Petarian Foundation:
Activities:
Within this
short span of life, the Foundation has already
made substantial progress in demonstrating its
viability as an NGO geared towards the service
of Pakistan, Petaro and Petarians. It has
successfully completed a number of projects, and
a number of activities are on-going.
The
First Petarian Convention 2004 under the theme “Petarians
for Pakistan” was held at Cadet College
Petaro on 24-26 Dec 2004. Over 450
Petarians participated. Over Rs. 30 lacs
donation collected.
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Scholarships for cadets at CCP: Six
scholarships were given to cadets during
2004-2005, ten scholarships were given to
cadets during 2005-2006 and fifteen in 2006-2007. This will be continued
in years to come.
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Scholarship for ex-cadets: One ex-cadet was
given scholarship for a period of 4 years for
his studies at LUMHS, Jamshoro. A second
ex-cadet is studying at NED University while a third
one was sponsored by us at Bahria University for his
MBA.
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Teachers Training Program:
The first Interactive Workshop was held at
Islamabad for all teachers of CCP on 24-31 July
2005, managed by The Konsultants, Lahore (http://www.thekonsultants.com/). Further training programs shall
be organized with the objective to improve the
quality of education at CCP with better trained
teaching staff.
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Teachers’ English Language
Teaching Program: The Petarian Foundation
employed the services of Berlitz Language Center
at Karachi (http://www.berlitz.com/ to bring all the CCP
teachers to a mark of excellence in their
English language skills. The English language
teaching program was started in the summer of
2006 at Petaro with nearly 30 teachers in
participation. The summer program was
intense while it will continue on weekends for
the next 2 years.
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Training
at Aga Khan Center Karachi: CCP
Teachers sent to Aga Khan Training Center,
Karachi for special skills training in summer of
2006.
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Petaro
Automation Project: Cadet College Petaro has
been provided a complete automation solution using
state of the art technology with computers,
software, wireless and cable networking, broadband,
WiFi.
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Hajj Sponsorship: Lower
level employees of CCP are sponsored by Petarian
Foundation to go for Hajj. Each year, one employee
is selected. Mr. Mohsin Ali Shah who works as a bearer at the
Cadets Mess was sponsored by Petarian
Foundation to go for Hajj during 2006.
Subsequent recipients of this benefit were Mr.
Dheen
Muhammad Khaskheli s/o Gul Muhammad, Bearer, Cadets’
Mess in 2007, and Mr. Muhammad Baksh Kachelo, Senior
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Ghias
Squash Court Construction:
Funded by the CCP class of
1964-1969, Petarian Foundation donated a world class
Squash Court to Cadet College Petaro. The squash
court has been named after Ghiasuddin Sidiqi, kit
no. 964/Qasim who was the largest donor for this
project, and who expired a few months before its
inauguration.
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Aeromodelling
Club:
Petarian Foundation provided
complete equipment (model planes, flight simulator,
spare parts, etc) to the Aeromodelling Club at Cadet
College Petaro so that the cadets would have a
better opportunity to learn.
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Flood
Relief & Rehabilitation:
Petarian Foundation joined
hands with Abdalian Association, Petarian
Association, CHAEF, Kawish Welfare Trust and SARID
to run projects for relief and rehabilitation of
affected population in Sindh, Punjab and KP.
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Relief
Camp for IDPs of Swat, Buner:
A Relief Camp was established at the Govt. High
School no.2, GT Road Peshawar to assist the IDPs
jointly with the Abdalian Association.
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Earthquake
Relief Camp: Immediate Relief and Medical
Camp for Earthquake affected population at Rerah,
Bagh, AJK during Oct-Nov 2005. The Petarian
Foundation distributed over 1500 tents, 4000
blankets and quilts, food rations, clothes, and
other relief goods to the affected population in
Bagh district, AJK after conducting field
surveys of actual damage and destruction in the
mountain villages. An average of 5 doctors
remained on duty during the first 4 weeks of
emergency (including one lady doctor) to provide
primary medical relief. We also operated a field
ambulance to transport secondary and tertiary
patients with referrals to the larger hospitals
in Bagh.
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Basic Health Units
at Bagh, AJK: Six Basic Health Units / Forward
Health Posts were reconstructed by the Foundation in
Bagh district, AJK at Rerah, Lohar Bela, Seri Gala, Seri
Pehi, Samni and Sarbuland. The Foundation also provided
services of 2-3 fulltime doctors for a period of 10
months who also supervised a medical staff of nearly 20
people at these clinics. These clinics were built and
run under an agreement with the District Health Officer,
Bagh, AJK.
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Sarbuland
Village Project: As a part of the rehabilitation of
the earthquake affectees, the Petarian Foundation took
over the Sarbuland Village project from Brig. Naeem
Sadiq during its early phase, and continued its
development and management for over two and a half years
until March 2008. The village
was built on virgin land with 98 homes in the first
phase and 76 homes in the second. Of these, 65 were
allotted to widows in the first phase. The village was
occupied by over 800 residents in the first phase. The
village provided all facilities such as school for 200
children, basic heathcare unit, vocational training
center for women, roads, electricity, water and sewage
systems, sanitation services, security services, round
the clock maintenance, gas cookers, sewing machines,
etc. A total staff of nearly 70 people were employed
including teachers, doctors, medical staff,
electricians, plumbers, labourers, security guards,
sanitation staff and administration staff to manage the
day to day affairs of the village. Most of these were
local people from Bagh. The total donations received and
spent on this project (mostly in kind) exceeded US$ 2
million.
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Zakat distribution / Welfare Activities:
The Petarian Foundation has distributed Zakat to needy
persons, primarily within the Petarian community. It has
also assisted a number of members of the Petarian
community in various ways for their welfare. For the
sake of privacy, the people who have benefited from
these schemes are not named.
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Newsletter: The Petarian Foundation has been reporting its
activities through its periodic newsletter - "The
Capital Petarian".
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