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If your actions inspire others to dream more,

learn more, do more and become more, you are
a leader.
~John Quincy Adams
What do you do i n your
Lets get introduced to the leader who has been inspiring the most pow-
erful and potent division of our society; the youth. Muhammad Mudas- spare time?
sir Zia, a young graduate of the University of Engineering & Technol- I hardly get some spare time but
ogy (UET), is the founder and President of Message Welfare Trust. Zia’s whenever I get some I like to
vigor and passion to help the disadvantaged section of the society has spend it with my parents.
led him to the path of establishing a strong platform for the youth of
Pakistan where they can make a difference by contributing in his noble What is the most difficult
endeavors. He believes that his actions can inspire the youth to wake up, thing about running a
look around and do something for this country and its people. The MWT
Editorial Team had the chance to get ahead with M.M. Zia and delve welfare trust?
into his mind to catch the true inspiration that we all can benefit from. Your own loyalty and love for your
people, and you have to forget your
“self-respect”
How has your experience been as the President of MWT?
It is my dream to do anything for my country. I never see myself as the Apart from all the difficulties what is the thing that
president or head of this trust. I just work as a member or a volunteer and always kept you going?
do my best to help the underprivileged people of my country. Allah’s help, my own determination and hope have always been my
greatest supporters.
According to you, what are the most important charcter-
istics of a leader? Would you like to give any message to the youth of
Loyalty and Love for Country and People. Pakistan?
Don’t waste yourself, unlock your inner potential and make some dif-
In your point of view, what is the most important thing ference, and prove your existence.
that needs to be changed in our society?
It’s selfishness and the phrase “I can’t” that need to be altered.

What basic thing is in your mind whenever you launch a

new project of MWT?
The only thing in my mind is that how can we help anyone.

What can our society and specifically youth learn from

MWT?
We can help anyone from a single penny. We don’t need a bank balance
or funds for helping others. All that we need is just will power to take the
first step towards a journey that has no destination.
udassir Zia,
Muhammad M
How do you compare MWT to other social welfare trusts WT, rep-
President of M
ge Welfare
or NGOs? resented Messa
ED x Lahore on
We work voluntarily for the trust. Most of us are students and have our Trust at T
at showcased
own professional lives along with the trust work. July 31, 2010 th
speakers
a host of unique
em e “C ollective
re pres ente d MWT at with the th
What is the most rewarding part of being a social worker? Mudassir Zi a
Col- Genius”.
En trepreneurial
It’s the inner-satisfaction that you get. the Grammar hore
) arranged by La
loquium (GEC 25 th O ct ob er,
ol on
Grammar Scho nd in ter-
What advice would you give to future social workers or e first of its ki
2010. It was th at en vi sio ne d
ium th
people considering going into social work? ractive colloqu m ents neces-
the ele
“Believe in your own resources rather than waiting for some donation to highlight all pre-
successful entre
because the only helping hand is at the end of your arm”. sary to make a os t in sp iri ng
e m
neur. Some of th stan
m all over Paki
personalities fro er m ot iv at ional
How do you maintain the balance between your profes- de liv
were invited to pre-
build the entre
sional life and social work? speeches to help
row.
I teach in both morning and evening, so whatever time I get in between neurs of tomor
and after that I devote it to
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PROJECTS OF MESSAGE Project Head

