Friday, November 5, 2021

Monday, April 12, 2021

ZAKAT APPEAL 2024

Dear Friends,

As Salamu Alaikum. Calamities like wars or natural disasters present unique opportunities for humanity to demonstrate compassion and generosity to reduce suffering and promote healing. Over the past seventy four years, Pakistanis have encountered too many tragedies resulting from wars, floods, and earthquakes but we have always come through because of our resilience as a nation. Personally, I include in this list the plight of underprivileged cancer patients that I witnessed first hand during my mother’s struggle with cancer.

 Every year, approximately one hundred and seventy-thousand homes in Pakistan are struck by the calamity of cancer and, because of your Zakat and donations, we are able to offer relief to many of these patients. A special aspect of care provided by the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centres, in Lahore and in Peshawar, is that we provide holistic care, focusing on quality of life through all stages of a patient’s life, and of the treatment journey. We offer support to equip patients physically, psychologically and financially so they can fight an all consuming war against cancer. In the year 2020, the coronavirus pandemic presented major challenges to the delivery of cancer care. However, at our hospitals in both Lahore and in Peshawar, we were able to register more new patients than were seen in 2019, while ensuring continuity of care for all our existing cancer patients. As a result of your generosity, using your Zakat and donations, in the past year in Lahore, we were able to perform nearly 39,000 chemotherapy administrations, more than 48,000 radiation therapy sessions and around 15,500 surgical procedures. As I have said previously, the Lahore hospital is now running at maximum capacity. In Peshawar, we provided 13,659 chemotherapy doses and recorded over 17,000 radiation therapy sessions, which is a significant increase from 2019, in a sign that services continue to expand apace at our second hospital. With the completion of construction of four operating rooms and the planned commissioning of a new intensive care unit, we expect to commence surgical oncology services at SKMCH&RC, Peshawar in April this year, Inshallah. In Karachi, at our Diagnostic Centre and Clinic, we administered 1,323 chemotherapy doses. Upon completion of Pakistan’s largest tertiary care hospital in Karachi, where construction is already underway at full pace, we will be able to provide all diagnostic, therapeutic and palliative services under one roof for the people of Karachi, Sind and Southern Baluchistan. Ramzan is a month that allows us the opportunity to maximize the impact of our collective actions through Zakat. At the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, we are very particular about disbursement of Zakat and take all necessary steps to ensure its utilisation is in compliance with Islamic injunctions and the aspirations of our donors. We never utilise Zakat for construction projects, using it instead only for direct patient care and all the Zakat that we collect in a year is utilised within the same year – it is never invested or saved. For the year 2021, we need Rs. 19 billion to continue the battle against cancer at our two existing state-of-the-art cancer hospitals, as well as to continue the construction of the hospital in Karachi. As in past years, we expect about half of this to be met through your generous Zakat and donations. As always, I know I can count on you not to forget our patients when giving your Zakat this year. Please give all you can, so that, together, we can all play our part in stopping cancer from wreaking havoc on thousands more lives each year. 


Saturday, July 4, 2020

Stuart Magazine's 4 Under

We’ve scoured the Treasure Coast in search of individuals making a difference in the community all under the age of 40. From being named a Top 100 Lawyer in the state to winning at Wimbledon, read through to learn about our region’s most talented and promising individuals, innovators and business professionals.
Since she was 13 years old, Lisha DeSantis has had a passion for volunteering. For the past few years, she has been an active member of the Junior League of Martin County (JLMC) and is now the Vice President of the JLMC. With her team at work, the Fort Pierce resident has doubled the company’s revenue over the last four years. As the Director of Marketing at Convey Health Solutions, DeSantis does a hybrid of marketing, sales, business development and product management to connect with prospects, meet their business goals and generate revenue.
Michael Robbins spends his days inspiring and training the next generation of musicians on the Treasure Coast, some of whom have performed in Disney, Universal Studios, All State, Artsiest and several local parades. The Stuart resident is scheduled to conduct 18 concerts on the Treasure Coast for the 2019/2020 season. Outside of work, he is the conductor of the Treasure Coast Community Singers, the Treasure Coast Youth Choir, the board chairman of the New Gardens Band and Indian River Pops Orchestra as well as the assistant conductor and French Horn player with the Indian River Pops Orchestra.
To date, George M. Stokus is most proud of being a team member that brought a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) lab to J.D. Parker Elementary School. The Stuart resident’s daily role with the Martin County Board of County Commissioners is to make sure that policies are carried out by staff and to assist in the dissemination of information in an accurate and timely manner. His involvement in the community spans from LEADERship Martin, Class 25 and serving on the Alumni Board, to volunteering at the airport’s holiday celebration with kids from Hibiscus House.
If there’s one thing that’s important to James Carroll, it’s ensuring his commitment to the community is authentic. “It’s been my goal in any endeavor to understand the person, the goal and offer a solution that correlates with their character and business practices,” says the 31-year-old Hobe Sound resident. He developed and marketed an app you might have on your phone; it’s called NH Voter Guide and allows cities to view candidate stances on issues, fundraising totals, contact information and biographies. When not developing apps or helping businesses grow, Carroll invests time with the Young Professionals of Martin County, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Martin County GOP, the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce, Palm City Chamber of Commerce and the Tequesta Business Association.
“Advancing these initiatives, garnering community support and helping our team design creative solutions to respond to the changing needs of our members is by far the most exciting part of my position,” Hoffman says. She’s excited to continue accelerating the work of the Business Development Board to strengthen Martin County’s economy while serving as the president.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The World’s 59 Most Beautifully Designed Country Currency

Each country has its own unique currency, except for some countries that rely on others currency. Currency is the very important things in our lives because we all use currency on a daily basis. The currency design of each country shows their history, culture and events over the time. Almost all country currency are different and beautiful, but we are selecting following 59 most beautiful currencies of the world that will take back you into the world of art. Hope you enjoy them.
Australian(Currency: Australian dollar)
 
Bermuda (Currency: Bermudian dollar)
Canada (Currency: Canadian dollar)
China (Currency: Renminbi)
Honduras (Currency: Honduran lempira) 
Azerbaijan (Currency: Azerbaijani manat)