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Symbolic Beach Cleaning by US CG Brian Heath & incoming CG Grace Shelton

EDITED BY: M. M. ALAM

 

KARACHI:  US Consul General Brian Heath and incoming CG Grace Shelton joined some fifty alumni and teachers of U.S. government funded English Access Micro-scholarship Program (Access) who came together Saturday morning for a symbolic beach cleaning here.

Addressing  the volunteers on the occasion Brian Heath held: “Today’s event has showed the value of keeping this city clean, and the shared role we all can play in improving our communities. We can learn a lot from the civic spirit of these young volunteers who are helping to keep Karachi’s beaches clean for everyone to enjoy.” 

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PS: The English Access Micro-Scholarship Program (Access), a two-year after-school English-language proficiency program, trains talented 13-20 year olds from disadvantaged communities.  Throughout the world, the Access Program has reached over 115,000 students in over 80 countries. 

When Access came to Pakistan in 2004, it first began in Karachi and has reached over 13,000 students in Pakistan to date. Through community service projects like the beach cleanup, Access students develop awareness of social problems in their own communities; they also develop positive civic attitudes, empathy for the less privileged, and youth leadership skills. 

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.