Hafiz Abd-Ur-Rehman
WELFARE TRUST
Education For All
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.”
Edward Everett
Education is the basic right procured by every human being from birth. It is pre-
requisite to meet the challenges of this growing world of great competition. The
future of a country depends on the standard of education it offers. Unfortunately,
the impecunious class of Pakistan is deprived of this basic right mainly due to un-
affordable expenses of private schools and practically low standard of education in
government schools.
MWT has a project running since
2008 under the name “Education For
All” which offers free education to the
poor students who have extraordinary
capabilities but lack of opportunities.
It provides education which meets the
standards of today’s world.
Ghulam Muhammad Grammar School
(GMGS) is a proper school system
which not only imparts academic opportunities to deserving students but also
Activities at GMGS in 2010
At GMGS, various extra curricular activities are organized regularly by
provides them with vision, ambition, determination and skills to confront chal- the authority and the volunteers to open the doors of wisdom and talent
lenges with strength and courage. within each student.
Donate to Educate Environment Day was held on 6th June to explain the harms of pollution
Did you know that your donations or zakat can help a poor child in fulfilling his/her to the youth. Students collected garbage from the streets of Liberty Market
dreams and getting the basic education s/he deserves? and the surrounding areas.
So be the hope for those who just dream and send your contributions to
SPEL IT RITE, a Spelling competition analogous to “Spelling Bee” was
President MWT
E-8, First Floor, Nadirabad Zero Point,
also organized to ameliorate the intellect of students.
Bedian Road, Lahore Cantt. Pakistan The Second Anniversary of GMGS was celebrated on 5th May, 2010
Or you can send your donations/Zakat directly to to commemorate the success of MWT in proficiently administering the
Title of Account: Message Welfare Trust school which now enrolls around 130 students who are getting free educa-
Bank: Bank Alfalah Limited-Islamic Banking tion.
Branch Location: Main Branch, 66 Main Boulevard, An Essay Writing Competition was held at GMGS which was a gateway
Gulberg, LahoreAccount No. 501-020-093674-01 towards providing an opportunity for the students to expose their imagi-
nation and creativity.
Events and occasions which are a milestone in the history of Pakistan such
as “Iqbal Day” and “Independence Day” were commemorated by the stu-
dents of GMGS with great enthusiasm as they took part in various activi-
ties and programs to show their love and respect for their national heroes.
Message Welfare Trust organized a Summer Internship Program at Ghu-
lam Mohammad Grammar School in August, 2010. The basic purpose of
this Internship Program was to provide a platform for the students of vari-
ous institutes of Lahore to work together and interact with each other and
to get hold of some teaching experience for future.

Project Head
Message Blood Donor Society;
Waseem Zia
Donate Blood to make a Difference
In a developing country like Pakistan people are deprived of adequate medical facilities. Especially unadulterated blood has been a prevailing problem
in health sector which causes numerous life threatening diseases like aids. Message Blood Donor Society (MBDS) was established with the vision of
eradicating this not so difficult problem. The only solution of this problem is to encourage people for voluntary blood donation. MBDS provides the
service of being an intermediary between volunteers and deserving people who cannot afford to buy blood from blood banks. It has been an achieve-
ment of MBDS that it has arranged very rare blood groups like B-ve, AB-ve etc. MBDS has also successfully arranged blood in other cities of Pakistan
which includes D.G. Khan, Pindi, Multan and Gujranwala. MBDS starts every year with a target of arranging at least 50 donors but in 2010 with the
efficient network of donors and by the grace of Allah Almighty it arranged an average of 600 donors in and outside Lahore. MBDS assisted both public

Donate Blood & Save life

Do you know that a few drops of your blood can
save someone’s life?
Volunteer to donate your blood to MBDS and be
a regular donor of our database.
For details and any queries please contact
Contact # 0312-MWT-MBDS (6986237)
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Message Kafalat Program Step up and be the change. For all the things that Allah has given you,
whether you deserved them or not, you must
give something back. Please realize that as a Project Head:
“Hands that serve are holier than the lips that pray” .
person you are important and your help will
Social security is one of the basic human rights. It means that if you are ill, make a difference because, “Responsibility Uzair Ashraf
poor, in your old age, or troubled in any way, then it is your right to demand does not only lie with the leaders of our
help from the people around you. countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a
Those of us who are not suffering from any such conditions have an Impera- particular job. It lies with each of us individually. What is important is
tive obligation to help the needy people of our society and to support those that every one of us makes a sincere effort to take his/her responsibility
who are not as fortunate as we are. Many of us think that the sphere of our for each other and for the natural environment we live in”
duty is limited to just criticizing the government. Although it is easy to com-
plain about things and pointing out others’ faults, however, in order to bring
an actual change we must assume responsibility and just do our part right.
Our beloved Prophet (PBUH) said:
“A person who helps a widowed woman or a needy person is like the person
who does Jihad in the way of Allah”
Our “Kafalat” program aims at helping widows, disabled persons and needy
families through our various projects including Sponsor a Child, Financial
Support Program, Message Vocational Centre, Making Disable-Able and
Micro-Financing.
We are not asking you to do much. All we need is your support. Do you
know that a little gesture by you can alter someone’s life? Stop hesitating.
Step up and be the change.

