For Free E-mail of MESCO NEWS just send in your E-Mail Address ES C O M NE W S Volume 13 - Issu 1 A ril 2013 e p FOR PRIVAT CIRCULATION ONLY E r 03 Ap il 2 1 ? Rs. 1,00,000/- a year, would help sponsor (one batch of) a Nursery School in a poor locality. (Nursery School) ? Rs. 50,000/- a year ensures professional education for a meritorious student. (HCES) ? Rs. 15,000/- provides dry ration to a widow and her family for a whole year. (Ration Support) ? Rs. 15,000/- per year helps a meritorious child continue his/her education. (Educational Adoption Scheme) ? Rs. 6,000/- enables us to provide a sewing machine to a destitute woman in order to make her self reliant. ? Rs. 5,000/- a year will cover a child’s school / college fees. (Educational Aid) ? You can help in any of these activities by setting up a Corpus (dedicated to the memory of a near one) and build it up over the years. Establish a Sawaab-e-Jaariyah! ? You can send your Donations / Zakat to MESCO. Your Support, Our Motivation Yet another year comes to end and we look forward to sustained co-operation extended by all of you, our well wishers and donors, who are a part of this mission known as MESCO. By the grace of the Almighty and sustained help from all our donors we constantly move ahead; it is His will that in some year if one of our large donors is unable to continue at the same pace as the previous year, we face some difficulty but some other donor increases his contribution or a few new donors get added. However, the demand keeps increasing and we do not know how to cope, and to be fair, have been drawing lots for selecting the beneficiaries. We continue to write proposals to funders and are also referred to funding agencies and individuals (by our well wishers), whom we approach, with the hope of covering a few more persons seeking help. Through the medium of this issue of MESCO News, we would like to dedicate this year to two efforts: Increasing our Old Newspaper Collection through referrals provided by our existing donors. At the present time we are collecting newspapers mostly (almost 98%) from residences visiting over 2800 houses; we do have a few colleges, residential quarters of a bank, a couple of hotels and a few offices. I am sure if each one of our donors gave us 1-2 new contacts, we could target almost 100% increase, without much effort and in less than a year's time. We need to give it a serious try and probably much before the year is over, we will have done it. Payroll giving has been found to be a very convenient and effective way of giving to causes. It is usually done by corporates, where the company as a whole decides to contribute for a particular cause, where the employee gives written instruction that an 'x' amount or a certain percentage of his/her salary be deducted and credited to a certain Charity’s Bank Account. We suggest to all our well-wishers who would like to contribute to any of our schemes which is close to their hearts, or contribute to the Corpus; in this type of monthly contribution; could opt for one of three types of options for convenience; you could agree to give : Rs.100 p.m. (option A) Rs.500 p.m. (option B) or could be Rs.1,250 per month (option C) The detailed arrangement could be worked out; you could contact Ms. Sneha on 24440006. MESCO's CEO We have a CEO in place after over a year, Mr. Hussain Panjwani took charge from 1st February, 2013. He comes with experience of both MNCs and the NGO sector and we pray that he is able to take MESCO to new heights. Newspaper Collection Unit We launched a new Newspaper Collection Unit in Mumbra, Kausa from 1st March 2013; this will also extend into Navi Mumbai, Kalwa and Thane. We request all our donors to pass on addresses of their EDITORIAL relatives and friends from these areas, who may wish to strengthen MESCO's hands and improve our coverage of the have-nots. Newspapers Donation: Our Newspaper collection Team has collected 58,386 Kgs. of Newspapers, Books, Magazines etc., which has brought in Rs.5.81 lacs during this quarter. YOU TOO CAN CONTRIBUTE YOUR NEWSPAPERS TO MESCO AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO MANY LIVES. STVC Directory We published the 2nd edition of a STVC (Short Term Vocational Courses) Directory, an informative booklet compiled by our staff and students listing some 175 recognized courses in and around Mumbai; this compilation was released by our President, Dr. A. A. Qureishi at the Career Expo-2013 organized by MESCO at Crescent English High School, Kausa on 30th March, 2013. Chief Guest, Mr. Imtaiyazur Rahman, CEO, UTI, addressing the students at the Students’ Felicitation Function held at R.D. National College, Bandra on 5th January, 2013. 1
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?Rs. 1,00,000/- a year, would help sponsor (one batch of) a Nursery School in a poor locality. (Nursery School)
?Rs. 50,000/- a year ensures professional education for a meritorious student. (HCES)
?Rs. 15,000/- provides dry ration to a widow and her family for a whole year. (Ration Support)
?Rs. 15,000/- per year helps a meritorious child continue his/her education. (Educational Adoption Scheme)
?Rs. 6,000/- enables us to provide a sewing machine to a destitute woman in order to make her self reliant.
