In other updates we have pledged to assist a young woman through her midwifery course in Karachi & will also support her younger brother's school fee.
80k was raised to support a woman blinded in an acid attack by her husband. The living quarters she is in now, broke me.
Going forward we will try to support her through this tough time. Her sister is a house maid & earns 15k pm.
Will also see if she can see an eye specialist & see if theirs a way to restore some sight.
We also supported a single woman working with @MariaTaqdees at Hunar ghar. Electricity fluctuation caused her fan & fridge to malfunction.
At the same time, a young person needed medical help, we helped them with fee.
A young woman has been supported to go on an adventure trip
To the north with a tweep & 2 girls will be taking the freelancing course with a course conductor featuring @AsraRizKhan run on @airschoolonline, a platform by @fatimarizwan
We have also raised annual school fee for 2 girls at The Garage School when some regular donors became untraceable.
They're still seeking funds for an English teacher.
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As a new immigrant I still view Canada with an outside in lens. I guess it takes time to fully internalise a culture, but Canada remains a mystery to me.
Could be attributed to the "timing" of our move or the unique circumstances that set in as a result of it.
Do all immigrants feel a disconnect to Canada? The infrastructure in the bigger cities is comparable to London, the busy-ness of it all, never ending chores, weekend getaways & retirement plans.
However, this is something desi people never experience.
We don't really plan, we don't have weekend getaways, our domestic life isn't so hectic. Our busy lives are a mix of work, life in imbalance, brought about by a crazy dependency on family relationships & toxic people around us.
My beautiful Nani (sitting on right side of bride) with all her siblings & parents
A picture of countless memories & countless stories.
Post partition Nana Abba (my maternal great grandfather) decided to leave their ancestral home in Shimla & moved to Lahore. He was given an evacuee property of Geeta Bhawan in Lahore. He should have claimed more but he decided this was enough for his family's needs
I believe so many defrauded the government on evacuee properties. Glad we stayed on the right side of history on this one.
Thank you Nana Abba.
He was a father to 9 children, 2 boys & 7 girls, my Nani, Kulsum Begum, the eldest & his most beloved.
Was discussing office spaces in Pakistan back when I joined working.
There was a lecherous group of young men who made all women trainees feel uncomfortable.
We never complained
They were about 10/12 at most, sitting in one corner of the audit room but would make each one of us uncomfortable.
They would pass crude jokes, look you over, sleazy glances & laugh in a way that you knew it was locker room talk.
We all took it in. We never once complained.
That was 1997 to 2001 for me. The day my trainee contract ended I never stayed a day more.
We were training to lead finance teams & these men older than most us, would behave in such a way, it was unbelievable much alike how boys stood outside girls colleges.
They hate your guts, hate you, or maybe dislike you, tolerate you for various reasons, but apna koi kaam hota hai toh forun haazir
Nice nothings & then straight to request.
I definitely an atm for everyone's social cause
Why would they reach out if they disliked you so much? Shocked by someone in family who has avoided me like a curse mostly over years & especially this year over a curt censure I made for her loving food making & over sharing in a pandemic when millions lost jobs & livelihoods
And then she reaches out for information. It's strange how insignificant some people make you feel & she's always that kind. I've always maintained my distance & there's those who will swear by the fake sweetness.