The Pakistan-U.S. Alumni network recognizes National Director Shahid Rehmat (photo at right) and the P.O.W.E.R. program from World Faith Pakistan! For more photos and information, check out our blog post on the program.

From the article:

Led by interfaith community activist and Emerging Leaders of Pakistan alumnus Shahid Rehmat, the six month project imparted basic literacy skills to women living in conflict-hit areas of Lahore and Faisalabad. In recent years, conflict between different faith communities in Punjab has created an atmosphere of mistrust and fear, according to Rehmat.
“My biggest motive in carrying out this project was to remove the negative feelings of Christian underprivileged women towards the Muslim community,” Rehmat said.
Hailing from the Christian community, Rehmat’s personal experience with discrimination led him to become a community activist and establish the non-profit organization “Interfaith Youth in Action.

 

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