3-HF-March 2016 - Hashoo Foundation

March 2016
Issue No. 27
Monthly Newsletter
E-Chronicles
2016 LEADERSHIP
Chairman & Patron-in-Chief:
Editor's Note
EDITION
Dear Readers,
Sadruddin Hashwani
Acting Country Director:
Sulaiman Dhanani
Director Projects:
Col. Muhammad Sadiq
EDITORIAL TEAM
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!
Content Writer:
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
Seminar on Hotel Management & International
Opportunities
Nadia Humaiyun
Visit of TEVTA Team at ROR
Graphic & Web Designer:
Orientation of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts
Mazhar Yaseen
Hashoo Foundation Extended Service Contract with
Punjab Skill Development Forum
Quote of The
Month
No struggle can
ever succeed
without women
participating side
by side with men.
Muhammad Ali
Jinnah
www.hashoofoundation.org
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.
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
Birthday Celebrations
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
IWD Celebrations: Cake cutting ceremony at HF core office Government College
University summed up the ceremony with their precious thoughts.
International Women's day celebrations at ROG
Cake cutting ceremony with staff & trainees at ROR
HF Signed Contract With UNDP
Hashoo Foundation
Disaster Risk
District Chitral. The
response capacities of
has signed a contract
Management
goal is to help reduce
with the United
(CBDRM)
the vulnerability of
local communities.
The project would
Nations Development Implementation at UC those area's of District cater to approx. 17,644
beneficiaries in the
Programme (UNDP) Level”. The project
Chitral which are
to implement the third commenced from
most affected by
phase of “Disaster
March 1st, 2016 and is natural disasters. This
Risk Reduction in
expected to conclude
will be done by
Pakistan” –
by August 30th, 2016
increasing the disaster
Community Based
in UC II Chitral Town, preparedness and the
targeted area.
Hashoo Foundation Caring for Minorities
to provide 06 months
(x2) tailoring courses
to 50 unemployed
girls residing in the
Rawalpindi division.
MoU signing between Hashoo Foundation and Minorities
Rights Sewa Foundation
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-eNoor, 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
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.
Representative of HF handing over sewing
machines to minorities rights NGO
HF Officials Meet with USAID-PRP Team
A meeting between
The meeting
PRP and HF officials formally started off
present. The main
progress of project
agenda of the
activities and follow
was held on Friday,
with an introduction meeting was to
25th March 2016.
of both the teams
discuss the overall
up on milestones.
Facing Hardships of Life with a Smiling Face
Musrat 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 multiplesclerosis. 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
Musrat Gul - HF Social Welfare Beneficiary
follow HF’s foot steps
and continue to support
community”, expressed
Musrat.
and is committed to
contribute to the
community through
her knowledge. She
also wishes to support
She is now selected as two (2) deserving
a Grade 16 science
students from her
teacher in education
village to complete
department of the KPK their education.
Visit of NAVTTC Team at ROR
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
DG NAVTTC with trainers and trainees of HF ROR
portal of NAVTTC as
National Vocational
the ROR and PSDF
enhancement,
it will help both
and Technical Training project office on 09th
accommodation and
organizations to work
Commission
March 2016. They
future plans. The team in synergy and to
(NAVTTC) team,
interacted with
met with the Job
provide more job
comprising of Mr. M. trainees, trainers and
Placement Officer
opportunities.
Amjad, DG ICT & GB, staff and asked various (JPO) and discussed
Mr. Abdul Rehman,
questions from
about placement
DG P&D and Mr.
trainees over their
mechanism, industry
Nadeem Butt, visited learning, skills
demand analysis, and
Fire Safety, First Aid and Emergency Response Training
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
Practical fire safety training
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.
International Tuberculosis Seminar on Hotel Management
Day Celebrated at ROR
& International Opportunities
Consultant briefing about the TB and its prevention and treatment.
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.
Trainees attending the presentation by Mr. Sameer
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
Visit of TEVTA Team at ROR
Mr. 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
TEVTA team with trainees
questions related to
TEVTA team showed management of
training processes and
their full contentment trainings.
practical, which they
on the delivery and
confidently replied to.
