SOHABIA TAQDEES
Sep 4, 2018 · 5 min read

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the services of others.”

This is not just another blog. You are not going to just read an article and move on. You are going to become a part of our journey once you start reading this, which, for you, might seem like another article, but actually is a little cause that might turn into something very amazing on the long run.

We were assigned a project to work on a social cause that is close to our hearts. Well, in a team of 5, not every heart desires the same thing. So, instead of compromising like any other team, we decided to in corporate everyone’s point of view into one. We formed “تین راستے”. A cause that takes three different paths but leads to one destination, betterment of Pakistan.

Our cause is not merely for the project itself, it is something we all want to work for and feel for with all our hearts. We have formed a triangle including some of the issues that Pakistan does not take seriously but are rotting it’s roots. Our triangle includes three very important causes. These are the three topics Pakistan, mainly Lahore, focuses on the least but, it needs to the most.

Plantation, Books Recycling and Women Empowerment.

One path of our plan takes us to the mtoivation by reachingout to Girls of Ninth and Tenth grade of Government Girls Schools and teach them about themselves. Help them attain their Khudi. Prevent them from getting married in tender ages and giving up their life due to society. Our motive is to make “Girls” grow into “Women” by making them aware of their potential and keeping them informed about the possibilities and opportunities that await them if they stand for themselves. We want them to be ready to stand against the world for their right to be free. For this, we are preparing presentations and putting our time and hard work into researching everything we need to know about Women Psychology and Women Empowerment. We have contacted all our networks which can help us in getting us permission to get into those schools and the research process is still going on to make the idea mistake proof. Soon, by the will of Allah, we will go to these schools and keep you all updated.

Second path takes our focus on Plantation. The thing about plantation is that Pakistanis are too lazy to make a seed grow and I don’t think, in our society, anyone has the time and patience to do that unless they find something very profiting in materialistic approach in it. We have planned to buy little plants in pots and take them to the little girls, who have time to enjoy life without caring about the profit, and teach them how to take care of it and make a weekly round to them again to see their progress. The one with the best maintained plant will get a prize at the end of the Mega Project and will be invited to attend our final presentation.

Third path is the one that people least care about and Islam teaches the most about. Books. We all have millions of books in our homes that are being wasted or thrown in “Raddi” after years. Books, in the past, were considered the most precious gift and asset, but in our days, books are not even thought about much. Our homes are full of books that you might have read once and never looked at again and ended in some store room or some old shelf. We will ask as many of the people to give us these books and we will make sure they are reached to the Main Library and sent out to new people who deserve and are fond with reading. We will also supply these books, as gifts, to the school children we’ll meet for the other two paths.

Now the question arises, what is our main purpose? What is the final destination we are aiming for? The answer might sound cliche to many but is simple and deep is you think about it. Bringing betterment in any way possible. Bringing a change. Changing someone’s life by motivating them to change themselves. CHANGE is the answer. We want to change the boundaries the society had bound us in and build a stronger, educated, greener Pakistan.

For path one, we have contacted our network and are in the process of preparing presentations and researching as well as getting permissions from authorities. For two, we are organizing a fund raiser event in Superior University and aim to make money enough to buy 50+ plants and also the money to buy gifts to keep the children we will meet interested and make them smile. For the last path, we have started collecting old books and are filtering them and finding ways to transfer them to the targeted audience.

We have created a Facebook page related to our cause and asking for book donations from people as well as are keeping them updated about our whole scheme. The link to the page is given below.

https://www.facebook.com/teenrastay/

Next week, we are organizing the fundraiser and keeping ourselves very active on social media to spread the cause and even ask for volunteers to help us achieve everything. The fundraiser will include food stalls that will be cooked by out teammates ourselves and sold at a reasonable price and for a good cause.

It is not an easy task. Even starting it required a lot of research and time but “Irada bandh lo to Khuda khud apki madad k lie koshaa’n ho jata hai”. We are motivated and we hope you will support us and this won’t end here.WE will sustain it in the future too Inshallah. Wish our team the best of luck.

Regards,

Hina, Sohabia, M. Akif, Noorul Huda

SOHABIA TAQDEES

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Ex KCite, Ravian, Business student and future Philanthropist.

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