The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines child labour as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to their physical and mental development. Despite the various laws and conventions that prohibit child labour in Pakistan,there are approximately 10 million children working. Child labour in Pakistan ranges from light to hazardous work, many of them work mainly in agriculture and domestic labour. Child labour is not only detrimental to a child’s health it also interferes with a child’s education, as working 6 days a week 14 hour a day leaves little room for […]

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Micro Finance for start-ups We believe in creating lasting solutions to poverty. The Edge Foundation focus on self-sustaining business models that can become vital agents of change in poor communities. Poor people have the skills, ideas and passion to make a positive change, but their lack of funds hinders them in bringing this to a reality. Traditional banking is often not available to them, and those that are offer interest rates that are unaffordable. Too often, families fall victims to loan sharks which drag them deeper into poverty. The Edge Foundation provide interest-free loans. Before a loan is given, beneficiaries […]

The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines child labour as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to their physical and mental development. Despite the various laws and conventions that prohibit child labour in Pakistan,there are approximately 10 million children working. Child labour in Pakistan ranges from light to hazardous work, many of them work mainly in agriculture and domestic labour. Child labour is not only detrimental to a child’s health it also interferes with a child’s education, as working 6 days a week 14 hour a day leaves little room for […]

The Edge Foundation provides HIV awareness classes to women and children who work on the brick kiln. We believe that prevention is better than cure this is why we believe in the importance of delivering this project, although the estimated number of those diagnosed with HIV is low – around 0.1 percent of the adult population is believed to be affected – the growing epidemic among injecting drug users with HIV is high, around 21% of injecting drug users in major urban centres across the country are said to be diagnosed with HIV. We will hold 2 classes a month […]