September-December, 2019 Pakistan Girl Guides Association Editor: Syeda Khawar Ehsan Orientation Meeting with the President of Pakistan Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, National Commis- Ranjha, Additional Secretary Ministry of sioner Pakistan Girl Guides Association Education and staff members of the had a meeting with the President of Paki- PGGA National Headquarters also ac- stan Mr. Arif Alvi and the First Lady Mrs. companied her. Honorable President Samina Alvi on 28th January, 2020. Na- and First Lady took great interest in tional Commissioner gave an orientation PGGA’s work and appreciated its efforts presentation to the president and his for the empowerment of girls in Paki- wife. Mr. Muhammad Saleem Ahmed stan. Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar Pakistan Girl Guides Association National 250 Senior Guides Headquarters organized a session re- and their Leaders garding Breast Cancer Awareness on 23rd from 10 Educa- October, 2019. The Session was facilitat- tional Institutions ed by the doctor of Shifa Foundation. of Islamabad par- She informed the participants about the ticipated. importance of self-examination, symp- toms and treatment of breast cancer. Page 2 The Guide Post Executive Committee & 70th Annual Council Meeting Pakistan Girl Guides Association’s Execu- was approved by the Committee. Pro- tive Committee & Annual Council spects of upcoming All Pakistan Camp Meeting was held on 23rd and 24th No- were also shared with the members. vember, 2019 respectively at National On 24th November, 2019 Annual Council Headquarters, Islamabad. Delegates Meeting of PGGA was held. During the from all seven branches of Pakistan Girl meeting all chapters of PGGA and Na- Guides Association (AJK, Baluchistan, tional Headquarters presented their an- Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Terri- nual reports. tory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and At the end of the meeting Shields and Sindh) attended the meeting. Senator Awards were conferred upon Guides and Nuzhat Sadiq, National Commissioner of members showing outstanding perfor- Pakistan Girl Guides Association chaired mance by Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, Nation- the meetings. al Commissioner of Pakistan Girl Guides During the Executive Committee Association. meeting policy decisions regarding Fi- Earlier, meetings of sub-committees on nance, Constitution, Training, Program Finance and constitution were also held and International Guiding were made. on 22nd November, 2019. Annual Training plan for the year 2020 Senior Guides National Service Camp, Sagri Pakistan Girl Guides Association National ior Guides taking care & doing activities Headquarters organized a National Com- with their children. munity Service Camp at Government A Free Medical Camp was also set up Girls Higher Secondary School, Sagri, during the Senior Guide National Service Rawalpindi from 22nd to 29th December, Camp. A doctor visited the camp and 2019. 50 Senior Guides and their lead- provided free medicine. First Aid training ers from all over Pakistan participated in (facilitated by Rescue 1122) was impart- the camp. ed to students and village women. During the camp an adult literacy center Sessions on Mother and Child Health and was set up to educate the illiterate Road Safety were organized in collabora- women and village women learned to tion with Human Development Founda- read and write during this period. tion and Islamabad Traffic Police. Income generation skills like food Award Ceremony of the camp was orga- preservation, sewing & cutting, embroi- nized on 27th December, 2019. Senator dery, patch work, knitting, crochet work, Nuzhat Sadiq, National Commissioner tie & dye, baking without oven, beauti- PGGA was the Chief Guest in the cere- cian, etc. were imparted to the village mony. She appreciated the spirit of ren- women so they can earn their living or at dering service exhibited by the Guides least help their families. An ECCCD (Early during the Service camp and said that Childhood Care and Development) Cen- Young girls with such enthusiasm can ter was established to facilitate the bring a positive change in the society. mothers of infants and small children so She also distributed certificates among they can learn different skills while Sen- the participants. Page 3 The Guide Post Juliette Low Seminar The Juliette Low Seminar, an interna- young girls participated in the event. tional leadership development pro- Zunaira Mir from Punjab attended JLS in gramme which took place from 14th to UK, Sarwat from Sindh went to Thailand, 20th November, 2019. For the first time, Zara & Sanober from Sindh went to Mal- the JLS had the capacity for 1,000 partic- dives. ipants aged 20 to 30 to develop their The participants got the opportunity to leadership at 20 different locations meet Guides from around the world in a around the world. The theme of the diverse environment and according to 2019 JLS was “Lead Out Loud”. The the theme they explored how to actively event focused on addressing gender tackle gender barriers to leadership and barriers to leadership. bring about positive change. From Pakistan Girl Guides Association 4 Earthquake Relief Activities Mirpur A devastating earthquake hit Mirpur, meeting with Director-General Health of AJ&K on 24th September, 2019. AJK. The earthquake caused 38 causalities, Later, the staff of PGGA National Head- 665 injured and more than 1000 houses/ quarters and AJK office visited Mirpur buildings collapsed. and distributed Relief goods among the To analyze the situation Young leaders of victims of earthquake. Kitchen utensils, AJK visited Divisional Headquarters Hos- bedding and medicines were part of the pital after the earthquake. They had relief packs. 16 Days of Activism Pakistan Girl Guides Association National Shahid from Pakistan Girl Guides Associ- Headquarters organized a session re- ation facilitated the session. garding 16 days of activism against gen- At the end participants demanded that der based violence in collaboration with “No girl or woman should feel unsafe or Human Development Foundation (HDF) experience harassment in the streets; on 6th December, 2019. Guides around after all, these the world celebrate 16 days of Activism are our streets every year. Focus of this year was too”. “harassment of girls and women in the streets”. Safe Streets for girls and women and Laws regarding harassment at workplace were part of the session. Executive Di- rector Human Development Foundation Mr. Saeed-ul-Hassan and Mrs. Uzma Page 4 The Guide Post Pakistani Youth Delegation’s visit to China Government of Pakistan under the flag Ms. Farukh Avais Young Leader AJK rep- of “kamyab Jawan Program” arranged a resented Pakistan Girl Guides Associa- six days long exposure visit of China for tion. During the visit delegation visited 100 membered Pakistani youth delega- the Beijing city sub-Tiananmen Square tion, including students, young profes- and the Forbidden City, Beijing city sub- sionals and members National Youth Center planning exhibition hall, Council in supervision of Mr. Raye Tai- Tongzhou Grand Canal, Beijing opera, moor, Minister Youth Affairs Punjab. The Taiyuan city (capital of the Shanxi prov- visit was organized in collaboration with ince) and Taiyuan University of Technol- All China Youth Federation. ogy. Meeting with Additional Chief Secretary AJK Ms. Hanifa Khanum, President Pakistan DPI colleges, DPI schools, Divisional di- Girl Guides Association AJK had a rectress Schools and Secretaries of other meeting with Additional Chief Secretary departments were also present in the AJK Mr. Farhat Ali Mir in September, meeting. A brief presentation about 2019. The Secretary called the meeting Guide activities was also part of the to resolve the Issues of Guiding in AJK. meeting. Warrant Test Training, AJK Pakistan Girl Guides Association AJK or- Guide leaders and Guiders participated. ganized a 5 days Warrant test training at Mrs .Tahira Ahmed and Miss Shamim Guide House, Muzaffarabad. 15 Senior Awan were the resource persons. New Enrollments, AJK Pakistan Girl Guides Association AJK or- tober, 2019. 78 Girl Guides were en- ganized an enrollment ceremony for the rolled at Guide House, Muzaffarabad. Guides of OPF Public School on 22nd Oc- International Human Rights Day A Seminar on International Human pied Kashmir was the main topic of dis- Rights Day was organized by NCIH, HR cussion. Ms. Hanifa Khanum, President Islamabad and Scholars foundation AJK. PGGA AJK, Guides Commissioner for Pri- Violation of human rights in Indian occu- vate sector and staff attended. Hike and Cookout Pakistan Girl Guides Association AJK or- on 21st September, 2019. 21 Senior sources and without proper utensils. ganized a hike and cookout program for Guides participated. During the activity Different games and Guide Songs were Senior Guides of Model Science College Guides learnt to cook with limited re- part of the activity. International Volunteers Day, AJK International volunteer day was cele- ticipated. Guides were briefed about the teers play vital role in different situa- brated at Guide house Muzaffarabad on importance of volunteerism for the tions. 5th December, 2019. 30 Girl Guides par- betterment of a society and how volun- Page 5 The Guide Post Basic Training for Guiders Khuzdar , Baluchistan Pakistan Girl Guides Association, Balu- Jan, Divisional Director Education was chistan organized 5 days training for the the Chief Guest. He along with Assistant Guiders of Khuzdar district with the sup- Commissioner met the participants and port of Education department and Com- appreciated the Guide program. He as- missioner Khuzdar. 35 Teachers partici- sured his full support for the promotion pated. Purpose of the training was to of Guiding in the division. start new Guide Companies in the Earlier Guide members had a meeting schools of Khuzdar. with the District Commissioner Khuzdar In the closing ceremony Mr. Muhammad to initiate Guiding in the district. Awareness Campaign regarding Use of Plastic Bags The Guides from Helper Schools Quetta use paper & cloth bags. Guides also ran a campaign regarding “Say no to picked the trash and garbage from their plastic” in the area around their school. school and cleaned the surrounding area 40 Guides participated. They motivated of their school.