MKP Success Stories Case no. MKP-1: MWT sponsored all the educational expenses of two girls who are currently studying at the Engineers’ Academy.
Case no. MKP-2: MWT also provided free residence to Mr. Ajmal Kiyani by allowing him to live in the senior section of GMGS at night.
in 2010
Case no. MKP-3: Moreover, under its sub-project of “Micro financing” MWT provided a loan (on return basis) to Mr. Riaz Hussain to
purchase a Rickshaw for him and thus have a permanent source of daily income.
Case no. MKP-4: MWT arranged medical expenses for Mr. Bilal (a newly converted Muslim) whose right leg got badly injured during an accident and he did not have the
resourses for medical treatment.
Case no. MKP-5: Total medical expenses were also provided for the treatment of Mr. Shahid Maseeh who attempted suicide by taking poison.
Case no. MKP-6, 7 & 8: MWT arranged dowry items for two poor girls and took the responsibility of the baraat expenses of three girls whose families were not able to afford
the pertinent expenditures.
Case no. MKP-9: Under Micro-Financing project a loan (on return basis) was provided to Mr. Zahid to purchase a Rickshaw and become financially independent.
Case no. MKP-10: MWT arranged a stall of handicrafts at Eden Avenue Society and provided the funds generated through it as Karz-e-Hasna to a widow having two young

Project Head:

