Shaukat Memorial Welfare Trust Jhelum 2.57

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THE DAWN OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST

WHAT STARTED AS A ONE-MAN SHOW OPERATING FROM A SINGLE ROOM IN JHELUM IS NOW THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST, WELL REPUTED AND WELL KNOWN WELFARE ORGANIZATION IN JHELUM PAKISTAN. THE WELFARE TRUST HAS ONE CENTER IN JHELUM, PROVIDING MEDICAL AID AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

SHAUKAT MEMORIAL’S FOUNDER.
BORN IN JHELUM, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN, FROM A YOUNG AGE HE STARTED SERVING HUMANITY AND INVOLVED IN SOCIAL WORK AND BEGUN WORKING WITH WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOON STARTED HIS ON WELFARE DISPENSARY IN 1ST RAMADAN 2003 PROVIDING MEDICAL AID TO THE POOR. HE BOUGHT HIS FIRST AMBULANCE AND WENT AROUND THE CITY PROVIDING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND BURYING UNCLAIMED DEAD BODIES.

MASOOD BUTT ESTABLISHED HIS FIRST WELFARE CENTRE AND THEN THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST WITH A MERE PRS. 10,000 SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST GREW AS PEOPLE BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE ITS HUMANITARIAN AIMS. IN OCT 2005 WHEN EARTH QUAKE HIT PAKISTAN AND KASHMIR BADLY, THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST WENT TO MUZZAFARABAD TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AID, FOOD AND TO RESCUE THE PEOPLE OF MUZZAFARABAD. THEY GO TO PLACES WHERE EVEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HESITATE TO VENTURE.

DESPITE THE GROWTH OF THE TRUST, BUTT REMAINS A VERY DOWN TO EARTH PERSON. ALWAYS SIMPLE DRESSED HE HAS A HANDS ON APPROACH TO HIS WORK, SWEEPING HIS OWN ROOM.

HIS WORK STARTS THEREAFTER ANSWERING ANY CALLS FOR HELP, ORGANIZING AND MEETING PEOPLE IN NEED WHILE AFTERNOONS ARE SPENT AT VARIOUS PLACES AND HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE CITY. IN THE EVENING HE DINES WITH HIS FAMILY.


ASSETS OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL

IN JHELUM, THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL RUNS ONE HOSPITAL PROVIDING FREE MEDICAL CARE, EYE CARE AND ANTINARCOTICS REHABILITATION CENTER AND MOBILE DISPENSARIES. IN ADDITION TO THESE THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST ALSO MANAGES ONE BLOOD BANK IN JHELUM. AS WITH OTHER SHAUKAT MEMORIAL SERVICES, EMPLOYED PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS RUN THESE..

THERE IS “APNA GHAR" ["YOUR HOMES"] HOMES FOR THE DESTITUTE CHILDREN, RUNAWAYS, AND PSYCHOTICS AND THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL STATES THAT MANY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED AND REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES THOROUGH THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL NETWORK.

THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL ALSO HAS AN EDUCATION SCHEME, SHAUKAT MEMORIAL RUNS ONE SCHOOL IN JHELUM TO EDUCATE THE POOR CHILDREN FREE OF COST WHICH APART FROM TEACHING READING AND WRITING COVERS VARIOUS VOCATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS COMPUTER LAB. THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST PROVIDES COMPUTER EDUCATION TO THE CHILDREN TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE AGE. THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST PLANS TO ESTABLISH ITS BRANCHES IN DIFFERENT CITIES OF THE COUNTRY TO PROVIDE ITS SERVICES IN NEAR FUTURE.


SHAUKAT MEMORIAL PLANS MASS CAMPAIGNS AGAINST NARCOTICS, ILLITERACY, POPULATION CONTROL AND BASIC HYGIENE. THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL HAS ONE MATERNITY CENTRE TO PROVIDE MATERNITY SERVICES IN JHELUM. THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL ALSO SUPERVISES THE FOOD THAT IS SUPPLIED TO THE DISTRICT HEAD QUARTER HOSPITAL JHELUM FOR POOR COMING FROM FAR-FLUNG AREAS. THE FOOD HAS BEEN PREPARED AT THE SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST JHELUM AND THEN DISTRIBUTED AT D.H.Q.HOSPITAL JHELUM AMONG NEEDIEST.

BLOOD BANK

SHAUKAT MEMORIAL RUNS ONE BLOOD BANK TO PROVIDE BLOOD SERVICES IN JHELUM CITY AND OTHER CITIES NEAR JHELUM. SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST IS NOT ONLY PROVIDING ITS SERVICES IN CITY AREAS BUT IT IS PROVIDING ITS SERVICES IN VILLAGES AND FAR AREAS. SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST HAS ITS OWN REGISTERED BLOOD DONORS, WHO DONATE BLOOD WHENEVER IT IS NEEDED.


