Est. 2006 · From local roots to global partnerships
Nearly two decades of field work alongside some of Pakistan's most remote communities — in health, disaster resilience, livelihoods and community infrastructure.
Board-approved Institutional Management System (IMS V5.1)
- 1.9M+
- Patients treated to date (BHUs network)
- 10,000+
- Safe deliveries — zero referrals
- 300,000+
- Direct beneficiaries — health, nutrition & maternal healthcare
2006
Year established
20
Years of field presence
Who we are
From grassroots roots to a professionally governed institution
WADDAN – Partner in Development is a Pakistani non-governmental organization established in 2006 in Malakand Division. It is positioned as a credible implementation and technical partner for UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral donors, INGOs, and Government of Pakistan counterparts — combining deep field presence with an institutional architecture aligned to UN, donor, and Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) expectations.
WADDAN at a glance
Verified institutional and programmatic figures
6
Provinces / territories, active or expanding
15 + 27
IMS core sections + integrated policies
7,500 sq.ft
Model BHU reconstructed
240,000+
Population served, BHUs catchment
300,000+
Direct beneficiaries — health, nutrition & maternal healthcare
100,000+
Population reached — governance & social protection
100,000+
Social Mobilization core programme (CBOs, VOs, LSOs, HMCs, SMCs)
2007–09
Pro bono facilitation support to the Malakand displacement relief response
As recorded in WADDAN's institutional records. Sector figures are not de-duplicated across sectors.
Achievements & impact
Our work in pictures
1.9M+
Patients treated — BHUs network
Equipped treatment room
Furnished treatment room at a WADDAN-supported Basic Health Unit
1.9M+
Patients reached
Health & MNCH Programme
People in Lakhs Reached (DRR)
Disaster Risk Reduction & Management
10K+
Families supported
Livelihood & Economic Empowerment
10,000+
Safe deliveries
MNCH centres
Voices from the field
Notes from our work in the valleys
Health · BHU Qulandi
"A labour room close to home changes the hardest journey a mother makes. At Qulandi, that room now exists."
Health · BHU Qulandi
"Our work at Qulandi was checked by those who oversee it: the PPHI Upper Dir monitoring visit confirmed good-quality construction of the labour room."
Health · BHU Sawni
"Clean water, working drainage and a safe place for staff to live: at Sawni, rehabilitation meant restoring the basics that keep a BHU open."
Health · MNCH Centres
"Built on a reinforced concrete frame, the MNCH centres at Qulandi and Sawni are designed to keep serving mothers long after construction ends."
Health · BHU Dogdara
"In a seismic red zone, a health facility has to stand when it is needed most. Retaining and protection walls at Dogdara guard it against erosion, landslides and floods."
WASH
"A water point lasts only as long as the committee that cares for it. That is why every scheme begins with the community, not the contractor."
Humanitarian
"In July 2007, when floods struck the Usharai valley, the first task was simple: listen, assess, then deliver what families actually needed."
Social Mobilization
"Lasting change in a village is rarely built by outsiders. It is built by organised communities that own their decisions."
Agriculture · Upper Dir
"An olive orchard is a long promise. In Upper Dir, the demonstration orchard shows farmers what climate-smart farming can look like on their own slopes."
Plantation · Bakarabad
"Trees first, then crops: at Bakarabad, the plantation that holds the soil is the same one that makes the fields around it possible."
Thematic sectors
Thirteen areas of documented practice
01
Health, Nutrition & Maternal Healthcare
Model hospitals, MNCH centres, and disaster-resilient health infrastructure — WADDAN's flagship body of work.
1.9M+
Patients treated to date (June 2026) in WADDAN-established Basic Health Units — 10,000+ safe deliveries
Research, surveys & assessments
Evidence that informs decisions
WADDAN combines field presence with in-house research capability — baseline, midline and endline surveys, needs and socio-economic assessments, impact evaluations, MEAL systems, GIS mapping and digital data collection using Kobo and ODK. As Implementation and Collaboration Partner of Support Help Solutions (SHS), WADDAN has contributed to assignments associated with UN agencies, international foundations and national organisations, and has been directly engaged by Muslim Hands for independent evaluation and report quality assurance. Its own evaluations, impact assessments and case studies document results in health, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response and livelihoods.
UNESCO
Two consultancies for UNESCO's Regional Office in Italy, including gender analysis of groundwater governance.
Start Network
Heatwave anticipatory action post-trigger evaluation across ten districts in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan.
Muslim Hands
Independent two-year programme evaluation across KP, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and AJK.
GCF / WFP
Redesign and quality assurance of community-based participatory planning reports for Buner and Shangla.
- Read our evaluations & case studies
Assignment network (incl. via SHS)
"WADDAN's vision has always been that of a facilitator, not a regulator."
Chief Executive Officer
Partnerships
UN Agencies & International Donors
UNHCR; KfW (German Development Bank); RAHA Programme (refugee-affected and hosting areas initiative); GO Japan; GIZ; World Food Programme (WFP); Green Climate Fund (GCF) — via Muslim Hands' GCF/WFP-funded climate resilience project
Government of Pakistan
Federal Ministries & Departments, Government of Pakistan; KP Ministry of Health; District Health Office, Dir Upper; PPHI Upper Dir; C&W Division Upper Dir; Deputy Commissioner Upper Dir; Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP); Ehsaas Programme; Dir Area Support Project (DASP – IFAD-funded); WADP/DDDP
Implementation & Technical Partners
Support Help Solutions (SHS) — joint research and evaluation assignments, delivered within a wider partner network encompassing UNESCO, UN Women, UNDP, Aga Khan Foundation, Start Network, Helvetas, Pathfinder International, Rozan, Aahung, the Institute for Economic Resilience, and Sangtani Women Rural Development Organisation
Humanitarian Response Partners
CARAVAN Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Relief International; Terre des Hommes (TDH); Muslim Hands — technical collaboration & consulting agreements for independent programme evaluation and report development (2024–2026)