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Thank you all for being such a wonderful part of the Educate a Girl community. It’s your

support, ideas and participation that has made our Foundation go from strength to strength

and 2015 a milestones year for Educate a Girl.

EAG British Council Workshop by Alex Preston

Karachi: Dawood Global Foundation partnered with British Council to teach 40 of the best

Educate a Girl Winning Scholars about “Use of Subjective Tense in journalism.” BBC-award

winning journalist and writer, Alex Preston, flew from the UK to conduct the training. The girls

learned a lot and the partnership helped facilitate better job placements for the girls.

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Group shot of British council Attendees workshop by Alex Preston

Educate a Girl with Gillian Atkinson British Deputy High Commissioner

Karachi: Acting British Deputy High Commissioner - Gillian Atkinson hosted and President of

Dawood Global Foundation - Tara Uzra Dawood co-hosted an evening reception at the British

Deputy High Commission for the alumni of LADIESFUND Educate a Girl Initiative - a charitable

program aimed at providing scholarships to girls in Pakistan and Founded in 2013. The

reception was an opportunity to network with young talented females and hear about their

inspiration and dreams. Leading ladies in the media industry were also invited to share their

success stories with the alumni. Senior journalists who attended the event to mentor the girls

included Shahrukh Hasan, Shanaz Ramzi, Sahibzadi Mahin Khan and Khursheed Hyder. The

event was held inside Gill's home.

Educate a Girl scholars with British Deputy High Commission: Gill Atkinson, President DGF: Tara Uzra Dawood British council Karachi Director: Robin Davis and some leading journalist

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UNDP Educate a Girl Climate Summit

Karachi, October 2015: UNDP hosted the Educate a Girl Climate Summit at the Arts Council. The training educated an audience almost 400 including Educate a Girl scholarship winners, as well as star student delegates from Educational Partner Iqra University and other leading universities, and select young journalists. Leading Australian journalist Sara Phillips of ABC Australia flew in from Melbourne to conduct the training. Other keynote speakers included Australian High Commissioner HE Margaret Adamson, who flew in from Islamabad for the occasion, former Governor Sindh Kamal Azfar, Senator Khushbakht Shujaat, Deepak Perwani and Hamza Ali Abbasi. UNDP Programme Analyst Usman Manzoor spoke about the UNDP’s support of the education of girls and the importance of climate journalism training.

The training focused in the morning on Basics of Journalism, News Writing and Science Writing, and in the afternoon on Water Journalism,Climate Science and Challenges of Climate Journalism.

some some of the attendees of UNDP Educate a Girl summit

Educate a Girl with Emil Wyss Swiss Consulate General Karachi

Karachi: The Swiss Consulate General Karachi and the Dawood Global Foundation partnered to

host an “Educate a Girl Job Pitching Session” at the Swiss Consulate where select deserving girls

who were Educate a Girl scholarship winners who are budding journalists gave speed “hire me”

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pitches to leading members of the media.

#EAGWithEmil Attendees group photo with Swiss Consulate General Karachi: Emil Wyss, President DGF:

Tara Uzra Dawood and other leading journalists

Educate a Girl Fundraising Events

Zumba for Education

Karachi: Dawood Global Foundation partnered with Fatima Zara Mallick Fitness Studio to

hold Zumba for Education, an initiative to fundraise through fitness, with 100% of proceeds

to Educate a Girl - a project to educate 1000 deserving girls in Pakistan to become journalists in

partnership with the Institute of Journalism, UNDP-GEF-SGP and British Council. Almost 700

girls have been educated to date. Spotted at the crowded Zumba aerobics class were KMPG

partner Moneeza Butt, artist Seema Mulk Ansari and news anchor Jaweria Ali, all prominent

donors to this great cause. Zumba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer

and choreographer Alberto "Beto" Perez during the 1990s, but is new to Pakistan. Fatima is a

foreign-certified instructor.

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Attendees of Zumba for education

Bollywood for Education

Karachi: On August 22, 2015, Dawood Global Foundation partnered with Fatima Zara Mallick

Fitness Studio to hold Bollywood for Education, after the success of Zumba forEducation, an

initiative to fund raise through fitness, with 100% of proceeds to Educate a Girl - a project

to educate 1000 deserving girls in Pakistan to become journalists in partnership with the

Institute of Journalism, UNDP-GEF-SGP and British Council. Almost 700 girls have

been educated to date. The event also included a fitness talk by Nadia Hussain. Spotted at the

crowded Zumba aerobic class were KMPG partner Moneeza Butt who is a prominent donor to

this great cause, News Anchor Sahibzadi Mahin Khan, Najia Siddiqui of Adorn, Founder

of Educate a Girl Tara Uzra Dawood, among others. Fatima Zara Mallick is a foreign-certified

fitness instructor and celebrity trainer. Also, Treats by Hania who is a Canadian trained chef,

made amazing healthy treats for the attendees..

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Attendees group shot of #Bolly4EAG

Cooking for Education

Dawood Global Foundation hosted a Private Cooking class fundraiser titled “How to Master the

Art of French Macarons” at “Avari Towers in Asia Live Restaurant”. 100% proceeds to Educate a

Girl, an Award winning charitable program aimed at providing scholarships to girls in Karachi

vocationally to become Journalists and founded in 2013. All the attendees were personally

trained by Kausar Z. Ahmed on how to make perfect French Macarons.

