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Country Profile: Pakistan
Pakistan is situated in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north.
Capital: Islamabad
Population: 164,741,924
Life expectancy: 62.73 years (male), 64.83 years (female)
Population below national poverty line: 24%
GDP: $437.5 billion
GDP per capita: $2,600
Religion: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3%
Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski and other 8%
Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
Pakistan suffers from a number of natural hazards such as frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains.
Bóthar in Pakistan: Bóthar has only been working in Pakistan since April 2007. Pakistan is one of Bothars newest project countries. Bóthar provides struggling families with local dairy goats.
PAKISTAN
Goat Scheme as the tool of rehabilitation for Women of Earthquake areas
Location: 5 villages in Azad, Kashmir Region
Total number of families to be assisted over the entire course of the project: 200 families will receive goats in the first year
Animals: Paheri local breed dairy goats
Other inputs: Each family will receive 50 fruit and wood tree seedlings
Training: Committee Members and project field staff will organise training for the women. The animals' care management and housing will be the main priority
Brief synopsis of the project: In the earthquake stricken Kashmir area Identify, Merge and Action (AIM) have targeted women and will provide them with training and 2 local dairy goats each. Trees will be provided also.
Pass-on obligations: Each woman will pass on the first female offspring to another selected individual
Expected benefits: The project families will increase their income and improve their quality of life and also further rehabilitate themselves after the earthquake.
Co-financing partners: AIM is co financing a fraction of the budget
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