Foundation of Orangi Pilot Project (OPP)
Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914–1999) was the founder and first Director of the project, and through his dynamic and innovative skills managed to bring modern sanitation to the squatter community of 1 million people. He had previously organised farmers' cooperatives and rural training centres and had served as an adviser to various development projects in Pakistan. He was also a research fellow and visiting professor at Michigan State University (US), Director of the Pakistan Academy of Rural Development and Principal of Victoria College (Bangladesh).
Comparing the OPP with his earlier Comilla project, Akhtar Hameed Khan commented:
- "The Orangi Pilot Project was very different from the Comilla Academy. OPP was a private body, dependent for its small fixed budget on another NGO. The vast resources and support of the government, Harvard advisers, MSU, and Ford Foundation was missing. OPP possessed no authority, no sanctions. It may observe and investigate but it could only advise, not enforce.".
However, both projects followed the same research and extension methods.
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