HANDS Updates July 2022
Sumaira Javaid
Health Foundation KP Team visited HANDS Head office at Karachi on July 7, 2022
HANDS is working with Health department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) through Public Private Partnership Model and has adopted one of the health facilities at Razmak, district North Waziristan of KP. A delegation from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Foundation including Dr. Nadeem Taj, Managing Director, Mr. Haroon Ur Rasheed Director Procurement and Technical Expert (Chief Hematologist) visited HANDS Head Office and planted trees on the premises. HANDS Senior management including Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed, CE HANDS, Anwer Iqbal, CFO HANDS, Maqbool Rahu Chief HR and HID welcomed the delegates. Health Foundation team appreciated HANDS work and also emphasized the expansion of HANDS services in KP.
Distribution of Meat by HANDS on the occasion of Eid ul Azha July 12, 2022
HANDS has maintained its tradition to take care of marginalized people at the occasion of Eid ul Azha. For this purpose, HANDS Qurbani 2022 was carried out in different districts across Pakistan. The meat was distributed to the most deserving communities of Sindh and Punjab.
HANDS CE – Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed visit to Skardu July 19, 2022
Chief Executive HANDS Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed visited Skardu and had a meeting with Mr. Ibrahim Shah (Assistant Commissioner Skardu GB) at his premises. Mr. Ibrahim was briefed by CE about the HANDS Independent Living Centers across country, which are providing support to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) to live their lives with less dependency and with dignity.
It came into discussion that a HANDS ILC should be opened in GB for the welfare of PWDs residing in the region. HANDS District Project Managers of Karachi, Hyderabad and Multan ILC, also attended the meeting.
HABIB Metro Bank Team visited HANDS Independent Living Centre at Karachi on July 20, 2022
HANDS management is dedicatedly allocating the financial resources to support its Independent Living Centers across Pakistan. These are meant to support Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to live their lives without dependency. HANDS is providing different services from counselling to providing education to persons with Disabilities. HABIBMETRO Bank’s Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) and Human Resource(HR) teams visited HANDS Independent Living Centre at Karachi and donated to HANDS cause to empower PWDs. HANDS has been a pioneer in developing independent living centers across Pakistan to support persons with disabilities and spread awareness about issues.
HANDS Agreement signing with Sindh Education Foundation July 20, 2022
Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) has been one of the partner organizations of HANDS who has supported HANDS in the field of Education. HANDS signed the contract of English Medium Comprehensive High Schools at Golarchi, District Badin, under the People’s Schools Program awarded by Sindh Education Foundation, Government of Sindh. Respected Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed, CE HANDS, Mr. Kabir Kazi, MD-SEF and Syed Sardar Ali Shah signed the agreement. Provincial Minister for Education was the chief guest. The event was held at PC Hotel Karachi.
Training on Leadership for Young Generation July 26-27, 2022
Youth is our asset and HANDS HR&ID Program organizes Trainings on Leadership for Young Generation once in a year. This provides the vision of life to the young students to know how can they place themselves in the society. This also provides holistic insight to the students with regards to overall life’s aim and how can they achieve that. Training contents includes Metaphor of leadership, principle of designing life, vision in life, fitness and wellbeing, Parents are the best guide etc. This was held at HANSD Head office Karachi.