EFB: is a non-profit organization established for executing development projects in the Province of Balochistan. EFB works for organizations and communities that aim at sustainable improvement of living conditions of urban low-income population and  the urban environment in general.

  Field of work                                                              

EFB is active, mainly in the fields of :-      

• Advocacy and Social Mmobilization      
• Women & Child development                             
• Action research &service delivery            
• Training and capacity building                                   
• Solid waste management and resource recovery.
• Low-cost sanitation and liquid waste Management    
• Primary Health care                                         
• Community based environmental improvement    
• Natural Resource Management                                                            

The focus of activities is on low-income urban & rural areas in order to develop with local residents tools and means for their own development, enabling them to improve their living conditions, the environment, and to create employment as a sound economic base for their future.

Development goals                                                   

EFB considers community participation to be both an aim of development and a tool for achieving the objectives of development   projects. All projects should contribute to the aim that men and women, disadvantaged groups and communities, are able to decisively influence the events that effect their lives. Projects of EFB solicit the participation of men and women in articulating their gender-specific needs and shaping the project concerned. This ensures that the intervention matches the local conditions of life, and that the population will sustain improvements.

Local cooperation                                                                                         

 EFB carries out assignments in close co-operation with its local partners through short-term inputs, regular support is given to local organizations, which run their projects and are ultimately responsible for them. Meetings are held, training, planning and management support is given to strengthen local efforts to enhance the project’s sustainability. EFB actively involves local institutions, private entrepreneurs, NGOs and government departments to build up a framework in support of projects.           

  Alliances

EFB is part of alliances with other multi-disciplinary organizations in the Country which have gained recognition in the field of Environment. The partners work together in the identification, implementation, monitoring and evolution of research and projects, and in the formulation of a vision and concepts for the rural & urban environment.

The allies are:

• Pakistan Institute of Environment Development and Action Research, PIEDAR.
• International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, Balochistan.
• Society for Environmental Awareness, SEA
• Organization for Community Development, OCD
• Urban Basic Services Cell of Quetta, Municipal Corporation, QMC
• National Welfare Society, NWS   
• Participatory Integrated Development Society, PIDS
• Ferguson Associates, Financial Management Experts