Munawar Humayun Khan is the Chairperson of SRSP and the wife of a former Pakistani

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

, Dr. Humayun Khan.

Philanthropic and benevolent activities

Mrs Khan

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the

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Sarhad Rural Support Programme The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in North West Pakistan. Established in 1989, its mission is to reduce poverty and promote sustainable livelihoods in Khyber Pakhtunkh ...

(SRSP), which is one of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

's largest

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, she has 15 years of experience working with people at grass roots for

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and

poverty reduction Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty. Measures, like those promoted by Henry George in his economics classi ...

. She is on the Board of many other

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including: Pakistan Center for Philanthropy (PCP), Dost - Drug Rehabilitation Center, Ghazi Barotha Taraqiati Idara and the

Rural Support Programmes Network The Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) is the largest development network in Pakistan with an outreach to over 34 million rural Pakistanis. It consists of a network of 12 Rural Support Programmes (RSPs). The RSP’s rely on a community driv ...

(RSPN). She also Chairs the Board of Directors of Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Munawar Humayun Living people Rural development in Pakistan Pakistani social workers Pakistani philanthropists Year of birth missing (living people)