The Human Development Foundation of North America

Since its founding, HDF has focused an extraordinary amount of its resources on improving the level of health care in Pakistan. Our efforts include reducing mortality rates for at-risk individuals, improving general health behaviors through education and understanding, and helping individuals identify and solve their health problems using available resources. These programs range from preventative to curative health care, and help deliver critical health care such as widespread immunizations of children and pregnant women, the treatment of injuries and illness, and school heath programs.

This program has three integrated components:

• Preventive Healthcare• Curative Healthcare• School Health Program

Overview
 Literacy and education are the most fundamental pillars of a functional society. At HDF, we strive to create a system and framework to educate all of the citizens of Pakistan. We believe education starts with the understanding of the need of engagement from the entire community. Our efforts are all-encompassing; from building new schools to instilling a love of learning amongst children to providing local residents with the training, tools and skills to actively engage parents in school activities.Program Activities

• Establishing and Maintaining Non-Formal Schools• Establishing and Maintaining Formal Schools• Conducting Student Enrollment campaigns• Facilitating Enrollment of Students in non-HDF Schools• Establishing Elementary & Secondary Schools for girls• Formation of PTAs• Offering Adult Literacy Courses• Providing Teacher Training Courses

Overview

Developing new and sustainable infrastructure represents a significant part of HDF's overall efforts to better communities in need. The program focuses on reversing the loss of environmental resources. HDF has partnered with communities to complete close to 700 physical infrastructure projects, including building of sustainable and safe drinking water systems with delay action dams, hand pumps and tube wells, link roads, solid waste disposal, irrigation projects and agricultural pest management.Program Activities

• Hand Pumps• Drinking Water Supply Schemes• Water Course Linings• Link Roads• Tube-wells & Diesel Pumps• Culverts/Bridges• Street Pavements• Drainage/Sanitation• Retaining Walls• Check Dams• Delay Action Dams• Water Tanks• Latrines

Overview

Social mobilization is the process of empowering local communities at the grass roots level. It is a core aspect of HDF's efforts to transform lives. Not only does it encourage individuals to identify their own problems, but it also provides them with the tools to recognize their potential and make better use of the available resources thus elevating their quality of life. Social mobilization requires full community support with active participation from local institutions, leaders, community groups and residents that work collaboratively toward a common goal.Program Activities
• Forming Development Organizations (DO)• Forming Village Development Organizations (VDO)• Forming Union Council Development Organizations (UCDO)• Organizing Manager Conferences• Conducting Managerial Skill Development Trainings• Conducting Staff Trainings

We work with donors to help fulfill programs and projects that are special to them. One example is Nazar 2020.

HDF Pakistan, HDF North America, and Nazar 2020 have partnered to promote quality of learning experience and quality of life in general among children attending schools in HDF program areas through improved vision care.

In 2017, HDF donor, Saqlain Khan called on four friends who helped fund the initial Nazar 20/20 project and put the plan into motion. They visited Pakistan and tested nearly 1,000 kids in grade 6-10 and the results were shocking. During the first round of eye exams, 24% of the students were given glasses on the spot to correct their visual impairments. And 6% of the students had more challenging visual impairments and were referred to a charity hospital for additional assistance. Khan realized the impact of this program was life changing for these children and there were so many more students who needed help.

THANKS Scholarships provide us an opportunity to award students and pay homage to those who have helped us in our personal journeys to success.

These awards serve as an incentive for students to be more industrious and provide financial assistance to qualifying students to ensure that financial constraints do not hamper them in achieving their full potential.