Our donors are always interested in the work the charity does and how their contributions are used. It is an honour to receive them when they visit the hospital in Pakistan. We were blessed in the last year by the visit of Mufti Liaquat Amod, former imam, Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking and Fazilat Hussain Shah, Hajji Mushtaq and Khawaja Saeed, who have visited twice already. Another important visit included Amjad Ashraf, a chartered accountant in the UK. We are grateful to his firm for preparing the HWH accounts this year. Some of the guests and visitors from Pakistan and the UK are fondly remembered by staff and local people for actually donating on-site.

Hashim Welfare Association (HWA) is an integral part of our charitable organisation. It was set up locally to manage the affairs of the HWH and has been performing its function very well. The very smooth and effective running of the hospital would not have been possible without the full-time dedication of Hajji Malik Mohammed Nawaz who is native to the village, land donor, patron of the charity and father of Dr Awan.

Annual budget meeting, March 2009

Our first patient was treated on 1 June 2003, after he completion of phase one of the hospital building.

The second phase of construction is currently in progress.

As Ramadan 2008 comes to a close supporters of the Hashim Welfare Hospital have been updated on the progress of the appeal during this years Muslim holy month. Leaflets setting out the progress made since the foundation stone was laid in 1999 and the first patient seen in 2003 show that there has been steady progress.

Thanks to your continued support we have been able to expand our clinical services and begin Phase 2 of the Hashim Welfare Hospital.

 

A unique feature that has emerged among our donors over the past five years is that they enjoy visiting the hospital - on occasion with unwell relatives and friends.

Dr Awan has recently returned from an overseas fact finding mission to see how the Hospital he founded is developing. 

 

Our charity was ranked third out of ten from the Gujrat district, recognised for its work by Choudary Shujahat Hussain, ex-PM of Pakistan.

 

We received a donation of Rs50,000 

The Annual General Meeting of the Hashim Welfare Hospital Appeal in the UK was held in the Post-Graduate Education Centre at St. Peter's Hospital on Sunday 1st July 2007 at 15:00hrs.

 

“The Hashim Welfare Hospital Appeal is a beacon of community co-operation amidst a difficult time;” said Clive Thompson CBE, Chairman of Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust. Speaking at the AGM,  the day after failed terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow, Mr Thompson said: “Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals are proud to be associated with the success of the Hashim Welfare Hospital and all it has achieved to provide healthcare and education for rural people in Pakistan. The Appeal has brought together the areas major healthcare provider with an important local community to work for the common good.”

A small day-hospital has been built by Dr. Ajmal Naqvi in the village of Tehsildar Wala, Faisalabad. We have been asked to help set up medical services similar to those we provide at Hashim Welfare Hospital.

After the Asian earthquake there was a very real need for organised medical relief. In the aftermath of the quake, we refurbished and managed four hospitals for ten months in district Bagh; most international charities left the region on three to five months.

Chairman of the Hashim Welfare Hospital Appeal, Idrees Awan, has returned to the UK after his recent fact finding mission to Pakistan. 

The hospital has had many many visitors this year and some have made the long trip from the UK to see and experience the hospital and services for themselves.  

A Milestone in the history of the Hashim Welfare Hospital was reached when we became formally affiliated with the Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals in July 2005.

 

Our presentation to the Trust Board in July 2005 resulted in formal affiliation with Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust and the picture shows Dr Awan receiving the congratulations of the Chief Executive of Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals, Glenn Douglas.

 

A signing ceremony was held at the AGM in July 2006.