?Rs. 5,000/- a year will cover a child’s school / college fees. (Educational Aid)
?You can help in any of these activities by setting up a Corpus (dedicated to the memory of a near one) and build it up over the years. Establish a Sawaab-e-Jaariyah!
?You can send your Donations / Zakat to MESCO.
Your Support, Our Motivation
Yet another year comes to end and we look forward to sustained co-operation extended by all of you, our well wishers and donors, who are a part of this mission known as MESCO. By the grace of the Almighty and sustained help from all our donors we constantly move ahead; it is His will that in some year if one of our large donors is unable to continue at the same pace as the previous year, we face some difficulty but some other donor increases his contribution or a few new donors get added. However, the demand keeps increasing and we do not know how to cope, and to be fair, have been drawing lots for selecting the beneficiaries. We continue to write proposals to funders and are also referred to funding agencies and individuals (by our well wishers), whom we approach, with the hope of covering a few more persons seeking help.Through the medium of this issue of MESCO News, we would like to dedicate this year to two efforts:Increasing our Old Newspaper Collection through referrals provided by our existing donors. At the present time we are collecting newspapers mostly (almost 98%) from residences visiting over 2800 houses; we do have a few colleges, residential quarters of a bank, a couple of hotels and a few offices. I am sure if each one of our donors gave us 1-2 new contacts, we could target almost 100% increase, without much effort and in less than a year's time. We need to give it a serious try and probably much before the year is over, we will have done it.Payroll giving has been found to be a very convenient and effective way of giving to causes. It is usually done by corporates, where the company as a whole decides to contribute for a particular cause, where the employee gives written instruction that an 'x' amount or a certain percentage of his/her salary be deducted and credited to a certain Charity’s Bank Account.We suggest to all our well-wishers who would like to contribute to any of our schemes which is close to their hearts, or contribute to the Corpus; in this type of monthly contribution; could opt for one of three types of options for convenience; you could agree to give :Rs.100 p.m. (option A) Rs.500 p.m. (option B) or could be Rs.1,250 per month (option C)
The detailed arrangement could be worked out; you could contact Ms. Sneha on 24440006.
MESCO's CEOWe have a CEO in place after over a year, Mr. Hussain Panjwani took charge from 1st February, 2013. He comes with experience of both MNCs and the NGO sector and we pray that he is able to take MESCO to new heights.
Newspaper Collection UnitWe launched a new Newspaper Collection Unit in Mumbra, Kausa from 1st March 2013; this will also extend into Navi Mumbai, Kalwa and Thane. We request all our donors to pass on addresses of their
EDITORIAL
relatives and friends from these areas, who may wish to strengthen MESCO's hands and improve our coverage of the have-nots.Newspapers Donation:Our Newspaper collection Team has collected 58,386 Kgs. of Newspapers, Books, Magazines etc., which has brought in Rs.5.81 lacs during this quarter.YOU TOO CAN CONTRIBUTE YOUR NEWSPAPERS TO MESCO AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO MANY LIVES.
STVC Directory
We published the 2nd edition of a STVC (Short Term Vocational Courses) Directory, an informative booklet compiled by our staff and students listing some 175 recognized courses in and around Mumbai; this compilation was released by our President, Dr. A. A. Qureishi at the Career Expo-2013 organized by MESCO at Crescent English High School, Kausa on 30th March, 2013.
Chief Guest, Mr. Imtaiyazur Rahman, CEO, UTI, addressing the students at the Students’ Felicitation Function held at R.D.
National College, Bandra on 5th January, 2013.
