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The first health institution built in Pakistan was a 42-bed maternity hospital - formerly known as the Janbai Maternity Home - which opened in Karachi in 1924. Today, while maintaining that early focus on maternal and child health, Aga Khan Health Services also offers services that range from primary health care to diagnostic services and curative care. It reaches over 1.1 million people in rural and urban Sindh, Punjab as well as the North West Frontier, Northern Areas and Chitral. As the largest not-for-profit private health care system in Pakistan, its goal is to supplement the Government's efforts in health care provision, especially in the areas of maternal and child health and primary health care. AKHS,P now operates 47 health centres in Karachi, 27 in Sindh, 14 in Punjab and North West Frontier provinces, 33 in the Northern Areas and 31 in Chitral. In the North of Pakistan, AKHS has been implementing the Northern Pakistan Primary Health Care Programme since 1987. Working in partnership with local communities, the government, and other AKDN institutions, like the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, the goal has been to find sustainable ways of financing and delivering primary health care in the high-mountain valleys. This has led to a village-based approach -- the designation of community health workers by the local village organisation, the training of these workers in community-based disease prevention, and the reorientation of health professionals (government and private) to primary health care. Since it began, AKHS,P has trained over 1000 Community Health Workers and 1000 Traditional Birth Attendants in the Northern Areas and Chitral.

The Hunar Foundation (THF) was founded by a concerned and dedicated group of individuals. The key objective of THF is to provide school leavers and other young adults with international standard vocational training that meets the expectations of the market, leading to employment or small business creation – and eventually economic freedom and empowerment. THF’s intention is to offer this service to the underprivileged and marginalized segments of society – the poor, women, minorities, and geographies where need is considered to be more urgent. The vision also is to provide training of international standards so that graduates can even seek employment outside Pakistan. In addition to offering courses that are accredited by the Sind Trade & Testing Board, many of our courses / curriculum are approved by City & Guilds UK, and students who sit for their exams also receive the C&G Certificates and Diplomas which are recognized internationally. THF was registered on the 21st of February 2008 under the Societies Act XXI of 1860, bearing registration No. KAR0104 of 2007-2008. Income tax exemption has been obtained and our NTN is: 3072746-4.