History
Koshish, founded by young and devoted social activists was registered as a charitable trust on
4th August 1997. It works for social, political and economic empowerment of poor people, protection of
Human Rights, gender issues, Right to Food, grassroots justice delivery system and environment
conservation. Founders have been active in social and economic transformation of
the society since their student days. They have participated in students’ movement
for the rights of students, and better education environment. After youth movement
they joined movements for social, political and economic changes at provincial
level. In the course of the movement, they gathered vast experiences and ideas
which converged into the shape of an organization named ‘Koshish’, i.e. ‘efforts
for change’