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ABWT believes that a healthy society is a productive society, and with this in mind, the Trust has been working to help people in the health sector for over 16 years. Find out more about our Projects below
Everyday various people from different walks of life are faced with kidney failure, while only a minority of these people are fortunate enough to afford treatment for their illness.
We at ABWT plan to eradicate this class divide and to do so have established a Kidney Dialysis Centre at Tehsil Depalpur, District Okara in 2006. This is the only Tehsil-level Kidney Dialysis Centre operating in Pakistan absolutely free of cost.
Between 7000 and 9000 dialysis are performed annually at this Dialysis Center using 11 Hemodialysis machines, alongside providing patients with care and counsel regarding their treatment.
Water is the most basic requirement for survival, and unclean water is the root cause for many diseases that are on the rise. In many rural areas of Pakistan, people are devoid of this basic requirement and are dependent on contaminated water, breeding water-borne diseases.
Realizing this, ABWT started its Water Purification Campaign in 2014. Till date ABWT has acquired and installed 16 Water Filtration Plants in 16 rural villages with the collaboration of the German Embassy and Japan Embassy. 136,000 people in these areas now enjoy a life free from the constant risks of toxic water due to the installation of these filtration plants.
Since its inception in 2003, ABWT has kept its doors open to those who have found themselves in misfortunate circumstances. ABWT has arranged for free treatment for thousands of underprivileged and helpless patients of Hepatitis, Kidney Failure, Heart Attack, Tuberculosis, orthopedics and Cancer.
With the help of various generous philanthropists, and the Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal, the treatment of these patients has been carried out at the government hospitals of Pakistan such as Sheikhzayed Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, and Inmol Hospital among others
Through our Education Programs, the Trust aims to empower the future of Pakistan, ie today’s students, by enabling them to reach their potential and make a positive contribution not only to their families, but also to society as whole. Find out more about our Education Projects Below
ABWT believes that Education is the most important factor in the growth of Pakistan. However, millions of children are out of schools in Pakistan, and this problem gets only worse in rural areas.
With the increasing importance of access to education in mind, ABWT started its Sponsor A School Project for the Primary education of girls in Rural areas. Under this project, ABWT has adopted 6 government schools and ghost schools, and reformed them, allowing for over a 1000 girls to resume their education.
These schools were either not functional at all, or running in deplorable conditions due to a lack of resources such as trained teachers and/or proper administration. Currently, ABWT is running one school in the village of Boongi Ram Singh, and is providing access to education to 250 girls.
Due to drastically high and increasing unemployment Rates in Tehsil Depalpur and the rest of Disctrict Okara, ABWT conducted surveys to further explore this phenomenon. The lack of primary skills was found to be one of the most influential reasons for increasing unemployment.
To overcome the situation, in 2014 ABWT established a Vocational Training Institute in wasawewala, Okara, with the help of Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA). The Institute aims to empower women by training them in the skills of stitching, knitting and tailoring. Furthermore, in 2016, a Computer lab was established and a “Computer Training Course” was started, and soon after a “Social Entrepreneurship” course was also started.
All these courses aim to empower women by allowing them to earn a livelihood for themselves and their family. Besides this, the Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) entered into agreement with ABWT to help with the Vocational Training Institute (VTI) and also gives a monthly stipend to the students to help sustain their expenses.
Till date, the ABWT Vocational Training Institute has 650 women who have graduated and are now earning a livelihood, not only empowering themselves, but also being a role model for the women of their societies.
Every year millions of intelligent and hardworking students are forced to abandon their studies post their Matriculation exams due to unfortunate financial circumstances.
Facing harsh conditions due to poverty, many students are unable to pursue higher education and thus, a better life for themselves. One of the long-term goals of Ameer Begum Welfare Trust is to increase the literacy rate in Pakistan and bring it up to 100 %.
With this goal in mind, on the 24th of June 2005, the Sponsor A Student Program was launched in all provinces of Pakistan. With the cooperation of numerous generous and kind-hearted people, ABWT has succeeded in sponsoring 300 students across Pakistan. These needy and talented students are getting higher education in their respective fields of interests like Medicine, Engineering, Chartered Accountancy, Pharmacy, Life sciences, law, humanities and various others at renowned colleges and universities.
Students are selected on the basis of merit, and this sponsorship continues for up to 6 years till the completion of their degrees.
Through our various Economic Rehabilitation projects, ABWT helps people in different fields, ranging from helping with the daily struggle of expensive “ration” to fulfilling the heart’s desire of performing Umrah to those who cannot afford it. Find out more below.
The Holy month of Ramadan is crucial to every Muslim’s life. Since 2003 Ameer begum welfare Trust has been organizing Ramadan Ration Program each year as it is customary to donate a portion of one’s wealth to the less fortunate.
