A Three-way Partnership in Pakistan

The arts and income generation program of Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA), a GGP partner CBO in Pakistan, is featured by the Global Fund for Children in “Teaching Girls, Reviving an Art.” One can read the full story on the Global Fund for Children website here

“Nara Mughlan, Pakistan — In this village about 110 miles from Pakistan’s capital, and in similar rural villages, women and girls have little access to healthcare, cannot own land, and have no voice in decision making. They have high malnutrition rates and considerably low literacy rates even by Pakistan’s standards.

So when Sameena Nazir and her colleagues were looking for ways to keep village girls in school, they decided to teach them how to make papier-mâché products… [Today], thanks to the girls of PODA, the ancient art of papier-mâché is alive and well again in Pakistan.”