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Sadruddin Hashwani

Sulaiman Dhanani

Col. Muhammad Sadiq

Chairman & Patron-in-Chief:

Acting Country Director:

Director Projects:

2016 LEADERSHIP

EDITORIAL TEAM

Content Writer:

Graphic & Web Designer:

Nadia Humaiyun

Mazhar Yaseen

Issue No. 27March 2016

Quote of The

M o n t h No struggle can

ever succeed

without women

participating side

by side with men.

Muhammad Ali

Jinnah

Dear Readers,

We hope you enjoy reading about our latest achievements, events and new projects!

These newsletters are a collaborative effort from all departments of Hashoo Foundation. Like always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions for future editions. This is your newsletter, so let us know if you have any news, announcements, achievements or events. We would be delighted to hear from you!

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WELL DONE!Mr. Khush Ahmed Din, HF Scholar received Gold Medal for completing his B. Arch. from Punjab University, 2010 to 2015. He scored highest CGPA in his batch as well as stood first in all 10 consecutive semesters. He also received the Mehdi Ali Mirza Award from Institute of Architects Pakistan (IAP) for his outstanding academic performance.

Birthday Celebrations

Seminar on Hotel Management & International Opportunities

Visit of TEVTA Team at ROR

Orientation of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts

Hashoo Foundation Extended Service Contract withPunjab Skill Development Forum

Thokham Rozi Festival Celebrated in Ghizer

Jashan-e-Nauroz Celebrations in Hunza

Welcome Aboard!

Celebrations of Bo-Fao Festival

Participation in CKU's Third Partners Meeting

HF's Participation in CKU Partners Orientation Workshop

HF-UN HABITAT: Technical Damage and Needs Assessment Conducted in District Chitral

Farewell Ceremony

International Women's Day Celebrations

HF Signed A Contract With UNDP

Hashoo Foundation Caring for Minorities

HF Officials Meet with USAID-PRP Team

Facing Hardships of Life with a Smiling Face

Visit of NAVTTC Team at ROR

Fire Safety, First Aid and Emergency Response Training

International Tuberculosis Day Celebrated at ROR

International

Women's Day

Celebrations

March 8th is International Women's Day – a day to

celebrate women's contributions in order to make our

world a better one. Keeping that in view, each year,

Hashoo Foundation celebrates womanhood and pays

tribute to the indomitable spirit of women across its

offices. In the same connection, a small gathering was

arranged at core office along with all regional offices.

ROR and Project Office Rawalpindi along with ROG

also celebrated the Women's day. Success stories were

shared followed by cake cutting ceremonies.

HF-HDRC Lahore also celebrated the day with extra

energy and zeal. Where, Speakers, Miss Ayesha Zahid,

Gender Studies

Specialist from

Superior University

and Mr. Shehzad

Choudhry from

Government College IWD Celebrations: Cake cutting ceremony at HF core office

Cake cutting ceremony with staff & trainees at ROR International Women's day celebrations at ROG

Hashoo Foundation Caring for Minorities

Hashoo Foundation

has joined hands with

Minorities Rights

Sewa Foundation

(MRSF) to support

minorities by

providing 06 months

tailoring course to 50

unemployed girls

residing in the

Rawalpindi Division.

An MoU was signed

between both

organizations on 4th

March 2016 at HF

Core Office,

Islamabad. Mr.

Sulaiman Dhanani

Country Director

Hashoo Foundation

and Pandit Channa

Lal President MRSF

signed the MoU.

Following the MoU

signing ceremony, HF

handed over Cheque

and Sewing Machines

to representatives of

MRSF at Umeed-e-

Noor, Islamabad on

11th March 2016.

MRSF received 25

sewing machines

along with first trench

of project funding

amount by the

representative of the

Foundation. This one

year project is aimed

MoU signing between Hashoo Foundation and MinoritiesRights Sewa Foundation

Representative of HF handing over sewingmachines to minorities rights NGO

to provide 06 months

(x2) tailoring courses

to 50 unemployed

girls residing in the

Rawalpindi division.

MRSF, with the

support of Hashoo

Foundation, is eager

to bring a change in

socio-economic status

of females including

minorities through

training them for their

livelihood. Mr. Pandit

Channa Lal, President

MRSF at the occasion

said, “With the

support of Hashoo

Foundation, we are

aiming to expand our

operations in the field

of women

empowerment by

teaching them

different skills”. He

further added, “We

are looking forward to

an enhanced

cooperation with

Hashoo Foundation in

all possible options to

mitigate the suffering

of minorities in

general and women in

particular.” Mr. Syed

Adnan Shah,

Communications

Officer Hashoo

Foundation, Mr. Bilal,

Admin Officer and

representatives of

Umeed-e-Noor also

attended the event.

