1. SERVING THE DESERVING
Volume 1 / Issue 1
Since 2007, as part of my personal passion, I have been teaching at
institutions as a Visiting Faculty Member. Every year with every class I
make an effort to have my students contribute something to society.
This has multiple purposes; when you go out and talk to people it results
in real world learning, real world responses have you looking for real
solutions, the students have to help others by finding these solutions and
too make one realize that there are problems out there that are bigger
than all of us and finally to be thankful with who we are and where we
stand as compared to the less privileged. At times the students succeed
and sometimes they don’t but on all occasions all of them have made an
effort to make a difference.
This time at NUST the students were assigned a task to give back to the
society. We hope our small efforts helped make a small difference. If
you’d like to be a part of our efforts, we welcome you to join us.
HOW IT ALL STARTED?
In time span of 5 weeks, the students were asked to work for the
community. The students divided themselves into departments i.e. sales,
communication and project leads. This project has been a life-changing
experience for many students. It has brought in new perspective for
students on how to engage and develop relations with the community and
also to work on sustainable projects for the community.
Working for the under-privileged
HIGHLIGHTS
Worked with SOS Village
to Repair their Playgroud.
SOS village houses and
educates orphaned
children.
Donated Rs.400,000.00
for support of poor
patients suffering from
Thalasemia and
Leukemia.
Working with AWT for
donation of a Dialysis
Machine for free treatment of
Needy Patients.
Support Muslim Hands, an
NGO that operates 300 schools
for orphans and the
underprivileged in Pakistan.
Successfully contacted and
working to solicit support of
Mr.Asad Umar to work for
Voluntary Blood Donation
culture in KPK
2. “You have to care for all beings created by
God. My mission is to help any person in
need.
- Abdul Sattar Edhi (Edhi)
INVOLVING THE STUDENTS
Phase I: Specify need and Collect Donations
Phase II: Engage with the community
Phase III: Serve the deserving
STUDENT FEEDBACK
“This has been an experience in itself. From coordinating with SOS villages to managing team members to
interacting with vendors has been a learning and memorable experience for me and as well the team members. The
fact that we brought smiles on innocent faces trumps any materialistic or financial help that we did. They were
happy to see the swings finally in usable and colourful condition. The team has selflessly devoted itself to work for
this one cause. The team worked very hard to fix and paint the swings.”
- Sameeha Rizvi (Student MBA 2k14)
INVOLVING THE CORPORATES
In this process Corporate Donors were also tried to be contacted. It would be unfair not to mention the support of the
IBA Alumni in Islamabad, Mr.Ali Minhaj, GM Risk and Investment, AWT who made all efforts through the process to
obtain corporate sponsorship for Rs.1.3 mn needed for the Dialysis Machine or Mr.Khurram Rahat, CEO, Teradata
who lined up the students with TeraCare a CSR wing of Teradata company.
Encouraging responses have also been received from Mr.Irfan Shaikh, CFO, Bestway Cement and Mr.Imran Butt,
CEO, Baker Hughes.
The investment firm SNL has made a contribution of Rs.150,000.00 for the process for the support of the cause of
funding medical help for the children suffering from Blood Cancer.
Appreciation note from SOS Villages - MBA 2k14 C
student painting and renovating swings for the orphan
children in SOS Villages.
-11, Islamabad
3. The NUST MBA Class with Mr.Irfan Shaikh, CFO, Bestway Cement and Mr.Mian Yasir, Head of Sales Lafarge Cement
The NUST MBA Senior Class with Mujtaba Naqvi, General Manager, Habib Bank Ltd, Retail Banking.
4. With Colonel Younus of Pakistan Kidney Patients Association (PKPA)
PKPA is an organization located in Rawalpindi which provides Dialysis treatment to needy patients. This organization
was started by one person and has been kept afloat by the Hand of God. We donated 1,115,000.00 for the purchase of a
dialysis machine. The Funds were colleced by the students of NUST Business School.
