Valuable input of Sustainable Development Organization in Health, Education and Pure drinking sector in Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Valuable input of Sustainable Development Organization in Health, Education and Pure drinking sector in Azad Jammu and Kashmir

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Sustainable Development Organization is constructing school building across the country to teach, inspire, and empower children by providing them save environment for study. With financial assistance and support of different donors, SDO have given the children of AJK an opportunity to achieve their dreams and ambitions in a safe, supportive, and inspiring environment.  As the education is a human right and a force for sustainable development and peace. Its primary goal of SDO to empower vulnerable people with the knowledge, skills and values to live in dignity, build their lives and contribute to their societies.
Keeping the view of worldwide Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), this Organization aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all throughout the country. According the statistics its showed that after the earthquake 2005, 43% Government primary schools are  without buildings, 87% schools are deprived with electricity and drinking water while 82% school don’t have facility of electricity. In order support the government of AJK, SDO has constructed 5 School in AJK including washroom and furniture with 710 direct and 6006 indirect beneficiaries. 
Every citizen can work with us to help continue to set up schools, provide modern equipment and facilities, including computer rooms and science laboratories, employ teachers and staff and create playful spaces to fortify life-long friendships. More than 1350 schools are still awaited for your kind support.
Moreover, According to the statistic, Globally 529,000 women die annually due to pregnancy related problems and in Pakistan alone this toll is about 35,000 deaths per annum. Moreover, Pakistan Ranks 3rd in the world with highest estimated number of maternal deaths, behind India & Nigeria. Similarly, 65% of births take place in homes and 52% of 65% are home births being attended by Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs).
The state of Azad Jammu & Kashmir has manifold health issues including lack of infrastructure, modern health equipment and qualified and trained medical human resource. The status of maternal and child health is very poor in the remote and mountainous areas of AJK. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of AJK ranges from 201 /100,000 live births. This situation is even more critical in the rural remote areas of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK).
To overcome the issue related to mother and child health, Sustainable Development Organization has been established the 24 maternity and child health center to 39,720 vulnerable and remote communities of AJK under its Maternal Child Health Program.
Likewise , AJK with a hilly terrain is engaged with broad service delivery challenges for water and sanitation. As a result thousands of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often contaminated sources. Especially women in poor communities have to walk miles to fetch water from rivers and wells which put their security at risk and expose them to vulnerabilities. In AJK 40% population is still deprived from drinking water facility at their door step. Understanding local behavioral and cultural practices relating water, sanitation and hygiene by gender, SDO has been working to help ensure more people in AJK have access to clean and safe water by constructing gravity water supply scheme and providing hand pumps in rural areas.
Moreover, SDO support in improving sanitation and raising awareness on hygiene practices has changed behaviors of communities for healthy lifestyles and value added benefits for persons with disabilities. Keeping the view of water scarcity and aiming to provide pure healthy water to the local community of AJK , SDO has completed 45 Deep wells and two drinking water supply scheme by facilitating of 2,233 household and 17,865 population.
SDO is transforming the lives of thousands of people by providing access to clean, safe water and has identified many communities who are in dire need of your support. We are building wells, and educating communities on the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene.
So far, we have dramatically reduced water-borne disease in thousands of communities, but we still have a long way to go. With your support, we can continue to transform the lives of families, widows and orphans across the AJK.

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“Khurram Jamal Shahid”

Khurram Jamal Shahid is a writer and researcher; and has written research papers on social issues, provision of social services to the people and development. He has written mostly articles on development, social issues and tourism. He writes contents for the social media, blogs and other websites while he is the editor of tourism blog (website) “www.taubat.com”.

Khurram Jamal Shahid is a well-known social worker from Neelum Valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. He is a post graduate in Business Management (MBA-Finance). He founded the Social Institution “Sustainable Development Organization (SDO)” in 2009 to empower vulnerable people and improve their lives. As the Chief Executive Officer of the organization since 2009, he has been active in improving the lives of thousands of people. He has been a human rights activist, and has been part of various human rights movements in Pakistan. He founded the Child Rights Movement in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in 2013 for children's rights. Services have been provided in various sectors (education, health, livelihood, energy, water, environment and rights) to empower people.
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