Attendees group shot of #Cooking4EAG

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Educate a Girl Nigeria

Lagos: Educate a Girl, an initiative by Dawood Global Foundation, hosted a three day training

for 250 deserving Nigerian girls with Pakistan High Commissioner to Nigeria HE Agha M Umar

Farooq as Chief Guest. The event ended with The Foundation partnering with MalalaFund,

GlobalGiving and Participant Media to screen "He Named Me Malala" to the community of

deserving girls, as well as leaders of the South Asian community. Spotted at the event were HE

Agha & Tasneem Farooq, Deputy High Commissioner Asim Ali Khan, Iftikhar & Mehrjabeen

Qamar, Zain ul Abideen, Priya & Begum Asnani, Tatiana & Evita Moussalli, Rafique Dawood,

Tara Uzra Dawood, Dr. Fouzia Khan, Nigerian Canadian poet Juliet Kego, Dr. Muhammad Ali,

Nigerian leading journalist Wana Udobang, Nigerian leading poet Chio Amunnadi, among

others. Many EAG scholars were orphans due to the Boko Haram.

Educate a Girl Nigeria Winners along with Chief Guest, Pakistan High Commissioner to Nigeria HE Agha M Umar Farooq and President Dawood Global Foundation Tara Uzra Dawood

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Educate a Gil Success Stories

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Educate a girl scholar#208 won the International Fellowship to Nigeria

Educate a girl scholar#7 won the International Fellowship to Nigeria

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Educate a Girl Scholarship Ceremonies

DGF partnered with Blind school IDARIEU for vocational training in media sciences

Educate a girl DGF partnered with Government High school of Bufferzone to educate deserving girls in

media studies

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Dawood Global Foundation partnered with Government Poly Technic School of Karimabad to educate

deserving girls in media studies

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Dawood Global Foundation partnered with Ziauddin University Insitute of Communication & Media

Sciences to educate deserving girls in media studies in their university

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Dawood Global Foundation partnered with Government College of Technology of Karachi to educate

deserving girls in media studies

Educate a Girl In Media

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Educate a Girl Supporters

We thanks our supporters who supports us throughout the year and making it possible for

achieving our target of Educating 1000 girls

Nazneen Tariq Khan, Fundraising Chair Global & EAG Silver Angel Nilufer Mama, Contribution Chair Canada M. Abbas Faraz, Manager Finance Aileen Mens, Treasurer - Canada Maliha Bhimjee, Patron & EAG ArchAngel Dr. Parveen Khanji, Patron & EAG ArchAngel Zeenat Saeed Ahmed, Patron & EAG ArchAngel Afroza Bhamani, Patron & EAG Angel Laila Haroon Sarfaraz, Patron Sameera Raja, Pakistan Ambassador LADIESFUND Pomme Gohar, Pakistan Ambassador LADIEFUND Christopher S. Edwards, LADIESFUND Ambassador USA & EAG Angel Richard Chen, LADIES FUND Ambassador USA Ayesha Bux, Ambassador LADIESFUND Australia & EAG ArchAngel Laura Chan, Ambassador LADIESFUND Canada Laura Furtado, Ambassador LADIESFUND Canada Kimberly Bourne MacGregor, LADIESFUND Ambassador Canada Hassan Ahmed, Ambassador LADIESFUND Canada & EAG Angel Nadia Lakdawalla, LADIESFUND Canada Ambassador & EAG Angel Patrick Farrell LADIESFUND Ambassador Canada & EAG Silver Angel Asma Khan, LADIESFUND Ambassador UK & EAG ArchAngel Sabeen Obaidullah, LADIESFUND Ambassador UK

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Tanya Anand, LADIESFUND Ambassador UK Aliya Ahmed, EAG Angel Bina Ali, EAG Angel Blue Sky Club, EAG Silver Angel Cultures of Resistance, EAG Platinum Angel Deepak Perwani, EAG ArchAngel Dr. Fouzia Khan, EAG Angel Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, EAG ArchAngel Mahreen A. Mansha, EAG Angel Maria Memon, EAG ArchAngel Midas Safety, EAG Gold Angel Mohan Sakar, EAG ArchAngel Naureen Atiq, EAG Angel Nausheen Leghari, EAG Angel Nilufer Mama, EAG ArchAngel Safinaz Muneer, EAG Angel Samir Dossal, EAG Gold Angel Sameeta Nadeem, EAG Angel Usman Anjarwalla Group of Companies, EAG Bronze Angel Zainab Khadbai, EAG Angel

Educate a Girl Student Volunteers

Our student and interns are the heart and the souls of Educate a Girl. We thank each and every

one of them for all their hard work and continuous support.

Educate a Girl Volunteers

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Educate a Girl Special Thanks to the Media

We sincerely thank and appreciate the media- radio, television, print, bloggers and social media

for their continued support for our mission and movement

Wishing you all the best for 2016!

Warm Regards,

Team Educate a Girl

Educate a Girl Team along with Tara Uzra Dawood, President Educate a Girl