Database of NGOs and Civil Society Organizations
working for Environmental Self Governance in Kasur
 

Chairman: Malik Meraj Khalid  Former Speaker National Assembly and Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan	Coordinator: Raja Muhammad Younis Kayani Advocate  President District Bar Association, Kasur Session 2000 Chairman District Bait ul Maal, District Kasur
Coordinator Environmental Awareness Program for Tanneries' Workers: Mr. Lal Hussain, President Small Tanneries Association, Kasur	Incharge Environmental Awareness Program: Ch. Muzafar Hussain,General Secretary,  Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem Kasur
Coordinator Educational Institutions: Ch. Liaquat Ali Bhullar, President Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem, Kasur	Health Facility Provider: Amin Hayat Memorial Medical Center,Hamza Foundation, Kasur
Coordinator Health Awareness Program for Women: Dr. Tayaba Nasreen, Chairperson,  Save the Mother Fund Society Dr. Asifa Tariq, Kasur	Secretary for Coordination: M. Atiq ur Rahman  General Secretary  Pakistan Society of Geographic Information Systems (PSGIS)

Contributing Organizations:

Participatory Development Resource Cell (PDRC), Sakano-Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan	Anjuman Ikhwan e Islam, Barki, Distt: Lahore
International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC), Tokyo, Japan	Hamza Foundation,Lahore, Pakistan
Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem Kasur	Pakistan Society of Geographic Information Systems (PSGIS)
Citizen Welfare Council, Kasur District Bar Association (DBA), Kasur	Majlis Bulhe Shah, Kasur Small Tanneries Association, Kasur

WHAT IS CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORK (CSN) KASUR

Civil Society Network (CSN) Kasur is an Internet based communication network established by Participatory Development Resource Cell (PDRC), in the Lab of Dr. Sakano, Graduate School of Decision Science & Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. The CSN aims to increase environmental consciousness among the environmental polluted industrial cities of Pakistan and Kasur is the first city selected in this respect. Mohammad Atiq ur Rahman, General Secretary of Pakistan Society of Geographic Information Systems (PSGIS) is the organizer of this volunteer task. Several Civil Society Organizations in Pakistan working for environment are being linked for information sharing and learning from Japanese experiences of environmental protection. For the production of posters and children stories to increase environmental awareness among school children, the collaboration of International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC) Tokyo is a strong support. ICLC is an organization of Dr. Shinji Tajima who has served the Prime Minister Literacy Commission of Pakistan for three years as an advisor by JICA. For more information about PDRC, PSGIS and ICLC please contact <atiq@soc.titech.ac.jp>
Web site: http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/~sakano/atiq/

COMMITTEE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SELF-GOVERNANCE IN KASUR:

The Committee of Civil Society Organizations in Kasur was established after the first workshop on Sustainable Development though Participation held at Government Elementary Teachers Training College Kasur on March 28-29, 2000. The committee is working under the patronage of Mr. Malik Meraj Khalid, famous educationist & former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. The committee is a representative of prominent civil society organizations and social welfare associations working in Kasur. The former President of District Bar Association (Session 2000) Mr. Raja M. Younis Kayani (General Secretary of Citizen Welfare Council of Kasur) is serving as the coordinator of this committee. Mr. Kayani is a well-known personality in Kasur and his efforts and dedication to solve the environmental problems of Kasur are well recognized in Kasur.
Hamza Foundation, Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem Kasur, Anjuman Ikhwan e Islam Barki, Citizen Welfare Council Kasur, District Bar Association Kasur, Majlis Bulhe Shah and Pakistan Society of Geographic Information Systems (PSGIS) are the main contributors in this committee.

Following prominent NGOs and Civil Society Organizations are collaborating for the promotion of Non-Formal Environmental Education in Kasur:

District Bar Association Kasur Hamza Foundation Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem, Kasur Pakistan Youth Welfare Organization
Amin Hayat Memorial Medical Center Deaf & Dumb Welfare Society  Anjuman Ikhwan e Islam, Barki Al-Rehman Welfare Foundation
Al-Noor Educational Society Anjuman Behbood-e-Marizaan Women Welfare Society Awami Falahi Committee
S-O-S, Rural Support Program, Kasur Citizen Welfare Council Khadim Abad Welfare Society Baghdadia Social Welfare Society Kasur
Al Murtaza Welfare Society Majlis Bhullay Shah Kasur Tanzeem Khidmat-e-Insaniyat Small Tanneries Association (STA)
Wali Welfare Society Majlis Ifkar-e-Nau Pak Islahi Committee Jinnah Welfare Society
Anjuman-e-Islamia, Kasur Anjuman-e-Insadad-e-Munashiyat All Friends Welfare Association Kasur Public School (KPS)
Press Club, Kasur Action Aid, Kasur Pukar Foundation District T.B. Association
 

What have been done by PDRC and PSGIS for Kasur?

To discuss the issue of environmental hazards in Kasur, the following workshops were organized in the past:

Two days International workshop on Sustainable Development through Participation, held at Govt. Elementary Teachers Training College, Kasur on March 28-29, 2000. The workshop was participated both local and international participants. This workshop was hosted by Hamza Foundation and the Minister for Social Welfare, Women Development and Literacy, Ms. Shaheen Attiq ur Rehman was the chief guest.  On the second day the former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Malik Meraj Khalid was the Chief Guest and this session was held at the head office of Hamza Foundation in Lahore. The workshop ended with 23 recommendations some of which have been fulfilled and some are in progress. The two days workshop was conducted by Dr. Abdul Rahim Khan Ex-Chief Technical Advisor of UNDP. The other prominent participants of this workshop include Dr. Tatsuro Sakano (Japan), Dr. Shinji Tajima (Japan), Dr. R.G. Gumen (Country Representative of UNIDO involved in Treatment Plant Project in Kasur), Mr. Abid Hussain Chairman Hamza Foundation, Ch. Liaquat Ali Bhullar and Ch. Muzaffar Hussain Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem Kasur, Raja Younis Kayani President District Bar Association (session 2000), Dr. Tahir Shehab Hashmi Incharge Medical Officer Amin Hayat Memorial Hospital Kasur, Dr. A. R. Siddiqui, Managing Director Kasur Waste Management Agency (KTWMA), Prof. Dr. Shabih ul Hassan Zaidi, Chairman City and Regional Planning Department, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Prof. Ikram Ali Shah Gelani, Chairman Department of Architecture (UET) Lahore. Prof. Qamar ul Islam CRP Department, UET Lahore, Dr. Noor uz Zaman Rafiq BUNYAD Literacy Community Council, Mr. Khalid Hassan Lodhi and Syed Waqar Hussain Housing and Physical Planning Department Government of Punjab, Dr. Pervaiz Khalid Municipal Health Officer and acting Chief Officer Municipal Committee Kasur, Mr. Irshad Hussain Tanneries Association Dingarh (TAD) Kasur, Mr. Lal Hussain President Small Tanneries Association (STA) Kasur and M. Atiq ur Rahman General Secretary Pakistan Society of Geographic Information Systems (PSGIS). The committee of Civil Society Organization in Kasur was an outcome of this workshop. Proceedings of this workshop have been published and are available in several libraries both in Lahore and Kasur.

Outcomes:

A set of well structured recommendations that provided guidelines for future actions involving civil society in Kasur. Under these recommendations the following tasks were accomplished:

Printing of report on state of drinking water quality in Kasur. The analysis is based on the report of Environmental Protection Department about drinking water quality in Kasur issued on 27th January 1997.

Survey of around 1% sample population of the entire city to know the disease pattern and causes of deaths and its relation to the environmental hazards of tanning industry in Kasur.

Networking of Civil Society Organizations and NGOs for mutual working for increasing environmental awareness in Kasur.

Preparation of posters and literature on environmental awareness through Non-Formal Environmental Education Centers (NFEEC)

Debate competitions among students organized by Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem in Kasur, Keep Kasur Clean Competition among sweepers of Municipal Committee in Kasur and participation of CSOs in the tree plantation campaign of the government.
 

2nd International Workshop on Environmental Self-Governance through Civil Society Organizations held at Municipal Committee Library Kasur on March 29, 2001. The workshop was organized by Participatory Development Resource Center (PDRC), Sakano-Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology and was hosted by the Committee of Civil Society Organizations for Environmental Self-Governance in Kasur. Hamza Foundation extended its full cooperation for this workshop. Mr. Malik Meraj Khalid was the Chief Guest of this workshop and international participants include Dr. Tatsuro Sakano (Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan), Dr. Hideharu Morishita (Aichi Gakuin University Japan), and Dr. Barbara Earth (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand). Other prominent participants include Sh. Nazir ud Din, Director Hamza Foundation, Ch. Liaquat Ali Bhullar and Ch. Muzaffar Hussain from Anjuman Faroogh e Taleem Kasur, Dr. Tayaba Nasreen Chairperson, Save the Mother Fund Society, Mr. Lal Hussain President Small Tanneries Association and Prof. Malik Hassan and representatives of Majlis e Bulhe Shah Kasur. The participants NGOs in the environmental campaigns and other programs were awarded with souvenirs.
 

For a free copy kindly contact Mr. Atiq at atiq@soc.titech.ac.jp or by post contact Anjuman Ikhwan e Islam, 29 Lakshami Mansions, Hall Road, Lahore.
 

Current Work in Progress

GIS based information system for drinking water quality in the entire city of Kasur
Preparation of environmental literature for students in schools
 
 

Contact Address:
Civil Society Network Kasur
Participatory Development Resource Cell (PDRC)
Sakano-Lab, Department of Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
Phone: 81-3-5734-3820, Fax: 81-3-5734-3616
Email: atiq@soc.titech.ac.jp
http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/~sakano/atiq/kasur.html

Contact Address in Kasur:
Committee of Civil Society Organizations for
Environmental Self-Governance, Kasur
Kayani House, Gate Pattuwan, Kasur, Pakistan
Email: save_kasur@yahoo.com
atiq@soc.titech.ac.jp