Pakistan Village Development Program-PVDP

Pakistan Village Development Program (PVDP) is a Non Governmental Organization registered under Societies Act 1860 (Reg. No. 3226/5/2813). The organization since its establishment in 1999, works for “ building a just civil society by harnessing the creative energies of poor and underprivileged”. This aim is achieved with the close collaboration of partner communities and development organizations through a participatory, demand responsive, gender and poverty sensitive integrated development approach in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. PVDP interventions mainly focus on achievements in domains/program areas including, Human & Institutional Development, Education, Primary/Reproductive Health Care, HIV&AIDS, WASH, Food Security, DRR, Economic and women Empowerment and Humanitarian Response.

These programs have been executed in collaboration with UNICEF, UNWFP, UNOCHA, UNFPA, CRS, NCA, Trocaire, World Vision, Peshawar Dioceses, AusAID, Interact World Wide, FHI/USAID, Muslim Care, Give2Asia/PCP, ICMC, Rutger, CIDA, Global Fund and National AIDS Control Program.

In Human and Institutional Development, and Human Rights advocacy the geographic focus is local to national level. While PVDP sectorial programmatic interventions are implemented in the central, southern and northern districts of KP,AJK and FATA. The focused districts include Peshawar, Charsadda, Buner, Dir, Swat, Kohat, Karak, Mansehra, Shangla, Battagram, Kohistan, Bagh, Kahota and Muzaffarabad. Activities in FATA are implemented directly and through a network of local partners in Khybar, Mohmand and Kurram Agency.

Vision
“To promote building of a just Civil Society by harnessing the creative energies of poor and underprivileged”.

Mission
“To promote building of a just Civil Society by harnessing the creative energies of poor and underprivileged”.

Objective
Support and develop replicable models of and strategies for sustainable development based on community participation and local resource mobilization.
Support initiatives for sustainable community based, gender sensitive development with particular focus on; drinking water supply, environmental sanitation, education, agriculture, health & nutrition, and micro credit & enterprise.
To encourage, build and strengthen the technical and management capacity of development organizations (CBOs, NGOs and government line departments) to ensure sustainability of development initiatives..
To create linkages between different stakeholders including development organizations (private & public) for sustainable development.