HF Officials Meet with USAID-PRP TeamA meeting between

PRP and HF officials

was held on Friday,

25th March 2016.

The meeting

formally started off

with an introduction

of both the teams

present. The main

agenda of the

meeting was to

discuss the overall

progress of project

activities and follow

up on milestones.

HF Signed Contract With UNDPHashoo Foundation

has signed a contract

with the United

Nations Development

Programme (UNDP)

to implement the third

phase of “Disaster

Risk Reduction in

Pakistan” –

Community Based

Disaster Risk

Management

(CBDRM)

Implementation at UC

Level”. The project

commenced from

March 1st, 2016 and is

expected to conclude

by August 30th, 2016

in UC II Chitral Town,

District Chitral. The

goal is to help reduce

the vulnerability of

those area's of District

Chitral which are

most affected by

natural disasters. This

will be done by

increasing the disaster

preparedness and the

response capacities of

local communities.The project would

cater to approx. 17,644

beneficiaries in the

targeted area.

University summed up the ceremony with their precious thoughts.

International

Women's Day

Celebrations

March 8th is International Women's Day – a day to

celebrate women's contributions in order to make our

world a better one. Keeping that in view, each year,

Hashoo Foundation celebrates womanhood and pays

tribute to the indomitable spirit of women across its

offices. In the same connection, a small gathering was

arranged at core office along with all regional offices.

ROR and Project Office Rawalpindi along with ROG

also celebrated the Women's day. Success stories were

shared followed by cake cutting ceremonies.

HF-HDRC Lahore also celebrated the day with extra

energy and zeal. Where, Speakers, Miss Ayesha Zahid,

Gender Studies

Specialist from

Superior University

and Mr. Shehzad

Choudhry from

Government College IWD Celebrations: Cake cutting ceremony at HF core office

Cake cutting ceremony with staff & trainees at ROR International Women's day celebrations at ROG

Hashoo Foundation Caring for Minorities

Hashoo Foundation

has joined hands with

Minorities Rights

Sewa Foundation

(MRSF) to support

minorities by

providing 06 months

tailoring course to 50

unemployed girls

residing in the

Rawalpindi Division.

An MoU was signed

between both

organizations on 4th

March 2016 at HF

Core Office,

Islamabad. Mr.

Sulaiman Dhanani

Country Director

Hashoo Foundation

and Pandit Channa

Lal President MRSF

signed the MoU.

Following the MoU

signing ceremony, HF

handed over Cheque

and Sewing Machines

to representatives of

MRSF at Umeed-e-

Noor, Islamabad on

11th March 2016.

MRSF received 25

sewing machines

along with first trench

of project funding

amount by the

representative of the

Foundation. This one

year project is aimed

MoU signing between Hashoo Foundation and MinoritiesRights Sewa Foundation

Representative of HF handing over sewingmachines to minorities rights NGO

to provide 06 months

(x2) tailoring courses

to 50 unemployed

girls residing in the

Rawalpindi division.

MRSF, with the

support of Hashoo

Foundation, is eager

to bring a change in

socio-economic status

of females including

minorities through

training them for their

livelihood. Mr. Pandit

Channa Lal, President

MRSF at the occasion

said, “With the

support of Hashoo

Foundation, we are

aiming to expand our

operations in the field

of women

empowerment by

teaching them

different skills”. He

further added, “We

are looking forward to

an enhanced

cooperation with

Hashoo Foundation in

all possible options to

mitigate the suffering

of minorities in

general and women in

particular.” Mr. Syed

Adnan Shah,

Communications

Officer Hashoo

Foundation, Mr. Bilal,

Admin Officer and

representatives of

Umeed-e-Noor also

attended the event.

HF Officials Meet with USAID-PRP TeamA meeting between

PRP and HF officials

was held on Friday,

25th March 2016.

The meeting

formally started off

with an introduction

of both the teams

present. The main

agenda of the

meeting was to

discuss the overall

progress of project

activities and follow

up on milestones.

