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Institutions of higher learning have fast assumed discernible role in building economies, producing future leaders and encouraging civic engagements. There is greater awareness than ever before in the light of Higher Education Commission guidelines and directives, among Pakistani universities about what they must do to make students not only professionals, but also compassionate and humane citizens.

NUST Community Service Strategy (NCSS) General 1. Established in 1992, NUST’s curricular focus, during its earlier years, remained restricted to the academic content and its application in the field of science and technology. Addition of NUST Business School in 1999 expanded the domain in diversity somewhat, but did not go beyond the inclusion of a few more disciplines i.e., management science and business studies. However, establishment of Higher Education Commission in 2002 urged the universities to review their curricula and mandated them to introduce social sciences with minimum of 30% credit hours dedicated to foundation courses and social sciences. This step resulted in filling the void which existed before giving wider coverage to humanities and social sciences. NUST Community Service Strategy 2. A revisit of our vision and strategy revealed several serious curricular deficiencies in the social and humanistic context. The revised vision thus clearly articulates “a discernible positive impact on the society” as one of the five major strategic thrusts. It is especially for this very reason that NUST has joined Talloires Network which promotes Community Service through active citizenry. Presently, NUST pursues a clear Community Service Strategy (CSS) which encompasses the following:

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Objectives Scope Means and Instruments Implementation Methodology.

3. Objectives: We are living in an information age and a globalised world in which physical borders



• Develop NUST graduates into socially active citizens with a global vision and a clear conception of the integration of science and technology with the socio-economic environment of the country.



• Create opportunities for vertical social mobility for talented students from socio- economically disadvantaged sections of the society.



• Help minimize conflict within society and between society and the environment, thereby promoting sustainable culture of socio-economic development.

4. Scope of community Service Strategy (CSS): The objectives of NUST CSS are both vast and multi-dimensional in scope. However, the focus will primarily be on education, health, environment, sustainable development and conflict resolution. It is within these broad disciplines that NUST has to find its main focus. Some of the possible areas of major thrusts are as under:

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of nation states are losing their meaning and transnational challenges call for collective response by the global community. The major challenges facing the human society are ideological, intellectual, psychosocial, environmental, economic, technological and political. The national, regional and international issues are so inter-connected that human beings find it extremely difficult to cope with them. The educators of today too confront these challenges while they try to groom and develop future citizens and leaders of their countries, helping them understand themselves and find true meaning in their lives. To educate their students so as to make them useful citizens, it is essential to involve local communities to work with students in their efforts to build a healthy society. The objectives of NUST Community Service Strategy are as under:-

• Transformation of NUST students into socially active citizens • Assisting the primary and secondary schools in inspiring their students to opt for science, technology and social service • Promoting the following causes:»»

Health care through the use of ICT

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Reduction in environmental degradation

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Sustainable development keeping in view the possible adverse impact of development on water, energy, natural resources, infrastructure, environment and the society

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Conflict resolution through intra-cultural and inter-cultural dialogue

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Disaster relief and rehabilitation

5. Means and Instruments of CSS: Universities alone are constrained by their financial, human and technical resources. Hence, they have to rely on what they have and what they can get from their partners in academia, industry, society and networks at national and international levels. Many a time, these constraints determine the scope and size of their effort and delineation of their objectives. Universities that are new in this field and are just in the formative stage have to start small and then build on their success. The means available with NUST are: •

About 900 strong faculty with diverse skills in almost all the disciplines of engineering, IT, medical science, natural sciences, art, architecture, management sciences, earth science and social sciences including economics, sociology, mass media, public administration, international relations and strategic studies

• About 11000 quality students with very high level of motivation 4

• Staff skills in planning, preparation and execution of projects especially in the areas of civil engineering, IT services, management, disaster relief and rehabilitation

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• A very strong linkage with the Armed Forces of Pakistan that have an extensive experience of disaster relief and rehabilitation, management of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and their rehabilitation, UN peace keeping operations and national development projects • Linkages with foreign universities and international networks including Talloires Network that can provide knowledge, consultancy and technological support in the areas of community service • Collaborating partners in the civil society of Pakistan •

