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Chitrali volunteer honoured in Canada -letter2

Sparing time for volunteering activities in a country like Canada is not that easy as in other countries, specially for new immigrants, who need to work lot more to meet standard living expenditure. Sayed Nazir has proved himself as very hard working and honest employee, wherever he worked in Canada . For short period we lived together under one roof. Unfortunately I could not learn much from him, like getting up at 5 am for work and morning Prayer, inviting and coordinating with others for arrangement of Jumma prayers at noon, sharing problems of others without expecting any thing in return make him versatile and different from other Pakistanies. His recent achievement as best volunteer of the year for  serving people from all races and religions without any covered expectation in return is proof of his loyalty and neat personality. As he lives far away from other Chitrali families in Canada I therefore congratulate him on behalf of every Chitrali living in Ontario through Chitral news.

Dr. Khalil  (Jughooru)

Stoney Creek, Ontario Canada.

The City of Calgary Parks, Alberta Canada has appreciated the services of a Chitrali living in Canada namely Syed Nazir and declared him as a most active volunteer of the year. The Calgary Area Outdoor Council has also acknowledged his services and wrote a special article about his contributions in its reputed online paper. Following is an abstract from the article published by the CAOC during April 2008.

“Calgary is a long way away from the isolated northern mountain district of Chitral, Pakistan; Where Syed Nazir Khan first discovered his love for the outdoor, his passions for environment conservation and his commitment to community.  Today Syed Nazir and his family reside in Calgary, where he has become the City of Calgary’s Parks Volunteer Ranger Programs most active volunteer. In the spring 2007 Syed Nazir joined the parks Volunteer Ranger Program because for his love for nature and his desire to do something positive for the environment.  You can find Syed Nazir Volunteering at Bowness Park where he often provides people with information about the park, public stewardship practices, and park related bylaws. He also encourages people to take care of the park by role- modeling proper park etiquette.”

It is worth to mention here that prior his immigration to Canada Syed Nazir was an active social worker in Chitral. He was involved in different social activities such as environmental awareness campaigns, helping underprivileged people, organizing cultural and sports activities for young generation. 

Jamil Din

Albany,NY

31 May 08