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Head Office: Islamabad

Where ARC Works in Pakistan: In and around Quetta and the Bagh district

People We Serve: Afghan refugees, earthquake-affected communities in the north

Since the 1970’s, three million Afghan refugees have fled to Pakistan to escape drought, an oppressive Taliban government, and constant conflict and threats. ARC has been providing health care services to these refugees since establishing operations in Pakistan in 2002. While many people have returned to Afghanistan, more than one million remain in refugee camps in Pakistan.

View a "before & after" photo album of the reproductive health unit that ARC recently renovated in Pakistan.

What ARC does in Pakistan:
  • Community Education and Awareness 
  • Healthcare Training 
  • HIV/AIDS Awareness
  • Reproductive Health Care
  • Primary Health Care
  • Psycho-social Counseling
  • Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Treatment
  • Water and Sanitation
  Operational Since: 2002

Since 2002, ARC has worked in refugee camps near the western city of Quetta, focusing on providing health care and training members of the community in basic health services.

After the massive earthquake of October, 2005, ARC began operating in the northern part of the country, providing emergency health care, supplies, shelter and food aid. Today, ARC is still helping people in this remote region of Pakistan with health care and community mobilization services. 

Milestones:

Last year, ARC served 250,000 people in the Bagh district of Pakistan. These communities were affected by the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and are still in need of health care, clean water and sanitation, community development and skills training services.

ARC is one of the lead agencies in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, providing health care to 101,000 Afghan Refugees in Mohammad Khail refugee camp and Surkhab and Saranan districts last year. We also served 156,000 people affected by flooding in Pakistan.

 

 


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