Where we are headed
Vision
A tomorrow where everyone has opportunities to prosper.
Who we are
About ACT
A local not for profit organization empowering communities across Pakistan through rights-based, participatory and resilient development.
Community engagement, training, and dialogue with partners across urban, rural, and peri-urban districts.
At a glance
Aiming Change for Tomorrow (ACT) International is a Pakistan-based NGO working at the intersection of resilience, human capital, and inclusive growth in deprived urban, rural, and peri-urban districts of Pakistan. Established in March 2012 to strengthen systems while serving communities, ACT partners with the government of Pakistan, UN agencies, INGOs, and civil society to deliver integrated programmes across climate resilience, education, health and nutrition, gender equality, livelihoods, and youth empowerment.
The commitment aligns with the national development agenda and actively contributes to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in support of the most vulnerable groups, such as women, adolescent girls, youth, and children, all while embracing an inclusive approach. ACT believes in carrying out initiatives aimed at improving various aspects of communities, including education, healthcare, nutrition, climate change and resilience.
Strategic direction
Vision & mission
How we work every day
Mission
Empowering communities to progress and be diversely resilient through promotion of peoples' engagement, capacity building, and partnership focusing on children, youth, and women.
What we deliver
Programme focus
Key focus areas include:
- Education
- Climate change
- Health & nutrition
- Youth empowerment
- Livelihood & enterprise development
- Gender equality & GBV prevention
Our programmes combine:
- Direct service delivery
- Capacity building of frontline institutions
- Policy engagement & system reform
- Data-driven monitoring & learning
Reach
Scale and presence
Highlights from ACT’s footprint across Pakistan — aligned with our institutional reporting.
Accountability
Partnerships and accountability
Over the past 12+ years the organization has developed the capacity to operationalize and manage several logistically huge projects with the support of the Government of Pakistan as well as national and international donor agencies, including WFP, ILO, UNDP, USAID, EAD/World Bank, Nutrition International, GiZ, UNIDO, UNFPA, Aurat Foundation/DFID/BISP, IRC, MIDAS/UNICEF, TDEA-FAFEN and British Council.
ACT International is also a member of various national and global alliances and partnerships including Child Rights Movement, Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) Alliance, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), Men Engage Alliance & SUN-CSA Alliance and a member of different task forces.
Moreover, ACT has already successfully followed through with the due diligence processes of UN agencies (UNFPA, UNDP, WFP, ILO), NDRMF, British Council, and INGOs, including Green Acre UK.