Literacy, financial, medical assistance to needy can alleviate poverty, believes Hina Fysal
Quality education can bring change in the country
Islamabad, July 15, 2012
Begum Mehmooda Welfare Trust (BMWT) has constructed 20-bed hospital for the people of Desra village of district harripur. The trust would ensure free of cost treatment, provision of medicines and Out Patient Department (OPD) services to the ailing patients of the poor and needy families.
As the area of Desra valley of Harripur district lacks quality healthcare services from the last many years which caused loss of many precious lives. Taking an initiative, BMWT constructed modest hospital having the latest machines and equipments for the patients treatment. The basic test examining labs will be inside the hospital so that all the patients can get the required treatment.
This initiative will help people of Desra valley and villages in 20 kilometres distance from the valley to save precious lives, cost of travelling and get better healthcare facilities at the doorstep. The trust is set to start operations of the hospital in October this year.
Hina Fysal, Chief Executive & Co-Founder of Begum Mehmooda Welfare Trust said, it aimed poverty alleviation through literacy, financial and medical assistance to the un-served communities living below the poverty line from decades".
At present, the trust is working on five major programs health improvement and medical, education, food, wedding composition and income support program in Harripur, Sangra, Desra valley of KPK and in some urban parts of Islamabad. To-date, the trust has changed the lives of more than 500 families in these areas, she mentioned".
Under health improvement and medical program, the trust is working with government hospitals of twin cities to provide best medical facilities to the needy patients. It ensures provision of medicines and other health facilities from these hospitals. BMWT provides medicines and other remedial necessities to those people who cannot afford themselves.
Under the education support program, BMWT ensures provision of quality education to the needy students of suburbs of Islamabad; the trust provides school uniforms, bags, stationery and bears all the educational fees of 100 students. The parents of these students were unable to afford schooling due to economic burden on their shoulders.
BMWT food support program delivers fodder including ghee and wheat to the needy communities every month where it is extremely unreachable in terms of both availability and prices.
Another big achievement of family trust is provision of dowry for the marriages of poor females belonging to the poor communities under wedding composition program. Since its establishment in 2008, the trust provided dowry and organized more than 75 weddings.
Along with eliminating poverty from the gross roots level, the trust is helping the widows of old ages living with their son's or grandson's but not generating revenues for their own livelihood. Under the income support program, the trust helps these poor widows by providing cash assistance, so that these widows can purchase medicines or fulfil their necessities of life.
About BMWT
The Begum Mehmooda Welfare Trust (BMWT) is not for profit organization established under Trust Act of Pakistan. This family-driven trust was purposely started and has been working since many years to present an honor to the glorious lady "Begum Mehmooda". For all her life, she has made efforts to bring positive and lasting changes to the people in need, around her.
For further details, please visit our website: www.bmwt.asia
Tariq Khattak.
0300-9599007 and 0333-9599007
Tariqgulkhattak@gmail.com
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