SAAIE (South Asia Assistance for the Impoverished in Education)

South Asia is a very fertile region in many ways yet stumpy literacy rate and lack of quality education have been the prime constraints in making a developed society. Poverty, poor welfare, persistently growing birth-rate and on other hand unbearable educational cost, lack of educational centres and modern educational tools are resulting the continuous increase in social crimes like child labour, child abuses and the most recent horrific crime like suicide bombings by young children.

Syed Atiq ul Hassan, feeling the pain and need of the time, has made a mission to devote his long-term professional expertise in establishing an organisation that will provide financial assistance to orphan, poor and the most talented children of South Asia commencing from Pakistan. Therefore, Mr. Hassan has established an organisation – South Asia Assistance for Impoverished in Education (SAAIE) – that will fulfil his noble dream.

SAAIE is an organisation which provides financial assistance to those impoverished children in South Asia who could not bear the expense of their study/schooling cost. The financial assistance will be awarded in the form of scholarships.

Syed Atiq ul Hassan was born in Hyderabad, Sind, Pakistan. His parents, mother and father both, were running a primary school in Hyderabad. Therefore, he can feel the pain of poverty, hardship and value of education. Today, he is an internationally known journalist, writer and educationist. He has been associated with Educational institutes in Sydney and also work for international media groups as a senior journalist. He has spent his 20 years in Australia working as an active community member. He has received 2008 community services award from Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales. He is the author of ‘Australia For Pakistanis’ – www.sauhassan.com .

Now his two children Sabeh ul Hassan and Sarwat Hassan are also associated with education and teaching in local colleges in Sydney. Surraya Hassan wife of Syed Atiq ul Hassan is also a very active Pakistani community worker who organises many cultural and social events for the community. Syed Atiq ul Hassan and his family are the founder and organisers of Chand Raat Eid Festival – a famous annual event www.chandraat.net . Mr. Hassan and his family have taken the challenge to continue help the people in South Asia in Education through SAAIE.

SAAIE has a mission which requires long term steady hard work and support of sponsors, donors and philanthropists. In the first step, SAAIE’s focus will be to create scholarships for the primary and secondary school children in Pakistan.

In the second step SAAIE’s target will be to expand scholarships for the primary and secondary school children in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and in the third step to provide scholarships for the primary and high school children in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.

SAAIE’s long term goals include opening SAAIE’s regional offices starting from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. These regional offices will deliver wider assistance in the Education in their related countries.

Mission: Making change through education

Vision

Education is the only way to bring change in South Asia. Misconceptions, Mislead Philosophies, Injustices, Domestic violence, Child Labour, ethnic divisions and backwardness can be eliminated through modest and healthy Education.

SAAIE vision is to help financially those who don’t have resources to get proper schooling. SAAIE vision is that a change is brought from the grassroots.

Goals

Short Term

Provide financial assistance to Primary and High School Children in stage ONE in South Asia starting from Pakistan then Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India
Promote harmony, peace and friendship among the people of various backgrounds in Australia
Educate people of South Asia on social and human issues

Long Term