Our Mission
To Serve
as a data resource for practitioners, journalists, researchers, corporations and organizations.
To Enhance
the capacity of CSOs, CSRs & practitioners of social development through training, networking and access to practical tools.
To Incubate
new ideas in the field of social development and solve society’s most pertinent problems.
To Build
national network of social development experts, practitioners and frontline workers.
To Raise
awareness, encourage conversation and foster debate on issues that impact the society within the general public, both online and offline.
To Engage
under-privileged communities in the process of emancipatory social development.
About us
HIVE is a social-impact organization working to address issues of extremism and marginalization through community-led research, facilitative grant-making, upstream mobilization, innovative campaigning, needs-based mentorship and participatory collaborations. HIVE strives to work for an inclusive, equal and peaceful Pakistan.
We believe that a better- Pakistan is possible. We believe that our glorious past, diverse traditions, poignant culture, literary character, and intellectual capital combined with the recent progress in ICT, infrastructure development and fight against extremism bring us, as a community, in a unique position to navigate through our problems and manifest a reality that is closer to our dreams. We believe that this philanthropy obsessed nation can collaborate with the public and private sector in a meaningful manner to instigate processes of social change that will help us evolve as a collective. It is with this belief that HIVE Pakistan was formed.
At HIVE- young professionals with unique qualifications and experiences obsessed with a dream of a better Pakistan come together to solve society’s most daunting challenges. Having worked in over 40 cities across Pakistan in the last 10 years, the team at HIVE has not only talked but walked-the-walk towards its shared dream.
We welcome every corporation, donor agency, NGO, activist, scholar, artist, and concerned citizen to come forward and join hands with us. Let us create innovative solutions, campaigns, interventions, and projects that will preserve the ‘Spirit of Pakistan’.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb
Services we offer
Out of the box solutions to social, economic, political, and environmental problems.
Research & Trainings
Academic Research
Public Opinion
Capacity Building
Civic Education
It is focused on research, training, development of resources and creation of content on over-arching themes of social development. So far, we have delivered over 300 trainings on diverse social development subjects of crucial importance. Hive’s academic research work includes research projects with University of Sussex and University of Southern California.
Campaigning & Content Development
Digital Media & Social Media
Transmedia Campaigning
On-Ground Interventions
A multimedia studio producing engaging content that raises awareness, highlights issues and provokes debate. Hive has produced many documentaries and conducted social media campaigns for various social development initiatives. We take a storytelling approach towards developing engaging content that is disseminated through multiple platforms.
Mentored Grants
Demand-Driven Funding to Grass-root Social Actors
Participatory Action Learning and Mobilization
Skill-Share & Collaborative Platforms for Local Partners/ Grantees
To instigate positive social change in Pakistan, we support and mentor initiatives that aim to promote peace, interfaith and communal harmony, inclusive development, and community well-being. We believe in emancipatory community development wherein special weightage is given to bottom-to-top approaches to social change. So far, we have funded 50 such initiatives.
Community Engagement
Community Mobilization
Product CSR Value Activation
Hive Pakistan has conducted over 200 social activities all over Pakistan with different intervention techniques and methodologies. We have a presence in all the major cities of Pakistan through the networks of volunteers, supporters, and community leaders and mobilizers.
Relief & Rehabilitation
Disaster Relief Management
Infrastructure Development
Our relief and rehabilitation expertise include immediate relief, building community resilience and infrastructure development and rehabilitation.
If you want to know more,
submit an inquiry here or call 051.873.0298
or email us at info@hive.org.pk
Our Projects
AIK - Better Together
‘AIK – Better Together‘ is an awareness campaign that uses the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for promoting his message of social cohesion and navigates its theory of change through an interplay of innovative holographic technology, community capacity building trainings and campaigning for inclusive Pakistan.
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CREID-Ravadaar
HIVE Pakistan and CREID are implementing inclusive development projects in the most affected communities of Pakistan that face intersectional marginalization. The campaign assesses and analyses the situation of religious harmony in communities and then gathers the best practices regarding inclusive development initiatives. During the first phase, a research was conducted which exploed the intersecting inequalities in everyday life faced by miniotries.
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Dil Say Pakistan
Dil Say Pakistan is Pakistan’s first transmedia campaign which entails documentaries, music videos, TV shows, radio programs, virtual reality experiences, social media activities, animation series, film festivals and on ground activities across the country to celebrate Pakistan’s diversity, acknowledge its unsung heroes and enable social good. Being the foremost partner of the campaign, HIVE Pakistan engaged 2 million users online and 5 lac people on ground in a matter of 12 months.
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YouthCAN Lab
HIVE Pakistan as a part of the Institute of Strategic Dialogue Global’s Youth Civil Activism Network implemented Youth Innovation Labs in Islamabad, Pakistan. These innovation labs engaged youth in developing campaigns that tackle a range of issues, including deconstructing stereotypes and myths regarding minorities, misinformation or 'fake news', and a lack of civic education among youth. Check out this Youth Innovation Lab video!
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Research for Mari Petroleum Leadership School
A community mapping and preliminary research on collecting data of children with disability in Daharki, Sindh for Mari Petroleum (MPCL) and Special Talent Exchange Program (STEP) to develop the feasibility of MPCL Leadership School for Children with Disabilities.
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Chailogue
Chailogue is a community cafe - established, owned and run by the team members of HIVE Pakistan - that combines the universes of chai, dialogues and rich desi food to provide an "experience" you will not forget. Besides brewing a variety of teas, offering a choice of snacks and meals, we proudly host events that promote dialogues.
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Our Clients and Partners