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Mudassir Zia

PROGRAM How You Can Help?
Experts agree that the best
Have you ever thought about where all the household waste goes after you
way to encourage recycling
dump it into the garbage bins? Many of us would say NO because we never
and improve it is through
think about rubbish beyond throwing
education. If you consider that
it away. Do you have any idea of the
recycling waste is an efficient
extent to Have you ever thought where
way of dealing with your own
does all the household waste goes after
household waste, then you are
you dump it into the garbage bins?
ready to take the responsibility and make recycling a part of your life.
Many of us would say NO because
we never think about rubbish beyond Did you know?
throwing it away. Do you have any By recycling just one plastic
idea of the extent to which our own bottle, you are saving not
household waste plays a major part just the emissions to make
in our planet’s waste problem? That a new one, but you also
must have given you the idea that we, stop it from getting chucked
ourselves, are responsible for our own into a landfill for upto 700 years-
rubbish. and that’s before it even starts to
To control the ill-effects of the mis- decompose.
managed solid waste including air, soil and water pollution, MWT Team
took the initiative with a strong desire to take the responsibility to keep Do you want to educate a child with your home’s recyclable
our city clean and thus maintain a healthy living. Solid Waste Management solid waste?
Program was initiated to create awareness of recycling among the citizens
Remember: “Nature can’t recycle, but you can!”
of Lahore and to develop a modern, dependable and efficient waste
management system which would protect the environment and improve
Your one month recyclable solid waste items can help educate
the standard of public health. -ment and improve the standard of public a child. All you have to do is to put the recyclable items in the
health. waste bags. MWT representative will collect them from your
However, a dirty product cannot be recycled and can contaminate rest of home monthly or bimonthly.
the products in the bin as well. So to make your recycling process a suc- So to be a part of this noble and environment friendly activity
cess, it is encouraged that you spend a few extra minu-tes to rinse out contact us at
containers and clean out extra food scraps. 0336-message (6377243)
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Project Head:
Mudassir Zia
Under the project of Pakistan Our Home, MWT organized an event in
March, 2010 known as Street Art Competition (SAC) which is the first
of its kind in the history of Pakistan. It all started off as an idea to do
something against the anomalous practice of wall chalking. Every one
of us frequently comes across many instances of wall chalking in the
forms of various advertisements, election campaigns or else as a free-
dom of expression for writing absurd and hideous comments against the
government or its officials. We see the city walls being defaced by all these
illogical advertisements, comments and annotations which not only spoil
the beauty of our country but also project a wrong image of our nation at
the world level. This is because we, particularly the youth, find a refuge
in such graffiti on the walls to let out our frustrations due to the intricate
times our nation is going through right now. MWT took the initiative to
do something to remove this illegal practice of aggressive wall chalking
which, in fact, is prohibited by law according to the Punjab Prohibition of
Expressing Matters on Walls Act 1995.
Street Art Competition was organized by MWT with the similar inten-
tion to Review the Walls of Lahore and eradicate the eccentric and illegal
practice of wall chalking. The basic aim was to remove the remarks that
marred the beauty of the walls and render the so called talking walls to
talk about the beauty, culture, traditions, art and attributes of our country,
overall depicting a positive image of Pakistan globally.
The Season I of SAC was organized in Gulberg in which 250 students
from various institutes of Lahore participated to eliminate the incongru-
ous advertisements and to paint the culture, tradition and attributes of
our beloved country covering 55 walls of Gulberg area within 2 days. The
jury included eminent personalities like Saleema Hashmi, R.M. Naeem,
Ms Aatiqa, and Ms. Nilofar who reviewed all the painted walls and then
announced the winners accordingly. The frontrunners were then awarded
with cash prizes and certificates at the closing ceremony of SAC Season
1. The participants and the management team were also awarded with
certificates and souvenirs respectively. The charm of the glorious event
persisted till the end as it roped in the melodious tunes of the theme song
of Message Welfare Trust sung by Uzair Ashraf, an upcoming star who
launched his career by donating his first single to Message Welfare Trust.
After the success of Season 1, MWT is going to continue its tradition by
organizing Season 2 of SAC in the upcoming month.
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Operation Serve Flood
Campaign
You are not alone
The people of Pakistan have always proven to
be the most potent nation in recovering their
country through indigenous assistance, when-
ever it has been victimized by a catastrophe. In
July 2010, when a brutal flood hit the nation
roughly affecting more than 20 million people
and destructing livestock and infrastructure at
a huge level. MWT took an initiative to live up
its spirit of being hope for those who just dream
by starting out its new project; Operation Serve.
The motive of operation serve was to provide
financial, medical and moral support to the
OTHER ACTIVITIES OF MWT
Microsoft Wave 14 Launch
The administration of MWT tries to stay in
touch with the latest technology and advance-
ments in science. It helps in maintaining
awareness about the progress that the world
is going through and in staying updated with
the latest news. A delegation from MWT
attended Microsoft Wave 14 launch held at
Lahore to avail this great opportunity
The Lahore Alma
On Friday, September 24, 2010, Mudassir
Zia representative from the Message Welfare
Trust addressed the students of Lahore Alma
during their morning assembly. He told them
about Message Welfare Trust and its different
projects and provided them with the inspira-
tion to do something for Pakistan as these
children are going to be the torch bearers for
this nation in imminent time.
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flood victims. The major challenges of relief
work embraced the mass destruction of
infrastructure caused by flood, heavy rain
Project Head: UZAIR ASHRAF
and deteriorating conditions of the affected
areas. However, MWT along with the self-
less support of its volunteers stood with the
flood victims and made them feel that they
are not alone. The campaign achieved more
than its set targets due to the generous sup-
port and the trust of the donors on MWT.
The Operation Serve Flood Campaign made
the following achievements:
On 22nd of August, MWT initi-
ated a two day mission comprising of a team
of the 10 most dedicated members of the
trust. They left for Daira Din Panah and its
outskirts (Taunsa Bairaj, Haji Pur, Band Ab- (including water, milk, food, medicines and
bas, Tibba Kazian, Basti Raiyan, Bati Ghari, clothes etc). They had a target of providing
Basti Ghallo, Allah wali Basti, Basti Ehsan relief items to 250 families. However, with the
Pur and Bakri wala) with two trucks carry- blessings of Allah and the donors’ support
ing almost 12,000 kg of relief goods 301 families were facilitated in those intricate
times.
To make the flood victims feel that
they are not alone the MWT team sacrificed
their Eid-ul-fitar celebrations with their fami-
lies to spend four days with the flood victims
of Meherywala; Rajanpur. Despite the dismal
conditions of the flood affected areas, the
team of MWT managed to spread smiles on
the faces of 786 families on this holy festival
by distributing Eid gifts and relief goods. All
this would not have been possible without the
genuine support of the donors.
which served cool drinking water during the
summers.
Qurbani Hides Campaign
Just like the previous year MWT in 2010 suc-
cessfully culminated a three day campaign
of Qurbani hides at Eid al-Adha. A total of
119 hides were collected which generated a Handicrafts Stall:
revenue of Rs. 62,100 which was used to fund Eden Avenue Society (Airport Road Lahore)
different projects of MWT such as Message organized a fun fare on 28th November, 2010.
Kafalat Program, education for all etc. Message Welfare Trust also took part in it by dis-
playing a stall of various handicrafts (Decoration
Pieces & Jewelry Items) to raise money for a noble
cause. The income generated by that stall was then
provided as Karz-e-Hasna to a widow having two
children
Haier Water Cooler
A little donation makes no difference to those
who donate, but it can mean a lifetime to the
one who receives it. Such is the value of gifts
and donations. In 2010, Haier Pakistan do-
nated a water cooler to Message Welfare Trust
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Mother’s & Father’s Day: HOPE Festival

