GAASH is a non Governmental organization registered as Trust.

This organization is fully run by students of social work from University of Kashmir and other Universities. Seminar On Human Rights And Drug Addiction Organized by: Geared for Advocacy and Social Help {GAASH} Under the banner of: Youth for Human Rights International {India} & Foundation for Drug free World Place: Court Road, Srinagar J&K Dated: 3rd December, 2011.

Report of Human Rights & Drug addiction seminar and Debate The seminar was organized by GAASH authorized partner YHRI & Foundation for Drug free world at Canny Mission School, Court Road Srinagar on 3rd December, 2011. Around 150 students, Teachers and other people actively participated in the seminar. The proceedings were started with verses of Holy Quran. Mr. Waseem Ahmad Sheikh was the Proceeding incharge; he gave welcome speech and a bite about seminar purpose. Introduction Session: Introduction to the seminar was given by M.Mudasir Naqshbandi; he explained why the seminars of this nature are important and with what purpose they are mostly organized in educational institutions. He explained Article 1 of UDHR that we are all born free and equal and gave its interpretation as we are all born free, to think freely, to work freely, to respect others freely, to obey teachers and parents freely and equal, that there is no difference between a rich or poor a black or a white etc. After M. Mudasirs speech students session started:Students Presentation Session: Among students first speaker was Yusra Showkat of Class 9th she enlightened the audience about Human Rights and gave a brief description about it, she touched the Historical part of these rights, she also mentioned rights governed by constitution of India to its citizens.

 Farsha Shafi a student of 9th Class discussed briefly about the drugs and their abuse, she explained how gateway drugs are being used by young generation and what are its effects on society, and she requested parents and teachers to have a check on their children and students they should be provided counseling about evil effects of drugs on a regular basis. Tasiya of class 10th also expressed her views about drug addiction and its evil effects on youth she also mentioned different types of drugs used by youth and advocated that strong punishment should be given to drug peddlers. Habeel Nazir a student of class 9th discussed briefly about the Drug Addiction. His main focus was on drug cultivation in Kashmir and its impact of young generation; he explained how slowly drugs make us physically and psychologically dependent. He also spoke about the peer pressure and willingness to have Cigarettes at young age most of the times force youth to take up drugs.

Bisma Ashraf of class 10th also spoke about Human Rights she explained Rights governed by UDHR and also Rights under Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, social and political rights. Yamin Ashraf of 9th standard discussed briefly about Human Rights declaration which took place time to time and also discussed few of Human Rights he touched Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 10, Article 15, Article 17, Article 18, Article 21, Article 24, Article 25 and Article 26. After the end of the students session the next session of the seminar started with the lectures of resource persons who were members of GAASH. The first speech of this session started with Mr. Fahim Ul - Hassan Project Officer threw light on Abuse of Drugs and their prevention, he in his lecture explained how drugs are being abused and he also explained that we should have knowledge about their evil impact on our body and mind, he discussed the symptoms of a addict. Later on Mr. Fahim explained how at local or at home level we can prevent drug addiction

and how people indulged in drug addiction can be brought back to normal status. Mr. Fahim also explained how different drugs came to Kashmir and what current figure of drug addicts state holds, he also said that female population in the state are also inolved in drug addiction.

The second lecture was delivered by Mr. Adil Ahmad (F.A GAASH) on Human Rights, he explained how UDHR has given rights to Human beings and what is the importance and need of making people aware about these Rights. Mr. Adil explained different Articles of UDHR and their importance in our life, he quoted many examples and explained with the help of examples need of UDHR Awareness.

Last speech was given by Mr. Mubarik Programme Coordinator, he delivered his talk on Child Rights and Rights particularly related to children from Human Rights with reference to UN CRC (Convention on Child Rights) and UDHR 1948. Mr. Mubarik explained how constitution of India governs the rights of Children under different sections and Articles.

