About Taskeen
Taskeen is an Urdu word meaning comfort, solace, peace of mind. We chose it because that is exactly what we work to bring to the communities of the Karakoram.
comfort · solace · peace of mind
Our story
Founded in 2022, Taskeen was built on a simple belief: that comfort shouldn’t depend on how remote your village is.
We work exclusively in the mountainous north of Pakistan, in Nagar Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan — partnering with local communities and government health workers rather than working around them.
Where we work
Our projects are based in Nagar Valley, in the heart of the Karakoram — a region surrounded by some of the highest peaks on Earth.
These are communities where the nearest properly equipped hospital is a two-hour journey away and digital access is nearly nonexistent — and where a small, committed organization can make an outsized difference.
Shayar · Askurdas · Sumayar · Nagar Khaas · Hoper
Sunrise Public School, Thole, Nagar Khaas
How we work
We don’t parachute in.
Alongside government health workers
Our medicine distribution runs in direct collaboration with government-run hospitals, Medical Officers, and dispensers, with a detailed patient log kept for every distribution — so the people we serve and the partners we work with can both trust the process.
Built by local hands
Our infrastructure projects are built with and for the community. The Thole computer lab was dug, built, and furnished by local hands, with desks made by carpenters in the valley itself. When a community builds something together, they own it together — and it lasts.
Our values
Partnership over charity
We work with government health workers and local schools, not instead of them.
Accountability
Every medicine distribution is logged; every project is tracked from groundbreaking to operation.
Going the distance
Literally. We work where others don’t.
From the valley
Dispensaries, deliveries and the lab, as it happens.
Our team
Taskeen is run by a small, hands-on team with deep roots in Nagar Valley. We don’t manage projects from a distance — we dig foundations, stock medicine cabinets, and sit across the table from the patients and students we serve.
Co-founder and Programme Lead
On the ground
The people who make it work
From the dispensaries to the classroom, these are the people who make sure Taskeen’s work reaches the patients and students who need it.
Help us bring taskeen to Nagar
We arrange every donation directly, by email or WhatsApp, so you always know where it goes.
