HOPE’S Eid-ul-Adha Qurbani At Thatta, Sujawal, Badin With HCI’s Assistance

The aim of sacrifice, like all other fundamentals of Islam, is to imbibe piety and self righteousness. It also promotes the spirit of sacrifice for a right cause.

There is nothing dearer to Allah during the days of Eid al-Adha than the sacrificing of animals. Sacrifice, as practised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is an essential religious rite of the Muslims – replicating and comemorating  the sacrifice performed by Prophet Ibraham in its truest spirit and essence. God put Prophet Ibraham to a most difficult trial, the details of which are described in the Quran.

Giving meat to the poor and destitute as required when doing Qurbani spreads happiness so they may also enjoy the event of Eid-ul-Adha as a time of celebration and festivities.

Keeping that in mind HOPE, an NGO in Pakistan, with the assistance of its supporters especially HCI of Canada, has  once again upheld Sunnat-e-Ibrahimi with great reverence and performed qurbani at

its Hospitals and centre in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin, and has done its utmost to spread  this happiness to the poor and destitute of rural Sindh. Sacrifice of half a dozen cows  have been done and all the meat equitably distributed amongst the poor of the adjoining areas.

Objectives:

To distribute qurbani/sacrificial meat to the poor and needy of the rural communities of Thatta, Badin, Sujawal under special instructions from Dr Mubina Agboatwalla,child specialist in Karachi and chairperson of HOPE.

To sacrifice two selected cows in each of the three cities of Sindh where HOPE’s presence is very prominent. This activity will be guided  and managed by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi.

The spirit behind this activity was  not only to provide meat to the very poor who can normally very rarely afford meat in their diets but to also encompass them in the true spirit of the celebration of  Eid-ul-Adha ~  and at the same time spread the essence of piety and humbleness and set an example for other financially endowed  people to step forward and help the needy not just during the Eid-ul-Adha celebration but on a continous basis.

HOPE’s Thatta Formal Schools’s Picnic At Keenjhar Lake.

The students of Thatta Formal School of HOPE.  an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan  were taken to a much anticipated picnic at the Keenjhar Lake. It was an early Saturday morning around 08.00 am when all the 110 students of HOPE, an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan ,  eagerly and happily collected at their Thatta School for this outing, which they otherwise could not have even visualized in going on their own.

At exactly 08.15 am all the students and the organizing teachers boarded their busses and headed toward Keenjhar Lake which was an hour’s journey.

When they all arrived at the lake arrangements had already been made for seating in the tented shade which had specially been set up for the occasion. The boys came prepared with footballs and cricket equipment to play games by setting up teams – and soon everyone joined in creating a huge noise, yelling and screaming and having fun. There was laughter everywhere.The girls arranged handball teams and enjoyed just as much as the boys, if not more.

Finally exhausted all the students collected once again under the shade of the large tent and were happily surprised to find there was food waiting for them there. After their lunch and a little bit of relaxation it was time to board their busses and head back to the  Thatta School and from there to  their individual homes.

The complete program, arrangements including of food was made under the guidance of Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi,  who closely monitored the preparation and execution of this activity      .

HOPE Celeberates Eman’s Birthday At Sachal Goth Formal School.

Several years ago Mr Shafat and his wife who reside in the US adopted a daughter with facilitation and assistance from HOPE, an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan .

Eman was then a tiny, spritely orphan who had no one to take care of her. It was a very timely development that occurred – Mr Shafat and family who were looking for just such a child to adopt stepped in. HOPE,an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan ,  first screened Mr Shafat’s family and after finding them satisfactory facilitated with all the processing of documents so that little Eman could at last find a very good home with loving foster parents.

Mr Shafat and family have never regretted this decision, in fact they are so happy with it that they wish HOPE to celebrate Eman’s birthday with them each year – and to do so they request HOPE to select one of their students and  celeberate her birthday here in unison with Eman’s birthday in the US.

A little girl from HOPE’s Sachal Goth Formal School was selected for this birthday celebration and  all the school’s students participated in the event which was a very enjoyable occasion and all the students had great fun.

As always particular attention was given by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi,  who closely monitored the preparation and execution of this activity.

