HUMAN RIGHTS NOTEBOOKS FOR CHILDREN
LAHORE (PR) - Specially designed notebooks, highlighting human rights of children, were distributed among the primary school children at Chak 73/RB Karianwala, District Faisalabad by an NGO, PARADISE.
The orientation program was organized by organized by an NGO, PARADISE, as a part of “human rights awareness program for the children”. The children were informed about the basic children rights such as right to life, right to education and right to leisure etc. The notebooks included sketches on the human rights, which could be used as colour book while the remaining pages could be used as a normal notebook.
The children actively participated in the programme and put questions showing their enthusiasm. Similarly, a program has also been initiated for creating awareness among the women of their rights.
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The Nation, Pakistan - April 18, 2006
WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY PARADISE AND ROTARY CLUB OF LAHORE GARRISON
The Daily Din, Pakistan - October 21, 2005
WALK BY ROTARY CLUB
Rotary Clubs in Lahore organized a very successful Rotary Centennial Polio
Awareness Walk from AlHamra Hall to LDA Plaza, Egerton Road to commemorate
the Rotary Centennial celebrations. District Governor Rauf Rohaila and Governor
Nominees Ateeq Barry, Shakil Ansari and Aziz Memon led the Walk besides other
notable Rotarians. The Walk had active participation from UNICEF, the Health
department, PARADISE, Descon
IT24 and from professional belonging to various walks of life. The participants
showed their enthusiasm by holding banners and by wearing Rotary caps showing
Rotary Centennial and Polio awareness messages. The speakers urged the participants
and the masses to actively participate in the war against Polio so that Pakistan
can be made Polio free. There are only six countries in the world left with
Polio and unfortunately Pakistan is one of them. Children are our assets and
future of our nation. It is our duty to keep them safe and healthy by providing
the Polio vaccine drops to the children on the National Immunization Days
(NIDs). Polio eradication dream can only be realized if we all work together
and provide one hundred percent coverage of polio vaccine to all children
under five years of age. Rotarian Shehzad Ahmed, organizer of the Walk informed
that Rotary banners have been displayed on New Khan buses and four floats
have specially been designed to create awareness about the various service
projects being undertaken by Rotary.
The Nation, Pakistan - February 24, 2005
WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY PARADISE AND ROTARY CLUB OF LAHORE GARRISON
The Daily Din, Pakistan - December 1, 2004
WORKSHOP
LAHORE-PARADISE, an NGO, organized
a one- day training workshop on “Effective Business Communication”
as a Part of its monthly “Leadership Training Program for the Youth.”
PROMARK and Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison sponsored the workshop.
Shehzad Ahmed and Nawab Ali conducted the training session as resource persons
and provided training to the participants on grammar and sentence structure,
business letter formats, writing effective letters and memos and, tips on
report writing with examples from actual business correspondence.
At the end of the Workshop the participants shared their appreciation for
the training program and mentioned that such programs help them in performing
better in their professional careers.
The Leadership Training Program was started in November last year and this
was the third workshop under this program.
The Nation, Pakistan - January, 2004
WORKSHOP ON TIME MANAGEMENT
LAHORE: PROMARK organized a one-day training workshop on “Time Management” as a part of its monthly program of “Leadership Training Program for the Youth.” About twenty young professionals participated in the workshop, which was sponsored by an NGO PARADISE and Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison. Col (retd) Nawab Ali and Shehzad Ahmed acted as the resource persons and provided training to the participants in understanding importance of time and its management, effective time planning, practical goal setting, identifying time wasters and tips on controlling interruptions. The interactive workshop included discussion on case studies and experiences shared by the participants.
The News - December 24, 2003 (Page 19)
WORKSHOP
BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
PARADISE, an NGO, organized a one-day training workshop on “Time Management” as a part of its monthly program of leadership training program for the Youth here on Monday.
About twenty young professionals participated in the workshop, which was sponsored by Promark and Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison. Shehzad Ahmed and Col (R) Nawab Ali acted as the resource persons and provided training to the participants in understanding importance of time and its management, effective time planning, practical goal setting, identifying time wasters and tips on controlling interruptions.
