SAVE

Founding Members of SAVE are all those persons who shall donate US$100 or more per month for the first year towards SAVE's first (Free Primary School/Vocational Institute in Charar) project AND consent to becoming founding members. It is possible to donate US$ 100 or more without becoming a founding member. SAVE Inc. Hopes to have a core group of 25 founding members. At the moment, SAVE has 12 founding members.

Board Members (President, Treasurer, Secretary and 2 Office Holders) will be elected from among the founding members of SAVE every year, according to the provisions and procedures specified in the by-laws, which will be drafted and duly adopted by the founding members of SAVE through mutual consultation, once the number of founding members reach 25. These members will play a role in evaluating SAVE's performance, designing present and future strategies for SAVE projects as well as making decisions about the various organizational and administrative matters that would arise in the smooth and transparent running of this educational non-profit. Currently, SAVE has a provisional board, which is comprised of the following persons.

 

Once a total of 25 founding members have been recruited, the present board will hold elections and elect a new board. Present board members will remain eligible to stand for any office, including the one they presently hold.

Donor members of SAVE, defined as all persons who have made any amount of contribution (monetary or otherwise) are a network of friends, families, relatives and acquaintances who have, through a process of mutual encouragement and word of mouth, come together to share their resources in order to make high-quality education and employment possible for under-privileged children around the globe.

It is understandable that new donors (founding members or donor members) should want to ascertain the credentials of the people behind SAVE before they join the initiative and/or contribute. For this reason alone, short biographies of a few of our Founding Members are presented below. Other founding members are encouraged to send in their biographies to info@educationsaveschildren.org, to be published here so that new donors feel reassured about joining this cause.

Dr. Shaista E. Khilji is Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Studies at the George Washington University (GWU), Washington, DC. She earned her PhD in International Management from University of Cambridge, UK in 2000. Dr. Khilji has taught and trained a diverse audience, from undergraduate/Masters/doctoral students (in business, education, medicine, engineering, arts, and public administration) and novices in the business world to chief executives of medium and large corporations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Russia, United States, Canada, and Pakistan. Based upon her expertise, she has been invited to speak at the Fisher College (Rochester, NY), Intercultural Management Institute (Washington DC), Sprott Executive Symposium (Canada), Indian Institute of Information Technology (New Delhi, India) and Women and Politics Institute (Washington, DC), and has been consulted by daily newspapers, such as the Globe and Mail, the Washington Times and magazines like SmartCEO, television channels such as the Voice of America in developing higher education and business-related stories.

Dr Khilji is an executive member of the inter-disciplinary Women Leadership Institute at GWU. She also served as the executive board member for Women in the Academy of International Business from 2003-2005, and as the program chair for 2007 conference of the Academy of Global Business Advancement. In 2006, she was presented with the Best reviewer award at the Academy of Management conference. She has also been nominated for the Washingtonian 'Rising Star under 40 years' for her all-round academic achievements. She is the co-founder of South Asia Chapter of the Academy of Global Business Advancement. She is the President and Founder of Orgknow, an organizational consulting firm (http://www.orgknow.com). She has consulted with US and Canadian governments, other higher educational institutions (in Canada and Cuba) and several organizations in the private and non profit sector in Pakistan, US and Canada. She lives in Potomac, MD with her son and husband.

Faraz Sheikh is a PhD candidate at the Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University Bloomington. While Faraz was a student at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), he co-authored, with Prof. Osama Siddique of Harvard University and LUMS, a case-study on Rehai, a Pakistani NGO providing education to juvenile delinquents in Pakistani prisons. Faraz got his B.Sc. in Computer Science from LUMS in 2002. He currently lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Umeyye Yazicioglu (PhD 2007, University of Virginia), who is an Assistant Professor of History of Religions in the Faculty of Theology at St. Joseph’s University. She is also an active supporter and donor of SAVE. 

Samir Sheikh currently works as a financial engineer at QuiC Financials in London, UK. Samir received his MA in Financial Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007 and his B.Sc. in Mathematics, from LUMS in 2005. Before joining QuiC, Samir worked for Deloitte, New York as a senior consultant. Samir lives in London with his wife, Hira Sulanki, also a graduate of LUMS, currently working for Cambridge Islamic Texts Society, UK. Hira is an active SAVE member and donor.  
 