COMPUTER LAB

SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST ALSO OWNS ONE COMPUTER LAB TO EDUCATE AND TRAINS THE STUDENTS IN COMPUTER STUDIES AND AWARE THEM ABOUT COMPUTER AND COMPUTER STUDIES. BASICALLY IT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE STUDENTS OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL. AFTER THEN IT WAS OPENED COMMON STUDENTS.


EFFORTS FOR EARTH QUAKE VICTIMS

IN OCTOBER 2005 EARTH QUAKE HIT MUZZAFARABAD AND SURROUNDINGS BADLY, WHEN THE PEOPLE OF MUZZAFARABAD REALLY NEEDS HELP AND SUPPORT.

THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST VISITED MUZZAFARABAD AND MANSEHARA TO HELP AND SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE IN MUZZAFARABAD. THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST SPENT A WEEK IN MUZZAFARABAD AND PROVIDED MEDICINES TO THE PATIENTS AND FOOD, CLOTHES TO THE NEEDY PEOPLE IN MUZZAFARABAD.

FREE EYE CAMPS

SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST ARRANGES/ESTABLISHES FREE EYE CAMPS FOR POOR PATIENTS WHO CAN NOT AFFORDS TO OPERATES AND CONSULT PRIVATELY. LIKE OTHER FACILITIES, THE PEOPLES OF JHELUM AND ITS SURROUNDINGS HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO GET FACILITIES OF FREE EYE CONSULTATIONS AND ALSO EYE OPERATIONS IN SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST JHELUM FOUR TIMES IN A YEAR. EYE GLASSES ARE DISTRIBUTED FREE OF COST AMONG POOR AND NEEDY PATIENTS OTHER THEN OPERATIONS AND I.O.L LENSE.


FREE MEDICAL CAMPS

SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST ARRANGES FREE MEDICAL CAMPS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF DISTRICT JHELUM TO PROVIDE MEDICAL FACILITIES TO POOR AND NEEDIEST OR WHO LIVE IN FAR-FLUNG AREAS. SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST ARRANGES FREE MEDICAL CAMP AT LEAST ONCE IN A MONTH IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND IN DIFFERENT VILLAGES IN DISTRICT JHELUM.


FREE MEDICAL & SCREENING CAMP IN DISTRICT JAIL JHELUM

IN DECEMBER 2006 SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST ESTABLISHED A GRAND MEDICAL CAMP IN DISTRICT JAIL JHELUM FOR PRISONERS AND EMPLOYEES.

DURING THIS CAMP MORE THEN EIGHT HUNDRED(800)PATIENTS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AFTER PROPER SCREENING OF HEPATITIS B&C+ BLOOD GROUPING OF MORE THEN EIGHT HUNDRED PATIENTS INCLUDING JAIL EMPLOYEES. IT WAS THE BIGGEST CAMP IN HISTORY OF DISTRICT JAIL JHELUM REGARDING THE SCREENING ON BLOOD.


FREE MEDICAL CAMP IN NOWSHERA NWFP

THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST JHELUM WENT TO NOWSHERA TO HELP AND TREAT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS SHELTERED IN VILLAGE………NOWSHERA. THE TEAM WAS HAVING PROFESSIONAL AND SPECIALIST DOCTORS. SPECIALLY DR. SONIA GHAZANFAR (GYNECOLOGISTS) AND DR. SHAKEEL AHMED (FAMILY PHYSICIAN).

FREE MEDICAL CAMP IN DISTRICT RAJANPUR

LIKE EVER THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST IS READY TO HELP WORK IN THE HOURS OF NEED AND CRISES. THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST JHELUM WENT TO DISTRICT RAJANPUR TENSILE ROJHAN, WHEN FLOOD DESTROYED NORTHERN PUNJAB IN 2010.THE MEDICAL TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST JHELUM VISITED DIFFERENT VILLAGES IN RAJANPUR AND PROVIDED THEM MEDICAL-AID. THE TEAM OF SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST WORKED THERE DAY NIGHT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.


BURIAL OF UNKNOWN DEAD BODIES

SINCE 2006 SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST (RGD) JHELUM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE BURIAL OF UNCLAIMED/UNKNOWN DEAD BODIES IN DISTRICT JHELUM. SHAUKAT MEMORIAL WELFARE TRUST JHELUM IS THE ONLY WELFARE TRUST IN THE DISTRICT JHELUM, WHICH IS PROPERLY WORKING ON THE BURIAL OF UNCLAIMED/UN KNOWN DEAD BODIES.