Success Stories 2

Rabia Ashiq

She made it to the Olympics

“Girls should educate themselves and realise their dreams through hard work and persistence. Nothing is impossible.”

Rabia faced discouragement from her immediate and extended family to participate in sports but her passion drove her to persist. As a student at a CARE adopted government school, she always excelled at sports especially in running. With the support of her teachers, she maintained a rigourous training programme throughout school and qualified for national and international competitions. In 2012, the Olympics Committee selected her as a wild card entry to the 800-meter run and she became one of only two women from Pakistan to participate in the Olympics in 2012. She didn’t make it to the finals but believes that the experience of representing Pakistan at the Olympics as a female athlete was an honour in itself. In total, she has won 52 gold medals and set two national records, and does not plan to stop anytime soon.

Salman Qureshi

ACCA Certified Accountant

Salman has achieved academic and professional growth on an international scale. He attended the CARE Access to English micro-scholarship programme at Government Islamia High School Sheranwala Gate, Lahore. He then completed his Bachelor’s with first class honours from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. After college, Salman successfully completed his ACCA qualification and joined a UK based accountancy outsourcing firm called Azure Global. He then secured a job with the world’s second largest shipping company and is currently serving as an Account Executive in the company’s Somalia-based office.

Sehar Javed

Physicist

Sehar developed a strong passion for Mathematics during her time in a CARE school. Eventually, her affinity with numbers led her to excel in Physics as well; a talent she exhibited in full by securing first position. along with a Gold Medal, in the Physics Baccalaureate Programme at the Government College University, Lahore. Her achievements so far, made possible through the CARE Scholarship Initiative, are exemplary, and we are hopeful of Sehar claiming even more accolades in her academic career, in the years to come.

Dr. Muhammad Azam

Cardiologist

Muhammad Azam is the first graduate in his entire family. He completed his matriculation from CARE-I High School in Iqbal Town, District Sheikhupura in 1998, and went on to pursue his MBBS from King Edward Medical College, Lahore on a CARE scholarship. He later joined Mayo Hospital as a doctor, and rose to the position of Registrar. Dr. Azam is currently in the final year of his FCPS, a five-year training programme run by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology. Looking back, Azam terms it as nothing short of a miracle that he has arrived where he is today.

Mohammad Kashif

Engineer

Kashif is currently working as Business Development Manager with Matrix Engineering Pvt LTD. He graduated from a CARE school and continued through the CARE Scholarship Programme for his Mechanical Engineering degree at UET (Lahore). Despite financial strain on the family, he and his six other siblings pushed with their education through the CARE Foundation. His persistence paid off, and Kashif graduated from UET with an exceptional cumulative GPA of 3.4.

Amber Akbar

Anam is currently enrolled in the acclaimed Punjab College for Women.  She secured fourth position in the Lahore Board Exams of 2012 upon graduating from the CARE adopted Government Saeeda Islamia, G.H.S, Wassan Pura School. She has now garnered another milestone, acquiring the widely coveted First Position in her Second Year of Studies. Her studies are being completely funded through CARE Foundation’s scholarship programme.

Tanveer Ahmed

English Lecturer

Tanveer Ahmed, a former CARE student from City District Government Boys High School in Township, Lahore, is currently an English Lecturer at the Punjab Group of Colleges.  He is the only member of his family to have obtained a postgraduate degree. Tanveer attributes his success to CARE’s Access to English Language Programme (AELP), which gave him a platform to participate in multiple debate competitions and Model United Nations conferences, enhancing his public speaking and analytical skills.

Widat Khawar

Artist

CARE Graduate Widat Khawar recently won First Place in an Oil Painting competition at the Express Education & Career Expo. Students from 20 universities across the country got to test their skills in various trades. Widat he is currently a Fine Arts student at LCWU and will soon join CARE as an Artist to help with our Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) programme.

Barkat Ali

Veterinary Scientist

Barkat Ali is currently a Food Safety Officer at Al-Tamimi Global in Doha, Qatar, the largest non-affiliated corporate law firm in the Middle East.  A former CARE student from Government Islamia Sigh School Sheranwala Gate, Lahore, Barkat completed his undergraduate and post-graduate studies from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. He subsequently worked on projects related to food safety and quality control with Nestle Pakistan, KFC, and Tetra Pak Pvt.

This year, two delegations comprising of seven delegates each represented CARE at the prestigious LUMS Model United Nations Conference. All CARE students participated with much enthusiasm and motivation. Zain Shahzad, a 13 year-old boy from Grade 6 of CDG Boys High School Qila Lachman Sing, was given the outstanding Diplomacy Award while Amna Maham, a 15 year old girl in Grade 9 of CDG Girls High School, Fategarh won the Honorary Mention Award.