HF Signed Contract With UNDPHashoo Foundation

has signed a contract

with the United

Nations Development

Programme (UNDP)

to implement the third

phase of “Disaster

Risk Reduction in

Pakistan” –

Community Based

Disaster Risk

Management

(CBDRM)

Implementation at UC

Level”. The project

commenced from

March 1st, 2016 and is

expected to conclude

by August 30th, 2016

in UC II Chitral Town,

District Chitral. The

goal is to help reduce

the vulnerability of

those area's of District

Chitral which are

most affected by

natural disasters. This

will be done by

increasing the disaster

preparedness and the

response capacities of

local communities.The project would

cater to approx. 17,644

beneficiaries in the

targeted area.

University summed up the ceremony with their precious thoughts.

Facing Hardships of Life with a Smiling Face Fire Safety, First Aid and Emergency Response TrainingMusrat Gul is a Hashoo Foundation's Scholarship program alumni. After acquiring the BSc degree from Chitral, she got admission in MBA at MAJU, Islamabad in 2007.

Despite of her inadequate learning background she passed her MBA with good marks. Afterwards, she was actively involved in various community development programs and served as honorary teacher in Chitral.

However, in 2011, she suffered by multiple-sclerosis. Her treatment was carried out at AKU which helped her recover in a period of one year. But due to unavailability of required medicines in Chitral, the situation reappeared again and got worse in 2013. Resultantly, HF was contacted to support her for medical treatment from AKU Karachi, after which, she got fully recovered in 2015.

“All credit goes to HF and my family for their support. I would like to

follow HF’s foot steps and continue to support community”, expressed Musrat.

She is now selected as a Grade 16 science teacher in education department of the KPK

and is committed to contribute to the community through her knowledge. She also wishes to support two (2) deserving students from her village to complete their education.

tracking /tracing of employed youth. They expressed their complete satisfaction on the training delivery, trainers' competency, facility arrangements and placement services and recommended that HF should link their trained youth with job/industry portal of NAVTTC as it will help both organizations to work in synergy and to provide more job opportunities.

enhancement, accommodation and future plans. The team met with the Job Placement Officer (JPO) and discussed about placement mechanism, industry demand analysis, and

the ROR and PSDF project office on 09th March 2016. They interacted with trainees, trainers and staff and asked various questions from trainees over their learning, skills

National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) team, comprising of Mr. M. Amjad, DG ICT & GB, Mr. Abdul Rehman, DG P&D and Mr. Nadeem Butt, visited

Visit of NAVTTC Team at ROR

A workshop titled, 2“Beyond E=mc : Fire

Safety, First Aid and

Emergency Response

Management” was

organized by HDRC –

ROR with the

collaboration of Safety

Sparks on March 16th,

2016. 60 enthusiastic

young participants

from Hotel

Management, Early

Childhood

Development &

Education and Youth

Development

programs were part of

this workshop where

Ms. Feriha Khan, a

Consultant, explained

about the safety and

risk management

causes and techniques

in case of fire break

out.Practical fire safety training

International Tuberculosis

Day Celebrated at ROR

Consultant briefing about the TB and its prevention and treatment.

Seminar on Hotel Management

& International Opportunities

Job Placement Cell at

ROR conducted a

seminar titled “Hotel

Management &

International

Opportunities” at

Project Office,

Rawalpindi on March

25th, 2016. Speaker Mr.

Sameer Sulaiman,

briefed 95 trainees of

HF's Hotel

Management program,

in two sessions, about

international

opportunities in

different trades i.e.

Hospitality, Food &

Beverages, Front Desk

Management and

Accommodation

Services. Mr. Sameer

Sulaiman is currently

working as Marketing

Head at J5 Hotels

Dubai, U.A.E. The

purpose of the event

was to motivate the

trainees for

international career

opportunities

Trainees attending the presentation by Mr. Sameer

International

Tuberculosis Day

was observed at

ROR on March

24th, 2016. This

one hour session

was hosted by Dr.

Ali Raza Kazmi,

Consultant

Cardiologist FESC,

FACD, & FRCS

and facilitated by

Ms. Aliya from

Agha Khan Health

Centre. Consultant

briefed about

tuberculosis, its

diagnosis, causes,

precautions and

treatments to the

participants

present.

Musrat Gul - HF Social Welfare Beneficiary

DG NAVTTC with trainers and trainees of HF ROR

Facing Hardships of Life with a Smiling Face Fire Safety, First Aid and Emergency Response TrainingMusrat Gul is a Hashoo Foundation's Scholarship program alumni. After acquiring the BSc degree from Chitral, she got admission in MBA at MAJU, Islamabad in 2007.

