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UPDATES
School Set to Open in April
Jan. 26, 2010, Khairo Dero: Our primary school is all set to open for the first batch of children in April. Please take a look at the update provided by our partners, The Citizens Foundation. Your feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at mt@alihasanmangitrust.org Thank you for your support.
Click Here for the School Update
School Construction Underway
Oct. 19, 2009, Khairo Dero: The construction of Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust's primary school in collaboration with The Citizens Foundation is well underway. The boundary wall has almost been completed and workers have begun excavating the area as well.
The Citizens Foundation has pledged to complete construction early in the year so that the first batch of children can start when the academic year begins in April 2010. You'll be hearing from us again through our regular updates about how construction is progressing. Meanwhile do write to us at mt@alihasanmangitrust.org with your feedback and suggestions. We'd love to hear from you.
We would like to thank you all for your unwavering support and generosity. This school will be as much yours as it will be ours and we would love for any of you to visit once it is up and running. And thank you from the people of Khairo Dero, who send their gratitude and blessings.
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Excavation at the site |
Construction of Sewage
Treatment Unit Completed
April
6, 2009, Khairo Dero: Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust
completed the first phase of its sanitation project in the
village of Khairo Dero, district Larkana, in Pakistan's
southern province of Sindh. The project was implemented in
partnership with Karachi-based Orangi Pilot Project, a
pioneer in sewage disposal systems.
We
began with the biggest of the four catchment areas in the
village. This catchment disposed sewage from open drains
into a big pond. Since sewerage from 60 percent of
households was being disposed in this open pond,the
prevalence of preventable disease in the village is high.
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The completed sewage treatment unit. The
brick construction is the filter in which
the water is treated. |
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The drain at the point marked A carries
sewerage into the treatment unit marked at
point B. Treated water then flows from the
outlet at C into the irrigation canal at
point D. |
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to a plan
designed by Orangi Pilot Project, we built a sewage
treatment unit near the pond. Then, we laid down
pipes through which the sewage is now flowing by
natural gravity and being treated through a filter
system in the treatment unit. Clean water is then
being released via a pipe into a nearby irrigation
canal. That way, the clean, recycled water can be
used for fruit and vegetable farming.
Our team
motivated the local community who contributed labor
and coordination services for this project on a
voluntary basis. This is part of our plan to involve
the local community in every project. The materials
for the project were provided by Ali Hasan Mangi
Memorial Trust, courtesy of our donors. The total
cost of building the treatment plant and connecting
on either side to the sewage pond and the irrigation
canal was approximately 400,00 rupees or $5000.
This is phase one
of our overall sanitation project. Since this is now
functional, we will monitor its working for a period
of two months before we move to the next phase. This
will involve the disposal of the other three,
smaller catchment areas, the conversion of open
drains in the lanes into sewers or covered drains.
Now, we need to
employ a watchman at the site of the treatment
plan, who will be responsible for its
security
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A close up view of the filter. |
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A worker
puts the finishing touches on the
undergound pipeline that takes clean
water from the treatment unit into the
irrigation canal. |
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and maintenance,
including routine cleaning of the system.
Government-built sanitation systems have always
failed to work because of a lack of maintenance. For
this, we need to raise funds to cover his salary of
2,500 rupees a month, or 30,000 rupees ($400) for
one year. If any of our donors are willing to
sponsor his salary for a year or on a continual
basis, that would enable us to effectively maintain
the unit we have built. |
We
thank our donors for their generosity and continued support.
Free Medical Camp and Community Motivation Meeting Held
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Jan. 26, 2009, Khairo Dero: Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial
Trust held a medical camp in the village of Khairo Dero,
district Larkana, in Pakistan's southern province of
Sindh on Jan. 24-25. Orthopedic surgeon Dr Farooq Raja
and Air Commodore (Retd) Khalid Iqbal very generously
donated their time and services for the camp.
Dr Raja saw 125 patients during the two days he spent in
Khairo Dero and assessed several cases in need of
corrective surgery, braces, leg elevations and specially
fitted shoes. Following these diagnoses, we plan to
arrange for these patients to be treated as required.
Sikandar Ali, a 25-year-old man was diagnosed with
`bamboo spine' because of which he is unable to stand or
walk. Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust donated a tricyle-wheelchair
to him which enables him to be mobile and independent.
As part of our policy of community participation, each
patient will make a contribution, no matter how small,
to his or her own treatment. |
Dr
Farooq Raja examines a patient who lost a foot. |
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Our co-ordinator Shahzad Ali shows
Sikandar how to use his new tricycle-wheelchair |
We also provided
urgent medicines to cases of injury and infection and
will be arranging basic medicines such as pain killers,
asthma and hypertension medication, ear and eye drops
etc for distribution next month.