ABWT in accordance with the need to eradicate poverty distributes ration packages to the poorest of the poor. In an effort to provide the less fortunate with basic items of everyday use, ABWT distributes Approximately 700 ration packs among deserving people every year in Ramadan.
The holy month of Ramadan is sacred to all muslims, and in this special month, the spirit of brotherhood and helping others is always seen to increase. Since 2014, ABWT has been organizing an Iftar Dastarkhwan each year in the holy Month of Ramadan to serve underprivileged Muslims with food to break their fast (Iftar).
By The grace of Allah, approximately 9000 People are being served with Iftar provisions in Ramadan by ABWT every year, and in total, approximately 45000 deserving people have been served by ABWT.
In Islam Umrah is the wish of almost every Muslim. Ameer Begum Welfare Trust is aware of the importance of this Islamic responsibility and strives to help those perform this duty by sharing the financial burden and arranging for them a safe trip.
In the year 2013, Ameer Begum Welfare Trust Introduced the Umrah Sadat Program to fulfill the wishes of those who desire to perform Umrah. The trust arranges help for those coming from less means but a great desire to fulfill their duty towards Allah Almighty through performing Umrah. With the help of our gracious donors, we have arranged 7 Umrah Trips. So far 120 deserving people have benefited from the program.
Ameer Begum Welfare has always taken a strong initiative towards the people with disability. In 2005, ABWT distributed 700 Wheelchairs, 100 tricycle shops and stipends among the underprivileged and needy disable members of our society.
This enabled many of these disabled people to start earning a livelihood for themselves. Many disabled members of society are deprived of the basic health care facilities such as wheelchairs.
ABWT took the initiative of working towards their well-being with the help of Turkish International Cooperation & Development Agency (TIKA). TIKA provided ABWT with 51 tricycles to assist the disabled members of our society
In 2005, Pakistan and neighboring Azad Kashmir were hit by a massive earthquake of a magnitude 7.6. This devastating earthquake affected lives in all areas of Kashmir, with the most severely damaged areas being Muzzafarabas and Bagh.
ABWT realized the dire need for help and proceeded to set up 10 tent villages in district Bagh. 1000 earthquake affected families were provided with food supplies, medical care, education and financial assistance at these tent villages.
Furthermore, after 8 months of establishing tent villages and providing the people with aid, ABWT held a collective marriages ceremony at Arja, District Bagh where daughters belonging to these affected families were wed. They were provided with basic necessities that they would need to start a new life.
It is safe to assert that this function provided a ray of hope for the countless grief-stricken families in the area. This was the first time any such function was held in Azad Kashmir.
When large scale floods hit Sindh, ABWT did not delay reaching out to those affected. The Trust set up tent villages at district Sanghar and Nawab Shah, and provided relief in form of food, medicine, education, vocational training centers for women, and financial assistance to thousands of families. It is widely reputed that the tent villages of ABWT were the finest among all others in the area.
The War on Terror had profound effects on the residents in Northern areas in Pakistan. Forced to leave their homes in Malakand Division, Swat, Dir and Buner these refugees fled to the plains. Thousands of families were displaced. ABWT was quick to respond to the pleas of people in this time of need, setting up tent villages at Shah Dund Baba in Mardan and helped 1000 families till they could move back to their houses, that they had to abandon earlier.
In the Holy Month of Ramadan, ABWT also arranges for Ijtemai Qurbani, to provide underprivileged people with meat. Ramadan is the only time many of these people get to eat meat in the entire year, so ABWT tries to cater to as many deserving people as possible each year.
ABWT started its mission in 2003 with the Collective Marriages Program, and was the Pioneer in this program
Our Collective Marriages Project is a unique concept that was commenced in 2003 to remove the social nuisance of dowry in Pakistan. ABWT was the pioneer of this program that aids families of poor and orphan girls who are grief stricken due to financial hurdles and are unable to wed them to begin an essential part of their life.
Marriage is an important institution of society and much advocated for in Islam. This institution that is much revered to benefit society has unfortunately fallen due to misleading traditions such as lavish weddings ceremonies and dowry. Majority of Pakistan’s population are low-income hard-working people who find themselves captivated in suffocating expectations due to dowry, leaving these parents hopeless in trying to fulfill their duty.
ABWT has made it its mission to bring to light the true significance of this institution and reinstate the concept of a simple Nikkah in the society to relieve from such parents from financial burden and encourage others to follow.
Dowry has been a barbaric tradition that has plundered society of a long time. This tradition, unnecessarily burdens families of girls and often result in broken engagements, domestic abuse and torture for many who are not able to meet the exaggerated expenses of weddings.
Observing the massive practice of this tradition, ABWT took this responsibility to remove this concept and encourage people towards simple marriages enough to begin a happy life, by giving our deserving sisters and daughter basic necessities (gifts) to live their livelihood.
With this focus, Ameer Begum Welfare Trust has conducted successful marriages of 950 couples without any bias of cast, creed or religion.
