Category: Pakistan

The inhabitants of Cholistan experienced worst condition of drought and water scarcity as the desert region did not receive rainfall for long time. Over 50 livestock were reported dead due to dehydration and extreme heat, children were getting malnourished and families were moving to less-affected areas where they were not welcomed.

In order to ease the severe water scarcity in Cholistan, the SAF Emergency Relief Response team toured affected areas with rescue 1122 in-charge Baqar Ali and DC Bahawalpur Irfan Ali, additional DC Umer Farooq. SAF provided the people with access of 18,000 liters of drinking water and 20,000 of domestic use water along with  first aid equipment and medicines. SAF team also worked on devising drinking schemes to provide the people with continuous access to water.

SAF joined hands with Hello Doctor and Nazir Awan Foundation to provide 1 million free consultations for underserved communities in Pakistan. SAF issued a medical card to the communities which allowed them to access telehealth services and break barriers in the form of affordability to provide free healthcare access. The card allowed them to avail free health services with SAF health. The cards were shared with SAF school students, SAF ration drive beneficiaries and patients coming in at SFH, MCHPC and our Mobile Unit. SAF reached over 25,000 individuals with free quality consultations.

Much like other natural disasters, heat waves can be very dangerous. With rising temperatures, SAF team with Pahchaan at MCHPC took it upon itself to raise awareness about necessary precautions to stay protected from the heat. Women and girls of Malikpur community, Lahore, were briefed on how to stay safe during a heat wave and how to treat heat-related illnesses.

Continuing to expand our reach and impact, bringing access to free, quality health care, SAF has already facilitated more than 4000 people in Chakwal and 20 adjoining villages in the first quarter of its operation.   The unit covers an area of 30 km to cater to the expecting mothers and children of Chakwal and adjoining areas of Balkasar with support of REDO Foundation, providing families with health care, maternal care, and neonatal care.

We’re always looking to improve our teaching and communication skills in the SAF education network so we can offer our students uncompromising, quality education. For that, SAF has partnered with Jolly Phonics to provide a teacher training program at SAF schools. The goal is to polish reading and writing skills of pre-nursery, nursery, prep students. Our Jolly Phonics Trainer, Miss Tahira is originally from London, UK, now living in Islamabad, Pakistan. She is an MBA graduate from the UK who chose to educate literacy skills to children instead of taking up a plush corporate career. 

Tahira used to be the vice principle in a school where she noticed many of the children were not reading and writing well enough at the school. She did some research on developing literacy skills and first came across Jolly Phonics in 2004. Since then, she has been encouraging literacy development to help students become proficient in the English language. We thank miss Tahira for training our staff to ensure a Hope – Not Out tomorrow for all.

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