Dr Raja also provided training to some of the young,
educated women in the village who can help patients with
basic physiotherapy to alleviate joint pains. He also
advised us about how to initiate a basic hygiene
awareness program in the village targeting women. We
hope to begin this in the spring.
Air Commodore (Retd)
Khalid Iqbal spent time speaking to the villagers and
held a community motivation meeting. During this
session, community leaders, teachers and farmers were
briefed about our projects and plans and their feedback
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was sought. As
a result, we were able to motivate the locals to band
together and provide voluntary labor for our on-going
sanitation and sewerage disposal project. We plan to
form a committee of volunteers who will advance and
spread the process of community participation.
We thank our donors for
their generosity and support and express our deepest
gratitude on behalf of the people of Khairo Dero to Dr
Raja and Air Commodore (Retd) Iqbal for their
heartwarming participation and service. |
Volunteers from the village excavate the ground for the
building of a sewage disposal unit. |
Sanitation Project Begins
Jan. 19, 2009, Khairo Dero: Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust
began yesterday its sanitation project in the village of
Khairo Dero, district Larkana, in Pakistan's southern
province of Sindh. The project is being implemented in
partnership with Karachi-based Orangi Pilot Project, a
pioneer in sewage disposal systems.
We have begun with the
biggest of the four catchment areas in the village. At
present this catchment disposes sewage from open drains into
a big pond. Since several homes are located along the edge
of this sewage pond, the prevalence of preventable disease
is high. According to a plan designed by Orangi Pilot
Project, we will build a sewage treatment unit near the pond
into which the sewage will flow, be treated and then the
clean water will be released via a pipe into a nearby
irrigation canal. That way, the clean, recycled water can be
used for fruit and vegetable farming.
For efficient flow, the
canal has been desilted ahead of excavation and construction
of the treatment unit. Our team has motivated the local
community to provide labor for this project on a voluntary
basis. This is part of our plan to involve the local
community in every project. The materials for the project,
including cement, pipes, sand, crush and stone will be
provided by Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust, courtesy of our
donors.
This is phase one of our
overall sanitation project. Once this is completed and
successfully monitored, we will move to the next phase. This
will involve the disposal of the other three, smaller
catchment areas, the conversion of open drains in the
village lanes into sewers or covered drains. We hope to
complete the first phase within six weeks.
We thank
our donors for their generosity and continued support.
Donation to Earthquake
Victims
Oct. 30, Karachi: Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust made a
donation of 50,000 rupees today for blankets, clothing,
food, water and medicine for the earthquake victims of
Baluchistan, in South Western Pakistan. The donation was
made via the Edhi Foundation, the biggest welfare
organization in Pakistan which is running a major rescue and
relief effort in Baluchistan. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake
devastated over 20 villages in Baluchistan on Oct. 29,
leaving over 200 dead and over 20,000 homeless. Although our
trust's primary function is to create a model village in
Khairo Dero in southern Pakistan, the trustees decided to
make an exception given the scale of human tragedy in
Baluchistan where some of the poorest people in the country
live. The victims of earthquake are in our thoguhts and
prayers. We thank our donors for their generosity and
continued support.
Wheelchair Donated to
Young Student
Oct. 28, Khairo Dero:
Shehzad Ali Memon is a 15-year old student with a zeal for
education. Afflicted by polio in both legs, he is unable to
stand or walk, but Shehzad would struggle each morning to
push his broken wheelchair to the neighboring village of
Bungel Dero, about five kilometers away, to attend school
where he studies in Grade 9. ``I want to grow up and become
something,'' he says. ``I will get a real job and be
independent.''
Till then, he works at a tailor's shop in the evenings as an
apprentice to help make his family's ends meet.
Shehzad's old wheelchair didn't have a seat. He had
improvised by tying jute bags to create a makeshift seat. It
also didn't have tyres and was rusted and broken. Ali Hasan
Mangi Memorial Trust donated a new wheelchair to Shehzad and
he is very happy that he'll be able to make it to school
each day with much more ease. Thank you to our generous
donors.
Water Hand Pumps
Project Completed
Oct.
13, 2008, Khairo Dero: Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust
completed successfully the installation of 115 water hand
pumps in the poorest households in the village of Khairo
Dero, district Larkana, in Pakistan’s southern province of
Sindh.
The
project, which began on Aug. 25, cost a total of 508,000
rupees. This included the cost of the hand pump, the pipes
and other material, labor and transport. The villagers
contributed by providing lodging and food to the laborers as
part of our plan to encourage community participation.
Ali
Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust spent two months conducting a
detailed survey of all the households in the village in
order to determine those most in need. Lists of households
were prepared and revised to compile a comprehensive tally.
Only those households were selected which had no hand pumps
and had to rely on either scarce community pumps or the
generosity of neighbors. Additionally, they had to be
landless laborers at the lowest income rung to qualify for
hand pumps.
``We
always had to beg our cousins for water,’’ said Shahzadi
Lashari, a 54-year-old mother. ``Sometimes they would let us
use their water, sometimes they’d insult us and kick us out.
Now with our own pump, we are at peace.’’
Mohammed Azam Gachal, a 58-year old farm worker had a
similar story. ``My earnings are not even enough to feed my
family twice a day, so I could never think of getting my own
hand pump,’’ he said. ``I used to walk very far to ask for
water each day.’’
Ameer Khatoon Kalhoro, a widow in her fifties is also
relieved to have access to water in her own home. ``Simple
everyday tasks like cooking or washing clothes or taking a
shower were mammoth efforts,’’ she said. ``Now our
dependence is over and it feels like all our difficult times
are behind us.’’
Two
teams of three workers each completed the installation of
between two and four hand pumps per day, allowing the
project to be completed ahead of schedule. Potable water is
available about 80 to 90 feet below the ground in the
village.
The
people of Khairo Dero send their deepest gratitude and
prayers to our donors for their generosity.
Installation of Water Pumps Begins
Aug. 25, 2008, Khairo Dero:
Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust began installation of 115
hand pumps in the poorest households in the village of
Khairo Dero, district Larkana, in Pakistan’s southern
province of Sindh.
Arif Habib Ltd. very generously donated the funds for the
project, for which Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust is most
grateful. The estimated project cost is about 500,000
rupees. Each hand pump costs about 4,500 rupees. This
includes the cost of the hand pump, the pipes and other
material and labor and transport. The villagers contributed
the cost of housing and feeding the laborers as part of our
plan to encourage community participation. The installation
is being done by Javed Boring Works in Larkana.
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Workers
boring to install hand pumps |
Ali
Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust spent two months conducting a
detailed survey of all the households in the village in
order to determine those most in need. Lists of households
were prepared and revised thrice to compile a comprehensive
tally. Only those households were selected which had no hand
pumps and had to rely on either scarce community pumps or
the generosity of neighbors.
Two
teams of three workers each complete the installation of one
or two hand pumps per day. Potable water is available about
60 to 70 feet below the ground in the village.
The
installation of the hand pumps began on Aug. 24 and is
expected to be completed by mid-October. That will mean many
families will have access to clean drinking water during the
holy fasting month of Ramadan. The people of Khairo Dero
send their deepest gratitude to our donors for their
support.
Two
Low-Cost Housing Projects Completed
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June 24, 2008,
Karachi:
Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust completed
construction of low-cost houses for two of the
poorest families in the village of Khairo Dero, in
southern Pakistan.
The trust raised $1000 for each house through our
donors, which accounts for the cost of the
construction material. The villagers contributed the
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Bhanel’s home
before construction |
Bhanel and her husband
standing outside
their new home |
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part of our plan
to encourage community
participation.
One of
the houses was built for Shabbir, a
young man who works for a landlord tending
buffalo. He makes less than $15 a month. He
has six children and used to share his house
with his brothers and their families. His
house, which was decades old, collapsed
years ago and he could never afford to build
it again.
The
second house was built for Bhanel, a 75-year old woman who is the sole breadwinner in her family
of 12.
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She’s never had a house and her family has been
sleeping outdoors alongside the livestock they tend
for the landlords.
The houses were
built along a common design. Two large bedrooms, a
kitchen and a toilet were built out of a
combination of baked and
unbaked bricks. The roof was made of bamboo sticks
and weave, held up by an iron girder and covered with plastic |
Shabbir’s home
before construction |
Shabbir standing
outside his new home |
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sheeting and mud
plaster. This is the first time these
families have had
access to a
kitchen or a toilet.
