Who's Who of the Receipiemts of the International Volunteers Day Shield 1998-2016
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Who's Who Of The Receipiemts Of The International Volunteers Day Shield 1998-2016 ABBASI, CV: M.A.; Ph.D. Appointments: Senior Dr. Apa Shamsa. educationist in the Government of Sindh for over forty years. A post-graduate student at the time of Special Assignments: Established Federal Independence, the popular Apa Shamsa of Government’s Community Centers for Women Hyderabad, rendered immense essential services (149 Nos.) and District-level Special Education to the thousands of incoming caravans of harassed institutions. © 2005 refugees in most unusual and critical circumstances traversing from across the new ABBASI, boarders. Along with her equally highly-spirited Dr. Ruby Anwar. brother, the late Kazi Akbar,-[the well-known staunch fighter of the Pakistan Movement] and A dedicated volunteer, Begum Ruby Anwar is his dedicated teams, she remained hectically spiritedly serving the cause of special persons engaged for a very long time in this great for over three decades. Accordingly, established humanitarian mission. the Al-Umeed Rehabilitation Assn., for the Joined the newly-formed APWA and spear-headed education, general and vocational training of the the formation of its Hyderabad District and Sindh mentally retarded children and their ultimate Prov. Branches besides educational, health, placement in the main-stream of life. Membership: incoming generating and other beneficial projects Actively associates with other NGO’s concerned for women in different cities. Held top offices in with the problems of the disabled people. both and is heading the Provincial body for many years. National Honor/Tittle : ’Tamgah-e-Imiaz’ [..2003]. Participated in international conferences on education and welfare of women, besides CV. MBBS; specialized training in Cerebral undertaking special study-visits abroad. Palsy and Physiotherapy from UK.; provides Authored : ‘The Contribution of Women expert-trainingin to Physio-Therapists and National Development’; ‘Role of Women in Occupational Therapists in Nero-developmental Eradicating Illiteracy’; ‘Women in Cooperative techniques and methods; Member Advisory Movement’; ‘Family Planning From Social Point Board, Dept.of Special Education, K’chi ’varsity of View;’‘Responsibilities of Youth and the Aged [©2003]. to the Family and the Community’. ABDUL GHAFFAR. Membership: PRCS; (Hyderabad Dt. Br); APWA- Devoted his life-time in the cause of leprosy (Sindh Br-President) Pakistan Fedn. of University patients, himself being one of Women (Hyderabad Br.); the local Society for them. Ably served as the HGS of the West the Rehabilitation of Handicapped Children, and Pakistan Leper Assn. (estd:1956) for over two other NGOs. decades assisting hundreds of the fellow- sufferers and their distressed families right up 1 to death; conducted the ‘English language’ free in Child Health, Tropical Medicine and Hygiene coaching classes for their children.- some of from United Kingdom in 1962. He was qualified them now suitably well placed in life – especially for his MRCP in 1964 and appointed a Fellow two girl-students with post-graduate qualifications of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in and lucrative professional jobs. 1986. Dr Billoo started his professional career in 1959 General : Ex-seaman in merchant navy prior to from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. He incurring the leprosy disease. Birth: Kerala. joined Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Post-Script: Expired since: K’chi – 2002 on 1962 located in Glasgow. He was appointed [ 2001] as Registrar in Pediatrics at Seafield Sick Children Hospital Ayrshire, Scotland in 1962 where he ABDULGHAFFAR, Haji. worked for three years. After four years in United A highly dedicated champion for the promotion Kingdom he came back to Pakistan and started of eye health and prevention of blindness, Haji practicing as Pediatrician later on September Abdul Ghaffar’s commitments commenced during 1998 he joined Aga Khan University Hospital as the school days when his beloved mother lost chairman of Department of Pediatrics in the eye-sight due to cataract. Determined to combat university. He not only served as professor and blindness, he got devotionally attached with the Head of Pediatrics Department in Dow Medical Society for the Prevention and Cure of Blindness College but also was the part of University of in Pakistan, for over 30 years and got well- Karachi as Dean Faculty of Medicine for three expertise in organizing its huge eye camps. years. Presently the HGS of the equally prestigious Honors and awards Society for the Prevention & Restoration of Eye - 1964 – Membership for Royal College of Vision his overall ‘Eye-camp graph’ has crossed Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. the