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Anjum
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Basic Human Rights Anjum
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Chief Executive
Officer of Basic Human Rights Anjum
Tahirkheli has called the young
people of a London based football
Academy “Inpiring”.
The charity journeyed to the capital
on Saturday 24th July to meet with
founders Gavin Rose and Junior Kadi
and to watch some of the academy’s
most promising young footballers in
action.
The visit was in order to develop a
strategic partnership with the
organisation, who take young boys
and coach them throughout their
teenage years, encouraging them into
further education as well as
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Now, the young people of
Aspire have offered to host a charity
football tournament in August, which will
raise funds through sponsorship for their
fellow young footballers in Haiti.
Half of the money raised will go toward
building child friendly areas known as
Time-Out Zones in the country, which was
devastated by one of the strongest
earthquakes in history in January. Basic
Human Rights currently has 135 young
football fanatics awaiting the arrival of
the Zone.
The other half will go toward Aspire
Academy.
If you would like to sponsor a young
footballer for the charity football
tournament, then please contact the Basic
Human Rights UK head office and ask to speak
to Sarah on 01274 901 336, or email
s.gate@basichumanrights.org.uk
In the meantime, please keep checking our
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Refugee Week
By Sarah Gate
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In recognition of Refugee Day 2010, Basic
Human Rights staff in the UK and Pakistan
took the time to listen to some heart
wrenching stories.
Falling on June 20th, Refugee Day is a time
to remember those who have been forced to
leave their homes and flee for refuge in
other countries.
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Shajida Begum, 14, and
her sister Azida, 13, moved to Bradford with
their family in December 2009. They were
born in the refugee camp Nayapara in the
south-east district of Cox’s Bazar in
Bangladesh.
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50,000 People
at Risk
Due to
Possible Floods in the Khyber Pakhtun Khuwa
Province of Pakistan |
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With a lake that was
formed back in January 2010 due to a massive
landslide in Hunza valley situated in the
north west of Pakistan the Pakistan National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has
alerted the concerned provincial government
of Khyber Pakhtun Khuwa to prepare for
possible floods in the districts of Shangla,
Mansehra, Kala Dhaka and Kohistan according
to IRIN.
Already the land slide has destroyed
villages in Hunza and over two thousands
people were displaced by the catastrophe
including women, children and elderly men.
Some 260 houses destroyed and 20 people
reportedly killed. Displaced people are now
staying in the camps setup at the schools in
neighboring areas according to the PRCS
reports.
The lake is causing serious risk to over
50,000 people as their local areas most
probably would come under water according to
the NDMA. Floods are expected and a
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A mum who set up a human-rights charity
in her home is flying to
earthquake-devastated Haiti.
Anjum Khan expects to arrive on Tuesday in
the Caribbean country where more than
150,000 people died after the quake struck
in January.
She will take a small team and aims to
gather information about the education and
health needs of the survivors, to see how
her charity can help. “Our aim is to bring
people together,” said Mrs Khan, 42, of
Bingley.
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Bingley campaigner Anjum Khan pledges to help
homeless youngsters: |
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Human rights campaigner Anjum Khan has
returned from earthquake-devastated Haiti.
Mrs Khan, 42, flew out to assess the needs
of those affected by the quake, which
claimed the lives of more than 150,000
people when it struck in January.
She has set up the Basic Human Rights
charity, which she runs from a converted
garage at her home.
The mum-of-four now wants to raise £100,000
to help the children she says have nowhere
set aside for them to escape from the
trauma.
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Muhammad Ali’s representatives visit region to
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A charity welcomed representatives from
Muhammad Ali’s education centre in the
United States to the city.
Greg Robert, director of the Muhammad Ali
Education Centre, in Louisville, together
with 30 scholars, visited the city as part
of its links with the charity Basic Human
Rights charity.
The charity held an event in Leeds on
Saturday, as part of its bid to raise
£100,000 to help children in Haiti.
Basic Human Rights aims to create designated
areas, known as ‘time-out zones’, in Haiti
to provide youngsters with space to play
sport.
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The
CEO of the Yorkshire Based Charity Basic Human
Rights is Visiting Haiti:
People of Haiti are
still suffering and struggling as life is just about
survival for them nearly three months after the
earthquake struck the country. Women and children
particularly, who are the weakest Haitian society
suffer the most. Pregnant women do not have enough
food while still going through the trauma of what
they witnessed on the day earthquake struck Haiti.
Children are still traumatised and require
extraordinary care but the daily hardship is not
helping to improve the situation
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Survivors of the Devastating
Earthquake in Haiti Need Immediate Help:
The devastating
earthquake in Haiti has brought enormous miseries in
to the lives of the already struggling people. The
catastrophe resulted in thousands of casualties,
leaving hundreds of thousands severely injured and
homeless, buildings collapsed, communication and
other infrastructure badly affected bringing life to
a stand still.
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International
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The International delegates-Anas
Altikriti and Anjum Tahirkheli had meetings
with senior government officials to discuss
the historical problem inherited by the
current government.
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For Media Queries:
In the UK
Sarah Gate
Press Officer
Cell: 0753 401
6444
Tele: 01274 301 996
Email: s.gate@basichumanrights.org.uk
In Pakistan:
Niyaz Muhammad
Media & PR Manager
Cell: +92(0) 300 852 9001
Tele: +92 51 265 6040~41
Fax: +92 51 265 6042
Email: m.niyaz@basichumanrights.org.uk
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