These two
families, who have lived out in the open
during severe winters and simmering summers,
are very excited about their new homes. They
conveyed their deepest gratitude to donors. |
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June 23, 2008: Community motivation and participation is
the key to the success of any development program. Orangi
Pilot Project has pioneered projects in sanitation, health
and education across Pakistan. Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial
Trust selected four young college graduates from the village
of Khairo Dero and brought them to Karachi where they will
stay for two weeks and undergo training at the Orangi Pilot
Project’s Research & Training Institute. During this
fortnight, these young men will learn about how to
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motivate communities and how
to conduct field
research. They will work with OPP’s experienced team of
trainers, visit projects in the field and spend time with
communities where development has taken place. Training will
end on July 6. |
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NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2009
Dear Donors, Supporters and Friends,
I write to you with wonderful news. After all your efforts and generosity, we have met our fund raising targets for the primary school we're building in Khairo Dero with The Citizens Foundation (TCF). We have raised a total of 12 million rupees ($150,000) which will cover the cost of building and furnishing the school.
You will recall our project had been delayed because of land issues. During that period, TCF increased their budget for the school significantly because of higher cement and steel costs. To accommodate the resulting financial constraints, we asked TCF to make a financial contribution by themselves taking on the annual costs of running the school. They agreed. As such, our fund raising efforts for the Khairo Dero school have now come to a successful conclusion.
Renowned architect and development specialist Arif Hasan has very kindly designed the school for us, keeping in mind climatic needs of that region, where temperatures are as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). We are deeply grateful for his most generous donation of time and professional expertise. His support has been invaluable.
TCF plans to begin construction on the school by the end of August and enroll our first batch of children when the Pakistani academic year begins in April 2010.
You'll be hearing from us again through our regular updates. Meanwhile, do take a look at http://www.alihasanmangitrust.org, which will tell you more about our projects and plans. And please share our Web site with your family and friends. Do also write to us at mt@alihasanmangitrust.org with your feedback and suggestions. We'd love to hear from you.
We would like to thank you all for your unwavering support and generosity. This school will be as much yours as it will be ours and we would love for any of you to visit once it is up and running. And thank you from the people of Khairo Dero, who send their gratitude and blessings.
All the best,
Naween A. Mangi
Managing Trustee
August 2009
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NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2009
Dear
Donors, Supporters and Friends,
Welcome to your third quarterly newsletter. We've had quite
a busy winter. Let me update you on what we've been doing.
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First, we
initiated a project to provide all the handicapped
people in the village with aids such as wheelchairs,
tricycle chairs and crutches. We held a free medical
camp with orthopedic surgeon Dr Farooq Raja in
January who diagnosed cases needing corrective
surgery, braces, leg elevations and specially fitted
shoes. Following these diagnoses, we plan to arrange
for these patients to be treated as required. As
part of our policy of community participation, each
patient will make a contribution, no matter how
small, to his or her own treatment.
Dr Raja also
helped us identify common ailments in the village
and common medicines we need to have in stock. This
enabled us to plan on the type of medical camps we
need to arrange later in the year, including general
medicine, ear/nose/throat and eye. |
Dr
Farooq Raja and Air Commodore (Retd) Khalid Iqbal
with Sikandar Ali as he tries out his new
tricycle-wheelchair. |
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Second, prominent
architect and conservation expert Arif Hasan visited
the village and surveyed land for our primary school
project. We have identified the land and are in the
process of acquiring it for the school. We hope to
begin construction this summer so the school can be
opened when the academic year begins in April 2010.
We still have a long way to go to meet our target of
raising 12 million rupees.
Third, we began
work to build a new sewerage system in the village
to improve sanitation. This project was designed and
is being implemented by our partners, Orangi Pilot
Project, pioneers in this field. |
Dr
Farooq Raja examines a young girl at the medical
camp. |
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Architect
and planner Arif Hasan visits Khairo Dero along with
our supporter Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah from Sukkur. |
We have begun with the biggest of the four catchment
areas in the village. At present this catchment
disposes sewage from open drains into a big pond.
Since several homes are located along the edge of
this sewage pond, the prevalence of preventable
disease is high. We will build a sewage treatment
unit near the pond into which the sewage will flow,
be treated and then the clean water will be released
via a pipe into a nearby irrigation canal. That way,
the clean, recycled water can be used for fruit and
vegetable farming.
Our team has
motivated the local community to partially provide
labor for this project on a
voluntary basis. This is
part of our plan to
involve the local |
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Volunteers from the village excavate the ground for
the building of a sewage disposal unit.
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community in every project. The materials for the
project, including cement, pipes, sand, crush and
stone will be provided by Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial
Trust, courtesy of our donors.
Now for our plans for the next quarter. First, we
plan to complete this initial phase of the
sanitation project. Second, we hope to press ahead
with fund raising for our school. Third, we plan to
initiate basic hygiene training in the village. And
we aim to set up a committee of local volunteers to
spearhead the process of community motivation.
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In the end, we appeal to
you all once more for donations. As we press ahead in our
projects, we need all the help we can get. The smallest of
contributions make a world of a difference.
