Environment & Sustainable Development
Clean Water for Every Home. A Greener Future for Every Generation.
The environment does not belong to us — we borrow it from our children. At Hamza Baig Welfare Society, two programs work hand-in-hand to protect it: bringing clean drinking water to communities that have never had reliable access, and fighting climate change by making Jhelum greener, cleaner, and more resilient. These are not separate issues. They are the same fight.
Water & Climate Change
Water — Clean, Safe, and For Everyone
Pakistan is the world’s fifth most populous country, home to over 233 million people. Industrialization, unplanned urbanization, and rapid population growth have placed enormous pressure on water sources across the country. Untreated industrial waste flows into rivers. Sewage systems collapse. In remote areas, families travel miles just to fetch drinking water — often from the same sources shared with livestock.The consequences are devastating. The Health Ministry and UNICEF have reported that more than 50,000 children under the age of 10 die every year in Pakistan from waterborne diseases — cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, Hepatitis, and typhoid. These are entirely preventable deaths.Hamza Baig Welfare Society has been installing water filtration plants, hand pumps, and bore wells across Jhelum — one community at a time.
What We Do:
- Install and manage water filtration plants in underserved villages across District Jhelum
- Fund bore wells and hand pumps in schools and remote communities
- Provide clean water access to earthquake-affected areas of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
- Finance construction of sanitation facilities in government schools
- Conduct community awareness on waterborne diseases, hygiene, and clean water practices
Impact 2025–2025
Impact 2017–2025:
- 4 water filtration plants installed and managed in different villages of District Jhelum
- Funds provided for 5 bore wells in government schools
- 21 hand pumps installed in earthquake-affected areas of AJK
- 12 boreholes funded for deserving families
- Sanitation facilities built in 3 schools
- Over 150,000 people accessing clean drinking water daily through HBWS plants (per DC Jhelum records)
- 20,000 direct beneficiaries through water programs
- Total investment: Rs. 8.276M
Climate Change & Plantation
A Greener Jhelum — Fighting Climate Change Tree by Tree
Pakistan ranks among the top 10 countries most affected by climate change in the world. The consequences are real and visible — more extreme floods, longer droughts, melting glaciers threatening the Indus River system, and failing crop yields that push already vulnerable communities deeper into poverty.Hamza Baig Welfare Society believes that community action on climate change does not wait for government policy. It starts locally — with trees, with awareness, and with people who care.
What We Do:
- Organize and participate in large-scale plantation drives across District Jhelum in partnership with the District Forest Department
- Distribute shade trees and fruit plants free of charge to local families, schools, and communities
- Conduct awareness campaigns on the causes and impacts of climate change in local communities
- Support the Forest Department in greening public spaces, roadsides, and schools
- Work with District Agriculture Extension Department on environment and water conservation initiatives
Impact 2021–2024
Impact 2017–2025:
- Thousands of shade and fruit trees distributed and planted across District Jhelum
- Multiple plantation drives conducted in collaboration with the Jhelum Forest Division
- Active role in beautifying and greening public spaces across the district
- Total investment in plantation: Rs. 4.357M