Despite of her inadequate learning background she passed her MBA with good marks. Afterwards, she was actively involved in various community development programs and served as honorary teacher in Chitral.

However, in 2011, she suffered by multiple-sclerosis. Her treatment was carried out at AKU which helped her recover in a period of one year. But due to unavailability of required medicines in Chitral, the situation reappeared again and got worse in 2013. Resultantly, HF was contacted to support her for medical treatment from AKU Karachi, after which, she got fully recovered in 2015.

“All credit goes to HF and my family for their support. I would like to

follow HF’s foot steps and continue to support community”, expressed Musrat.

She is now selected as a Grade 16 science teacher in education department of the KPK

and is committed to contribute to the community through her knowledge. She also wishes to support two (2) deserving students from her village to complete their education.

tracking /tracing of employed youth. They expressed their complete satisfaction on the training delivery, trainers' competency, facility arrangements and placement services and recommended that HF should link their trained youth with job/industry portal of NAVTTC as it will help both organizations to work in synergy and to provide more job opportunities.

enhancement, accommodation and future plans. The team met with the Job Placement Officer (JPO) and discussed about placement mechanism, industry demand analysis, and

the ROR and PSDF project office on 09th March 2016. They interacted with trainees, trainers and staff and asked various questions from trainees over their learning, skills

National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) team, comprising of Mr. M. Amjad, DG ICT & GB, Mr. Abdul Rehman, DG P&D and Mr. Nadeem Butt, visited

Visit of NAVTTC Team at ROR

A workshop titled, 2“Beyond E=mc : Fire

Safety, First Aid and

Emergency Response

Management” was

organized by HDRC –

ROR with the

collaboration of Safety

Sparks on March 16th,

2016. 60 enthusiastic

young participants

from Hotel

Management, Early

Childhood

Development &

Education and Youth

Development

programs were part of

this workshop where

Ms. Feriha Khan, a

Consultant, explained

about the safety and

risk management

causes and techniques

in case of fire break

out.Practical fire safety training

International Tuberculosis

Day Celebrated at ROR

Consultant briefing about the TB and its prevention and treatment.

Seminar on Hotel Management

& International Opportunities

Job Placement Cell at

ROR conducted a

seminar titled “Hotel

Management &

International

Opportunities” at

Project Office,

Rawalpindi on March

25th, 2016. Speaker Mr.

Sameer Sulaiman,

briefed 95 trainees of

HF's Hotel

Management program,

in two sessions, about

international

opportunities in

different trades i.e.

Hospitality, Food &

Beverages, Front Desk

Management and

Accommodation

Services. Mr. Sameer

Sulaiman is currently

working as Marketing

Head at J5 Hotels

Dubai, U.A.E. The

purpose of the event

was to motivate the

trainees for

international career

opportunities

Trainees attending the presentation by Mr. Sameer

International

Tuberculosis Day

was observed at

ROR on March

24th, 2016. This

one hour session

was hosted by Dr.

Ali Raza Kazmi,

Consultant

Cardiologist FESC,

FACD, & FRCS

and facilitated by

Ms. Aliya from

Agha Khan Health

Centre. Consultant

briefed about

tuberculosis, its

diagnosis, causes,

precautions and

treatments to the

participants

present.

Musrat Gul - HF Social Welfare Beneficiary

DG NAVTTC with trainers and trainees of HF ROR

Visit of TEVTA Team at RORMr. Usman, Zonal Manager TEVTA and Mr. Saqib, Assistant Manager TEVTA visited Project and Regional office Rawalpindi on March 09th, 2016. They evaluated the ongoing classes of Barista, Culinary Arts, and Food & Beverage Services. Later they went to Regional Office Rawalpindi,

where the midterm evaluation of the Food & Beverage Program's Trainees was in progress.

TEVTA team interacted with all HMTP trainees during their practical session and asked various questions related to training processes and practical, which they confidently replied to.

TEVTA team showed their full contentment on the delivery and

management of trainings.

TEVTA team with trainees

Orientation of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts young trainees were inducted in the training program. This session was facilitated

An orientation session for new batch of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts was organized by HF-

HDRC, Lahore at Pearl Continental Hotel on March 10th, 2016. Energetic group comprising of 30

under the supervision of Project Manager Mr. Asad Pervaiz.

Group pictures of trainees and management

Hashoo Foundation Extended Service Contract with

Punjab Skill Development Forum PSDF and Mr. Asad Pervaiz, Project Manager, Hashoo Foundation, Lahore signed the extension

ROL working on effective training delivery services has extended service contract under Skills

for Employability Scheme 2015(SFE-2015) with PSDF. Mr. Ali Akbar Bosan, Chief Operating Officer,

letter on 30th March 2016 in Lahore.