Most important of all, the image and credibility of a university that values and upholds merit in student admissions, financial support to needy students, ensures justice within its systems, and maintains quality and academic standards. A reflection of this image can be seen in the growing increase in undergraduate admission applicants every year. In 2010, over 42000 students applied for admission against a mere 1800 available slots

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Implementation Methodology of CSS: NUST is still learning the art of ‘active citizenry’,

social entrepreneurship, and engagement of the community. The concept demands a paradigm shift in the approach of faculty, staff and students towards life and the society. Knowledge-based societies and economies work differently, as they know that at the end of the day all new technologies and their application in all fields of life would warrant changes and adjustments in society’s reaction and attitude towards these changes and keep growing despite the continuously evolving technological, economic, political and military fields.

7. NUST, of late has aligned itself to the spirit of time and chalked out a well thought out community service framework with the right strategy. However, it is now ready to put the pieces together and weave them into a coherent fabric. Highlight of some of the measures already taken are appended as Annex-A. Challenges 8.

Given the enormity of problems facing societies, venturing community service is indeed a formidable task. In this context main challenges are:

• Agreement on common goals, objectives, and threat perception and concord on the response to counter the threat and to attain the given objectives



• Knowledge and skills required for community mobilization and participation in implementing the selected course of action



• Trust and confidence of the community in the concept of active citizenship and the ability of the university faculty, staff and the students in implementing social entrepreneurship



• Support of the national institutions like the executive, judiciary and law enforcement agencies to the university’s “active citizens”.

Important Considerations 9. Nothing works without formal structures and dedicated staff for focus on attaining objectives of a particular strategy. NUST CSS will be driven by NUST Community Service Club that will have a secretariat, permanent support staff and faculty and student office bearers. In order to prepare all students of NUST for community service, the subject will be included as a core subject in the curricula of all the academic programmes.

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is a huge challenge in Pakistan. Pakistani people have traditionally looked towards the government and its institutions to resolve their issues. Unfortunately, government institutions are constrained by their capacity, capability and even the resolve to surmount the challenges. Individually, Pakistanis can compete with the best in the world in their field, but as a community, they find it very difficult to create synergy.

11. Pakistani citizens have responded well to the rescue and relief of people affected by natural disasters like the Earthquake of 2005, in which more than 73000 people lost their lives and the devastating floods of 2010 that displaced about 20 million people with fatalities reaching close to 2000. It was during the 2010 floods and the Swat refugees of 2009 that NUST Community mobilized to help the affectees of the two calamities. Faculty, students, their relatives, alumni and philanthropists trusted NUST institutions in their relief efforts. The responses corresponded to the level of challenge confronting them. Natural and man-made calamities make human misery so pronounced that communities are compelled by their humanitarian spirit to respond. The responses to calamities are limited in time, space and the nature/scope of relief effort. But community response to long term challenges having less intense but more damaging

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10. The key to this whole programme lies in the engagement and participation of the community, which

effect are harder to get. Hence, the need to develop a well thought-out strategy to mobilize university community first and then work on the communities around the university campuses, while gradually expanding the sphere of influence to the regional and possibly the national levels.

Essential Measures for Execution of CSS 12. Following steps are required to be taken to implement the concept:

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Launching/establishment of NUST Community Service Club (NCSC). (Annex-B)

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Laying down the mission, scope and objectives of NCSC and identification of social causes and activities that the Club will undertake, with clear time lines (Annex-B)

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Inclusion of community service in the curriculum of all academic programmes including practical work in selected communities. There could be a 2-credit course included in the curricula of all undergraduate programmes

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Holding of annual conferences, walks and campaigns for the identified socio-economic causes



Continuously reviewing the progress made and modifying strategy where required

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Conclusion 13. For long Community Service has remained a dormant practice in local universities. Establishment of HEC (Higher Education Commission) in 2002 mandated the universities and institutions of higher learning to revamp their curricula thereby introducing a segment composed of social sciences including humanities and civic engagements. NUST has responded to the calling well. It significantly mobilised its resources to reach out to the service of ailing, afflicted and suffering communities in the wake of catastrophic flood, internal displacement and quakes. The university has chalked out a comprehensive strategy to address all needs and demands of organised Community Service at NUST. It is pursuing a phased plan to make it yet more systematic and meaningful endeavour.

