High Altitude Sustainability Pakistan

An orientation session was conducted on 17th march 2016 with all trainees, trainers, HASP Skardu coordinator and in charge sub-program management office staff FPAP attending. The project aims and objectives were highlighted by in charge FPAP. He explained that Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA)s can play a vital role in reducing the MMR (Maternal Mortality rate) and IMR (infant mortality rate) in remote villages and that HASP and FPAP aim to work at the grass roots level by p

Our work features in the Dawn Newspaper, many thanks to Hasan Belal Zaidi for helping highlight the issues! To read the full article please visit: http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=17_03_2016_152_005

9 women nominated by the village committees of 6 villages have arrived in Skardu for a 3 month training course being conducted by the Rehnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan. HASP is providing the funds for transport, room/board and training for the women to acquire basic Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) training. Final participants in the TBA training include: 1. Marzia Khanum (D/o, W/o) Muhammad Ali, Hushey village. 2. Razia (D/o, W/o) Ashraf Hussain, Hushey villag

The Second Joint porter stakeholder meeting was held in collaboration with Khurpa Care Pakistan on 10 March 2016, Skardu tourism hall. 33 of the most experienced High Altitude Porters, Guides and Cooks in the Baltistan area gathered for the “Second Porter Welfare Stakeholder Meeting” held by High Altitude Sustainability Pakistan (HASP) and Khurpa Care Pakistan (KCP) in Skardu on 10th March 2016. The group was honored to have in attendance Ali Sadpara, first Pakistani to succe