Contract details are as;

Scheme Name Trade offered TargetDuration(months) Gender Certification

Employability Scheme- 2015

Cook-Khansama

120 (Females only)

03 Females NTB

Thokham Rozi Festival Celebrated in Ghizercelebrated with a trip of local religious leader called “Khalifa” accompanied by village notables, villagers and traditional music band to the naturally made water channel in mountains.Festival was graced by Mr. Fida Khan, member of a

Thokham Rozi festival has been the most popular festival of District Ghizer. The basic theme of the festival is to welcome

the plough season and start cultivation. GB remains dry and barren from November to January, whereas, in February and March, the glaciers starts to melt which causes streams and rivers to be filled with fresh water again. On 15th March 2016, the festival was

Provincial Assembly and Deputy Commissioner of district Ghizer as Chief Guest.

Ploughing with a pair of Oxen.

Sword Dance at festival.

Jashan-e-Nauroz Celebrations in Hunzacomprised of females.

The Persian word “Novroz” means “New Day,” which symbolizes new beginning. It is, therefore, also a time to reflect over what we wish to begin afresh. Captian Retired Sami Ullah Faroqi, Assistant Commissioner, participated in the event as Chief Guest.

Jashan-e Nauroz was celebrated at Aliabad village of District Hunza on March 21, 2016 by Hashoo Foundation in partnership with Hunza Arts and Culture Council (HA&CC) as local implementing partner, under the project funded by Centre for Culture and Development (CKU). The festival was

widely celebrated by the local community which also enabled the female members to gather and participate in different cultural activities. Participation of more than 2,000 people from various villages of Hunza in the festival is manifestation of social and cultural harmony among all faction of society. Where, almost 60% of the crowd

Local band performance welcomed the guests and participants of the event while local traditional gifts were presented to the Chief Guest. This was followed by a traditional sufi song performance which officially commenced the festival.

Crowd gathering for Nauroz

Dada “is the local tradition to celebrate the first tooth of the baby. Mother waits

for the festival of Navroz to celebrate the ritual of Novroz and the babies are

showered with sweets and steamed grains by the local elder”.

Visit of TEVTA Team at RORMr. Usman, Zonal Manager TEVTA and Mr. Saqib, Assistant Manager TEVTA visited Project and Regional office Rawalpindi on March 09th, 2016. They evaluated the ongoing classes of Barista, Culinary Arts, and Food & Beverage Services. Later they went to Regional Office Rawalpindi,

where the midterm evaluation of the Food & Beverage Program's Trainees was in progress.

TEVTA team interacted with all HMTP trainees during their practical session and asked various questions related to training processes and practical, which they confidently replied to.

TEVTA team showed their full contentment on the delivery and

management of trainings.

TEVTA team with trainees

Orientation of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts young trainees were inducted in the training program. This session was facilitated

An orientation session for new batch of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts was organized by HF-

HDRC, Lahore at Pearl Continental Hotel on March 10th, 2016. Energetic group comprising of 30

under the supervision of Project Manager Mr. Asad Pervaiz.

Group pictures of trainees and management

Hashoo Foundation Extended Service Contract with

Punjab Skill Development Forum PSDF and Mr. Asad Pervaiz, Project Manager, Hashoo Foundation, Lahore signed the extension

ROL working on effective training delivery services has extended service contract under Skills

for Employability Scheme 2015(SFE-2015) with PSDF. Mr. Ali Akbar Bosan, Chief Operating Officer,

letter on 30th March 2016 in Lahore.

Contract details are as;

Scheme Name Trade offered TargetDuration(months) Gender Certification

Employability Scheme- 2015

Cook-Khansama

120 (Females only)

03 Females NTB

Thokham Rozi Festival Celebrated in Ghizercelebrated with a trip of local religious leader called “Khalifa” accompanied by village notables, villagers and traditional music band to the naturally made water channel in mountains.Festival was graced by Mr. Fida Khan, member of a

Thokham Rozi festival has been the most popular festival of District Ghizer. The basic theme of the festival is to welcome

the plough season and start cultivation. GB remains dry and barren from November to January, whereas, in February and March, the glaciers starts to melt which causes streams and rivers to be filled with fresh water again. On 15th March 2016, the festival was

Provincial Assembly and Deputy Commissioner of district Ghizer as Chief Guest.

