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Beaconhouse School Hafizabad nominated for RAC

Beaconhouse School Hafizabad has been nominated for the Reading Across Continents project. The Regional Director Central region of Beaconhouse School System expressed great excitement to Rotarian Saheefa Jaleel while confirming the Hafizabad campus. Students from the Hafizabad campus will participate in the RAC project alongwith a school in Washington, USA in this unique project that helps build cultural understanding and communication among children of two schools in different continents.

2009
05/02
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Hand Pumps Joint Project with Rotary Club of Pir Jhando

Rotary Club of Lahore Liberty has a special preference for health and hunger projects. The club has done several hand pump projects in the past and therefore we were again looking for locations to install more hand pumps. In this regard, President Raza Jaffri approached DG Saeed Shamsi and requested him if he could introduce us to clubs in remote locations who need financial assistance and would be interested in collaborating with us on hand pump projects.

A week after discussing this with DG Saeed Shamsi, he introduced Rotary Club of Pir Jhando to us. They were looking for assistance in installing 10 hand pumps and had approached the DG for support. This seemed more like a devine intervention!

Rotary Club of Lahore Liberty and Rotary Club of Pir Jhando have joined hands on this project and will install hand pumps in and around Pir Jhando, about 20 minutes drive from Hala, Sindh.

2008
12/04
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International Collaboration Project – Reading Across Continents

Ellensburg Morning Rotary Club of Washington, USA has joined hands with Rotary Cub of Lahore Liberty in a joint international project which was originally conceptualised by International Reading Association. The project, Reading Across Continents connects to students and faculty of two schools in different continents in a joint reading project. 

For these two Rotary clubs, the first set of schools are in Ellensburg and in Lahore. But this would only be the starting point, and more similar arrangements will be setup with various schools.

2008
12/04
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Dowry Project by PP Aslam Alam

A dowry assistance project has been initiated by PP Rtn. Aslam Alam. The wedding in on November 29th, 2008. Its a poor family with 5 daughters. Thanks to the support of PP Rtn. Aslam Alam, and the generous encouragement of Rtn. Noor us Saba Baqar, they are able to wed two daughters simultaneously. Following items have been lined up while the club members are collecting more donations:

  • Television
  • Washing Machine
  • Cooking Range
  • Dress for the bridegroom
  • Fan
  • Bed Set
  • Sewing Machine
2008
11/24
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A day out at the World Performing Arts Festival

World Performing Arts Festival

World Performing Arts Festival

World Performing Arts Festival has been a keenly awaited event for my family, particularly the kids. This is the only activity where we have even taken exception and attended the shows during the exams at our kids’ school. Today, it suddenly hit me that there are so many children who don’t even have a clue what fun it is. That’s when the Rotarian in me woke up!

Rotary Club of Lahore Liberty is organising a day out at the World Performing Arts Festival for the children of a local orphange. The festival has been a huge success over the years and this year it is the 25th festival. It brings performers from a wide vareity of countries and goes on to show that despite the negative media projection due to terrorist threats, Pakistan is still a vibrant, fun loving place.

This Rotary project will provide a rare opportunity for the under priviledged children to enjoy and gather beautiful memories to cherish for a long time, while the Rotarians will be able to bring smiles on these children’s faces.

The project is being orgnised by Rtn. Saheefa Jaleel, Rtn. Hina Elahi and Rtn. Ammar Arif Ali under the guidance of club’s President Rtn. Raza Jaffri.

The image is taken from PeerFestivals.com and all graphics and logos in the image are copyright of PeerFestivals and their respective owners.

2008
11/14
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National Children’s Mountain Conservation Meet

The Rotary Club of Lahore Liberty is sponsoring 5 children’s participation in the 7th National Children’s Mountain Conservation Meet. NCMCM, as its commonly abbreviated, is organised by Adventure Foundation Pakistan, a long established organisation promoting the principles of outward bound.

The event is scheduled from July 1st to 10th, 2008 and will be held in the beautiful Kaghan valley. As explained on the Pakistan Times website the event creates “awareness among young people about the mountain ecosystems and involve them in meaningful activities using mountains’ environment as an open classroom. Under this programme each year 120 children are selected from all parts of Pakistan to attend a 10 days camp in mountain environment.”

Sadly, the dedicated website of this project is currently down, but that of Adventure Foundation Pakistan can be viewed, although it provides minimal information about NCMCM.

Our club sponsored the participation of 5 children, who would otherwise not have been able to afford it on their own, and would not be in a position to expereince the entire learning and comraderie that is part and parcel of such events.

2008
06/17
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