Association for Behavior and Knowledge Transformation (ABKT)

Project Duration:	June 2005 to July 2007 (24 months)
Project Location:	(Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dir Lower)
Project Budget:	Total budget: 32,000 USD
Project Document:	www.abkt.org/

Beneficiaries:

11 women CBs and 7500 women and children

Project Partners:

National Partner Institutions: 
Health Department NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Social Welfare department
 
Other Partners: District Health Department Lower Dir

Development Partners:   Civil Society HID program (CHIP)

Project Description:

The overall objective of the project was to help improve the health services through health education in district Lower Dir. Specific focus of the project was on basic and reproductive health services. Mother and Newborn Health Care Center (MNCH) was established to improve reproductive health services. Formation registration and capacity building of women organizations was an integral part of this project. 

Following outputs contributed to achieve the goal of the project:

1.    Awareness level of beneficiaries and community about reproductive health raised by 7%.
2.    MNCH in place and 50 females per month get reproductive health services. 
3.    Eleven women led organizations formed and their capacities built

Main Objectives and Activities:

•    Health care education imparted to the beneficiaries and community.
Activities:
1.    Health education awareness seminars/ sessions
•    Reproductive health services provided
Activities:
1.    Establishment of MNHC in Target area 

•    Establishment and capacity building of women organizations
Activities:
1.    11 women organizations established 
Capacity building training given to heads and employs of 11 newly established organizations

Contact:

ABKT Ms. Shad Begum, Executive Director, ABKT, Tel: +92-(0)51-210 08 53 Mobile: +92-(0)345- 900 27 68 or E-mail: [email protected],