New Partnership Initiative in Pakistan

The Trust has recently partnered with The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on an initiative to provide emergency financial assistance to displaced journalists and their families from Swat, Lower Dir and Buner in Pakistan.

More than 120 journalists, media workers and their families are among the two million plus refugees who have been displaced in northern Pakistan as a result of the ongoing conflict in and around the Swat valley.  Many of them are freelancers in urgent need of medical care and support with housing and subsistence.

By providing immediate support over the coming months we hope that these journalists will be in a better position to resume work and start the process of re-building their lives.

We will keep you updated with progress on this initiative during the coming months.