PPAF awards women role models

KARACHI: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund organised the 7th PPAF Amtul Raqeeb Awards to acknowledge the exceptional contribution of women in PPAF-supported community institutions across the country to mark International Women’s Day 2018.

This year the award highlighted the work of seven women champions including Nazia Bibi (Dera Bugti, Balochistan), Rubeena Bibi (Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Rabbihat Jameel (Bajuar Agency), Saima Bibi (Thatta, Sindh), Kiran Irshad (Rajanpur, Punjab), Naheed Akhtar (Azad Kashmir) and Naureen Akhtar (DI Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). These women made themselves heard and brought positive transformation not only to their lives but also to the lives of the communities they come from.

The women shared their stories and appreciated the PPAF and its partner organisations for the enormous support in transforming their lives and making them believe in their strengths.

All these women belonging to far flung areas of the country were accredited for their courage in the face of adversity and for becoming role models in their respective communities. The selection criteria for this year’s event brought into focus women belonging to the under-privileged districts of Pakistan where PPAF is supporting projects under the Prime Minister’s Interest-Free Loan Scheme, Programme for Poverty Reduction funded by the government of Italy, the Livelihood Support and Promotion of Small Community Infrastructure Programme (LACIP) and Hydropower and Renewable Energy Programme funded by the KfW.