Community Motivation and Development Organization-CMDO

Community Motivation and Development Organization (CMDO)- Pakistan is a registered non-for-profit, non-partisan non-governmental organization established in August 1998 and registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI 1860, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) vide Reg# 2516/5/2769 and also registered in 2009 with the Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance 1961 vide Reg# DSW/NWFP/3078.

Since establishment in 1998, CMDO has been providing multi-sectoral services in the field of Education, Livelihoods Enhancement and Protection, Primary Healthcare and Nutrition, Community Physical Infrastructure (CPIs), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Housing/Shelter and NFIs, Skills Development, Human Rights Protection - Child Protection, Renewable Energy, Community Services, Social Mobilization and Institutional Development, Youth Promotion through Entrepreneurships, Disaster Risk Management, Agriculture and Livestock, Institutional Development & Social Accountability, Emergency relief and Rehabilitation, social advocacy and Peace and Conflict Management etc. Social mobilization, gender mainstreaming, and self reliance are cross cutting themes of CMDO’s core program.

Vision
A world, free of poverty, where everyone enjoys fundamental rights to lead a life of dignity and honor without discrimination on the basis of creed, race, ethnicity, language, gender and nationality.

Mission
To promote effective partnership among organizations and individuals through dialogues, exchange of views, resources and experience sharing, and efforts to build common perspective for eradication of poverty and human sufferings.

Objective
To strengthen and promote participatory ecological based integrated development process
To undertake humanitarian relief and recovery operations in emergencies related to natural disasters and violent conflicts
To work on community empowerment, particularly women through capacity building and networking
To reduce poverty through livelihood enhancement, skilled trainings, and income generation activities
To enhance education/health services and physical infrastructure among poor and marginalized communities
To undertake policy research and advocacy activities for strengthening institutional reforms and development processes
To promote peace, tolerance, and social harmony in conflict-prone communities
To protect and conserve natural environments and cultural heritage in the intervention areas