HOPE’s One Day Training with USAID/MCHIP for prevention of Umbilical Cord Infections.

HOPE, an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan , organized a Training for trainers program with the collaboration of USAID and MCHIP for the proper usage of 7.1% cholorohexidine for prevention of

umbilical cord infections. The  district selected for this training was Sanghar and the venue was HOPE’s Office, A-10, Royal Society, Main Nawabshah Road. This activity was managed by Mr Irfan Qureshi and Mr Sohail Arain, facilitated by Dr Ali Muhammad Junejo, Dr Mir Muhammad Dahri & Dr Zubairuddin Qureshi.

This  participatory training using discussion, demonstration, hands on practice, questions and answers, observation and role play – was a continuation of  many training sessions managed by  HOPE, an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan , with support from USAID/MCHIP.

Training started with recitation of verses of the Holy Quran by Dr. Mir Muhammad Dahri followed by Dr. Zubairuddin Qureshi’s welcome remarks & Agenda of the Training program of 7.1% Chlorhexidine Digluconate for prevention of Umbilical Cord Infections.

The objective was to build skilled birth attendant (SBAs) and lady health worker (LHWs) capacity to educate mothers on appropriate cord care and  to build skilled birth attendant and lady health worker capacity to teach pregnant women proper procedure of Chlorhexidine application on the umbilical cords stump.

The umbilical is a dangerous entry point for infection, which can easily pass through the cord into the baby`s body and lead to sepsis and death. Infection in the leading cause of newborn deaths. The baby can be infected during the birth process by an unclean umbilical cord or skin pustules. Infection can spread fast and affect the whole baby`s body leading quickly to death. This generalized infection is called sepsis. Ensuring optimal cord care at birth and in the first week of life (including use of Chlorhexidine), especially in settings with poor hygiene, is a crucial strategy to prevent life-threatening sepsis and cord infections, and avert preventable neonatal deaths.

As always particular attention was given by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi,  who closely monitored the preparation and execution of this activity  and everything was closely monitored by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi   who ensured that the training provided was of the best quality and that all participants benefitted from it and became capable enough to replicate it with the working skilled birth attendants and other lady health workers.

HOPE’s Fundraising In The US for Installation Of Water Handpumps in Rural Sindh

HOPE, an educational and health  NGO in Pakistan , has been helping the needy of rural  Sindh to obtain clean drinking water . Water is the single most important nutrient of life.Without water life simply is unsustainable. And although potable, drinking water fit for human consumption is plentiful in many countries and regions of the world, it is either not available or very scarce in other parts of this planet. The province of Sindh in Pakistan happens to be one of the places where water is chronically short besides being dirty and contaminated.

In this regard HOPE’s youth wing in the US held a presentation in the presence of Dr  Mubina Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi who was visiting USA on fund a raising mission – and the outcome of this presentation was heartening as it resulted in obtaining the support of installation of  eleven hand pumps for various communities in Sindh severely endangered and in dire need to migrate to better places with availability of water.  Besides the youth wing representatives Mr. Marwan Majid, Mr. Aamir Jameel and Mr. Zafar Shah were also present.                                                                

                                                         

Water is the single most important nutrient of life.Without water life simply is unsustainable. And although potable, drinking water fit for human consumption is plentiful in many countries and regions of the world, it is either not available or very scarce in other parts of this planet. The province of Sindh in Pakistan happens to be one of the places where water is chronically short besides being dirty and contaminated. Sindh is generally an arid region, mostly devoid of water, specially in the rural areas where inhabitations cluster around water sources. But because of constant drought water is almost always very scarce ~ even sub-soil water.

Children, especially girls have to walk miles to get drinking water for their families. `HOPE, an NGO in Pakistan , has been helping the needy of rural  Sindh to obtain clean drinking water. We at HOPE, a health NGO in Pakistan, recognize this problem and have been working relentlessly on it for the last few  years and have constructed deep soil water wells  on a constant basis  providing many rural communities abundant  clean water and thus saved them the agony of migrating to other regions for potable water for themselves and for their animals.

As always particular attention is given by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi, in the selection of the sites for the pumps.

Quality and material of the hand-pumps is also closely checked by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi. The water being extracted by hand pumps so far installed  is potable and fit for human consumption.