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the A “hope festival” at Lahore Grammar School lahore provided a brass
child. Henry Ward Beecher ring for the promotion of Message Welfare Trust. Various other
The members of MWT visited Dar-ul-Kafala, an old age home,
NGOs also showed up on this hope festival. Message Welfare Trust
on the Mother’s and Father’s Day to spend time with those virtu-
ous mothers and fathers whose own children are unfortunate
placed a stall of handicrafts to raise funds for assorted projects. Such
enough as they have made themselves deprived of their own par- events not only help in fund raising but also attract many volunteers
ents’ love and affection by leaving them alone in their old age. By who willingly make several contributions with great enthusiasm.
visiting the old age home, MWT members not only got a chance
to meet such fascinating people but they also got to share and
learn from their experiences. It was indeed a thought provoking
experience for us all.

Labour Day

MWT in LUMUN’10
Social Action Boot Camp

Heaven is blessed with perfect rest but the blessing of

earth is toil. ~Henry van Dyke
The labourers in Pakistan are usually unaware of the
Labour Day and its significance. The constant grind of
everyday work for the sake of their family makes them
tough and strong. And usually their efforts go unappreci-
ated and they are not rewarded sufficiently for their toil.
On Labour Day, members of Message Welfare Trust spent
the day with labourers at Abdul Aziz Brickfield on Bedian
Road. The purpose was to make the labourers aware of
the importance of this day and to revere them.
After being an active participant in LUMUN’09, MWT collaborated
with the LUMUN’2010 team and set up a social action boot camp
with the concept of “Our world, Our future” to enlighten the del-
egates, from all over Pakistan, with the tranquility of being empathetic
for the underprivileged class of our society. The students of Ghulam
Muhammad Grammar School (a project of MWT) were also a part of
this activity. The delegates interacted with the children and did some
educational and fun activities with them, which included model mak-
ing and painting to remove wall chalking. Representative of MWT
delivered the vision, achievements and prospective projects of MWT
which must have been a source of motivation for the young delegates.
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TEDx Lahore – Vision to Do,

Dare and Dream
The only helping hand is present at the end of your arm are
the words that marked the foundation for the inspirational
speech delivered by Mudassir Zia, President of Message
Welfare Trust, at TEDx Lahore with the theme; Collec-
tive Genius on 31st July, 2010. He was the only speaker to
conduct his talk in our national language; Urdu, which
was most probably of premier motivational value as he
shared his worth spreading ideas and achievements of
Message Welfare Trust. Zia’s ability and courage to turn his
UPCOMING EVENTS
ideas into action was demonstrated by his firm belief in
the notion of first Do, Dare and then Dream. His speech
provided true inspiration for the youth to unleash their SAC season 11
hidden potentials and utilize them in the best possible way Be Positive Blood donation &
to be a solution to their own problems and bring a worth- Screening Compaign
while change in this country. Annual Function of GMGS
Recycling Mania

JOIN MESSAGE WELFARE TRUST as a

MEMBER or VOLUNTEER
by visiting www.messagepk.org and show your active
participation in different projects of MWT.

You can send in your contributions
via Credit/Debit Card or Cheque /
Pay Order / Bank Draft to:
President MWT
E-8, First Floor, Nadirabad Zero
Point,
Bedian Road, Lahore Cantt, Pa-
kistan.
Tel: 042-35743158 Account No: 501-020-093674-01
Cell: 0333-4629917
You can also send your donation/
Zakat directly to:
Title of Account: Message Welfare
Trust
Bank Alfalah Limited-Islamic
Banking
Branch Location: Main Branch, 66-
Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore
Free Home Collection
To have your Donations / Zakat
collected directly from your
door step, please call
0336-message (6377243)

For further details:

E-mail: info@messagepk.org
Website: www.messagepk.org