Welcome to Our Website

Khwendo Kor is a non-governmental organisation (NGO), registered in Peshawar, Pakistan. Khwendo Kor (KK) works to improve the well being of women and children in two of the poorest and most conservative areas of the world - Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Its efforts are primarily centred around improving the education and training opportunities available to women and children in the region.

Since its establishment in 1993, Khwendo Kor (Pushto for 'Sister's Home') has worked to tackle problems such as low female literacy rates - as little as 1% in some areas - and infant and maternal mortality rates - amongst the highest in the world. It has done this through measures such as the establishment of girls' schools and the training of women as teachers and birth attendants.

As a charitable organisation, Khwendo Kor is dependent on contributions from donors in order to carry out its work. Agencies such as UNICEF, Oxfam, the World Bank and the Pakistani, German, Dutch and UK governments have contributed funds for specific projects and have monitored and approved the results.

However, agencies give money for projects which by definition are limited in time and scope. Khwendo Kor has no core funding to sustain its future or to allow it to expand into the many villages where it is still needed including those in the Tribal Areas which are the most remote and conservative of all.

The UK Friends of Khwendo Kor (FROK) has been established to help Khwendo Kor's fundraising efforts and its aim is to raise sufficient money to give Khwendo Kor long-term funding and sustainability. On these pages you can find out more about the activities of FROK and Khwendo Kor and about how you can help Khwendo Kor continue its crucial work.