   

As always particular attention is given by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi, in the selection of the sites for the pumps. Quality and material of the hand-pumps is also closely checked by Dr MubinaAgboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi. The water being extracted by hand pumps so far installed  is potable and fit for human consumption.                                

HOPE’s Medical Camp At Allah Baksh Brohi With The Support Of House Of Habib.

HOPE,  a vital provider of health and education to the rural, poor masses since 1997 – and a very important and prompt provider of relief during natural calamities such as floods, earthquakes, storms and even the aftermath of terrorist attacks has  responded immediately to the floods since 2010, providing food and safe drinking water to the most vulnerable groups, particularly women and children. Over the past five years, we’ve reached over 700,000 people.

On this particular occasion HOPE, an educational and health related NGO in Pakistan was supported by the House of Habib {Travel Waljis} in extending a very timely help to the flood affectees of Sindh. The area selected  was the flooded  delta region of river Indus, a place known as Allah Baksh Brohi .

The area was surveyed in advance and by some good fortune a fully erected building became available to HOPE/House of Habib which was a great help in setting up this much needed medical camp for the displaced flood affectees – who were advised in advance of the date and place of its setting up.

A very large number of men, women and children flocked to this medical camp and as many as 800 patients were treated and free medicines distributed. Six doctors participated in this medical camp and they had their hands completely full all through the day. So also the dispensary which remained just as busy in giving out the medicines.

Some of the old and aged ones, in dire need of medical help, also managed to make it to the camp.

As always particular attention was given by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi, in the selection  of the area in need of such an activity  and everything was closely monitored by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi   in the formation of the whole team inclusive of the doctors and also in ensuring that all necessary medicines needed for this medical camp to ensure that  nothing short of very good medical treatment was provided to the flood affectees.

HOPE Invited To Karachi Commissioner’s Meeting For Evaluation of The Heat Wave Casualties and Measures Being Taken To Manage Monsoon Hazards.

HOPE, an education related NGO in Pakistan, http://www.hope-ngo.com/Education/NorthernPakistanHomeSchools.aspx  attended the meeting along with several other organizations including the heads of  Civil Hospital Karachi, Jinnah Hospital, Abbasi  Shaheed Hospital and several other  Hospitals based in Karachi and different  cities of interior Sindh.

The discussion first revolved around how the temperatures were extremely high  from  the very first day of Ramadan and how its intensity persisted for the first ten days without any let up. And how the situation became worse with the complete loss of power in many parts of the city, compounded further by an acute shortage of water  in almost all areas of the city. All the hospitals’ representatives advised how they coped with this calamity-like situation, although they did admit that they were ill-prepared for the situation. 

They complained that they did not hear a word of appreciation for the thousands of lives they saved but were continuously blamed for the lives that were lost – especially by the print and visual media. 

The other organizations including  HOPE, an education and Health related NGO in Pakistan, http://www.hope-ngo.com/Health/MaternalChildCenter.aspx advised the participants how they capably managed the situation as best as possible in providing relief to the people in areas most severely affected by the intense heat wave in  providing cool drinking water, first aid and primary care and basic medicines  wherever needed, transportation of  the severely affected patients to the hospitals etc.

 Then the topic moved to the impending and somewhat dreaded season of  the rains, the monsoons. Karachi, a city of over 20,000,000 with very tightly-knit housing communities mostly lacking basic amenities like drainage, sewage systems, a proper system of garbage collections is completely inundated when the rains arrive. The drains already clogged with garbage overflow with water and there is stagnant filthy water even days after the rains – which in turn triggers many diseases thus unleashing a new cycle of  health related problems – which gets controlled only when the standing dirty waters dry up by the sun’s heat which should have in the first place been drained out. This time, though, the commissioner was determined that such a situation would not be permitted to arise and gave directions for the city’s cleanup with immediate affect and also  for all personnel including the NGOs to be on standby and step in immediately if a situation required any assistance from any quarter.

As always particular attention was given by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi, http://www.drmubinaagboatwalla.com/child-specialist-karachi/   who set up teams and instructed them to be ready and fully prepared and come into immediate action as and when needed.