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Karakoram Area Development Organization (KADO) is a indigenous medium sized initiative "community-based non-governmental organisation (NG0) in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, Pakistan which was registered as a non-profit organization in 1998 with a mission "to develop local human and institution capacities for equitable and sustainable development." The community-based KADO, non-governmental organisation (NG0), "has been creating small economic development projects in Hunza, especially for women and other vulnerable segments of the population for more than a decade." KADO has various "interventions in the thematic areas of enterprise development, environmental management, rehabilitation of special persons, art and culture, use of ICT for development and Human and institutional development.

By 2007 in its work on poverty alleviation and empowerment of women, KADO established School Management Committees (SMCs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to implement educational projects, such as computer literacy programs to 3500 girls and women. This was a unique collaboration with the government and Community Based Organizations (CBOs).

KADO was included in a comprehensive report of NGOs in the area called Northern Areas of Pakistan in 2003. Dr. Roohi described KADO's work at that time.

""[KADO] "has been running a number of projects. One of the remarkable projects is Karakoram Handicraft Development Project, which is aimed at improving community economic status through cultural preservation and promotion. It has also initiated working for the i m p rovement of urban environment. For this purpose, Hunza Environment Committee has been formed. Moreover, campaigns for environmental awareness through the organization of walks, and seminars etc. have been started. It has taken initiative to organize all Hunza based small NGOs/CBOs on one forum to building their capacity for conservation and sustainable development.""

- Tehmina Roohi 2003 International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN)

History
KADO was registered as a non-profit organization in 1998 with a mission "to develop local human and institution capacities for equitable and sustainable development." The community-based KADO, non-governmental organisation (NG0). KADO was formed as the umbrella organization for the successful Karakoram Handicrafts Promotion Society (KHPS) established in 1995 as a revitalization program for indigenous handicrafts for local development - and for other programs that developed as a result of KHPS.

HiMaT Indigenous Leadership and Development Program
The HiMaT Grassroots Development Foundation began as a partnership with Karakorum Area Development Organization (KADO), the Four Worlds Centre for Development Learning and a German businessman, Frieder Krups in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. HiMat's first development was in July 2008 when it "began supporting development efforts in the 11 villages of the Chipursan Valley in the most northern region of Pakistan high in the Himalayan Mountains."

Indigenous Leadership and Development Program's Rural Development Learning and Support Centre was created as a capacity-building centre for "rural communities, institutions and leaders (including women and youth)" social and economic development that offers "regional training, coaching and support."

HiMaT Grassroots Development Foundation was founded by Frieder Krups in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

The name HiMaT means courage.

""HiMaT. Himat (also spelled himmat) is an Urdu word for courage, self-drive, spunk or empowerment. We have chosen to write the word as HiMaT to reinforce the concepts of effort (Mehnat) and transformative power or strength (Taaqat).""

In July 2011 the HiMaT Indigenous Leadership and Development Program of KADO organized a learning and action forum that was held in Kyber, Gojal and Hunza. "Participants of the Kyber forum analyzed the food and agricultural crisis in Gojal, and called for nothing short of an “agricultural revolution”. HiMaT-KADO subsequently organized a series of small farmer schools to begin a search for solutions."

"In April 2013, a Farmer’s Forum on Sustainable Agriculture brought together some 90 farmers (men, women, young and old) from across Gojal. At this forum the following critical decisions were made. Gojal farmers will work together to create a “second green revolution” that will seek a shift toward sustainable agricultural methods for addressing food security and agriculturally based prosperity. Participants agreed to form a Gojal Farmers Alliance. TInitially, this work will be coordinated collaboratively by GOLSON and the LSOs of Gojal, with the technical support of KADO-HiMaT and the department of Agriculture of the Karakorum International University (KIU)."

In January 2010, the Attabad landslide disaster in January 2010 completely blocked the Hunza Valley. A new lake — now called the Attabad Lake or Gojal Lake — which extends 30 kilometers and rose to a depth of 400 feet, was formed as the Hunza River backed-up cutting off the Gojal people. The landslide completely covered sections of the Karakoram Highway. In his 2013 report Ashraf Karim described how KADO's HiMaT Indigenous Leadership and Development Program (HILDP) provided training for women in two of the IDP camps.

In xxxx Chipursan (CLSO) and Sost, Gojal Rural Support Organization (GRSO) - two HiMaT supported local support organization LSOs tied for first place beating out the other 28 participants by a "significant margin." in a study evaluating LSOs undertaken by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy with support from the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and the [[Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP).