ANNUAL VISIT OF HOPE TEAM AT KASHMIR - DAY 3

To help the deprived community of Kashmir region and extend a helping hand towards the deserving community, HOPE - An Educational NGO in Pakistan, established formal and informal schools in AJK. Some of the schools are till tenth grade while the others are primary schools. 

HOPE-An NGO in Pakistan, always works for the betterment of deprived communities. Kashmir is a rural area, with a high rate of poverty, due to which people face several hardships. HOPE has established formal and informal schools across the mountainous regions of Kashmir, in order to help the children, receive quality education. These schools are set up in their neighborhoods so that the children do not need to travel far from their homes in the cold and harsh weather.

On day 3 of the visit, the team visited the schools located in Thotha, Ghariduppata Muzaffarabad AJK. Where total 150 students are enrolled all together. Items such as toys, jeans, school bags, pencil boxes, shoes, stationary and handbags for teachers. Food items such as juice, pastry, rolls, samosa, pakoras were distributed among the students. The children were so excited and happy to receive the distributed items; the smiles and happiness on their face was clearly seen.

With the passion to serve humanity, HOPE reaches out to all those who no one reaches out to and has established several schools on different mountains of Kashmir. These schools are giving free and quality education to the poor children, who cannot even afford to have a sweater or a single pair of socks to prevent themselves from cold even in extreme weather. Hence, each year HOPE's team under the supervision of Dr. MubinaAgboatwalla - A child specialist in Karachi, visits the schools in Kashmir and distributes food items as well as warm clothing to the poor children studying there.

ANNUAL VISIT OF HOPE TEAM AT KASHMIR - DAY 2

Azad Jammu and Kashmir is a mountainous area comprising of various districts, located in the northern areas of Pakistan. This area is underdeveloped and in much need of proper health facilities. On the other hand, illiteracy is also prevalent here and if institutions exist, the harsh weather makes it impossible to reach there.

To help the deprived community of this region and extend a helping hand towards the deserving community, HOPE -An Educational NGO in Pakistan, has established formal and informal schools in AJK. Some of the schools are till tenth grade while the others are primary schools.

On day 2 of the visit, the team visited the schools located in Malsi, Gharidupatta at Muzaffarabad AJK, where approximately 200 students are enrolled, respectively. The team distributed gifts, shoes, jeans, toys, warm clothes, pencil case for students and handbags for the teachers there.

Food items, biryani and juice boxes were also distributed among the students and teachers there. The children were so excited and happy to receive the distributed items; the smiles and happiness on their face was clearly seen.

HOPE is ecstatic to see its students in the mountainous regions of Kashmir studying despite the harsh weather conditions. Dr.Mubina Agboatwalla – A Child Specialist in Karachi and a born philanthropist is of the view that providing basic necessities to the underprivileged class is obligatory for those who have the capacity to help.

With the passion to serve humanity, HOPE – An NGO in Pakistan reaches out to all those who no one reaches out to and has established several schools on different mountains of Kashmir. These schools are giving free and quality education to the poor children, who cannot even afford to have a sweater or a single pair of socks to prevent themselves from cold even in extreme weather. Hence, each year HOPE's team under the supervision of Dr. Mubina, visits the schools in Kashmir and distributes food items as well as warm clothing to the poor children studying there.

Pur Water Purifier Demonstration at Muzaffarabad

Mesmerizing mountains, fast flowing rivers, streams and beautiful fruit trees, all together make Kashmir a natural wonderland. But despite all this magnificence, the people of Kashmir are deprived of a lot of blessings and rights that they deserve. One of the major problems of Muzaffarabad is the accessibility of clean drinking water in the area of Dhani Baklan, Hatryan Bala.

HOPE - An NGO in Pakistan, has assigned a team specifically for this project who visit different slum areas of Pakistan to distribute water purifying kits and sachets along with the demonstration on how it is prepared and on how to use it correctly. The team visits areas where the population is deprived of clean drinking water. Each family is provided a purifying kit that consists of:

·         Cooler

·         Bucket

·         Muslin Cloth

·         Spatula

·         Pur sachets

Last week team HOPE visited Muzaffarabad where clean drinking water is not easily accessible. Hence, the team gave a demonstration tothe local communities of the area and provided them with the purifying kits that consisted of above-mentioned items.

The United Nations considers universal access to clean water a basic human right, and an essential step towards improving living standards worldwide. Water-poor communities are typically economically poor as well, their residents trapped in an ongoing cycle of poverty. Keeping this in mind, HOPE -A Health NGO in Pakistan in collaboration with Procter & Gamble is making clean water accessible by distributing P&G Purifier of Water sachets to the door steps of poor families.

Under the leadership of Dr Mubina Agboatwalla – A Child Cpecialist in Karachi and chairperson of HOPE.The aim is to benefit the community while making clean water accessible for all, hence, reducing the morbidities especially among children. In addition, this will also provide opportunity to improve standards of living while improving health status.