figure 970 - catering over 312,600 patients; - 1975 – Founder and Chairman for HANDS implantation of 6000 Intra Ocular Lenses and Pakistan. out-door treatment to 24,42,000 cases. - 1986 – Fellowship of Royal College of Unassuming. Simple and friendly, speedily solves Physicians of Edinburgh. all the unusual exigencies of the hectic eye camps, - 2007 – Sitara-i-Imtiaz from Government of especially those held in the inhospitable desert Pakistan. regions or the hostile tribal belts. [© 2002] - 2012 – Professor Emeritus from Aga Khan University ABDUL GHAFFAR, Billoo Dr Billoo founded Health and Nutrition Abdul Ghaffar Billoo is known Pakistani Development Society (HANDS) with his few paediatric endocrinologist at the Aga Khan close friends which has been serving humanity University (AKU) where he serve as professor since 1975. .HANDS has evolved in 36 years as of clinical paediatrics. He was awarded with one of the largest Non-Profit Organization of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for public services the most country with integrated development model and prestigious civilian award by then-President of disaster management expertise. HANDS has a Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf in March network of 31 offices across the country and has 2007. He founded HANDS International a access to more than 21 million population nearly Nonprofit organization in Pakistan which has 15,700 villages/ settlement in 43 districts of been working since 1975. Pakistan. HANDS strength is 12 volunteers Board Dr Billoo obtained his MBBS degree from Dow Members Medical College in 1959. He received his Diploma 1 villages and hamlets and since 1988 sponsored ABDUL HAMID, Maker group-marriages of scores of girls every year. (Karachi) On receipt of reports of acute hardships of A consumers’ rights activist, Mr. A. Hamid Maker, affected people in securing proper eye-treatment is founder of Helpline Trust. He has been actively and increasing number of cataract cases in advocating good governance, accountability and Sama Satta region of the Bhawalpur Dt., a code of conduct in government and society and organized the first-ever Eye Camp in the town the enforcement of the rule of law for with the active collaboration of the Sailani improvement in the quality of citizens’ life. Trust, during 1985 where thousands of eye- Established in 1996 the Helpline Trust has taken patients were treated and scores of successful up civic oriented issues like Consumer’s Rights cataract-operations performed, besides liberal and Consumer Protection and Patient’s Rights provision of relief to the deserving families. Laws, Consumer’s Education and Traffic Improvement and organized other related CV & General : B.Com. Businessman by programmes. The Trust has also launched its own profession. newsletter, ‘The Citizen’ and a Consumer Complaint Procedure through its web site: ABDUL QADER, Usman. www.helplinetrust.org Mr. Maker has been A strong pillar of the Halari Memon Jamaat, got contributing a lot through taking part in seminars it developed into a progressive set-up with and debates and panel discussion programmes multifarious projects. Expanded its small primary on the electronic media. He is regularly writing school to the high-school level for over 2000 the weekly column “Straight Talk” in daily Nation, students, while the Jamat’s equally small hospital discussing various civic and other important was likewise enlarged wit h 110 beds along with national issues. Mr. Maker got most of his modern facilities. education from the United Kingdom as he left Readily provides liberal funds for dowries for the country at the age of 12 for higher education. the timely wedding of the girls of indigent He spent 6 years in a boarding school in Brighton. families; distributes regular rations through the He did his O & A levels at London and Oxford Jamat to thousands of deserving families besides and qualified as a Textile Engineer from Leeds new garments on the Eid occasions besides University. He later joined the family business treatment charges and medicines to patients. in 1964. Retired from the active business he has Hailed as a role-model especially for the youth, dedicated his full time to various activities of the he is heading the Jamat for eight consecutive Helpline Trust. years and earlier unanimously elected HGS for 6 years. [© 2004] ABDUL KARIM, Wali Mohammad. A spirited volunteer of the Dhoraji Memon ABDUL SATTAR, Bhatti Khidmat C’ttee, Mr. Abdul Karim is actively (Larkana) organizing essential welfare services to the Born on 5th January 1952 in a middle class family hard-pressed villagers of Gadap Town for the at Larkana. During students life took keen interest last 25 years, with the splendid collaboration in students’ movements of Sindh and made good of like-minded volunteers, philanthropists and contribution in solving students’ affairs. Shifted