5 August 2012

Study Circle was devoted to helping the children prepare the for upcoming Charity Event, in aid of the Shahnam Charity. This helps the children learn new and important skills such as: Teamwork, personal responsiblity, raising money, the value of charity, how to organise an event, communication skills, marketing, developing ideas, follow-through on initiatives, and much more

For more details about the Charity go to: http://www.shahnam.org/

Shahnam Websites states:

"Shahnam is a charitable organisation striving for the relief of poverty-stricken communities and aiding the sick to achieve better health and well-being. An international charity focusing on mainly Pakistan including South-East Asia and Africa where cases of emergencies and disasters need immediate attention.

Shahnam's mission is to support and facilitate the poor, sick, old, young and disabled; to support families and communities in education, work and at home in order to achieve a better future; and to assist in the aid and provision of humanitarian emergencies and disasters.

We assure our donors that 100% of their donation goes to a charitable cause. We aim to eliminate poverty whenever possible within the spirit of making poverty history."

Also, the website gives a background to the Charity:

"Founder of Shahnam, Salim Khan identified a genuine need in the community on his personal visits to Pakistan. As a well known, key member in the community, Salim had been approached, on many occasions, by local residents asking for money to pay for medication. He recognised that the poor and low-income people suffered a lack of basic medical attention due to general health care being private and too expensive in Pakistan.

In response, Salim decided to tackle this problem head on, and on returning to England in 2001, he decided to establish an intiative that would directly provide the poor with medication to improve their health. Salim with his family of professionals sat around a table to discuss the way in which admin costs could be avoided from the donations that people were giving, and ensure that 100% of their zakat (alms) would go to the poor and needy. After lengthy discussions and planning, the decision was made to cut out any administration costs, as all the charity work would be underatken voluntarily by Salim and his family. In 2002, began Shahnam's first official project - a medical clinic offering free treatment.

Shahnam has not stopped there. Since the establishment of the clinic, Shahnam has continued to support the poor and vulnerable. Not only is it already achieving better health and well-being for individuals, family members are also benefiting from the financial support for their education and business development. Shahnam also financially supports marriages for orphaned girls and those from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds."