The Human Development Foundation (HDF) is a non-profit dedicated to empowering communities in Pakistan. Since 1997, we’ve tackled poverty through programs in education, health, economic growth, environment, and social development, helping people build lives of dignity, opportunity, and hope.
At HDF, we go beyond aid to create lasting change. Through programs in education, health, economic growth, environment and social development, we empower communities to rise above poverty, ensuring that children learn, families thrive and generations flourish. We believe lasting transformation begins when people are empowered from within.
Founded by Pakistani expatriates in 1997, HDF set out to empower rural communities in Pakistan. With a vision of every child in school, healthcare for all, clean water and self-sustaining communities, HDF works to break the cycle of poverty and restore dignity.
At HDF, every act of kindness creates a ripple of hope. Your support brings education, healthcare, clean water and opportunities for communities to thrive. By donating, sponsoring, volunteering or partnering, you join a movement transforming lives across Pakistan, turning compassion into action and hope into reality.
HDF’s Primary Healthcare Program delivers essential care to underserved communities in Pakistan, providing prevention, treatment and health education so mothers, children and families can access lifesaving services close to home.
At HDF, we believe health is a basic human right, not a privilege. Our Primary Healthcare Program breaks barriers by bringing essential care directly to the people who need it most.
A Healthier Tomorrow Starts Today
Healthier communities are stronger, more resilient, and more hopeful. But we can’t do it without you.
These key stats reflect our commitment to empowering communities across Pakistan. Each number tells a story of hope, growth, and lasting impact created through your support
Patients treated under primary healthcare
Individuals impacted by healthcare services
households provided Primary Healthcare Services
Medical Camps Installed
of Children (under 2) are fully immunized
Antenatal / Postnatal care provided to the expecting mother
of Births Conducted by Skilled Birth attendants
of Children (under 5) monitored for growth
of Women of Reproductive age are immunized against TT
Maternal Deaths
Infant mortality rate (IMR) reduced
Under-5 mortality rate reduced
Antenatal care provided to the expecting mother
Patients treated
This program has touched lives and created real impact. Explore these success stories to see the difference it made.
Designed by leading public health experts, HDF’s model focuses on prevention first empowering families with knowledge, services, and support for healthier lives. With your help, we provide:
Community Health Centers (CHCs) in remote areas
Doorstep care through mobile health camps and home visits
Maternal & Child health services including safe deliveries and newborn care
Vaccinations, screenings, and early detection programs
Health education on hygiene, nutrition, and disease prevention
Women and children are most at risk when healthcare is out of reach. That’s why they’re at the heart of everything we do:
100% of pregnant women in HDF areas receive maternity care
Every child under five is monitored and immunized
Families learn about reproductive health & family planning
Community health workers are trained to spread awareness and build trust
Schools host health screenings and wellness education for students
Explore the projects under this program that showcase our commitment to creating lasting impact.
See how our Community Health Centers help build stronger, more accessible healthcare systems.
The MMU provides essential medical services, medications, basic lab tests, and health education targeting hard to reach populations. covering remote and underserved villages that lack health facilities and provides on spot treatment, antenatal checkups, and child health services supporting emergency referrals when required.
The program provides monthly ANC and PNC services with risk based referrals while offering newborn care counseling and early danger signs identification. Monthly MNCH awareness sessions are conducted in alignment with national and global health days to strengthen community knowledge. The initiative ensures one hundred percent antenatal and postnatal care coverage with ninety eight percent of births attended by skilled birth attendants. Family planning is integrated with MNCH through culturally sensitive awareness activities including role plays involving husbands and mothers in law. Immunization services are strengthened through community mobilization and partnerships with government, alongside comprehensive support for safe delivery, newborn care, breastfeeding counselling, and postpartum guidance.
The preventive health initiative implemented in HDF schools focuses on educating children about hygiene, nutrition, menstrual health, mental health, and disease prevention while promoting overall wellbeing. The program delivers structured health awareness sessions along with annual health screenings in schools, with a special emphasis on menstrual hygiene management for adolescent girls. It also includes screening and referral services for vision, oral, and general health concerns, and has successfully screened sixty seven thousand eight hundred and thirty students, teachers, and community members for vision and hearing through the school health program across three hundred and eighty six schools.
Regular health sessions are conducted in villages and community gatherings to promote healthy behaviors related to immunization, nutrition, WASH, family planning, and chronic disease prevention. The initiative ensures the inclusion of men, women, adolescents, and elders to support community wide change, while behavior change activities are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and international campaigns through role plays, demonstrations, and group counselling. These efforts contribute to influencing healthier decisions and reducing preventable illnesses across communities.
The transformative volunteer program focuses on building community level health advocates who support improved health outcomes. A total of one hundred and thirty five Health Ambassadors including ninety Sehat Saheli and forty five Sehat Dost have been trained on hygiene, MNCH, nutrition, family planning, and preventive care. These ambassadors actively deliver Sehat Mashwaras within their communities and have played a critical role in HPV vaccine myth busting, leading to increased acceptance among hesitant families.