Orientation of Food Preparation & Culinary Arts
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
young trainees were
under the supervision
inducted in the
of Project Manager Mr.
training program. This Asad Pervaiz.
session was facilitated
Group pictures of trainees and management
Hashoo Foundation Extended Service Contract with
Punjab Skill Development Forum
ROL working on
effective training
delivery services has
extended service
contract under Skills
for Employability
Scheme 2015(SFE2015) with PSDF. Mr.
Ali Akbar Bosan, Chief
Operating Officer,
PSDF and Mr. Asad
Pervaiz, Project
Manager, Hashoo
Foundation, Lahore
signed the extension
letter on 30th March
2016 in Lahore.
Contract details are as;
Scheme Name Trade offered
Employability
Scheme- 2015
CookKhansama
Target
120
(Females only)
Duration
(months)
Gender
Certification
03
Females
NTB
Thokham Rozi Festival Celebrated in Ghizer
the plough season and
start cultivation. GB
remains dry and
barren from
November to January,
whereas, in February
Sword Dance at festival.
and March, the
Thokham Rozi festival glaciers starts to melt
has been the most
which causes streams
popular festival of
and rivers to be filled
District Ghizer. The
with fresh water again.
basic theme of the
On 15th March 2016,
festival is to welcome the festival was
celebrated 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
Provincial Assembly
and Deputy
Commissioner of
district Ghizer as Chief
Guest.
Ploughing with a pair of Oxen.
Jashan-e-Nauroz Celebrations in Hunza
comprised of females.
The Persian word
“Novroz” means
“New Day,” which
symbolizes new
beginning. It is,
therefore, also a time
to reflect over what we
Crowd gathering for Nauroz
wish to begin afresh.
Captian Retired Sami
Jashan-e Nauroz was widely celebrated by
Ullah Faroqi, Assistant
celebrated at Aliabad the local community
Commissioner,
village of District
which also enabled the
participated in the
Hunza on March 21,
female members to
event as Chief Guest.
2016 by Hashoo
gather and participate
Foundation in
in different cultural
partnership with
activities. Participation
Hunza Arts and
of more than 2,000
Culture Council
people from various
(HA&CC) as local
villages of Hunza in
implementing partner, the festival is
under the project
manifestation of social
funded by Centre for
and cultural harmony
Culture and
among all faction of
Development (CKU). society. Where, almost
The festival was
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.
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”.
Celebrations of Bo-Fao Festival
Former Mir of Hunza leading
the procession
“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.
Participation in CKU's
Third Partners Meeting
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.
HF-UN HABITAT: Technical
Damage and Needs
Assessment Conducted in
District Chitral
HF &UN HABITAT damage need assessment teams
Bo-Fao traditional dance
HF's Participation in
CKU Partners Orientation
Workshop on Cultural Rights
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.
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
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).
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.
Farewell Ceremony Arranged for HG Staff
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.
Hashoo Group
and Foundation appreciating
Mr. Bashir Adrali contributions
Farewell Ceremony
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.
Hassan Shah receiving appreciation shield from Country Director
Ms. 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.
Iqra Sadaf (Former HMTP Trainer) Farewell at ROR
Hassan Shah is sharing the HF experiences
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.
Birthday Celebrations at Core Office
Mazhar Yaseen
Graphic and Web Designer
Barkat Ali
Education Officer
Maryam Arif
Intern EDP
Sher Sahib
Office Boy
March 04
March 12
March 21
March 20
Salman Ali
Sr. Network Administrator
Naeem Ullah
Web Developer
Sultan Mehmood
Sr. Regional Program Manager
Mehar Ali
Job Placement Officer
March 21
March 20
March 25
March 11
Aman Shah
Store Keeper
Sarmad Sultan
HMTP Trainer
Gul Jawan
Admin Assistant
Ms. Fermuda
Job Placement Officer
March 18
March 23
March 15
March 18
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