Post disaster relief and rehabilitation
Although IC believes that preparedness is far cheaper option than waiting for disasters to happen and then provide assistance. However, in Pakistan there have been several cases when disasters took place and a mass level support was required in the post factum. During floods in Hazara in late 90s, IC provided assistance to displaced communities in Shinkiari. IC was one of the first organizations to respond after the earthquake of 2005. Similarly, in a scenario when huge number of families from Swat, Buner and Dir are returning homes after remaining displaced for a number of months, IC was actively engaged in providing them assistance in rehabilitating their livelihoods base through cash for work programmes and provision of non food relief items. IC was the first organization to provide immediate relief in DI Khan and Karak with food and non food itmes after the floods disrupted lives in these three districts on 28th of July 2010. non food items were also provided in Chail valley of Swat. Homeless communities were supported for winterization in Swat and for reconstruction of houses in DI Khan. Seeds were also provided to the farmers in these two districts. IC is a partner of Swiss Humanitarian Aid in all these projects.
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Helvetas and Intercooperation merger
On 1st July 2011 – the two organizations merged to become one with a new corporate name “Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation HSI”. Both the organizations have a collective work experience of more than 80 years, hence a rich set of experiences is being merged to pool all the competences for a more effective well-being of people.
Helvetas was founded in 1955 as the first private organisation for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 38,000 members, more than 40,000 sponsors and 15 regional volunteer groups. With 18 partner countries, Helvetas currently operates in Africa, Asia – including Central Asia and the Caucasus – and Latin America.
In case of Pakistan, the merger initially arrives with a change of name since Helvetas is not presently working in the country. The organization will enrich itself for combining its forces against poverty and or gaining more competences.
IC New Website is Live now
We are pleased to launch our new website which has a new fresh look and more content oriented. Thanks to our highly skilled web development team who worked hard for bringing this website Live for you. Please feel free to contact the admin if you have any questions. Also please keep visiting us for new updates and / or if you are looking for archived projects and publications. Your thought will be highly valuable for us
The IC annual report 2011
The IC annual report for 2011 is in process of compilation. The report will be uploaded to the website soon after its publication process completes.
The annual report of 2010 along with other publications of IC are available on the publications section of the website.