IntroducttIntroductory Circular Dt.. 08.05.2007 Updated:02.06.2007

THE 23rd INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY - 5th DECEMBER 2007

Sponsored by the Proclamation of the United Nations the International Volunteers Day is globally observed on 5th December by the governments and the people to befittingly honor the millions of the highly committed

self-less Volunteers rendering multifarious essential services to their fellow-men. Text of United Nations Proclamation - 1985 (‘International Volunteers Day for Economic and Social Development’)

“…invites Governments to observe annually on 5th December an International Volunteers Day on Social Development and urge them to take measures to heighten awareness of the important contributions of Voluntary Service, thereby stimulating

more people in all walks of life to offer their services as volunteers at home and abroad….”

Annual Observance of the International Volunteers Day in Karachi Inspired by the U.N. Proclamation, a highly-spirited team of prominent social workers initiated the observance of

this important DAY - formally launched on 5.12.1998 by the then Governor of Sindh, Lt.Gen.® Moinuddin Haider.

Mission Statement of the International Volunteers Day Organizing Committee, Karachi * To promote profound Volunteerism ,especially amongst the educated youth and the upcoming generations.

* To move the Government for maximum encouragement to the Volunteers and their active groups. * To highlight the meritorious services of the well-select Volunteers and Philanthropists of the Year and

present them the ‘Shields of Honor’ on the Annual International Volunteers Day. * To further highlight the valuable contributions of the illustrious Volunteers - both the past and the present,

through befitting public forums and publications, including the ‘Who’s Who of Volunteers In Sindh’. * To create and motivate the establishment of benevolent Funds / Foundations for providing essential

services to the retired and aged Volunteers in acute distress and need.

‘International Volunteers Day Shields’ for Meritorious Performance - 1988 - 2006 To-date, 141 Volunteers most of them the Senior Citizens of Sindh are the recipients of the ‘ Shields of Honour’ for their acclaimed public services and leadership in the promotion of essential social causes. With almost life-time devotional services mainly in the NGO sector, the Shield-holders include: 37 Businessmen; 47 Ladies;15 belong to the Minorities; 35 Professionals; 17 from the interior Districts and 16 from the ’Under-developed’ areas of Karachi. ‘Who’s Who of Volunteers in Sindh’ Launched in 2002, this unique annual publication lists the distinguished services of the aforesaid Shield-holders. Also, well high-lighted are the noble contributions of over 250 ‘Ever-shining Luminaries of Dedicated Volunteerism’ - headed by Amin-ul-Mulk, Nawab Mir Mohd. Masoom Shah Bakhari (16th Century) and Mai Khairun (19th Century).

This annually up-dated and well-illustrated Trend-setter Directory of historical importance is the only one of its kind in Pakistan. The Urdu version of its 4th edition entitled ‘Samaj kay Darkhshan Sitaray’ appeared on 5. 12. 2005. The 156-page 5th Volume ( 2006-07) lists about 550 dedicated Volunteers besides 286 photos - Price: Rs. 200/- SOLICITED: PROFILES OF THE NOTABLE BYEGONE VOLUNTEERS FOR UPDATING THIS DIRECTORY** Editors: A. M. Mehkeri & Abdul Rahim Moosvi

B.A.(Alig.);LL.B. M.A; LL.B. P.T.O.

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Organizers of the Observance of International Volunteers Day in Karachi - 1998 - 2006

FOUNDING - MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - 1998

Begum Shireen Rahmatullah Maher H . Alavi, Miss Shamiem Kazmi Director ® Social Welfare, Govt .of Chairman, Pakistan Chair-person, National Assn. Sindh / Hon.Gen .Secy Institute o f Red Crescent Society of Business, Professional & Social Development & Research. (Sindh Prov. Branch) Agricultural Women. . Thakur Rashid Gohar Abdul Rahim Moosvi President , Karachi Council President , Lyari Community

Of Child Welfare. Development Project… (Convener).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - 2006 - 07

CHIEF ORGANIZER : Abdul Rahim Moosvi Cell: 0304-2969635 MEMBERS: Haji Umer Billo A. M. Mehkeri Mrs. Sabiha Shah Mohd. Amin Memon Bantva Memon Lay-Volunteer Women’s Development Falah Welfare Trust Khidmat C’ttee 0300-2128827 Foundation 0320-4333575 Ph: 454-7654 0300-3339099 Mohd. Saleem Tabani Mohd. Ali Rashid Lion Amin Memon Panjal Khan Sanghi Adamjee Foundation Lay-Volunteer Lion’s Club Mehran Welfare Trust 0300-8249587 0321-2848778 567-5061-3 074-40773 Mohd. Anis Danish Haji Md. Iqbal Hussain S. Shamim Haider Mohd. Raza Poonawalla Lay-Volunteer Falah Welfare Trust Lay-Volunteer Cutchi Memon Jamat 0303-6202716 231-5290 0320-4052124 0320-407118 Abdul Latif Ashraf A. Memon Ghafoor Memorial Tanzeem-e-Sehat Welfare Trust Samaj Sudhar 4396786 263-3703 ADDRESS: ** c/o Lyari Community Development Project,

near Moulvi Mohammad Usman Park, Chakiwara # 2, Lyari Town, Karachi # 75660 Ph: (92-21) 2521687- 2549576. . . E/M: pwpp@super.net.pk

NOTE: An alternate name proposed for this set-up: ‘THE INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY CLUB, KARACHI.’**

Invitation to all Volunteers & Well-wishers !! To kindly attend the Observance of the 23rd INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY on Wednesday, December 5 2007 [Programme & Venue to be announced later**] ** For Contacts / Feedback: <pwpp@super.net.pk>,<abdulrahimmoosvi@yahoo.com>,<ammehkeri@hotmail.com> REQUEST: KINDLY FORWARD THIS CIRCULAR TO NGOs FOR WIDER PUBLICITY.

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