{"id":489,"date":"2020-10-16T17:41:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grafas.org\/demo01\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:13:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/?page_id=489","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"489\" class=\"elementor elementor-489\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-779df23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"779df23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93c7d53\" data-id=\"93c7d53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c9c52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b3c9c52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f94b7f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f94b7f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chief Executive Message<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de90475 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"de90475\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b625db2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b625db2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4ba45f\" data-id=\"c4ba45f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5236828 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5236828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Dear Readers,<\/h4><p>I welcome you for visiting this website. It gives me immense pleasure in introducing Water, Environment and Sanitation Society-(WESS) on this site. WESS was established in the year 1999 as a non-government, non-political, and non-profit civil society development organization registered with the\u00a0 <b>Balochistan Charitites Registration and Regulation Authority<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">Over the years, WESS has strengthened its capacities in internal controls, management, organizational development, and governance, thereby establishing itself as a credible and trusted entity among civil society organizations, partners, government and <\/span>communities.<\/p><p>WESS is continuously receiving a great deal of support from its stakeholders which include the poor communities of Balochistan, the donors, private sector and the government, which significantly contributed to providing smooth services for the development of the Province.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-032650d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"032650d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WESS is presently working in the following areas<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-822ad51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"822ad51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Social &amp; Economic Empowerment.<\/li><li>Water and Sanitation.<\/li><li>Child rights and protection.<\/li><li>Natural resource management.<\/li><li>Emergency relief in disasters or displacement.<\/li><li>Sustainable Livelihood.<\/li><li>Environment.<\/li><li>Education.<\/li><li>Health.<\/li><li>Alternate Energy.<\/li><li>Human Rights.<\/li><li>Community Based Protection.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c3f819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c3f819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is yet a dire need of support required from external donors and indigenous sources to enhance the speed of response to the needs of the people of this province. This website is being presented with the hope that it will help stimulate research and action on substantially increasing the scale of coverage by WESS.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21596a8\" data-id=\"21596a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66957e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66957e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CE-1024x747.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1358\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CE-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CE-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CE-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CE-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CE.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pervez Iqbal<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Executive Message Dear Readers, I welcome you for visiting this website. 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WESS was established in the year 1999 as a non-government, non-political, and non-profit civil society development organization registered with the\u00a0 Balochistan Charitites Registration and Regulation Authority.\u00a0 Over the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":true,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"hide","_kad_post_layout":"normal","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"unboxed","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"hide","_kad_post_feature":"hide","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_xspeed_no_cache":false,"_xspeed_expiry_hours":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":101,"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3891,"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489\/revisions\/3891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wess.org.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}