CSR Club Delegation Visits AMF People Should Generously Donate Blood for Children Suffering from Deadly Blood Disorders
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Vol: 3, Issue # 9, October 2018 Attention Readers Please share your CSR success stories, pictures, activities, short articles, news & events for this bulletin and your comments about the issue. Email: [email protected], Tel: 021-35653676 EDITOR: Ruqiya Naeem EDITORIAL TEAM: Sajid Aziz, Ruqiya Naeem, Engr. Nadeem Ashraf, Rizwan Rathore & Mustafa Tahir CSR Club delegation visits AMF People should generously donate blood for children suffering from deadly blood disorders A delegation of CSR Club of Pakistan visited the centre of Afzaal Memorial Thalassemia Foundation (AMTF), which has been providing latest treatment facil ities free of charge to children suffering from the deadly blood disorder. The treatment centre of Afzaal Memorial Foundation houses pharmacy, laboratory, X-Ray, diagnostic, and all the health-related services for treating children suffering from the fatal blood disorder. While welcoming the delegation of CSR Club, Director of AMTF Atiq-ur-Rehman said that the trust had been working since the year 2003 for the children suffering from Thalassemia as thousands of such children had been given treatment so far ities at the centre. for treatment of children affected from from the centre. He said that children The AMTF director appealed to the gen different types of blood disorders. belonging to the deserving families were eral public to generously give blood do He said that compulsory blood tests being given free of charge treatment facil nations, which was desperately required should be conducted both for males and females before their marriage in order to effectively prevent the cases of Thalas semia among the newborns. He said that a proper awareness cam paign should be launched to make people aware about this deadly blood disease. Speaking on the occasion, Chairman of CSR Club Naeem Qureshi appreciated the services of the trust saying that the CSR Club would provide utmost cooperation to the future operations and services of the centre being run by AMTF. Mahzar Qasim, Dr Ejaz, and other offi cials of AMTF also briefed the visitors about functioning of Thalassemia treat ment centre. Also present on the occasion are Sec retary General of CSR Club Ruqiya Naeem President Azad Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan is launching CSR event Engineer Nadeem Ashraf, Salman Siddiqui, 2019, along with President CSR Club Anees Younus, President NFEH Yogi Wajahat, Shazia Alam, Imran Khaliq, Naeem Qureshi, General Secretary Ruqiya Naeem and team. Ghulam Kabria, Saeed Ansari and others.n 01 SABAQ Educates 21,000 out Khadi donates of School Children Rs 30 million for Dam Fund SABAQ Learning Foundation recently conducted an online crowdfunding campaign with the intention of providing a more holistic learning experience to the children in its non-formal learning centres. The campaign #Bring OutOfSchoolChildrenBack, aimed to equip 21,000 Khaadi, Pakistan's premier fashion children in SABAQ Centres brand, has donated Rs 30 million for the with Education Kits. Diamer Basha and Mohmand Dam Fund. Containing English and Urdu reading books, writing materials, and math The announcement was made during a manipulatives, these kits were designed to supplement the digital education that fund raising ceremony held in Karachi as children in SABAQ Centres are currently receiving through tablets. part of Prime Minister, Imran Khan's The online campaign was designed to not only bring SABAQ's cause to people's scheduled visit. The donation amount was notice, but also to bring attention to the fact that 22.6 Million children in Pakistan revealed following the August 14th pledge are still out of school. The campaign gained online traction, and Hassan Bin Rizwan, of Khaadi contributing its entire the CEO & Co-Founder of SABAQ, was invited to Dawn News' show Chai, Toast, Independence Day proceeds to a national Aur Host with Anushay Ashraf. cause. Shamoon Sultan, founder and CEO With this campaign, SABAQ successfully raised over $7,500. These funds will of Khaadi, said, "We donated 30 million now be used to provide learning resources to over five thousand children.n rupees as a reflection of our commitment."n Ilm Association: Celebrating Innovation in Education its effect on the education landscape of Pakistan. SABAQ played a comparable part in the organization of the event and its esteemed CEO and Co-Founder, Hassan Bin Rizwan, served as the official host for the evening.n Ilm Association (IlmA) is an alliance of is centred on the ideas of innovation, 11 of Pakistan's most celebrated education collaboration and education. It focuses innovation establishments, including on the development of inventive solutions SABAQ, which have graduated the Ilm to further the cause of education in Ideas II Programme. The organizations Pakistan. The launch was attended by came together to celebrate the more than 200 representatives from improvement of learning outcomes in education departments, schools, school Pakistan through unique home-grown chains, parents, donors