Ploughing with a pair of Oxen.

Sword Dance at festival.

Jashan-e-Nauroz Celebrations in Hunzacomprised of females.

The Persian word “Novroz” means “New Day,” which symbolizes new beginning. It is, therefore, also a time to reflect over what we wish to begin afresh. Captian Retired Sami Ullah Faroqi, Assistant Commissioner, participated in the event as Chief Guest.

Jashan-e Nauroz was celebrated at Aliabad village of District Hunza on March 21, 2016 by Hashoo Foundation in partnership with Hunza Arts and Culture Council (HA&CC) as local implementing partner, under the project funded by Centre for Culture and Development (CKU). The festival was

widely celebrated by the local community which also enabled the female members to gather and participate in different cultural activities. Participation of more than 2,000 people from various villages of Hunza in the festival is manifestation of social and cultural harmony among all faction of society. Where, almost 60% of the crowd

Local band performance welcomed the guests and participants of the event while local traditional gifts were presented to the Chief Guest. This was followed by a traditional sufi song performance which officially commenced the festival.

Crowd gathering for Nauroz

Dada “is the local tradition to celebrate the first tooth of the baby. Mother waits

for the festival of Navroz to celebrate the ritual of Novroz and the babies are

showered with sweets and steamed grains by the local elder”.

defects which are prevailing in the area due to unavailability of the skill workers;The variety of materials used in the construction of the houses, e.g. stone house, mud

house etc.;Improper site or location of the house (landslide and rock-fall area, river banks and beds).

HF-UN HABITAT: TechnicalDamage and Needs Assessment Conducted in District Chitral

Celebrations of Bo-Fao Festival“Bo-Fao” - a traditional festival in Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan (GB), was revived after 52 years by Hashoo Foundation in collaboration with Centre for Culture and Development (CKU). A two-day event was inaugurated by Governor of GB and former Mir of Hunza, Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan and was attended by more than 6,000 people.

Bo-Fao traditional dance

Former Mir of Hunza leading the procession

Former Mir of Hunza leading the procession

Bo-Fao traditional dance

Mr. Amjad Ali Khan, Project Officer and Mr. Nizam Ali, MIS-MEAL Officer participated in CKU partners' orientation meeting on cultural rights conducted by Shirkat Gah (SG)-Women's Resource Centre, Lahore on 23-24th February 2016 whereas, Mr. Sultan Mehmood Senior Regional Program Manger and Mr. Imran Khan, Manager Program Development participated in the subsequent orientation session planned for 29th and 30th March 2016 in Lahore under SG. The objective of the orientation sessions was to enhance understanding of gender issues and human rights, especially cultural rights, amongst CKU partners.

Participation in CKU's Third Partners Meeting

HF's Participation inCKU Partners OrientationWorkshop on Cultural Rights The programme's third partners'

meeting was arranged by Centre for Culture and Development (CKU) on Monday, 28th March 2016, in Lahore with the objectives to bring together and engage all partner organizations of the programme in an interactive and purposeful dialogue on programme Implementation review -- individual presentations of 10 minutes each made by Partners on the current status and next quarter of their respective projects. Mr. Sulaiman Dhanani, Country Director, along with Mr. Sultan Mehmood, Senior Regional Program Manager and Mr. Amjad Ali, Project Officer represented the Foundation at the said meeting.

Hashoo Foundation and UN-HABITAT assessed the damage caused by the floods and earthquake of 2015 in District Chitral in Pakistan, focusing mainly on the housing sector. Joint teams of engineers, DRR specialist and community social mobilizers assessed the housing situation in 15 villages of 8 union councils of Chitral, which were affected by both flood and earthquake of 2015.

The extent and type of damage and the priorities of needs were assessed through focus group discussions, village profiling exercises, household level damaged and needs assessments and transit walk of the village. The study concluded that the wide range of damage suffered was due to a variety of factors such as:

Common construction

HF &UN HABITAT damage need assessment teams

Focus Group Discussion with local elders

Welcome Aboard!It is our pleasure to welcome Mr. Nadeem Talib in the capacity of Senior Trainer Barista & Fast Food Skills under TEVTA project at Lahore office. We are excited to have you in our team and hope you will enjoy working with us.