The last session remained focused on Questions and Answers in which students & Teachers of Canny Mission School asked number of questions to the panelists which included Mr. Fahim, Mr. Mubarik, Mr. Adil and M .Mudasir Naqshbandi. The Panelists answered all the questions and queries posed by students and other people on Human Rights and on other issues related to society. After the Question Answer session students / participants were given away awards by the Principal of School Miss Shazia Bashir, She gave YHRI T- Shirt, Dvd and Certificate to Tasmiya whereas Booklet, Dvd and Certificate was given to Bisma Ashraf, Habeel Nazir received Booklet, Dvd and certificate whereas Yusra Showkat, Yamin Ashraf and Farsha Shafi got Dvd about UDHR and certificate. Mr. Fahim and Mr. Waseem jointly presented a Dvd and Booklet and certificate of appreciation to Principal of Canny Mission School Court Road Srinagar.

The seminar ended with the vote of thanks by Principal.

One day Seminar on Human Rights Organized by Geared for Advocacy and Social Help {GAASH} Under the banner of: Youth for Human Rights International {India} Place: Hyderpora, Srinagar J&K Timing: 10:00 AM Start Report of Human Rights seminar and Debate Dated: 24th November, 2011. 2:00 PM Finished

The seminar was organized by GAASH authorized partner YHRI at Islamic Educational Institution Gulashan Abad, Hyderpora, Srinagar on 24th November, 2011. Around 200 students and other people participated in the seminar. The proceedings were started by Master Owais Ramzan student of IEI with verses of Holy Quran and later on Baby Azra Amin of IEI recited Naat Sharif. The Proceeding incharge was Mr. Shabir Ahmad a teacher for the IEI. Introduction Session: Introduction to the seminar was given by M.Mudasir Naqshbandi; he explained the importance of conducting awareness seminars in todays society mostly about the Human Rights and particularly with reference to Kashmir context. After M.Mudasir Naqshbandi gave introduction about seminar, Mr. G. M. Qadari Chief Guest explained with the reference to Quran how Human Rights and issues related to society should need to be addressed, he also enlightened the gathering about the need of working at ground level, he appreciated the school authorities and the GAASH for organizing such event in school so that youth will be made aware about such issues. Students Presentation Session a:

Arifa Rashid a student of 9th standard shed light on the Topic, Human Rights and its relevance in kashmir. She briefly explained Human Rights governed by UDHR. Shaista Ramzan a student of 10th standard expressed her thoughts on the first 10 Articles of UDHR of United Nations; she explained these Articles in context to Kashmir and also focused of making people aware about these Human Rights. Umer Zahoor a student of class 10th standard discussed briefly about Article 2, Article 3, Article 12, Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, Article 21, Article 24, Article 25 and Article 26, he stressed on Article 3 by making it relevant to the recent census report which shows decline in girl sex ratio.

After the end of the students session the next session of the seminar started with the resource persons which were the members of the GAASH and Educational Institution. The first speech of this session started with Mr. Mubarik Programme Coordinator, he delivered his talk on Child Rights and Rights particularly related to children from Human Rights with reference to UN CRC (Convention on Child Rights) and UDHR 1948. The second lecture was delivered by Mr. Waseem Sheikh PRO GAASH on Islamic Perspective of Human Rights, he explained how Islam and UDHR has given rights to Human beings and what is the importance and need of making people aware about these Rights. Mr. Fahim Ul - Hassan Project Officer threw light on Need of Awareness on Human Rights in Kashmir, he in his lecture explained why Human Rights knowledge is important to all of us and particularly to people of Kashmir which is a conflict zone and is hit with conflict since 1988. The session concluded with the lecture by Mr. Ashraf a teacher at Islamic Educational Institution he expressed his views on Role of Youth in Promoting Human Rights. He during his lecture mentioned how school children and teachers can make general masses aware about 30 Human Rights governed by Universal Declaration of Human Rights {UDHR}

The last session remained focused on Questions and Answers in which students of Islamic Educational Institute asked number of questions to the panelists that included Mr. Waseem, Mr. Fahim, Mr. Mubarik and M .Mudasir Naqshbandi. The Panelist answered all the questions and queries posed by students and other people on Human Rights and on other issues related to society. After the Question Answer session students / participants were given away awards which include YHRI T- Shirts, Booklets, DVds and Certificates. The seminar ended with the vote of thanks by Principal and in his final words he also enlightened all the people about social problems and need of such seminars. GAASH under the banner of YHRI organized a seminar on Human Rights in district Budgam at Girls Hr. Sec. School on September 17, 2011. In the seminar almost 150 girl students took part and around 10 teaching and Non- teaching staff of the school were present. Mr. Gulzar Ahmad Wani {Principal} inaugurated the seminar and delivered the opening speech. After the lecture by Mr. Gulzar Ahmad Wani, Project Officer GAASH Mr. Saleem Malik {MSW} presented the facts about Human Right articles 1. We all all born free and Equal, 2. Don't Discriminate, 26 Right to education, 24 Right to Play and explained to the audience their broader meaning in present context of Kashmir situation with out contradicting the State of J&K & State of India.