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Ms. Fatima Najm and Ms. Virgine, volunteers from an NGO, Creative Against Poverty (CAP) UK and Ms. Namrata Tanna from CAP, India, spent 3 days conducting workshops and organizing programmes for our Nursery Schools, Vocational Training Centres and Crescent English High School.Corpus DonationWe received a further donation of Rs.20,000/- towards the Rabab and Nooruddin Scholarship Fund bringing the total under this Fund to Rs. 6,15,530/-. We also received Rs.5.0 lacs from another well wisher, Rs.1.75 lacs from Kherani family, as also Rs.10,000/- from Ms. Humera Ahmed, thus bringing the total to Rs.7.05 lacs received this quarter towards the Corpus.MembershipMs. Maimoona Younus Shaikh joined hands with MESCO as Patron Member, while Mr. Javed M.H. Momin, Mr. Mohammed Gaus, Mr. A. Rashid, Mr. Chirag Girish Parekh all became Life Members another 21 well wishers enrolled as Ordinary Members this quarter.SponsorshipDispensariesWe received Rs.14.17 lacs from Mr. Shaheed Rahim towards sponsorship of deficit of the Malad Mobile Clinic as well as the deficit for the Fixed Dispensary at Kausa. We also received donation of Rs.24,000/- towards rent for this quarter for Kurla Dispensary from Mr. Md. Arif A.G. Khopekar; Mr. Farouk Alimahomed donated Rs.7,56,010/- towards deficit of Wadala Mobile Clinic under his sponsorship.HCES (Annual Sponsorship of Rs.50,000/- per student) We received sponsorship under this category from Mr. M. H. Tobaccowala for two students for the second year in succession. We received one student's sponsorship from Mr. Mansur Miyazi.Sewing Machines Mr. Iqbal Shaikh sponsored 3 sewing machines, Mrs. Iffat Mistry and Ms. Parveen Sayed each sponsored two sewing machines, while Mr. Sadique Shaikh, Ms. Zohra Siddique sponsored one machine each. Ration (Ration for one family for one complete year, Rs.15,000/-)M/s. Lesta Packaging sent in their annual contribution to cover 100 families under their sponsorship as also another donor sent his monthly contribution towards 100 families; Mr. Irfan Inamdar extended his support to cover one family's annual ration.EAS (sponsorship amount Rs.15000/- annually)We received Rs.12.38 lacs towards EAS sponsorship from 17 donors (incl. Global Trade House and Valibhoy Charitable Trust).Give IndiaWe received a total of Rs.2,04,106/- from M/s GIVE INDIA under various options including for Dialysis, Ration support, General Donation & towards Medical Aid. We participated for the first time in “India Tax Saving Challenge-2013” and were able to raise 38,899/- from 13 donors, in addition to receiving Rs.3,000/-as prize money. We stood at 21st position among 73 participating NGOs and hope to do better next time around.During the year 2012-13 we received a total of Rs.12,85,874/-
including donations towards our listed Donation Options, India Giving Challenge, India Tax Saving Challenge and ICICI Wish Tree Campaign during Joy of Giving Week.We received Rs.1.27 lacs (after deducting administrative charges) from M/s. United Way of Mumbai from our participation in the Mumbai Marathon .DonationsWe received Rs.42,804/- towards 2 computers bought for Crescent English High school from Stitching ELS.Medical Assistance We have received Rs.1.70 lacs from M/s. Tobaccowala Foundation and Rs. 4.4 lacs from another donor towards Medical assistance during this quarter. Vocational CoursesWe received a further donation from Mr. P.S. Saiyed (Nadeem Saiyed) of Rs.25,000/- towards purchase of equipment for AC and Refrigeration Course for Kausa Vocational Training Centre.Nursery schoolsWe are grateful to CAP (Creative Against Poverty - Ms. Namrata Tanna and Ms. Fatima Najm) for their sponsorship of Rs.1,96,972/- for two of our Nursery Schools for the financial year 2013-2014.Interest amountWe received interest amount totaling to Rs.37,500/- from 2 well wishers during this last quarter.ZakatDuring this quarter we received Rs.70,000/- from Mr. Afzal Sayed and another Rs.60,000/- from another donor as Zakat.