Hashoo Group and Foundation appreciating

Mr. Bashir Adrali contributions

Hashoo Foundation arranged a farewell ceremony on March 18, 2016 for Mr. Bashir Ahmed

Adrali, Senior Vice President Operations and Mr. Muhammad Rafique, Deputy Executive

Director/CFO PSL in recognition of their contributions for the Hashoo Group and Hashoo

Foundation. Mr. Sulaiman Dhanani, Country Director, HF thanked the duo for their continued

support to strengthen the image of not just the Group but the Foundation as well. At the end of

the ceremony, tokens of appreciation were presented to the guests by Mr. Sulaiman.

Mr. M. A. Bawany - Vice Chairman, Mr. Josef Kufer - President Hospitality Division, Mr. Leon

Andre - Vice President Human Resources, Ms. Rabia Altaf - Corporate Director Human

Resources, Mr. Ali Ahmed Jan - GM Pearl Tours & Travels, Mr. Shakir Bhura - Chief Financial

Officer, Mr. Amir Khan - Deputy Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer Hashwani Hotels

Limited, Mr. Qadeer Khan - Chief Financial Officer Pakistan Services Limited also graced the

ceremony with their presence and well wishes.

Farewell Ceremony Arranged for HG Staff

defects which are prevailing in the area due to unavailability of the skill workers;The variety of materials used in the construction of the houses, e.g. stone house, mud

house etc.;Improper site or location of the house (landslide and rock-fall area, river banks and beds).

HF-UN HABITAT: TechnicalDamage and Needs Assessment Conducted in District Chitral

Celebrations of Bo-Fao Festival“Bo-Fao” - a traditional festival in Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan (GB), was revived after 52 years by Hashoo Foundation in collaboration with Centre for Culture and Development (CKU). A two-day event was inaugurated by Governor of GB and former Mir of Hunza, Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan and was attended by more than 6,000 people.

Bo-Fao traditional dance

Former Mir of Hunza leading the procession

Former Mir of Hunza leading the procession

Bo-Fao traditional dance

Mr. Amjad Ali Khan, Project Officer and Mr. Nizam Ali, MIS-MEAL Officer participated in CKU partners' orientation meeting on cultural rights conducted by Shirkat Gah (SG)-Women's Resource Centre, Lahore on 23-24th February 2016 whereas, Mr. Sultan Mehmood Senior Regional Program Manger and Mr. Imran Khan, Manager Program Development participated in the subsequent orientation session planned for 29th and 30th March 2016 in Lahore under SG. The objective of the orientation sessions was to enhance understanding of gender issues and human rights, especially cultural rights, amongst CKU partners.

Participation in CKU's Third Partners Meeting

HF's Participation inCKU Partners OrientationWorkshop on Cultural Rights The programme's third partners'

meeting was arranged by Centre for Culture and Development (CKU) on Monday, 28th March 2016, in Lahore with the objectives to bring together and engage all partner organizations of the programme in an interactive and purposeful dialogue on programme Implementation review -- individual presentations of 10 minutes each made by Partners on the current status and next quarter of their respective projects. Mr. Sulaiman Dhanani, Country Director, along with Mr. Sultan Mehmood, Senior Regional Program Manager and Mr. Amjad Ali, Project Officer represented the Foundation at the said meeting.

Hashoo Foundation and UN-HABITAT assessed the damage caused by the floods and earthquake of 2015 in District Chitral in Pakistan, focusing mainly on the housing sector. Joint teams of engineers, DRR specialist and community social mobilizers assessed the housing situation in 15 villages of 8 union councils of Chitral, which were affected by both flood and earthquake of 2015.

The extent and type of damage and the priorities of needs were assessed through focus group discussions, village profiling exercises, household level damaged and needs assessments and transit walk of the village. The study concluded that the wide range of damage suffered was due to a variety of factors such as:

Common construction

HF &UN HABITAT damage need assessment teams

Focus Group Discussion with local elders

Welcome Aboard!It is our pleasure to welcome Mr. Nadeem Talib in the capacity of Senior Trainer Barista & Fast Food Skills under TEVTA project at Lahore office. We are excited to have you in our team and hope you will enjoy working with us.

Hashoo Group and Foundation appreciating

Mr. Bashir Adrali contributions

Hashoo Foundation arranged a farewell ceremony on March 18, 2016 for Mr. Bashir Ahmed

Adrali, Senior Vice President Operations and Mr. Muhammad Rafique, Deputy Executive

Director/CFO PSL in recognition of their contributions for the Hashoo Group and Hashoo

Foundation. Mr. Sulaiman Dhanani, Country Director, HF thanked the duo for their continued

support to strengthen the image of not just the Group but the Foundation as well. At the end of

the ceremony, tokens of appreciation were presented to the guests by Mr. Sulaiman.