After Mr. Saleem Malik, Bilal Ahamad Dar field coordinator put further light on the Human Rights, He stressed upon students as well as teachers that Right to education should be made effective by spreading awareness among common people in their locality and by telling the benefits provided by government under SSA.

Later on Mr. Sheikh Altaf from Hr. Sec. School put forward his view point about Human Rights and lack of awareness about them among general public and students, and also thanked GAASH for organizing such an informative program. He stressed on

students that they should remember all the 30 Human Rights and also tell them to other so that awareness will spread. At the end of seminar Principal of school presented vote of thanks.

Seminar on Human Rights Special Reference to Child Labor Organized by GAASH under the banner of Youth Human Rights International {India}. Place: Town Hall, Kupwara Date: June 26, 2011

A Human rights Seminar cum Debate with special reference to Child Labor was organized at Town Hall Kupwara one of the remotest districts of Kashmir and very close to line of control by GAASH (Geared For Advocacy And Social Help) an NGO under the banner of Youth Human Rights International {India} (YHRI) the main focus of seminar was twelve Articles of Human Rights declaration, article 1. We are all born free and equal, article 2. Dont Discriminate, article 3. No to Slavery, article 12. Right to Privacy, article 16. Marriage and Family, article 23. Workers rights, article 24. The right to play, article 25. Food and shelter for all, article 26. The right to education, article 27. Copyright, article 28. A fair and free world and article 29. Responsibility. Besides these basic Human Right articles Child Labor was also discussed by all the presenters interlinking human right articles and child labor. Around 150 participants participated from different educational institutions for the district. Institutions like Elite Hr. Sec. Educational institute Kupwara, Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. school Kupwara, Govt, Hr. Sec. school Girls Kupwara, Al- Fayaz Secondary school Kupwara, Lovely Professional University Punjab and others actively participated in seminar cum debate on the topic, Chief Guest was renowned personality of district a writer and poet by profession Mr. Nazir Ahmad Mashoor and Guest of Honor was Mr. Suhail Ahamad {ZRO} department of Education, Kupwara, besides other guests from social welfare department and others.

Mr. Syed Hakim- Mubeen Shah started the proceedings of the seminar by enlightening audiences on Basic Human Rights granted to everyone by Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was created in 1948 by the United Nations. Soon after Mr. Mubeens speech Hon ble Guest of Honor Mr. Suhail Ahmad further enlightened all the audiences about Human Rights and child labor. Mr. Fahim Ul- Hassan from GAASH threw light about working of GAASH and YHRI and he invited Honble Chief Guest to speak few words to appreciate little children. The children started debate at around 12:00 Noon, around 20 children from different schools participated in debate session of the program. I. II. III. IV. V. Ms. Mahin Irshad student of class 10th Secured first position where as Ms. Humeera Bhat student of class 10th secured second position and Ms. Monisa & Safeena jointly sheared third position Mr. Mudasir Khan got 4th position and the last position was taken by Mr. Musadir from Lovely Profession University Punjab. The three winning presenters were presented with the booklets, trophies and certificates where as other winners were given pens, booklets and certificates. At the end M.Mudasir Naqshbandi Director GAASH put light on the topic Human Rights, Child labor and Islam, he put forward many suggestions by which we can control child labor and also mentioned about different schemes provided by center government and state government for the betterment of children and women. M.

Mudasir Naqshbandi appreciated the sincere efforts Mr. Syed Hakam ul- Mubeen saha Local organizer for his hard work in coordinating the seminar. He thanked all the participants and congratulated all of them for being part of seminar and specifically congratulated winning students, thanked all the respected guests. A vote of thanks was presented by the Project officer: GAASH to express sincere gratitude to all the stakeholders associated with the seminar.