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NUST Community Service Highlights Introduction National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) has always been on the forefront to contribute its share in facilitating the masses. It has launched many a project, diversified in nature, in furthering its mission of helping mankind in general and the poor in particular. Inculcating the spirit of compassion among its students and its discernible impact on society is a major strategic thrust of NUST to motivate the young to voluntarily render their services for the common good. In pursuit of this noble cause, the courses here are designed on ethics and morality so that scholars transcend themselves as humans and think of collective moral good to help address national needs. Nevertheless, the role of the esteemed faculty is pivotal in shaping students’ careers by imparting quality education and instilling love for humanity simultaneously. Whether a calamity is natural or manmade, NUST always remains second-to-none in providing relief.

NUST Community Service Club Philanthropic consciousness among NUSTIANS has been the guiding force in the creation of NUST Community Service Society. In fact, the initiative is a manifestation of humanitarian spirit much needed in addressing various core issues of national or social importance. The society extends membership to students, faculty, staff and other members of NUST community. The active participation of all segments within NUST has yielded good results in various community service initiatives. The society enjoys complete support of the administration that facilitates it in many ways. NUST has a long list of projects for community service only some more significant ones are highlighted.

Education and Healthcare Support to the IDPs from Swat

»» Establishing its support centres at 14 different locations, and providing healthcare, water and sanitation facilities to 1400 families comprising about 10,000 members. »» Setting up schools for children, engaging teachers from within the IDPs and providing free books, stationery, and recreational equipment. (More than 500 students have been enrolled in the schools) »» Installing six bore-wells, eight fiber-glass water tanks, 16 electric water coolers for clean drinking water and setting up 40 toilets for use of IDPs.

Rescue and Rehabilitation of Flood Affectees After the devastating flood of 2010 in Pakistan, NUST employees contributed their one-day salary amounting to 1.9 million rupees to help the flood victims. Over 4000 individuals were rescued from perilous inundation and then shifted to safe places. NUST institutions at Risalpur housed 3500 individuals inside their premises for six weeks. Goods including 6 truckloads of medicines,

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Pakistan witnessed the biggest population displacement in the wake of operation against terrorists in Swat Valley during the year 2009. NUST reached out to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) lending financial help and organising community support services in district Mardan by:

Annexture-A food items and household goods were provided to the affectees. Food was supplied twice a day to 10,000 persons for 40 days. Additionally, two tankers, carrying 10,000 gallons of water each, were sent to make available drinking water at six water points, established in Risalpur & Nowshera, for six weeks. NUST in collaboration with Rawalians (Alumni of Rawalpindi Medical College) operationalised the 110-bed Nowshera Hospital which had become non-functional due to flood. 72 houses were reconstructed to rehabilitate two flood-affected villages. Reconstruction of houses in three more villages, and construction of a primary school for girls is already on the cards.

Flood Studies NUST is undertaking a study in collaboration with HEC regarding flood forecasting and flood modelling to help reduce damage in the backdrop of natural calamities. NUST engineers assessed the threat to Sukkur Barrage, when the super flood was passing through it. They also inspected breaches in the flood protection embankments and advised the Irrigation Department about measures to plug the breaches.

HL7 Software for Cancer Hospital NUST, in partnership with ICT (R&D) Fund, has achieved HL7 Affiliate Status for Pakistan in October, 2010. The affiliate status is an instrument to promote the quality of life by employing the phenomenal potential of ICT in health sector. The HL7 Affiliate status empowers us to train and certify the skilled workers in the health informatics domain. NUST team is working with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Lahore, to make its system HL7 compliant on humanitarian and no profit basis. Efforts are in hand to expand the canvas of HL7 compliance by working with several other local hospitals.

