Pakistan: Changing Attitudes

The people from the remote Diamer District in northern Pakistan have always been conservative, religious and suspicious of outsiders. A few years ago, there was only 9% literacy, women couldn't earn their own incomes and people were open to extremist ideas. Now all that has changed. Although it was initially violently resisted, a poverty alleviation project initiated by the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has now changed people's attitudes, making them resist extremist ideologies.

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• IFAD
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[sjforester81]

lift people out of poverty and ignorance and wonderful things can happen..

[dustym00]

Joanne - terrific story with an important message - I like the range of characters who talk about the effects. The literacy improvement and growth of womens groups are especially impressive. I'd like to have known more about the specifics of the project(s) but realise you're limited in time. A longer version would be good. Rod