at TEDx UET Lahore 16th March 2017
Salman was a Tedx guest speaker, chief guest & Ted performer
2017 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford
(
Closing performance at the Skoll World Forum)
Salman Ahmad onstage with Bono, Don Henley, Raj Panjabi, Jeff Skoll, Sally Osberg, & Michael Franti)
SSGWI also participated at the SGTF South Asian table top exercise in Maldives in 2016 and helped mobilize Pakistan's involvement in the South Asian disease surveillance network.
SSGWI and Polio Eradication Work in Pakistan
Salman is the Pakistan Polio ambassador for Rotary International since 2014.
Both of us have visited various educational institutes in Pakistan and organized polio awareness meetings/seminars titled ''Sehatmand Pakistan'' (
Overcoming all health challenges!!)
The purpose was to educate people about polio.
We visited Punjab University, NICH, Preston University, PAF chapter in Karachi, LUMS, Karachi City School, Habib University, and UET.
When Salman started his polio work in Pakistan, the number of cases were 306, we are happy to announce that only 2 cases of polio remain in 2017.
We are very close to eradicating polio from our planet.
SSGWI has used media (social, print, & video) and the arts (poetry, music, & film) to spread awareness of this disabling disease. We have tried to engage the Pakistani diaspora globally for their support and involvement. In Pakistan we have regular meetings with Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee headed by Chairman Aziz Memon, Rotary, Federal & Provincial Health Ministries, UNICEF, WHO, regional and community based partners, and many others who are working on the ground doing exemplary work.
Salman was invited to Harvard Pakistan Forum 2017 in April to deliver a keynote address and spoke about our health and education projects in Pakistan.
''Sehatmand Pakistan'' (Overcoming all health challenges
!!)
Seminar at Punjab University
End Polio Now
(With Dr. Larry Brilliant in India)
The National Chair Aziz Memon and Pakistan PolioPlus Committee launched Salman's
musical
film/documentary titled 'Overcoming All Challenges.'
The short film is sponsored by Rotary International
and directed by Adnan Maqbool.
"Overcoming All Challenges" pays tribute to the fearless Pakistani Polio health workers & raises the urgent issues of child and maternal health.
SSGWI Women's Wellness Initiative
We started SSGWI Women's Wellness Initiative in 2008 in Mansehra to educate girls. We adopted Spring Public School and started our project in a small space. However, a couple of years ago we moved to a bigger and better location. The program is running very well, the girls are given education till grade 12, and they are also given vocational training so that after completing their studies they feel empowered!
Spring Public School Building in Mansehra
New Furniture
Electric Water Cooler Installed
NEXT STEPS
SSGWI will be launching ''Water For Life'' initiative in Fall 2017.
We plan on installing water pumps in remote villages where there is scarcity of clean drinking water. SSGWI will also embark on completing phase 2 of the model village project (water and drainage facilities for the homes). Repair work will also be done where needed.
Since 2008 we have been supporting underprivileged artists in Pakistan, one of them has composed unforgettable melodies for Pakistani cinema for almost 5 decades but now lives in a slum.
SSGWI will continue the ART project (Aman, Rozi, Taleem), its mission is to sponsor orphans and other underprivileged community members to get affordable education, jobs, and access to health facilities, thereby allowing them to live a life of dignity.
We registered SSGWI Trust in Pakistan in 2015 for all our friends and family who showed interest in donating to our projects from Pakistan. We will be sharing information on how you can donate to SSGWI Trust.