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Jaroka Tele-healthcare: Healthcare for the Underprivileged About 70 per cent Pakistanis get their healthcare needs met through Rural Health Workers (RHW) rather than a medical doctor. Pakistan has a huge cell phone infrastructure and high mobile penetration in the society. NUST in collaboration with UM TRUST launched Jaroka programme under which a rural health worker, using a mobile phone, registers a patient, acquires diagnosis from a doctor and provides a treatment plan to the patient. Hence, Jaroka is a revolutionary concept that can provide healthcare services to the people living even in far-flung regions of Pakistan. In the year 2009, 50,000 patients were given treatment in the rural Mardan through Jaroka and 17,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Buner and Swat were provided access to medical treatment. Jaroka registers 150 new patients daily and has received multiple international awards.

Attabad Landslide, Hunza A massive landslide created an earth dam across River Hunza on June 04, 2010. The height of the dam varied from 126m to 200m above the riverbed. The landslide dam besides completely blocking the river also buried the Karakorum Highway, linking Pakistan with China, under 200m of landslide. NUST faculty members in collaboration with Dr Sturm of Georgia Tech, Prof Jack Shoroder and Prof Jeff Kargel of University of Arizona provided technical information and advice with regard to geology of the area, information about the possible height of the flood wave in case of a rapid erosion of the

landslide dam and expected danger to the roads and bridges and population centres in Hunza/Indus valleys.

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NUST Providing Psychosocial Help to Humanity NUST, in collaboration with the Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, has established ‘Centre for Trauma Research and Psychosocial Interventions’ (CTRPI). It was conceived to deal with huge burden of psychosocial consequences of the Azad Kashmir earthquake of 2005. CTRPI is providing psychosocial help to survivors of manmade as well as natural disasters in the country. It has also been training mental health professionals and social workers to better equip the nation to deal with the psychosocial issues in the aftermath of disasters. With experts from University of Birmingham UK, CTRPI has trained more than 75 mental health professionals in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Development of LED-Based Lighting System for Remote Rural Areas Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) based lights produce negligible heat, operate for a much longer life, are less prone to failure in high vibration environment and consume far less power. NUST developed a complete household power generation and lighting system. The battery of the LED lighting system can be charged through solar photovoltaic system or a paddle generator as on a bicycle. Solar Panel Based LED Lighting System was demonstrated to Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund which placed an order of 50 systems for a remote village Allah Bano near Kemari, Karachi.

Provision of Power and Water to a Village of Balochistan

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Balochistan is the most under-developed province of Pakistan. Thousands of villages do not have access 10 to the basic amenities of life such as running water and electricity. Solar photovoltaic panels have been used to generate electricity for home electrification and powering water pumps in Patkin, a village in Kharan District of Balochistan, funded by Win-Rock International, USA. Thirty-six houses equipped with lighting facility and a water pumping facility with a capacity to pump 5,000 gallons per day have been constructed.

Solar Based Streetlights in University Neighbourhood and Flood Relief Camps NUST developed cheap solar based streetlights and installed them in the nearby underdeveloped residential areas of Rawalpindi. After floods of 2010, NUST installed solar-based streetlights in flood relief camps in remote areas, which are still in use to-date as a symbol of academia-community collaboration.

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Charity Beds in NUST Hospital NUST is establishing a 500-bed hospital at its main campus in Sector H-12, Islamabad. NUST has established a Welfare Trust for supporting underprivileged patients by providing 250-300 Charity Beds in the hospital. NUST would welcome and appreciate the support of international donors to help it in furthering its mission of helping the mankind, in general, and the poor, in particular.

NUST Initiatives for Clean Water in Pakistan

Crisis Management through ‘Make a Difference’ Programme NUST faculty members and students initiated a community welfare programme titled ‘Make a Difference’. The programme aims at targeting crisis management, poverty alleviation, education and community development. It was started in 2008 when three consecutive earthquakes hit the province of Balochistan on October 29, 2008, killing approximately 200 while affecting some 108,000 people – 50 per cent of them were children. The teams carried out a fund raising campaign within the University and accumulated huge amount of donations to provide relief to the earthquake victims.

