Two years ago, floods buried much of Pakistan, killing thousands and sweeping away the homes of millions. Families were left living on roads or in camps, desperate for help.

The story is all too common for Pakistan: suffering and despair, with little help from anyone. But for more than 1,000 people, there is a happy ending thanks to a place called Ittehad, a village built for flood victims in Punjab Province. Ittehad was made possible by Qazi Azmat Isa, CEO of the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund.

Isa, who has formerly worked on rural and social development for the World Bank and helped create the separate alleviation fund, will talk about development in Pakistan and his passion behind it at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. He will discuss how his organization builds communities, empowers women and works in difficult areas such as Waziristan.