OPRCT

OPRCT formerly OPP-OCT is a Non Banking Financial Institute under the domain of Orangi Pilot Project. The Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) was established by the renowned Pakistani social scientist Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan in the informal settlement of Orangi Town Karachi, in 1980. The objective of the Project was to build models of participatory development that could overcome the problems faced by conventional development program in dealing with informal settlements and poverty related issues. Among other things, the Project worked at establishing producer and consumer cooperatives. These attempts slowly evolved into a Micro-credit program, the first of its kind in Pakistan. Although this program was originally limited to Orangi, through the OPP's Orangi Charitable Trust (OCT), it soon moved to supporting NGOs and CBOs (Community Based Organization) in the rural and urban areas of Pakistan, in the operation of their own micro-credit program, aimed at small farmers, businessmen and rural..

Primary location: Karachi Pakistan