Beriah’s Boutique in Lahore is an outlet for Umeed-trained women to sell their embroidered products for a fair wage. Opened in 2006, the Boutique provides work for the UP-trained women to enable them to earn enough money to support their families without depending for 100% support from their husbands and brothers. Beriah’s Boutique is effectively a wholesaler supplying products...
Along with women, children are also equally vulnerable in Pakistan. For such children the Umeed Partnership has opened one primary and one middle school in two marginalised ‘dalit’ communities near Yazman in the Cholistan Desert in southern Punjab Province. These schools are being run for the children of desert communities far from major cities, and so do not enjoy...
Following the bomb blast which hit Mall Road in Lahore on Wednesday 27 May, Yousuf Gill (the Umeed Partnership Project Co-ordinator) sent the following comments: “…..The question you raised whether the beneficiaries of Umeed are affected by these bombings, regarding this I would say that as you know we work among the most disadvantaged...
Following support from Umeed, Salma and Roxanna from Bahawalpur are now earning Rs 10,000 (£85) each month by selling their work locally. “Umeed has helped us stand on our own feet since the death of our mother” said Roxanna.
