National Youth Forum (Pakistan Girls Guide Association)

The saying that “youth lives on hope and old age on memories” reminds us of the very fact that the young generation is the hope and strength of any nation and if the young ones are cultured & well-educated, they can prove to be an asset for the state.

Three days 5th National Youth Forum "Imagine More: Exploring our world and telling our Stories was held at National Head quarter Islamabad Pakistan.

Event was organized to gather girls who are the part of Pakistan Girls Guide Association and to address the concerns of the youth and to empower, inspire & encourage the young girls of Pakistan.

Hala Sabri as presenter engage girls to diagnose the problems and suggestions for future strategies.

The participants of the Youth Forum have made remarkable contributions to both the event and its outcome. Continuing process of participation has the potential to translate recommendations into concrete actions.

Many things have been discussed and many things have been concluded even. 
Most interesting part was digital story telling Session was deliverd by Ayesha Hassan in dynamic way. Digital Storytelling is the process of oral storytelling with multi-media elements. Digital storytelling has become a wide movement and is gaining more supporters. This is because of the strong positive effects people are seeing with the implementation of digital storytelling. 
Reason of giving tricks of Digital Story Telling was that our young leaders share their stories in modern way as world cannot see our work as we are weak in presenting . Girls after a little training mesmerized presenters and guests with breath taken stories.

During the last decade, rapid social and other changes occurred in Pakistan. The Girl Guides Association of Pakistan, taking into serious consideration the successive changes and the role it has to play in the development of girls and young women in Pakistan, created a committee which consists of members of the Association holding key places. These members co-operate with professionals and other experts when needed. They study the situation in depth and send in their recommendations regarding the formation of the programmed so that it applies to the needs of the girls and young women of today.

Closing ceremony was held at Sunday noon. Representative from US embassy and Nuzhat Sadiq, Senator was invited as guest. Nuzhat Amir shares her experience with young leaders and gave the tips how one can be good citizen and good representative of country.

Certificates has been given to participants at the end

Senator Nuzhat Sadiq 

Representativefrom US Embassy, Pakistan Girl Guides Association's National. Commissioner, Mrs. Farhana Azim and Mam Madam Hanifa Khanum President PGGA AJK Chapter

Add Senator Nuzhat Sadiq giving Certificate to Participant 

At last young guides are moved to Ghora Galli (Murre) for camping.

 Good basic education is a critical stepping stone for a country, such as Pakistan, working to build a modern, market-based economy and to improve its people's lives. Education especially for girls means more choices and more skills, higher wages and higher living standards, and without it countries cannot compete in the global economy. But education and training in Pakistan, despite recent economic progress, lag behind other countries in the region, and the national literacy rate is only 30 percent. In the situation PGGA is active in propping up audacity in young girls to be the best citizen and to change the country with our values.

PGGA is not only active in field of education but also they are functioning in almost every ground of life as they are working in helping million of girls to go to primary school and secondary school. They are helping to prevent violence against women by arranging awareness sessions and awareness programs which works to reduce violence. They helping to prevent sexual violence against girls and women in conflict by working with the UN and other organizations to increase the ability of work for country. There have been continuous strives for social service projects conducted by the guide companies, through which the dual purpose of service and learning by doing gets accomplished. 

Pakistan Girl Guides Association’s mission is to empower girls and young women to develop their fullest potential to turn into responsible citizens of the world and work for the betterment of their communities.