SSTD is an organization of development professionals, whom possess extensive field and program exposure in most of FATA and Afghanistan and worked with different international organizations. The founding members of SSTD were providing non-profit based computer and IT education in area of Peshawar under the banner name of Scientific Skill Trainings (SST)since 2002. In order to providesustainable development at the grass root level the founding members of SSTD decided to give the sustainable strategies a legal status, thus SSTD was established in March, 2003 and then registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 in the office of The Provincial Registrar Joint Stock Companies & Societies, Peshawar bearing Registration No. 968/5/4741 dated: 29thJune, 2006 with the will to enhance livelihood opportunities of marginalized communities, based on the principle of mutual respect, without any discrimination on the basis of gender, creed, class, caste or any other social or political affiliations.

Society for Skills, Trainings and Development is a private non-profit development organization which strives for the uplift of marginalized and underprivileged people in Pakistan. The purpose of Society for Skills, Trainings and Development is to empower the multitudes in the impoverished communities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA by enhancing their various skills, leading to sustainable development in the long term social and economic growth. The organization is determined to disseminate through out the area the significance of sustainable development by practically building capacity among the people with whom it works. SSTD firmly stands behind its relentless drive to assist the poor segment of society by developing their full potential.

SSTD believes that among the factors of production i.e. Land, Labor and Capital Labor is of the prime importance to excel both the economic as well as social development. It is the labor on whose skills the institutions are designed and lack of capacity of labor collapse the whole structure of an organization. Therefore, efficiency and effectiveness of any given interventions will improve with the improvement, diversification and enhancement of human resources. In order to materialize these ideas SSTD has established its strategies for human resource development through both the direct project intervention of vocational and technical trainings as well as building the capacity of young development professionals through local labor induction in different projects.

It possess extensive experience in sustainable development and has a team of development professionals with wide experience in social sector and well established systems ofOperations, Finance, HR, M&E and community development ensuring gender mainstreaming and focusing livelihood improvement of most marginalized areas.