Shariq Siddiqui works as an attorney of law in Indianapolis, IN. He graduated from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in May 2005 with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence. Mr. Siddiqui received his BA in history from the University of Indianapolis and his masters in philanthropic studies from Indiana University. Mr. Siddiqui has worked at the Islamic Society of North America, Indiana Civil Rights Commission, Marion County Prosecutor's Office and the HSBC Banking Corporation (formerly known as Midlank Bank PLC). Mr. Siddiqui has clerked with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. During law school, Mr. Siddiqui, took part in the Civil Practice clinic representing clients in family law, social security and Medicaid cases. Shariq is a member, donor and the Registered Agent for SAVE.

Ali Rizvi is a senior project manager at a Fortune 20 corporation in Southern California where he resides with his little sister. Ali graduated from Indiana University with a bachelors in Business and minors in Chemistry and Biology.

Jalal Nasir currently works as a Program Director at The Lime Group in the heart of the New York City. He graduated from LUMS with a bachelors in Computer Science in 2001 and went to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to moving to New York, Jalal worked as a Program Manager for Microsoft in its Redmond, Washington headquarters for a couple of years. He has also worked for Amazon.com in Seattle and IBM Research Labs in the Silicon Valley. Jalal is one of the cofounders of SAVE and an active member and donor. He can be reached at jalalnasir@gmail.com.

Uzer Khan currently works as a General Surgery resident at West Virginia University, Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV.  He graduated with an M.B.B.S. degree in 2005 from the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan.

Basit Zafar is an Economist in the Microeconomics and Regional Studies Function at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with particular interests in labor economics, economics of education, and applied microeconomics. His research focuses on understanding how individuals make decisions under uncertainty and in the presence of social interactions. Basit holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, awarded in 2008, and a B.Sc. from the California Institute of Technology.

*Certificate of Incorporation (PDF)

LWA (LAHORE WELFARE ASSOCIATION)

Address at Registration: 69/3, Abid Majeed Road, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan

Current Business/Contact/Mailing Address: 381-Q, Phase II, Defence Housing Authority, Lahore Pakistan

Date of Registration: 20th June, 1984

Area of Operation: Charar Village, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan

The population of this village today is more than 50,000. Majority of the population consists of poor and low-income families. Most of the male population work petty jobs. There were no educational facilities in the village when LWA selected the village for its community development project in 1984.

Major Activities of LWA since its inception:

1. Primary School: One primary school for children is being run for poor and deserving children of the community. There are presently about 50 children in the school. Nominal fee is charged from the students. There are five teachers in the school. This school has provided primary education to at least 1,000 students up to the primary level. Lack of resources has hampered LWA’s firm commitment to provide high quality education and professional training to these students.

2. Health Clinic: One outpatient clinic was operated in the village with one lady health visitor and a dispenser. Basic medicines were given to the deserving patients free of cost. The clinic had to be closed due to paucity of funds.

3. Vocational Training Center: The NGO established a vocational training center for women and girls in the fields of stitching, sewing and hand embroidery. This craft center was a work place and means of earning for the women who were trained there. These women students worked at the center for reasonable wages, which supplemented their other income. At the conclusion of the training, every girl or woman was given a sewing machine free of cost. The NGO distributed about 100 machines among the women trained at the center during the last ten years. This center also remains closed for the time being due to scarcity of funds.

4. Other Activities:

a) Dowry for needy and orphan girls was arranged

b) Sanitation campaigns are launched at the village level every quarter

c) Small scholarships were given to students at every level (grade 1 through 5)

Sources of Funds:

At the time of its establishment, LWA was aided by the Social Welfare Directorate and TVO (Trust for Voluntary Organization). Thereafter, the main source of funds came from:

1. Subscription and membership from executive and general body members

2. Donation from well-to-do family members and friends

Current Plans with SAVE Inc:

Despite LWA’s continuing commitment of free education for the poor, the NGO needs a fresh start and a new vision. In collaboration with SAVE, the management of LWA is being revamped and revitalized to not only restore the old activities but also expand them. A bigger and better place has been leased on rent to house all the activities of the NGO on a larger scale. New furniture is to be purchased for the school and a small computer lab is to be added. More qualified and better paid teachers are being added to the faculty and a new curriculum is also be introduced.

New LWA Management:

President: Saeeda Akhtar Jahangir (Wife of late Barrister Shehzad Jehangir, attorney general of Pakistan)

Vice President: Ghazala Masood

General Secretary: Saima Amir

Finance Secretary and Contact Person: Masood Javed Sheikh

Media Secretary: Asim Masood

Legal Advisors: Mian Asghar Ali & Associates

We ask you to become a member of LWA today or volunteer and contribute your time and resources to support our project.

 

*Registration Document (JPG)