A young man from a well-known family of District Sherani, inspired to do something for the development of the marginalized community of Baluchistan. He gathered a group of like-minded motivated community development professionals, researchers, media persons, human rights activists and concerned citizens who were trying to contribute their time and skills to main stream marginalized and most vulner
able segments of the society in development process in order to empower women, girls, children and youth. The statutory mandate of AWARE is “to promote the development of a socio-economic and politically sound society and to improve the living standards of the population of rural and urban slums in Pakistan.” Since its inception, AWARE aimed to identify and address the causes of chronic deprivation, hunger and injustice prevailing among marginalized communities that relate to their location and the specification, or characteristics of rural areas, that distinguish them from the urban and which are often not addressed in the mainstream plans and policies.