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NUST has undertaken many initiatives for ensuring supply of clean water in Pakistan. These include site survey of 544 sub districts of Pakistan for installing water filtration plants throughout the country, low cost on-site treatment of waste water of Nullah Leh in Rawalpindi, monitoring of microbial contaminants and residual Chlorine in water distribution network of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for optimisation of chlorination dosage, study for building Combined Effluent Treatment Plant for textile industry in Faisalabad to treat the wastewater laden with pathogenic micro-organisms and toxic chemicals, characterisation and treatment of high turbidity surface water in Chakwal, developing Membrane Bioreactor Technology to resolve water scarcity problem through reclamation and reuse of wastewater from a Sewage Treatment Plant and developing an Arsenic Removal Two-Stage Filter using titanium oxide nano-particles. NUST Pakistan and Solar Energy International (SEI) USA also jointly worked to provide solar pumping systems for drinking water supply in six villages of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as a pilot project. Water pumping systems of different configurations were installed in these villages, either on spring water sources or on the dug wells and were operated using solar power systems. The pumped water is stored in a cemented storage tank in each village.

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Workshop on Management of Hydrological Extremes and Related Geo-Hazards NUST, in collaboration with UNESCO, organised a three-day international workshop on Education for Managing Hydrological Extremes and Related GeoHazards. Scholars, both from within the country and across the world, attended the workshop and gave presentations on the occasion. The purpose of the workshop was to lay emphasis on the need for efficient management of extreme events of hydrological or geological nature (floods and earthquakes) at all tiers. They said that effective and timely measures not only save precious human lives but also help minimise the material and financial losses and damages to assets and property.

Symposium on HCV Management

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NUST Centre of Virology & Immunology (NCVI) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) Management Symposium. organised 1st Annual HCV The target audience of the symposium were scientists, clinicians, clinical pathologists, students and selected members of the community. The theme of the seminar was to share knowledge, new research areas, unexplored territories and experiences regarding Hepatitis C virus and associated diseases. Pakistan is a developing country and penetration of diseases, such as HCV, into the social setup can create bottlenecks on the way to its prosperity. The symposium on HCV Management would go a long way in developing a vaccine to thoroughly combat this lethal disease. As a result precious human lives could be saved and the availability of cheap 12 vaccination would not put financial burden on the poor segment of the society.

Feasibility Study for Electrification & Pumping Systems through use of Solar Energy in FATA FATA is one of the most energy deficient and backward regions of Pakistan. A large number of remotely located villages in FATA are without electricity. The conventional energy systems such as liquid fossil fuels & grid electricity are mostly out of reach for people in FATA. Hence, FATA Development Authority planned to address the energy problem of the people through Renewable Energy in general & Solar Energy in particular NUST signed an agreement with FATA Development

Annexture-A Authority for carrying out feasibility for installation of Solar Home Systems in 450 villages and Solar Pumping Systems in 250 villages plus implementation of 02 pilot projects related to 01 each for Solar Home System & Solar Pumping Systems. NUST has completed feasibility study in 300 villages whereas, two pilot projects have also been completed successfully.

International Conference on Flood Management The natural calamity of biblical proportions that hit the country in the shape of flood during the year 2010 broke all the previous records as a vast area across the country was inundated with a major loss both in terms of life and property. NUST, in collaboration with HEC, organised a two-day international conference titled “Floods 2010: A Dialogue to Transform Devastation to Opportunity”. By holding this conference, NUST took an initiative towards providing a platform whereby the government and other stakeholders might utilise collective wisdom in devising strategies to minimise the damages in the wake of future recurrent floods. Rector NUST, in his address during the conference, said that the unprecedented flood of 2010 had afflicted major population of the country, adding that the large-scale devastation should serve as a stimulus for us and be equally treated as an opportunity by gearing up efforts to confront any such disaster in the future.

Renovation of School In Rawalpindi

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Before Renovation

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Development of schools in urban areas has become a gigantic task; let alone education-related issues in villages. It is a great pity that even in big cities the condition of schools is deplorable. Construction of new schools and rehabilitation of old ones remain at the core of NUST community service projects. In a recently completed project, Government Pehlvi High School, Rawalpindi was renovated and upgraded by NUST authorities. A survey had brought to light the school’s dilapidated condition speaking volumes of apathy on part of its management. When NUST team visited the school for the first time, it was giving a look of a dumping yard as every inch of the floor was littered with waste. The walls had many crevices in them while the broken windows made the building look like an archaeological site. Needless to say, the furniture was mostly broken; stationary and other basic facilities were insufficient.