EDUCATION:The final tally as of March, 2013:Education Scholarships: School level: 1124 students (Rs.52.74 lacs); College: 987 students; disbursed Rs.51.61 lacs; College (Tech): 27 students (Rs.1.63 lacs); Short Term Vocational Courses: 49 students amount disbursed Rs.2.01 lacs; Education Adoption Scheme: 373 students; amount disbursed Rs. 43.22 lacs. High Cost Education Scholarship Scheme for professional courses: 168 students; amount disbursed Rs.59.10 lacs.
Several programmes were held during the quarter; significant ones being:
Our annual Top Ranking Students’ Award function was held on 5th January, 2013 at which 87 students were felicitated at the hands of the Chief Guest Mr. Imtaiyazur Rahman, CEO of UTI and others including Mr. Ali Qureishi our supporter from New Mexico, Prof. Ms. Farida Lambay, Vice Principal, Nirmala Niketan, Prof. P. K. Shahjahan, Associate Prof., TISS; Mr. Aqueel Hafiz, Jt. Secretary. Anjuman Islam; Col. Modak, CEO Al Hamd Charitable Trust.
Engineering Students Get Together (of current students) was held at MESCO Education Society's Crescent English High School on 10th March, 2013, which was attended by 43 students. The speakers included Prof. Zubin Mulla, Prof. School of Mgmt. and Labour Studies, TISS. Mr. Viraf H. Saher, Manager, Facility Corp., Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Mr. Fahad Shaikh, Electrical Engineer, WorleyParsons Ltd.
Career Expo - 2013 a career fest was organized on 30th and 31st March, 2013 at Crescent English High School with the help of our past students (68 of them, professionals in their own right, from diverse fields) who were present and explained to the visitors the detailed nuances of each career in their fields.
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We also have to thank SNDT, Ahmed Abdulla Garib Polytechnic, Govt. Polytechnic, Thane, Fr. Agnel Polytechnic, SASMIRA, Garware Institute, A.R. Kalsekar Polytechnic and MESCO Education Society's Vocational Training Centre, Kausa, all of whom guided the students about courses available in these Institutions as also the speakers, namely Ms. Shailaja Mulay (Education Consultant), Mr. Jayawant Raut, (Fr. Agnel Polytechnic) Mr. Wahid Shaikh, (Civil Engineer), Mr. Mazhar Shaikh (Crescent School), Ms. Rucha Kulkarni, (Vidyalankar Classes) spoke on 30th March, and Dr. (Ms.) Shehnaaz Nulwala (Wilson College), Dr. (Ms.) Zarin Bhatena (Bhavan’s College), Prof. Shehzad Jalil (Career Counsellor) spoke on Sunday, 31st March, 2013.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Medical ServicesAmounts sanctioned this year (until March, 2013), under different schemes has been as under:A total of 268 cases have been provided assistance of Rs.16.49 lacs under General Medical Aid; also assistance to 151 cases under HCMA (High Cost Medical Assistance) costing Rs.29.85 lacs. We were able to provide assistance for 6 months dialysis to 35 patients costing Rs.9.37 lacs and another Rs.21.06 lacs to 26 patients under Life-long Dialysis Scheme.
ClinicsDuring this last quarter the following camps were organized:A Free Health Check-up Camp was organized at Thane Mobile Clinic on 20th January, 2013 which included blood pressure and blood sugar examination as well. 71 patients registered; 8 new cases of hypertension and 18 suspected diabetes cases were detected.
A Respiratory Diseases Screening Camp was conducted on 24th March, World Tuberculosis Day, by our Wadala Mobile Clinic at PMG Colony, where 75 patients were screened, during which 5 cases of Asthma, 4 cases of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) were reported. Representatives from Sanofi and Cipla Ltd. attended the camp and checked the selected patients for PEF using breath meter.
The following is the performance of our two Dispensaries and 3 Mobile Clinics for the year ended 31st March, 2013:Location of Dispensary Total patients served
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2013
Kausa Dispensary 19,232Kurla Dispensary 18,298Wadala Mobile 17,444Malad Mobile 12,156Mumbra Mobile 12,552
GENERAL AID:There were 263 beneficiaries under Ration Support; on roll as of December, 2012; during the quarter 25 new cases were taken up while 1 was dropped to give a final total of 287 at the end of the quarter (till 31st March, 2013)
During this quarter 50 forms for grant of Sewing Machines were issued of which 34 were registered; a total of 49 cases were called for interview including those registered after the last distribution, when 13 Sewing machines were sanctioned. During the second half year, in the first round of interviews and trade test for grant of Sewing machines, 21 of the 23 applicants were sanctioned a sewing machine each; whereas in the second round of interview-cum-trade tests, conducted on 17th March, 2013 a total of 41 were found eligible. The Sewing Machine distribution was done on 24th March, 2013 from Bandra Urdu High School & Jr. College premises, where 62 Sewing Machines were given away at the hands of Mrs. Chitra Ubale (Mgr. HR, ICICI Bank Ltd.), Mr. Siddiqui, M. Rafiq, Chairman & Founder Holy Mother English High School, Malad
and Dr. Yasmin Chataiwala, Family Physician and an old MESCO sympathizer. Final tally for the year was 75 Sewing Machines.
INSTITUTIONS
R C MAHIM MUNICIPAL SCHOOL:On 29th January, 2013 students of Std. X of RC Mahim School were taken to Anjuman Islam premises at VT to attend the lecture on choosing a career, by eminent orator and educationist, Mr. Mubarak Kapdi.
Guidance lectures were arranged for Std. X students in different subjects from 30th January until 2nd February, 2013. Maths was dealt with by Mrs. Fehmida Khan, Vice Principal, Anjuman-i-Islam Allana High School, Kurla; English was dealt with by Ms. Shabana Coatwala, Senior Teacher, Anjuman-i-Islam Ishaque Jamkhanawala High School, Bandra; while Mr. Amir Ansari, Vice Principal, Millat High School, took up Science & Technology.14th February, 2013 was celebrated as Urdu Day.
A farewell programme was arranged for the outgoing SSC students on 26th February when educational kits for the exam were distributed to all these students.
ANGELS' PARADISE NURSERY SCHOOLSFun-n-Fair and Puppet Show was held on 26th January, 2013 at our Nursery School at Sewri. Sports Day was held on 19th February, 2013 near our Nursery School at Kurla. We are grateful to Mr. Fazal Abbas Abid, Head, Diamond Dept. at Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri for providing gifts to all participants.
We would be starting a new Nursery School at Sangam Nagar, Antop Hill; admissions will start from 16th April, 2013.
We have received Rs. 2 lacs towards the start-up cost of one new Nursery School from Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation in response to our proposal sent to them; we are grateful to them.
CRESCENT ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL:Annual Day of the School was celebrated over two days in order to accommodate parents at all levels. It was a very successful event with Principals of various schools gracing the occasion. Mr. Ali Quraishi, Chief Patron of the School and our well wisher from New Mexico was present as Chief Guest on 13th January, 2013.
A Farewell programme was arranged on 31st January 2013 by the Std. IX students for their seniors, (who were to appear for their Board exams shortly).
Two of our students, Ms. Arshiyan Shaikh, Std. VII and Mr. Sayed Hanif were selected to receive the Pre-Matric Scholarship for
Beneficiaries with Sewing Machines at the Programme held on Sunday, 24th March 2013, at Anjuman-i-Islam’s Bandra Urdu
High School and Jr. College premises.
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Students who completed their studies in 2012 and are now into the world of work
Ms. Zainab Ghalib and Ms. Aliya Firdous Shaikh who are completing their B.E. (IT), have been selected by TCS and will join the Company immediately on completing their degree.Ms. Bushra Ansari after her MMS has joined Galiakotwala & Co. as HR Executive. Ms Ambreen Shaikh, B.E. (IT) has joined M/s. Raina Services SPA as Technical Co-ordinator.Ms. Sana A. Gafoor has completed B.Tech. (EXTC) and is now employed with HSBC Software Technologies as Software Engineer.Ms. Tazmeen Kazi completed both CA & CS and has been employed by ONGC.Dr. Sangram Nazim completed his MBBS and is now employed with Gurunanak Trust Hospital.Dr. Salman Ansari after some experience has set up his own Dental Clinic.
