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Quote for September 2010- “Today Sept. 11 as we mourn the loss of innocent lives, let us remember that love will prevail over hatred bigotry prejudice violence.” ~Deepak Chopra
Quote for August 2010- “If you find that you are reacting negatively to anyone refrain from speaking. Keep silent until you feel centered/calm. Speak with respect.” ~Deepak Chopra
Quote for July 2010- “The heart has reasons that reason does not know.” ~Blaise Pascal
Quote for June 2010- “Close the language door! Open the love window! The moon won’t use the door, only the window.” ~Rumi
Quote for May 2010- “People want to be happy. Don’t keep serving them your pain.” ~Rumi
Quote for April 2010- “In matters of style swim with the current; In matters of principle, stand like a rock.” ~Thomas Jefferson
Quote for March 2010 - “We have wide highways but narrow view points, big houses but small families.” ~WE DAY
Quote for Feburary 2010 - “We have been to the moon and back, but we have problem crossing the street to meet our neighbours.”~ WE DAY
New for January 2010 - Happy New Year! If you spot a homeless person this winter, please call 311. Thank you.
News for December 2009 - I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. ~George Bernard Shaw
News for November 2009 - Nabil Uppal will be on Rogers Channel 10 talking about his experience and advice for others to implement the similar system to help their communities.
News for October 2009 - Nabil Uppal is in Peshawar, Pakistan assessing the education system and talking to school authorities for areas of improvement. He will also be delivering presentation on child safety at a primary school.
News for Septemeber 2009 -I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring. ~Liz Armbruster
News for August 2009 – With the help of our generous donors, Our Foundation Canada in partnership with the Payaam Foundation of Pakistan donated wheelchairs in Islamabad, Pakistan. We hope that this donation would result in the increased access to the social and economical opportunites for the welfare and development of the unformate constituents of our society.
News for July 2009 – “2009 Patricia Blunt Koldyke Fellowship on Social Entrepreneurship award was presented to a Pakistani pop star and founding president of the Zindagi Trust Shehzad Roy. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recognized Mr. Roy’s philanthropic work in the field of education in the underprivileged areas of Pakistan.”
World Refugee Day: June 20, 2009 : World Refugee Day ::: The UN refugee agency and its supporters around the world pay tribute this week to the courage and resilience of millions of people forced to flee their homes by conflict and persecution. These are Real People, with Real Needs. Please don’t forget them. They need us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmvf434QZTw
Quotes for June 2009 – “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” -Buddha
Fund-raising: May: Our Foundation Canada has streamlined a process with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to direct all funds raised towards efforts to help Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Pakistan. UNHCR is currently responding to the emergency with relief supplies (tents, plastic sheets, buckets, jerry cans, and kitchen sets) for all the internally displaced people, while procuring additional supplies for an additional 200,000.
Please visit the following link if you wish to donate:
https://www.strategicprofitsinc.com/hosted/unhcr/index_s.php
Donation goes toward: Emergency Operations
Comments: Our Foundation Canada – Pakistan (Swat)
Quote for May 2009 – “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action” –Herbert Spencer
April 1, 2009 - Our Foundation raises Rs. 35,000 for physically challenged students
March 1, 2009: Bilal Jaffery (March 5), Nabil Uppal (March 15) and Awais Jaffery (March 21) wants to celebrate their birthdays with you, and 100 underprivileged students of Pakistan through PAYAAM Foundation.
Please visit: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=56347745822 for more information.
Quote for Feburary – “Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.”
–Dalai Lama
January 1, ’09 – Our Foundation is a proud sponsor of the DIL Community Model School located in Bagh Jogian, Ghora Mast- a remote and underprivileged area of Pakistan. With your generous contributions we raised over $ 2,850.00 CAD in 4 months! The school presently houses 198 primary students with majority of the focus on girl education. Donors please contact us if you require further information.
–Our Foundation
Quote for December – “Given character and healthy imagination, it is possible to reconstruct this world of sin and misery into a veritable paradise.”
–Allama Iqbal
Quote for November – “If you educate a boy, you educate an individual. If you educate a girl, you educate a community.”
–Unknown
Quote for October – “Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.”
–Aristotle
Quote for September – “Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively.”
– R.D. Clyde
August 25, ’08 - Barclays donated $500,000 to Unicef in Pakistan yesterday to support child education and protection centers and to send 200 child laborers to school. Mr Seegers said: “Our social investment in Pakistan through Unicef reflects Barclays’ broader commitment to the country.”