Human Rights Awareness Seminar Conducted by GAASH under the banner of Youth Human Rights India in Collaboration with CLD in Sindh Valley Educational Institute Kangan Ganderbal. Date: 14 th of May 2011

The workshop authorized by Youth for Human Rights International, was the first of the series of workshops that GAASH has proposed to organize under the aegis of YHRI. The purpose of conducting such workshops is to introduce the concepts of Human Rights and their applicability to the society in general and social activists in particular, besides building the capacity of the people for the protection of their rights. This initiative has more relevance to Kashmir for its being a conflict zone where HR violations take place on a large scale. The other aim of this initiative is to further advance the Human Resource with comparative perspectives and knowledge to make them effective in dealing with such issues at Grass root levels. It is in this background that a rights awareness program was organized in Sindh Valley Educational Institute of Kangan by GAASH (Geared For Advocacy And Social Help) an NGO in collaboration with the Centre For Law and development (CLD) Srinagar to deliberate on the awareness of the basic human rights and particularly those rights which constitute the fundamental aspects of development sector and in which peoples initiative is of utmost importance such as Right to Education, Right to Information etc. After the customary welcome note and introduction of the organizers, young students gave their respective presentations on the topics of HR. Given the age group and the social background of the participants, it was an amazing experience to know that they were equipped with basic concepts of HR, though their framing of it was amateurish. The program was held at the premises of the School and about 50 participants which comprised of students of 9th and 10th standard and the staff of the school respectively

spoke eloquently about the concept and the implications of human rights, the lacunas and the areas of concern. The program commenced with the remarks of Madiya a class 9th student about the concept, need and areas of concern regarding human rights. Another student Sobiya of class 10th deliberated on the different rights which a person possesses in order to ensure his and the societys development like Right to Information, Right to Education etc. Among other students who deliberated upon the various dimensions of human rights and their implementation a class 10th student Sheikh Nawaz discussed the scenario of human rights in Kashmir and the need to assert it through different agencies. Although the students touched upon different aspects and themes but one thing which remained common in all the presentations was the eloquence and the sense of responsibility towards the society.

Having gauged the understanding of the participants regarding HR, it became a bit easy for us to further elaborate on the nuances of the same. No matter how much one tries to divert the discussion away from the conflict scenario of Kashmir it comes up showing the effect it has on the psyche of the people, nevertheless the discussion was a controlled one and the securing of agenda was made possible by the members in the panel which included Advocate Firdous Ahmad Parray, Umar Qadri Project officer CLD, Balbir Singh organizer and Finance officer GAASH and Muhammad Saleem Project officer GAASH. The resource person Mr. Firdous Ahmad Parrey an advocate by profession deconstructed the different human rights in order to make them understand to students and the other participants. The help of movies was also sought in order to ensure the keen interest of the audience. One of the alluring features of his lecture was the use of local language which made the things go easy and smooth. The lecture was concluded

with the active question and answer session from the students and the rest of the participants as well. Finally the principal of the Sindh Valley Educational Institute Mr. Parvez Ahmad briefly addressed the audience about the importance of conducting these kind of seminars which was preceded by a vote of thanks by Mr. Ali Muhammad Wani and Mr. Ghulam Muhammad Bhat the senior faculty members of the school subsequently. A vote of thanks was presented by the Project officer, GAASH to express sincere gratitude to all the stakeholders associated with the seminar particularly Centre For law And Development, Srinagar for their valuable suggestions and cooperation. To take initiative about awareness regarding different social evils & to eradicate them. To undertake all the social activities governed by the social work curriculum.

Due to the strenuous efforts of this group they have been successful in conducting various awareness programmes, seminars etc in a short time span of less than one year. In addition to this the GAASH group has also been successful in building affiliations with some international organizations like Youth for Human Rights International India & Foundation for a Drug Free World, & conducted various seminars in collaboration with them in various parts of Kashmir division. Since the inception of this organization many other members from social work back ground joined the GAASH group. The group is intended to go a long way in achieving their goals & fulfilling the basic aims of setting up of this organization.