Annexture-A The need to rehabilitate the school was felt at NUST whereby it was decided to renovate the building. In the first phase, heaps of garbage were removed and then the necessary construction work was started. Subsequently, the furniture was repaired, water coolers were installed and the rooms were furnished with electric appliances like ceiling fans and tubelights. The residents of the locality are pleased with the work NUST has done and have expressed their gratitude for providing their children a more comfortable school environment. They were hopeful that their children would enjoy learning in the renovated school and work hard to become useful citizens.

Construction of Girls School for Flood Affected Villages in Darya Khan (Bhakkar)

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NUST has the tradition of utilising resources for the establishment of schools and colleges in the neglected areas. In this connection, a school for girls is underconstruction in Darya Khan, Bhakkar. The lack of learning facilities for girls in Basti Awan is conspicuous by the absence of any educational institution for them in the area. A survey carried out in this connection revealed that most among the women folk did not know anything beyond 1st Kalma. The local population is very eager to educate the girls and deserve care and attention. With the provision of four kanal land by the locals, NUST is constructing a school in Basti Awan. Initially, the school will have two classrooms for girls and a room for ladies vocational centre and a staffroom and washrooms will be built with the capacity to expand subsequently. At this stage, three teachers and a caretaker will be employed along with the provision of necessary books and stationery. One teacher will be assigned to look after the vocational centre in the evening. The project will cost Rs 2.15 million and is likely to be completed in three 14 months. The money raised through flood relief fund will be utilised in this project. A Board of Directors comprising notables from the area with Director Admin NUST as its chairman will look after the administrative affairs of the school.

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Introduction

NUST Community Service Club (NCSC)

NUST Community Service Club (NCSC) is a student organisation, encouraged and supported by the University but organised and administered by students themselves. NCSC appoints its leaders, carries out fund-raising campaigns, and ventures out its own initiatives. The club provides students with opportunities to engage in social service activities and hence develop into well-rounded professionals and human beings, responsive to the needs of the underprivileged. As a young social welfare organisation, NCSC strives to make a difference by taking effective steps, big or small, to assist needy individuals and communities in the country. The activities of the club teach students to learn to work with people, become passionate about social justice, find practical ways to promote social activism and to try and make the world a better place to live.

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“Make hearts the pivot of compassion and commitment (to Allah)”. Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Mission Our mission is to help students get a better understanding of the social world around them; to invoke and foster their latent human goodness; to make them aware of their moral and social duties towards the community; and to benefit the community by using all available resources.

Scope The club allows students to develop professionally, intellectually and spiritually. There is much in our society that needs mending, therefore, students with any set of skills and abilities will find something to do to make a difference and get inner satisfaction as the greatest reward. We pledge to support fellow human beings in any way we can. We wish not to limit ourselves to particular areas and tasks. We are a diverse student body with an eclectic array of skills. Students’ involvement in community service will result in their contribution to improving the human condition and their own personalities as well.

Objectives

• To promote social work awareness in NUST through social activism, acts of advocacy and volunteerism • To provide opportunities of personal and professional growth to student through community service such as relief activities in disaster-hit zones, educational and health projects, etc. • To serve as a forum for Nustians to share their abilities, assets and expertise with the needy

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• Orientation: The club conducts an informative orientation session at the beginning of each semester for all new students interested in social work. • Guest Lectures: The club invites at least two renowned social workers and entrepreneurs to speak at the campus during each semester • Fund-Raising and Supplies: In case there is a disaster, the club raises funds and supplies for the affected people by campaigning within and outside the university • First Aid Training: All club members are trained to provide first aid. Training programmes are regularly arranged to train new members. • Blood Donation Camp: All students and faculty may donate blood anytime by contacting the club secretary; however, the club will conduct a blood donation drive in the university for three days in each semester.

Note: Membership of the club is open to all students, staff and faculty.

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A Prayer *

O Allah! Make hearts the pivots of compassion and commitment (to You) Please expose them to the splendours of Your proximity Those who are blessed with the contentment of austerity Please grant them the gallantry and power of Haider (Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him)

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Allamah Muhammad Iqbal (The Philosopher Poet of Pakistan)