Friends Welfare Association (FWA) Pakistan is a non-governmental,
certified not-for-profit (tax exempted), non-political and development-oriented
formal registered organization based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan. FWA was established in 2002 by experienced development sector
practitioners to undertake the activities of community development, especially
for the marginalized and vulnerable sections of society. Since its inception, FWA
has been working in partnership with and funding support from international
partners, corporate sector organizations and UN organizations to provide a
widely accessible, equitable and quality education, providing employable skill
training, WASH facilities, health facilities for the disadvantaged and
under-served communities in its target geographic areas. The organization has
so far worked in the sectors such as Humanitarian aid, Early recovery, and
rehabilitation during natural and human-made disasters, psychosocial support,
education, women empowerment, shelter and settlement, disaster resilient public
infrastructure, WASH, health, skills' development, and entrepreneurship, DRR,
and advocacy for policy change. In the year 2020, after the unexpected advent
of COVID-19 pandemic, FWA has contributed significantly with KP Health
Department and local administrations in KP province in terms of equipping the
hospitals and quarantine centers with medical supplies and protective gear,
supporting district administrations and other front-line departments with
medical supplies related to COVID-19 protection. In the year 2022, in the
post-Flood situation the organization launched its Flood response program in KP
province and has also extended its Flood response interventions to Sindh and
Baluchistan as a “Strategic Partner” of KnK Japan where interventions in the
sectors of shelter and settlements, WASH and nutrition have been undertaken.
The interventions of early recovery and rehabilitation will continue in KP,
Sindh, and Baluchistan in the year 2023 as well.