The interactive workshop included discussion on case studies and experiences shared by the participants. At the end of the Workshop, the participants termed the workshop very practical and asked to keep organizing such workshops for the benefit of the youth.
Shehzad Ahmed announced “Effective Business Communication” as the topic for the next training workshop and pledged to hold at least one such workshop on a monthly basis to help the youth in improving their skills by learning from the professionals.
The Nation - December 23, 2003 (Page 8)
UNIFORMS, SPORTS KITS DISTRIBUTED
BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
LAHORE – PARADISE and
Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison distributed uniforms and sports kits among
the members of PARADISE Sports Club in village Chak no. 73 / RB Karianwala,
Faisalabad.
Col (Retd) Nawab Ali, President PARADISE, and Past Rotary Governor, Ashraf Baig presented the sports kits to the club members.
Shahzad Ahmed also addressed the youth on the occasion and informed them that some micro-credit schemes are also being planned for the benefit of the youth.
Meanwhile, Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison organised a Public Health Awareness Seminar where Dr Nawaz Chughtai addressed the gathering and informed about the “Prostate Enlargement and its Complications” with the help of an informative multimedia presentation.
The Nation - December 5, 2003 (Page 5)
WORKSHOP
BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
LAHORE - PARADISE, an NGO,
organised a one day training workshop on “Customer Relationship Management”
for the youth here on Monday.
About fifteen young professionals participated in the workshop, which was
sponsored by Promark and Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison. Shehzad Ahmed and
Syed Hussnain Kazmi acted as the resource persons and provided training to
the participants in understanding customer service, importance of innovative
thinking, customers perception and expectations, tips for customers retention
and customers complaint handling.
The finer details were taught with the help of case studies. At the end of
the Workshop, the participants termed the workshop very practical and asked
to keep organizing such workshops for the benefit of the youth. Shehzad Ahmed
announced plans to hold at least one such workshop on a monthly basis to help
the youth in improving their skills by learning from the professionals.
The Nation - December 02, 2003
ONE DAY WORKSHOP HELD ON CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
The Daily Pakistan, Pakistan - December 02, 2003
NGO GETS $15,000 FINANCIAL AID
BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
LAHORE - Rotary Foundation has given a matching grant of US$ 15,000 to PARADISE,
an NGO working to eradicate illiteracy and improve health, to set up a computer
centre in Lahore.
This was announced by Col (R) Nawab Ali, President of Paradise in its monthly
meeting.
The members were also informed about providing sponsorship for a seminar on
environment organised by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
This members agreed to set up a few government schools to provide basic necessities
to the schools and the students and to upgrade the school of facilities with
funds generated through own resources.
Shehzad Ahmed, Vice-President of the Society thanked members for their continued
support and also informed them that the scholarship programme would be started
soon for which seed money has already been collected.
The Nation - September 14, 2003 (Page 3)
AAMIR LEADS CITY WALK AGAINST POLIO
THE Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison and PARADISE
Saturday organized a polio awareness walk from Directorate of Health to the
Lahore Zoo. Lahore Nazim Mian Aamir Mahmood led the walk, which was participated
by DG Health Dr Yaqoob Jaffar, Rotary Club president Shehzad Ahmed, the officials
of the Health Department, NGOs and schoolchildren. Aamir urged people to actively
participate in the war against polio. Other speakers also urged parents to
ensure their children were administered polio drops on September 25-27.
The News, Pakistan - September 23, 2001
WALK
LAHORE – Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison and PARADISE
are organizing a Polio Awareness Walk on Saturday (today). The walk will start
from Directorate of Health, Cooper Road and end at Bagh e Jinnah. The walk
will be led by Minister of Health, Minister for Social Welfare and the District
Nazim. The walk is being organized to create awareness about the deadly polio
disease and to urge parents to provide the polio vaccine drops to their children
on the national immunization campaign from September 25-27.
The News, Pakistan - September 22, 2001
