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Presentation By:

Partners for Global Peace

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Teaching kids diversity and friendship by helping those in need...Making connections, changing lives through service and humanity

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Environmental and Ecological education

June 2014 "Clean the Streets" Projecthosted by: PGP

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Shortly after the "Clean the Streets" project. The neighbors formed a community group. The Sabazar Welfare Society" For them environment was not just a global concern but a local concern. Tree plantation was promoted and every home who wanted received or bought a tree.

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Addressing area poverty..

Bringing people together..

Finding the solutions to social concerns together with the local community..We are PGP: Partners for Global Peace..

Aiding in addressing local concerns of health, safety

and best possible quality of life.

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Umar's Food Pantry: An effort by PGP to address the poverty and child and family hunger so prolific in Pakistan.

Members from the Sabazar Welfare Society has contributed in donations and or time to this project. We very are grateful...

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Partners for Global Peace Community Development Project

"Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together."

- Paul Ryan

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Promote community well-being, and the interdependence of local and global issues such as environmental and Ecology.

Bring people together to find solutions towards solving common issues and provide resources and information as needed. Thus developing problem solving skills while encouraging good social skills.

Create a cohesive environment for children to model that offers them and their families the best quality of life possible while keeping with traditional values, culture and beliefs.

Goals:

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How:

Ask:

Does the area want a society? What is the concerns and goals of the people? What are area concerns and social concerns wanting to be

addressed? What are short term and long term goals? What are immediate solutions and resources?

Application:

How effective is the cohesiveness of the society? What are the strengths and weaknesses of its members? Who are the contacts at local levels willing to work with the people to

address their needs? What organizational and leadership skills does the society have?

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Formation of a "Society"

The "Sabazar Welfare Society"

Stems from an electrification issue. A group formed to address electrical concerns as many have children and elderly in the home.

The group decided that as a collective negations with the local area providers was more effective and formed the "Sabazar Welfare Society"

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PGP Round table with the Society

Partners for Global Peace representative sat with the group of people within the society as they wanted to find solutions to other issues besides electrification. They were concerned about their environment, health and the health and safety of their family and children as well concern for others in the area.

The Sabazar Welfare Society led the topics of concern and PGP representative helped them find solutions through education, information and contacting those who could provide further advice, information and or direct services.

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Environmental and Ecology

"Clean the Streets" Project and tree plantation

Education of how the environment affects your mental and physical health; environmental concerns we as local and global citizens share; what impact can we make to make a difference locally.

PGP President Anees Khan

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Clean the Streets and Tree Plantation

Trees were bought by the society members and donated to those who could not afford a tree. Trees made a great physical impact as well as psychological as families went for walks more often, children played outside more. Seeing a grate improvement to the area lent a happy environment as a majority of area people participated in both projects.

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The "Sabazar Welfare Society"

Next was health and safety of children and families during evening and night walks and outings.

This promoted the want for street lights which was installed.

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Community Well being:

Exercise for families - More evening walks

Children play outside more

Encouraged to keep the environment clean from trash

Health concerned - thus gardening and fresh vegetables wanted for family and children.

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The "Sabazar Welfare Society"

On advise of the local police chief, night guards were added to the area.

The Guard tent has been provided an electricity lead wire by a generous neighbor

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The "Sabazar Welfare Society"

The Sabazar Welfare Society lastly voted

unanimously under the guide of PGP to form a Community Garden to

address child and family hunger of the

poor living in the area.

This also promoted opportunity for wanted nutrition based information. PGP was able to express how nutrition and education of young children was equally important.

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Solving problems finding Solutions

As apart of the Islamic Five Pillars of Faith, and the minority faiths, values and beliefs:

One concern was that of the poor, impoverished and those finding no other solution but to take their life and that of their children due to poverty.

The Sabazar Society formed to tackle common issues such as utility issues, street lamps and security guards at night. However they also felt the needs of the people who is also apart of their community.

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Solving problems finding Solutions

PGP mentioned to the Society members of the plan to host weekly free food events every Friday. PGP in it's Memorandum included Umar's Pantry. The response was positive.

The community Garden will give a portion of every harvest to the area needy to stave off child poverty and family hunger of those in need via PGP and Umar's Pantry. This was unanimous by the Sabazar Society. PGP is grateful.

preparing to serve: Qamar Islam; Sabazar Welfare Society member

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Solving problems finding Solutions

The Sabazar Society had issues with a transformer, PGP was able to help by contacting the right people through proper channels and encouraged the members to keep calm during this process and discuss the common issues of workers and management and consumer.

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Solving problems finding Solutions

The same with the street lamps and also a less hands on approach but contributing to the current security choice of guards.

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The Outcome:

Parents have been impressed by the lessons learned by example and doing. This improves the quality of life for the children and for adults alike.

The Community Garden is an effort by the community to teach empathy to their children while reinforcing it within their society. It goes in hand with cultural faith based beliefs as well as teaching land conservation, agricultural and husbandry of vegetation, the promotion of utilization natural resources for food production as well as the physical, psychological and ecological health values of plants and vegetation in an urban residential setting.

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The Outcome:

As a result the collaboration of the Sabazar Welfare Society

and PGP, children have learned how to negotiate

better, keep the environment cleaner and are more aware of the equality that all humankind

shares regardless of social economic status, gender or title. They have learned who

makes up a community; teachers, friends, neighbors, law enforcement and service providers as well as others

around us.

*This is also keeping with cultural and faith based beliefs.

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The Outcome:

We again are very thankful for the donations to Umar's Food Pantry.

Umar's Food Pantry

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The Outcome:

The donations to Umar's Food Pantry for harvest distribution to the poor and needy is seen as a positive and sustainable way to meet immediate needs by utilizing land not owned by a private individual.

There are several lessons for adults and children alike to learn from the Community Garden. We hope you will contact PGP to find out. It teaches about husbandry of plants, environmental concepts of "think global act local", supportive to humanitarian efforts and ecological supportive to wildlife and more.

We again are very thankful for the

donations to Umar's Food Pantry.

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Conclusion:

To motivate residents and a community to work together means to find and address their common concerns. Educate them on points of interest, allow for free discussion of ideas and solutions as well as offer tools and choices as of how to address concerns that directly effects and affects them as individuals and as a collective.

Work towards resolving mediate concerns and create long term goals is key to longevity and success.

Teach the effectiveness of working with providers as partners with common goals towards conflict resolution.

Create hands on inclusion, guided by the group to address their social and environmental concerns.

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Helping those in need.. Flood victims, those in poverty; Educating - environment and health, Encouraging a sense of community. We are PGP...

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