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Registered Address: Natalwala Building, 110, V.S. Marg, Mahim, Mumbai - 400 016. Office Timings on all working days: Mon to Sat 9 am to 5 pmCompiled and Edited by: Dr. M.A. Khatkhatay Tel. No. 2444 1442 / 24474 356 Telefax: 2444 8637 / 2444 0006
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MESCOMESCO Education Society
RELAY CONTINUES .....We are grateful to our ex-students who have been helping us in numerous ways.Mr. Amar Savant donated Rs.5,000/- while Mr. Javed Chougle gave Rs.20,000/-, Mr. Nusrat Khan Rs.15,000/- and Ms. Zeenat Shaikh Rs.2,000/- out of their Zakat; Mr. Munir Nensey contributed Rs.2,000/- towards Medical Aid during this quarter.
The following students have completed their Loan Repayment (borrowed for professional courses), during this quarter; we are grateful to them to keep the relay going: Mr. Azmi Rehmat Sufiyan, MMS; Dr. Shaikh Shima and Dr. Mirza Rameeza, Dr. Ansari Salman, Dr. Butt Naziya, all three BDS; Dr. Chougle Farhana (BHMS), Mr. Azim Malik, B.E. (Mech.); Mr. Jhabwala Abdoali and Mr. Shaikh Mohsin Taher, both B.E. (Auto); Mr. Farooqui Imran, B.E. (Elex.); Ms. Shaikh Afreen and; Mr. Shaikh Rustom Iqbal, both B.E.(Comp.).
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Minority Students which they will get each year right upto Std. X.
This year (2013-14) for the Nursery Class admissions, we had over 240 parents for 80 seats and anticipating the rush, we had decided to draw lots.
Students from different levels participated in district level Taekwondo Competition at Bhiwandi and won 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze medals.
Students of our School participated in an Astro Competition organized by Nehru Planetarium to celebrate its 36th Anniversary (24th February to 2nd March, 2013); 2 to 3 students from Std.V - Std.VIII participated in each of the following : Astro Painting, Astro Essay, Astro Poetry, Science Quiz, Astro Elocution and Astro Quiz competitions.
Annual Sports Meet was held in the School ground on 7th March, 2013. It was graced by the following distinguished sports personalities: Mr. Wasim Bashir Khan, Gold Medalist at the National Open Karate Championship, 2011, Mr. James Peter, Ex-India Team Hockey Coach, Mr. Zaraar Khan, Rep. of Railway Cricket Team and Mr. C. L. Ram, HOD of Sports at New Horizon (CBSE) School, Airoli.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES:Inter-centre Sports Day was held at Fatima School Ground, Ambernath on 12th January, 2013; 80 of our students participated in more than 10 events. We received 1st prize in Carrom, Musical Chairs and Innovative Projects for Beautician and Dress Making projects.
“Training for Trainers”, a 2 day workshop was conducted by M/s. Godrej at Vikhroli for instructors and co-coordinators, 32 instructors from all of Fr. Agnel's Extension Centres attended the same.Blood group & Hemoglobin check up was done for our students by the team from Bilal Hospital on 19th February, 2013.Ms. Fatima Najm and Ms. Virgine members of Creative Against Poverty, UK, took a session on Fashion Designing with our students from the Beautician Course, at Kausa, on 22nd February, 2013.Examination was conducted in January 2013 for the completed First module; external examiners from other Centres as well as from M/s. Godrej for the Beautician Course conducted the exams.We are grateful to Mrs. Rashida Dossani and Mrs. Zarana Ahmed for providing for fees to unaffording students of the Vocational Training Centre.6th batches of both, Tailoring and Beautician (Short Term Courses) began from15th January at our Dharavi Centre.
MAIL BOX“MESCO has played a significant role in completion of my education; because of assistance from MESCO only, I could complete my BHMS” says Dr. Nachan Sheefa Faiyaz.
“MESCO has played a very important role in the formative years of my professional life. When I had no one to help me financially, for my course of MBBS they (MESCO) pitched in and helped me financially as well as emotionally”, reminisces Dr. Sayed Nadeem Ahmed, who completed his (MBBS) and now works as Medical Reviewer at TCS Ltd. (Pharma).
FORTHCOMING EVENTS=Get-together for Zakat Collection - planning will be held in
latter part of June, 2013.=Iftaar Packet Distribution would be held in the first week of July
2013.
A representative from SASMIRA explaining career options to a
