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HANDS celebrated an inauguration ceremony of HANDS EMO Schools Project RFP# 5 under Public Private Partnership Education NODE (Funded by Sindh Government). The chief guest of the event was Honorable Mr. Ahmed Bux Narejo Secretary School Education & Literacy Department Govt: of Sindh. While elected parliamentarians Mr. Yusuf Murtaza Baloch MPA, Sindh Assembly, Mr. Abdul Razaq Raja MPA, Mr. Abdul Hakeem Baloch Ex-MNA, Representative of District Education department officials, Civil Society Representatives, EMO Stake holders (TRC, AASA Ferguson) Schools Staff and SMC Members participated. Chief executive HANDS Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed gave brief orientation about HANDS. Students from different schools presented tableaus and speeches. All officials especially Chief Guest appreciated HANDS team and its services for community development in Pakistan and especially in Sindh.

The theme for World Environment Day 2021 is ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ and Pakistan will be the global host for the day. This World Environment Day will kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the top of mountains to the depth of the sea.

For too long, humans have been exploiting and destroying the planet’s ecosystems. Every three seconds, the world loses enough forest to cover a football pitch and over the last century, we have destroyed half of the wetlands. As much as 50 per cent of the world’s coral reefs have already been lost and up to 90 per cent of coral reefs could be lost by 2050, even if global warming is limited to an increase of 1.5 degrees Celcius. Ecosystem loss is depriving the world of carbon sinks, like forests and wetlands, at a time when humanity can least afford it. Global greenhouse gas emissions have grown for three consecutive years and the planet is one place for potentially catastrophic climate change. We must now fundamentally rethink our relationship with the living world, with natural ecosystems and their biodiversity and work towards its restoration. HANDS staff planted several native trees in Head Office, Karachi. Keeping the theme of Ecosystem Restoration in mind, we believe it’s our duty to play our part in this campaign and make this planet liveable and green for future generations.

HANDS with the collaboration of UNICEF and SANTEX celebrated Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021 with the theme ” *More action and Investment in Menstrual Health and Hygiene now* ” to raise awareness and normalize conversations about the menstrual cycle and menstrual hygiene management.

Let’s end period stigma together!

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#ItsTimeForAction

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HANDS Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) conducting awareness session on #COVID19 at District Badin, Sindh under inclusion of Person With Disabilities in Covid-19 Prevention and Response Christian Blind Mission – CBM Project

HANDS WASH Department with the collaboration of UNICEF, Care International and European Union has marked 5th May as World Hand Hygiene Day recognizing the role clean and safe hands play in warding off many serious infections and has engaged multiple audiences, highlighting their role in achieving effective hand hygiene action at the point of care and support implementation of the WHO 2020 recommendation for universal hand hygiene and of the WHO/UNICEF Hand Hygiene for All initiative in healthcare facilities and communities.

To promote best practices and learning in the domain of mental health HANDS & Sindh Mental Health Authority Government of Sindh signed a Memorandum of Understand on April 26, 2021 at HANDS Head Office Karachi.

CE HANDS Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed and President and CEO of Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited, Mr. Ghazanfar Azzam, signed an MOU for the facilitation of microfinance and interest free loan services of HANDS. This will prove to be an important partnership with Mobilink Microfinance Bank and Jazz Cash.

MoU signing ceremony was held yesterday between HANDS and SZABIST University Karachi. SZABIST was represented by Madam Shehnaz Wazeer Ali – President and HANDS signatory was CEO Dr Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed. The purpose of this partnership is to provide Media Science students a chance to develop documentaries on HANDS as case studies for their use in teaching and for promotion of HANDS work.

Sindh Mental Health Authority in Collaboration of HANDS Conducted a Seminar for Doctors practicing in Malir District, 13th April 2021, on “Recognition of Mental Health is Prevention of Suicides”. The eminent speakers on this occasion were Dr. Kareem Khawaja Chairperson SMHA, Prof. Haider Naqvi Prof. DUHS, Dr. Wasif Consultant Psychiatrist Ziaudin Hospital and Dr. Tanveer Ahmed Chief Executive HANDS.