Where we help

  • These girls will soon have the possibility to sit in a classroom.
    (updated 10.04.2012)

    Child-friendly schools make learning more fun!

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  • Women queuing in front of a mobile clinic
    (updated 01.12.2011)

    Primary Health Care and support for the health system – not ...

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  • Winter relief Kohistan: Tunnel shelters can stand snow and low temperatures.
    (updated 01.12.2011)

    Preventing the disaster after the disaster: Winter relief in the ...

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  • In Shakar Dar, a retaining wall is built to protect the farmland.
    (updated 01.12.2011)

    Early recovery support for farmers in the Swat Valley

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  • A Pakistani man gets a bag with relief items for his family.
    (updated 01.12.2011)

    Emergency relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation after severe ...

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Facts & Figures

 

General information:
Capital: Islamabad
Area Size: 803,940 km²
Population: 184.8 million

Standard of living:
Average life expectancy: 66.5 years
Infant mortality: 71.9 per 1,000 live births
Child mortality (children under 5 years): 89.1 per 1,000 live births
Maternal mortality: 276 per 100,000 live births
People living below 1.25 US$ per day: 22.59%

Health: 
Births attended by skilled personnel: 38.8%
Total prevalence of HIV: 0.1%     
Estimated mortality of TB cases: 39 per 100,000 population  

(Source: www.alertnet.org)

Malteser International has been working in Pakistan since 2005.

The database on this website presents an exemplary range of the projects realised in Pakistan.