and others, in both products and services catering to pre- private and public sectors. The Chief primary, primary, secondary and higher Guest, former Governor of Sindh, Mr. level education. Mohammad Zubair, expressed delight at Launched as a trade association, IlmA the prospect of such an association and 02 ROOTS EDUCATIONAL & WELFARE SOCIETY Introduction of REWS from its CEO Col. (Retd) Mushtaque R. Chaudhry infection and disease, and have good pindi. This is the 47th camp organized access to essential services. Eye by Col (R) Mushtaque Rasul Chaudhry for Camps were established in the fol the eye treatment of poor and needy peo lowing areas:- " Jeero Rattial Tehsil ple. Overall it was a great success and the Gujjar Khan District Rawalpindi An people of the area were highly thankful. Eye Camp was organized at Village The following number of patients was Jeero Rattial, Tehsil Gujar Khan, on treated. Male OPDs :319 Female OPDs 07th November 2017 from 10 am to :328 Total OPDs : 647 Free Glasses issued 4 pm by Col (R) Mushtaque Rasul :385 Special Glasses issued :118 Free Med Chaudhry, Chief Executive Roots icines issued :285 Patients Cataract Surgery School System, in collaboration with :39 Patients referred to Al-Shifa for further Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Rawal treatment :38 " Khilri Sharif Chakri Tehsil and District Rawalpindi: An Eye Camp was organized REWS EYE CAMPS 2017-18 at Village Khilri, Tehsil Rawalpindi, on Social and Welfare Initiatives of 10th December 2017 from 10 am to 4 pm REWS with coordinated efforts by Col (R) Mushtaque Rasul Chaudhry, formed the basis for highly ef Chief Executive Roots School System, in fective eye and medical camps collaboration with Al-Shifa Trust Eye initiative to provide healthcare Hospital Rawalpindi. This is the 48th services to the people of rural camp organized by Col (R) Mushtaque areas. Good health is the foun Rasul Chaudhry for the eye treatment of dation of a man's life. REWS aims poor and needy people in the far flung to ensure that destitute are well and remote areas of Punjab, Khyber Pa nourished, protected from khtunkhwa and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.n Thar and Saylani Hashmanis conducted While Saylani has 2 day free medical camp long been carrying out numerous social Hashmanis Medical welfare activities in the Welfare Foundation arid region of had conducted a 2 day Tharparkar Sindh, such "Free Medical & as ration supplies, Surgical Camp" at establishing schools, Qadir Bux Bhutto madrassas and Trust, National mosques, installation Highway, Thatta. of water provision Hundreds of local facilities, conducting residents visited the health camps etc. A landmark project was launched by camp where over 150 Saylani earlier this year in cooperation with Sindh Engro Coal surgeries were Mining Company. Under this project, for the first time in the performed free of cost. history of Pakistan Tharparkar youth is being trained to Over 85% of all become software developers. screened patients were These young and promising Tharparkar residents were Hepatitis B/C positive. Eye Screening, Random Blood Sugar, selected after conducting an entry test and a thorough Cholesterol, Hepatitis profile test and Consultation were also screening process, and are being provided latest I.T education provided. and training at Saylani Head Office in Karachi. A monthly FREE Eye glasses and medicine was also distributed stipend is also paid to these students in addition to free of amongst the patients at the camp."HELP US SO WE CAN cost accommodation and meals. n HELP PAKISTAN" n 03 Plant for DTI commences Pakistan training programmes Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched Plant for Descon Technical Institute (DTI) has Pakistan, an begun a set of training programs aimed afforestation drive in at providing skill improvements to the country, by instructors of electrical trade and planting a sapling in mechanical engineers. DTI will be Haripur. Malik Amin providing design, delivery and Aslam, advisor to evaluation services for the training PM on climate activities. The first program in change also seen in collaboration with Gesellschaft für the picture. Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and sponsored by the National Vocational and Technical Training NBP acting chief plants trees at Commission (NAVTTC) and TVET Sector Support Programme (TVET-SSP), Karachi University is a week-long course which is designed to upskill instructors of electrical trade. As many as 140 instructors of electrical On the call of the government to make Pakistan green and to combat numerous trade from TEVTA Institutes of Punjab, environmental problems, Tariq Jamali, Acting President National Bank of Pakistan, divided into multiple smaller batches, planted sapling at the University of Karachi, under its CSR programme "Green Initiative." are participating in this activity. At The Bank will plant trees at various parts of the city and across Pakistan. present, the first batch of instructors NBP will plant over 1,000 trees at various sites of UOK to beautify the campus and has begun training with DTI. The second improve environment.