Field Notes
Field notes: what changes when women take home a first paycheque
Observations from a recent cohort of women home-based workers on how a first stable income shifts household dynamics and confidence.
Creating Economic Change · Multan
Transforming lives to build an empowered community.
CEC is a non-profit organisation working with families, women and young people across South Punjab — strengthening livelihoods, education, health and climate resilience.
Future Vision
We work with communities to expand opportunity and build a fairer economic future.
Strategic Planning
Every program starts with listening — designed with families, women and youth, not for them.
Innovation
We combine field practice with new tools to create programs that scale with dignity.
About Us
Creating Economic Change — a community-rooted non-profit in Multan.
CEC works alongside low-income households, women home-based workers, out-of-school children and small-holder farmers across South Punjab. Our approach is simple: listen first, design programs with communities, deliver with trained field teams, and track outcomes openly.
We focus on six thematic areas — livelihoods, women empowerment, education, health, climate resilience and youth engagement — because the lives of the families we serve are never single-issue.
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Thematic Areas
10+
Districts Reached
1000s
Community Members Engaged
100%
Community-Led Programs
Our Programs
We work across six areas of community development.
From capacity-building and skills training to health, climate and civic engagement — our programs are designed to reinforce each other.
Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
Enabling low-income households to build stable, dignified incomes through vocational training, enterprise support and access to markets.
More detailsWomen's Empowerment
Supporting women to lead economically, socially and civically — through learning, enterprise, safe spaces and representation in local decision-making.
More detailsEducation & Learning
Improving foundational learning, digital literacy and out-of-school access so children and young people are prepared for a changing economy.
More detailsHealth & Wellbeing
Bringing preventive health information, maternal and child health awareness, and referrals to communities that face barriers to formal healthcare.
More detailsClimate Resilience & Environment
Helping farming families and small communities adapt to a changing climate through sustainable practices, tree cover and disaster preparedness.
More detailsYouth Engagement & Civic Voice
Investing in young people as leaders — with the skills, networks and civic literacy they need to shape their communities.
More detailsOur Projects
We execute ideas from start to finish.
Livelihoods
Women Home-Based Enterprise Development
Youth
Youth Skills for the Digital Economy
Climate
Climate-Resilient Farming Communities
Health
Community Health Awareness
Education
Out-of-School Children Learning Centres
Climate
Flood Response & Community Outreach
Livelihoods
Ration & Essentials Distribution
Livelihoods
Village Savings & Community Support Groups
Partner with CEC
Together we can build stronger, more resilient communities.
How We Work
A community-led method, applied consistently.
Technical Field Experts
A trained field team across South Punjab supports communities on the ground.
Solid Team Work
We work in partnership with local leaders, government and civil-society organisations.
Modern Practice
Community-led methods combined with modern data, digital and monitoring tools.
Latest Updates
Field notes and program updates.
Program Update
A new farmer cohort begins climate-smart agriculture training
How a farmer field-school model is helping smallholders in South Punjab reduce climate-related losses.
Story
Youth digital-skills cohort completes training and moves into paid work
The first graduates of the digital-skills program share what they learned and where they're headed.