fundraising

Bangor Rotary Club has awarded a grant of £500 to the Umeed Partnership for the purchase of furniture and educational equipment for the new multi-faith Umeed Middle School in the Bahawalpur District of southern Punjab in Pakistan. This is surely an example of an organisation with vision understanding that reconciliation between peoples of different faiths and cultures can be achieved through education.

In early July the Trustees of the George and Mary Crosfield Charitable Trust awarded a grant of £400 to the Umeed Project.  James Crosfield, one of the Trustees,  remarked that the Umeed Partnership Mission Statement coincided exactly with the objectives and principles of the Trust, which had been set up in memory of his grandparents.

In May 2009 a donation of £8750 was received from BHP Billiton under its employee contributions Matched Giving Program to support Umeed’s existing activities in Pakistan. It goes without saying that this has provided a life-line for the Umeed Schools; Women’s Education and Embroidery Centres; and Woodworking and Carpentry Workshops.