| Founder(s) | Batch 7 |
|---|---|
| Founded | Fall 2000 |
| Location | Topi, Pakistan |
| Key people | Dr. Tariq Saeed, Advisor Jawad Rasheed, President Rizwan Asim, Vice President |
| Area served | Education, Social Welfare, Healthcare |
| Method | Donations and Grants and fund collection from GIKI students |
| Motto | "From Darkness Unto Light" |
| Website | Projecttopi.org |
Project Topi is a student society at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute Of Engineering Sciences and Technology which involves itself with philanthropic causes.[1] It is a non-government non-profit voluntary organisation based primarily in Topi village of District Swabi in the N.W.F.P. province of Pakistan; hence, the name. Project Topi tries to contribute towards the well being of people living in the Topi village and the surrounding areas through a group of committed volunteers wholly from within the student body of GIKI. Project Topi contributes mainly in the areas of education, health and employment for the betterment of people in Topi and surrounding villages.
Contents |
Project Topi was founded in the fall of year 2000 by a group of volunteers from within the student body of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute Of Engineering Sciences and Technology who wanted to bring some positive change in the existing plight of school-going children in Topi. It was formed with an aim to create an environment for the children of Topi so that they are motivated enough to think that they can study and succeed. The passionate students of the society managed to take time out of their hectic schedule in order to teach local students and provide them with the motivation and aspiration they lacked so much.The volunteers receive self satisfaction by seeing the students pursuing their academic goals and becoming successful individuals. The basic concept of the project is not confined to GIKI now as people from all over Pakistan have started to appreciate their work.[2]
To reach the unreached, deprived and deserved people/children in the field of education, healthcare and social work in the backward areas of Pakistan, particularly Topi. The society works for the benefit of the community in three areas:
of the country.
The Society aims at increasing the literacy rate in the community, and so, works:
The Executive Committee defines a deserving student as one who is unable to study because of:
Any other difficulty or hindrance that is considered just by the Executive Committee.
Improvement of healthcare is one of the major goals of Project Topi since its establishment in 2000. Every possible effort is being made to channelise the available resources to maximum effect in health sector.[3] Project Topi collects funds to finance costly surgical procedures and for other types of treatment for needy patients. Recently, Project Topi arranged for artificial limbs for an acutely disabled person. Today, with the help of those who care, he can yet again walk. The Society strives to organize blood donation camps and work closely with Al Shifa hospital and other medical institutions. It also tries to help GIKI employee and other people who need medical assistance.
The society works for Social Welfare within and outside GIKI. Society, with the help of Administration, helps the needy students within GIKI. It also strives to convince philanthropists in all districts of Pakistan to institute at least one scholarship of the study of needy student from their district, who get admitted on merit in GIKI. This is done with the help of GIKI administration by publicizing properly and by raising the necessary financial resources for this purpose.
Executive Committee Of Project Topi consists of the members from senior batch (Fourth Year Students). Current Executive Committee members are:
For members of other batches, please visit: [1]
Recently, an ex Project Topi Member and Gikian Asad Abbas Awan from B14 got Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for public service. Basis were his brave efforts to collect money for the family of gardener who died in PAF trainer crash in GIKI and his outstanding work with Project Topi in 2005 earth quake rescue, relief and rehabilitation. The investiture ceremony will take place on the Pakistan Day on March 23, 2012.