📋 What they do HANDS is a nonprofit that tackles development issues across Pakistan including health care; education; food security; livelihoods; water, sanitation, and health; resilient infrastructure; and social development. 👀 Why we’re watching Backed by funders including the Gates Foundation, USAID, UNICEF, CARE, Oxfam, Shell, and others, it has carried out a range of development activities including health services through its 26 health facilities, interest-free loans and grants to boost agricultural productivity, a reverse osmosis plant to reduce water-borne illnesses, providing alternative energy sources such as solar power to communities, and a scholars academy and adult literacy program. 🏢 Country of operation Pakistan. 🗓️ Founding year 1979. ➕ Leadership Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed, CEO. 💡Insider scoop HANDS Pakistan initiated Asaan Sehat, a telemedicine health care app that enables users to connect with doctors for audio and video consultations. It has also established the Integrated Resource Recovery Centre in Hyderabad, which processes up to three tons of waste daily. ➡️ Follow 🌐hands.org.pk
HANDS is a nonprofit that tackles development issues across Pakistan including health care; education; food security; livelihoods; water, sanitation, and health; resilient infrastructure; and social development.
Backed by funders including the Gates Foundation, USAID, UNICEF, CARE, Oxfam, Shell, and others, it has carried out a range of development activities including health services through its 26 health facilities, interest-free loans and grants to boost agricultural productivity, a reverse osmosis plant to reduce water-borne illnesses, providing alternative energy sources such as solar power to communities, and a scholars academy and adult literacy program.
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