Please do circulate this
newsletter to all your family and friends who you think
would be interested in our work.
You’ll be hearing from us
soon again through our regular updates. Meanwhile, do take a
look at http://www.alihasanmangitrust.org, which will tell
you more about our projects and plans. Do also write to
us at mt@alihasanmangitrust.org with your feedback and
suggestions. We’d love to hear from you.
Thank you once again from all of us and from the people of
Khairo Dero, who send their gratitude and blessings.
All
the best,
Naween A. Mangi
Managing Trustee
January 2009
Issue: 01/2009
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NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2008
Dear Donors:
Welcome
to your second quarterly e-mail newsletter.
We’d like to start by thanking you profusely for
your thoughtful generosity. Because of your contributions,
we are making great progress in our fund-raising effort.
In
October, we completed the installation of 115 water hand
pumps in our project village of Khairo Dero which has given
these low income families access to clean drinking water in
their own homes for the very first time. They are thrilled
at being able to get such easy access to water for cooking
and washing.
We also
initiated a project to provide all the handicapped people in
the village with aids such as wheelchairs, crutches, hearing
aids etc. We began by donating a new wheelchair to
15-year-old Shehzad Ali Memon, who is afflicted by polio in
both legs. He plans to use his new wheelchair to get to his
high school in the neighboring village every day.
We also
plan to initiate work on building a new sewerage system in
the village to improve sanitation, which we expect will lead
to a dramatic reduction in disease, especially among
children. We have partnered with Orangi Pilot Project, a
pioneer in this field, to help plan and execute our
sanitation project.
For our
primary school project, we have so far raised 7.7 million
rupees ($95,000) out of our total target of 12 million
rupees ($200,000). Slowly but surely, we're getting there.
Unfortunately, the land that we acquired appears problematic
since it is water logged and will add substantially to our
construction cost. We are working with our architects and
engineers to see if we can find a solution, failing which we
will have to acquire another piece of land, which we have
already identified. Our aim is still to complete the
building by early 2009 and also proceed with teacher
recruitment and training. Of course, we still have a way to
go before we reach our total fund-raising target. And that’s
why we’d like to request all of you to please spread the
word among family, friends and colleagues. Also, if you are
able to match your initial donation, that would help us make
a huge leap toward reaching our goal.
You’ll be hearing from us soon again. Meanwhile,
do take a look at http://www.alihasanmangitrust.org, which
will tell you more about our projects and plans.
Do also
write to us at mt@alihasanmangitrust.org with your feedback
and suggestions. We’d love to hear from you.
Thank you once again from all of us and
especially from the people of Khairo Dero, who send their
gratitude and blessings.
All the best,
Naween A. Mangi
Managing Trustee
October 2008
Issue: 02/2008
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NEWSLETTER JULY 2008
Dear
Donors,
Welcome to your first quarterly e-mail
newsletter.
We’d like to start by thanking you profusely for
your thoughtful generosity. Because of your contributions,
we are making great progress in our fund-raising effort.
In June, we completed the construction of two
low-cost houses with your heart warming donations. (Please
see http://www.alihasanmangitrust.org/updates.asp). Shabbir
and Bhanel are both enjoying their new homes.
We also completed the training of four young men
from our project village of Khairo Dero. They were trained
at the Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Center in
Karachi and learned about community motivation., mapping and
documentation.
This year, we plan to build a new sewerage
system in the village to improve sanitation and we’ll also
be installing hand pumps in all those homes which don’t have
them to give people access to clean water.
For our primary school project, we have so far
raised 5 million rupees ($70,000) out of our total target of
12 million rupees ($200,000). For just a few months, that’s
great!
This week, the Ali Hasan Mangi Memorial Trust
acquired the land for the school and we are scheduled to
begin construction very soon. The building will be ready by
early 2009, teacher recruitment and training will also take
place and the first batch of children will be enrolled in
August next year. Of course, we still have a way to go
before we reach our total fund-raising target. And that’s
why we’d like to request all of you to please spread the
word among family, friends and colleagues. Also, if you are
able to match your initial donation, that would help us make
a huge leap toward reaching our goal.
You’ll be hearing from us soon again. Meanwhile,
do take a look at http://www.alihasanmangitrust.org, which
will tell you more about our projects and plans.
Do also write to us at mt@alihasanmangitrust.org
with your feedback and suggestions. We’d love to hear from
you.
Thank you once again from all of us and
especially from the people of Khairo Dero, who send their
gratitude and blessings.
All
the best,
Naween A. Mangi
Managing Trustee
July 2008
Issue: 01/2008
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