How FROK have contributed to KK so far

  • contributed to the purchase of land and building of a new head office and training suite; the latter is also hired out to provide additional income;
  • helped KK to purchase a building that houses a school, education resource centre, handicrafts training centre, health centre, and provides accommodation for female teachers and health workers from distant rural villages;
  • raised funds towards KK’s response to humanitarian crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the displacement of Wazir people in 2016 following military activity, the 2010 floods and the October 2005 earthquake
  • supported links between the University of York and KK leading to: students visiting Pakistan for social work placements, social work academics visiting KK, Maryam Bibi (KK’s founder and CEO) being awarded an Honorary Doctorate, and two of its senior staff, Khalid Usman and Gul Lalai, each participating in a Human Rights Defenders Protective Fellowship.