Mr. M. A. Bawany - Vice Chairman, Mr. Josef Kufer - President Hospitality Division, Mr. Leon

Andre - Vice President Human Resources, Ms. Rabia Altaf - Corporate Director Human

Resources, Mr. Ali Ahmed Jan - GM Pearl Tours & Travels, Mr. Shakir Bhura - Chief Financial

Officer, Mr. Amir Khan - Deputy Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer Hashwani Hotels

Limited, Mr. Qadeer Khan - Chief Financial Officer Pakistan Services Limited also graced the

ceremony with their presence and well wishes.

Farewell Ceremony Arranged for HG Staff

Birthday Celebrations at Core Office

Farewell CeremonyMs. Iqra is Hashoo Foundation's success as she studied Food Preparation & Culinary Arts from Hashoo Foundation – HDRC Rawalpindi and later on got selected as HMTP trainer pertaining to her extra ordinary cooking skills. Hashoo Foundation wishes her best of luck for her future endeavors.

Farewell was arranged for Mr. Hassan Mehmood Shah, MEAL Officer in recognition of his committed service to the Foundation on 11th March 2016 at Core Office Islamabad.

Another farewell party was organized for the former HMTP Trainer, Ms. Iqra Sadaf on March 16th, 2016. The Hotel management trainees prepared refreshments on their own as a token of appreciation for the former trainer.

Iqra Sadaf (Former HMTP Trainer) Farewell at RORHassan Shah receiving appreciation shield from Country Director

Hassan Shah is sharing the experiencesHF

Birthday Celebrations

Birthdays were celebrated by HR in collaboration with social committee of those staff

members whose birthdays were in the month of March. Events took place at Regional

Office Chitral, Regional Office Gilgit, Regional Office Rawalpindi and Core Office

Islamabad. A customized video was played with a birthday song followed by a cake

cutting ceremony. Birthday cards were presented and event was thoroughly enjoyed.

Salman AliSr. Network Administrator

March 20March 21 March 11March 25

Naeem Ullah Web Developer

Sultan MehmoodSr. Regional Program Manager

Mehar AliJob Placement Officer

Mazhar YaseenGraphic and Web Designer

March 12March 04 March 20

Barkat Ali Education Officer

Sher SahibOffice Boy

Maryam Arif Intern EDP

March 21

March 18

Aman ShahStore Keeper

March 23 March 18March 15

Sarmad SultanHMTP Trainer

Gul Jawan Admin Assistant

Ms. Fermuda Job Placement Officer

Birthday Celebrations at Core Office

Farewell CeremonyMs. Iqra is Hashoo Foundation's success as she studied Food Preparation & Culinary Arts from Hashoo Foundation – HDRC Rawalpindi and later on got selected as HMTP trainer pertaining to her extra ordinary cooking skills. Hashoo Foundation wishes her best of luck for her future endeavors.

Farewell was arranged for Mr. Hassan Mehmood Shah, MEAL Officer in recognition of his committed service to the Foundation on 11th March 2016 at Core Office Islamabad.

Another farewell party was organized for the former HMTP Trainer, Ms. Iqra Sadaf on March 16th, 2016. The Hotel management trainees prepared refreshments on their own as a token of appreciation for the former trainer.

Iqra Sadaf (Former HMTP Trainer) Farewell at RORHassan Shah receiving appreciation shield from Country Director

Hassan Shah is sharing the experiencesHF

Birthday Celebrations

Birthdays were celebrated by HR in collaboration with social committee of those staff

members whose birthdays were in the month of March. Events took place at Regional

Office Chitral, Regional Office Gilgit, Regional Office Rawalpindi and Core Office

Islamabad. A customized video was played with a birthday song followed by a cake

cutting ceremony. Birthday cards were presented and event was thoroughly enjoyed.

Salman AliSr. Network Administrator

March 20March 21 March 11March 25

Naeem Ullah Web Developer

Sultan MehmoodSr. Regional Program Manager

Mehar AliJob Placement Officer

Mazhar YaseenGraphic and Web Designer

March 12March 04 March 20

Barkat Ali Education Officer

Sher SahibOffice Boy

Maryam Arif Intern EDP

March 21

March 18

Aman ShahStore Keeper

March 23 March 18March 15

Sarmad SultanHMTP Trainer

Gul Jawan Admin Assistant

Ms. Fermuda Job Placement Officer

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