Masood Lohar, the National Coordinator of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by UNDP in Pakistan received the "Benazir Bhutto Human Rights Award" from the President of Pakistan Mr. Asif Zardari. The award is a recognition of the work of Mr. Lohar which have incorporated a human based ...read more

Acording to the United Nations more than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods. In the light of this, the Small Grants Programme and its communities have mobilized to help the victims and establish reflief camps.   Our volunteers talking to the ...read more

The Benazir Housing Project in Pakistan was invited to present at the Climate Change and Environment Panel of the Global South-South Development Expo-GSSD 2009 held on December 15 at the Preston Auditorium of the World Bank.The motto of the Global South-South Development Expo is Solutions, ...read more

Bhutan:On 5th June, speeches of UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, and Lyonpo Nado Rinchen, Deputy Minister of National Environment Commission were read out in the assembly. In the evening there was a quiz competition organized by the National Environment Commission at Khuruthang Middle Secondary ...read more

Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS), a Pakistani SGP partner, was awarded the Alcan prize for sustainability in the amount of one million USD on 7 December 2005. The organization received the prize for the project Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) which was funded ...read more