Feeling so blessed that we have crossed well over 500 Educate a Girl Scholarships, which is 1/2 way toward our goal of 1000 scholarships for deserving girls in Pakistan to become journalists. Were at 522 and counting and am so thankful to our Chief Guest and Angel Donor Emil Wyss, Consul General of Switzerland to Karachi, our Special Guests from Toronto Samir Dossal, President Canada Pakistan Business Council and Imtiaz Seyid, Head of South Asia Markets, RBC), the DGF Team (Abbas, Ammad, Jawwad Taufique, Iqbal, Tawish), DGF Directors Rafique Dawood & Ayaz Dawood, LADIESFUND™ Advisory Council members Saad Amanullah Khan & Syed Ali Raza, LADIESFUND Patrons Maliha Bhimjee, Zeenat S. Ahmed, Dr. Parveen Kanji & Afroza Bhamani, Corporate Member Moneeza Butt, Fundraising Chair Nazneen Tariq Khan, Contribution Chair Nilufer Mama, Angel Donors (Saba Salman, Safinaz Muneer, Farah Afridi, Pepsi Leghari, Sharmeen Lari, Erum Lakhani, Iara Lee, Laura Chan, Hassan Ahmed, Nadia Lakdawala, Cultures of Resistance, CPBC, Christopher S. Edwards, Patrick Farrell, Blue Sky Club, Midas Safety, Usability Matters Inc.), Asghar Ali Golo (Consul General of Pakistan to Toronto Consulate General of Pakistan, Toronto), Akhilesh Mishra (Consul General of India to Toronto Indian Consulate General Toronto), Ali Raza Guney (Consul General of Turkey to Toronto T.C. Toronto Başkonsolosluğu / Turkish Consulate General in Toronto) & Nazifa Langaryan (Consul General of Afghanistan to Toronto Consulate General of Afghanistan - Toronto) and Team LADIESFUND particularly Maliha Bhimjee, Varah Musavvir & Bina Ali for their tireless efforts in helping us cross this unforgettable milestone and our fabulous team of Mehwish Ayyub, Sanam Ashraf, Syeda Afiffa Batool & Jaweria Ali for making the event so special. Special thanks to Florence Villiers & Team Café Flo for hosting a beautiful reception for the Celebration 500 ceremony and for always being our favourite choice for our scrumptious Angel Donor Appreciation Dinner that followed. Thank you to anyone I may have forgotten. Thank you to God, of course. Thank you to Shamain Akbar Faruque for Shamain for the fabulous hair/make-up and to Aisha Mahmood for Aisha Alam for the lovely outfit.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:10:20 +0000