities through integrated approach of restoration of basic community infrastructure, revival of livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction in the worst flood affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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