John Perkins, the Chair of UP(UK), has recently spent two weeks visiting the Umeed Project in Lahore city slums and Cholistan Desert in the Bahawalpur District. Demand for places in the UP multi-faith education and training centres and schools outweighs availability of places. Despite generous donations from individuals and the Rotary organisation funds are...
We are delighted to report that the Combined Services Third World Fund (CSTWF) has allocated a grant of 4000 Euros to the Umeed Partnership in Pakistan to purchase equipment for the Umeed sewing and embroidery centres. The CSTWF has been assisting less fortunate people in developing countries for the past 30 years by funding...
Congratulations to Clive Southerton (Vice-Chair of the Umeed Partnership UK) on his world record beating event at the Ffrith Pleasure Gardens in Prestatyn to raise sponsorship for the Umeed Partnership international production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This will be staged at 10 venues across north Wales in October this year to...
Beriah’s Boutique in Lahore is an outlet for Umeed-trained women to sell their embroidered products for a fair wage. Opened in 2006, the Boutique provides work for the UP-trained women to enable them to earn enough money to support their families without depending for 100% support from their husbands and brothers. Beriah’s Boutique is effectively a wholesaler supplying products...
Along with women, children are also equally vulnerable in Pakistan. For such children the Umeed Partnership has opened one primary and one middle school in two marginalised ‘dalit’ communities near Yazman in the Cholistan Desert in southern Punjab Province. These schools are being run for the children of desert communities far from major cities, and so do not enjoy...
