Projects

Community-embedded projects — designed with, delivered by, and accountable to the people we serve.

Every project starts with community listening and ends with community ownership. Explore ongoing and completed work below.

Theme:

Status:

Multan District, Punjab

Ongoing

Livelihoods

Women Home-Based Enterprise Development

Ongoing Multan District, Punjab

A community-embedded initiative supporting women home-based workers to set up, formalise and grow small enterprises — with a focus on stitching, embroidery and handicrafts.

Objectives

Enable women to earn a stable income from home-based work
Provide market linkages, packaging and pricing support
Form savings and peer-support groups

Activities

Enterprise skills and business planning workshops
Toolkits, machines and start-up support
Group formation, savings and market linkages
Product exhibitions and buyer connections

Results

Women reporting improved control over household income
Products entering local markets and exhibitions
Peer support groups continuing beyond project end

Multan & surrounding districts

Ongoing

Youth

Youth Skills for the Digital Economy

Ongoing Multan & surrounding districts

Short-cycle vocational and digital-skills training for out-of-school and unemployed youth — with coaching, portfolio support and links to employers and freelance markets.

Objectives

Increase employability of under-served youth
Grow digital and enterprise skills
Support women's participation in the digital economy

Activities

Digital literacy and freelancing training
Vocational courses (electrical, tailoring, mobile repair)
Career mentorship and CV support
Employer and freelance-market linkages

Results

Trainees securing paid work and freelance projects
Increased confidence in digital tools and services
A growing local alumni network

South Punjab

Ongoing

Climate

Climate-Resilient Farming Communities

Ongoing South Punjab

Supporting smallholder farmers to adopt climate-smart practices, protect soil and water, and diversify income streams against climate shocks.

Objectives

Reduce climate-related losses for smallholders
Promote sustainable inputs and practices
Diversify household income sources

Activities

Farmer field schools on climate-smart agriculture
Water-saving irrigation demonstrations
Kitchen gardens for women
Community tree plantations

Results

Farmers adopting improved planting and irrigation practices
Kitchen gardens improving family nutrition
New tree cover established in participating villages

Rural Punjab

Ongoing

Health

Community Health Awareness

Ongoing Rural Punjab

Grassroots outreach on maternal, newborn and child health — carried out by trained community members and linked to public health facilities.

Objectives

Increase awareness of maternal and child health practices
Strengthen referrals to formal health services
Reduce risk factors through nutrition and hygiene education

Activities

Awareness sessions with mothers and adolescent girls
Hygiene and nutrition promotion
Community volunteer training
Facility referrals and follow-up

Results

Improved knowledge of key health practices
Community volunteers actively supporting households
Stronger links to nearest public health facilities

Peri-urban Multan

Completed

Education

Out-of-School Children Learning Centres

Completed Peri-urban Multan

Non-formal learning spaces bringing out-of-school children back into structured education, with a bridge-course model into government schools.

Objectives

Bring out-of-school children into structured learning
Enable transition into mainstream schools
Support families to keep children enrolled

Activities

Bridge-course teaching for foundational literacy and numeracy
Life-skills and creative learning sessions
Family engagement and support
School enrolment and follow-up

Results

Children transitioning into government primary schools
Parents actively supporting continued attendance
Community learning centres run by trained facilitators

Riverine districts, Punjab

Ongoing

Climate

Flood Response & Community Outreach

Ongoing Riverine districts, Punjab

Boat-based outreach and relief assessment for flood-affected riverine communities — with rapid needs assessment, ration distribution and follow-up.

Objectives

Reach cut-off households during floods
Provide immediate relief and referrals
Document needs for longer-term recovery

Activities

Rapid community needs assessment
Ration and essentials distribution
Coordination with local administration

Results

Affected families reached in remote riverine areas
Ration and essentials delivered to vulnerable households
Assessment data shared with partners

Multan region

Ongoing

Livelihoods

Ration & Essentials Distribution

Ongoing Multan region

In partnership with Hamdard Foundation and other supporters, CEC distributes rations and essentials to families identified as most in need.

Objectives

Support families through periods of acute need
Coordinate with credible partners to avoid duplication
Ensure dignified, respectful distribution

Activities

Beneficiary identification with community elders
Packing and distribution events
Post-distribution verification

Results

Hundreds of families supported per cycle
Sustained partnerships with donors and community groups

Village Savings & Community Support Groups

Rural districts, South Punjab

Ongoing

Livelihoods

Village Savings & Community Support Groups

Ongoing Rural districts, South Punjab

Community-managed savings and support groups that help low-income households build small reserves, share risk and invest in productive activities.

Objectives

Grow household financial resilience
Encourage collective savings and mutual support
Enable small productive investments

Activities

Group formation and financial-literacy training
Governance and record-keeping support
Linkages to small enterprise opportunities

Results

Active savings groups managed by community members
Members using savings for education, health and enterprise
Strengthened community trust and cooperation