KARACHI: Non-profit Green Crescent Trust (GCT) planned to hold three daylong events in three cities to entertain it’s over 2,000 orphan students, mostly from flood-hit areas and enrolled in its 160 charitable schools in province.

Three fun-filled events will be held in Karachi, Hyderabad, and Sukkur. These events are regular feature of GCT under its Orphan Support Programme (OSP).

“OSP- fun-gala events are special annual feature of our continuing drive to support orphan students enrolled in our charitable schools. Our support programme provides regular assistance to underprivileged families of these students throughout year,” said GCT CEO Zahid Saeed.

He said that this year recreational activity had become all more important for these students as they had been under enormous stress after witnessing widespread devastation in their native areas due to floods. He said drive to educate children of destitute families in backward areas of Sindh had become more challenging requiring constant support from concerned philanthropists due to massive harm done to educational infrastructure by floods.

Sindh Labour Minister, Saeed Ghani and Commissioner Muhammad Iqbal Memon will be guests of honour at OSP gala in Karachi at a holiday resort on December 24. Over 1,100 orphan students from Karachi, Gharro and Thatta will attend recreational activity.

Sindh Governor, Kamran Khan Tessori will likely be chief guest at Hyderabad’s OSP gala to be held at Rani Bagh on December 31. Over 720 orphan students from 15 districts will attend event.

Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah will likely be chief guest at OSP gala to be held at Benazir Park in Sukkur on January 7, 2023. Over 130 orphan students from three districts will attend activity. GCT’s patron-in-chief Sardar Yasin Malik, its donors and well-wishers will attend these events.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 22 2022

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