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Gwadar, Balochistan
Naseer Ahmed
Naseer Ahmed is an Alif Ailaan Regional Campaign Organiser for Gwadar, Balochistan. While a commerce graduate by training, Na...
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Naseer Ahmed is an Alif Ailaan Regional Campaign Organiser for Gwadar, Balochistan. While a commerce graduate by training, Naseer pursued his passion for development work after resigning from corporate banking in 2011. He served as a teacher in a government school for three years. As a teacher, he realised the instructional issues in his hometown including lack of science teachers, playing grounds, science laboratory and libraries for children. He joined Alif Ailaan team in 2018 and leads the regional education campaigning in district Gwadar. Naseer has previously worked with Mercy Corps, UN Women, World Health Organisation in different capacities in Gwadar.
Email Naseer.ahmed@alifailaan.pk
Regional Page: Baamsaar
Badin, Sindh
Mukesh Meghwar
Mukesh Meghwar was born on 04-04-1988 in Kapri Mori district Badin, Sindh. Academically, he is a law graduate from University...
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Mukesh Meghwar was born on 04-04-1988 in Kapri Mori district Badin, Sindh. Academically, he is a law graduate from University of Sindh, Jamshoro. He is a researcher, blogger, writer, and human rights activist. He is also the Vice Chairperson of Pakistan’s leading Youth Forum, PYF (Progressive Youth Forum Pakistan) and an active member of Soc Dem Youth Network Pakistan. He is in the board of directors of UELECT Pakistan and, Co-founder of Pakistan's first Hindu Rights based Newspaper "Sandesh" which represents the minority community in Pakistan. He has also implemented successful promotions of Hindu community and their rights through a variety of national and international channels. Currently, he is working with Alif Ailaan as Regional Campaign Organiser in Thatta region to create a meaningful and informed conversation around education by engaging policy makers, politicians, students, teachers, parents, civil society and media. Apart from this he was selected for highly competitive fellowship ELP (Emerging Leaders of Pakistan) based Washington DC based think tank Atlantic Council South Asia Center, due to his contributions in human rights activities and education. He was interviewed by voice of America Urdu as motivational and inspiration young activist. In 2015-16 as a youth activist of Asia, he was selected in (SI) Swedish institute’s program (YCF) Young Connectors for Future Fellowship. Some of the other issues he has worked on are blasphemy, talibanisation and minority rights. He has experience of social mobilization and trained in capacity building and leadership with solid background in organizational development and operations. He was also a Regional Coordinator at the Mehergarh - a Center for Learning, regional office Hyderabad from 2008 to 2012. Here he acquired significant and progressive experience for three years. In addition, he assisted in strengthening individual capacities for health, human rights, education, domestic violence and Mehrgarh graduates performance assessment through monitoring and surveys.
Email mukesh.kumar@alifailaan.pk
Regional Page: Laar Education Campaign
Gujranwala, Punjab
Surriya Manzoor
Surriya Manzoor is the Regional Campaign Organizer in Gujranwala Region since last four years. She began her journey by co...
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Surriya Manzoor is the Regional Campaign Organizer in Gujranwala Region since last four years. She began her journey by contesting elections at Union Council level and for that launched a door to door campaign. Being a female with no previous work and political background, her own family resisted initially due to social taboos associated with working women, however, being persistent paid off and she successfully changed the mindsets of her family and people around her. She continued her political journey and was elected as City Councilor. Having taken experience of working for the people she struggled her way through and in collaboration with Aurat Foundation secured funding of PKR 600,000 from the district government for the development of school in her locality and marriage of 30 underprivileged couples. She started a project with SPO to provide CNICs to women and register them as voters for the election. Currently, she is working with Alif Ailaan to help sensitize people about issues regarding educations such as enrolment, infrastructure, missing facilities, shortage of teachers and quality of maths and science education in government schools. Success stories: To her credit, she along with the help of local communities reclaimed a girl’s high school building by holding protests with teachers and student. Due to media coverage, notice was taken by CM Punjab and direct orders were issued for non-school related departments to evacuate the premises. Secondly, she successfully established SMC committees involving teachers and parents for utilization of non-salary related budget in schools.
Email surriya.manzoor@alifailaan.pk
Regional Page: Saada Chenab
