British Council SAP Awards Ceremony

LAHORE Passionate, well-trained and educated youth can do wonders for the society. British Council Pakistan has been actively working with different youth groups, which carried out tremendous efforts for progress and development through their Social Action Projects (SAP). As an appreciation of their work an awards ceremony is being held in the city.  Representatives of the organizations and groups that have done wonderful work for community and youth development from across the Pakistan have gathered for their annual meeting. A one-day leadership-training workshop was held at Pearl Continental Hotel on Thursday. On Friday an event has been organized at the same venue to celebrate what the Pakistani youth can do in their communities. 30 groups who have done great examples of local citizenship would be being highlighted. The groups include “Visionary Foundation Pakistan” (Karachi), Bright Development Association (Quetta), Amozgha Youth Group, KilliAllabad Youth Group, G-Rangers (Lahore), Ghotki Active Youth Group, Youth Vision Group Kotri, Janbaz Youth Group (Multan), Honest Youth Group, Kapasi, Voice of Youth and Youth for Peace.  The inauguration ceremony would performed by AisamulHaq and Ali MoeenNawazish. An exhibition has been arranged wherein the youth groups would showcase the Social Action Projects that they are working on. One case study from each province would be showcased before the audience. Chief Minister Punjab MianShahbaz Sharif would distribute awards amongst SAP award winners. Head of Programmes British Council ShaziaKhawar and Programmes Development Manager Martin Daltry. It is pertinent to mention here that the awards ceremony this year serves two purposes: Firstly to celebrate the success of Young Active Citizens and encourage them in their efforts by presenting awards to selected youth groups who started exceptional social action projects in their communities. Secondly the launch of our National Social Action Project which will aim to focus the collective attention and energies of our trained Active Citizens on one central theme: education. A big part of the strategy will be to raise awareness about, and to promote Article 25A. Article 25A guarantees free and compulsory education for all children aged 5-16 in the recently amended constitution.

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