Projects — Press Club Radhan

Students planting and watering a sapling in a school ground

11 July 2024 · Environment

Tree plantation campaign

Self-funded. Inaugurated by Ghulam Fatima Ghallo, Assistant Commissioner Mehar. Target: 500 plants. Species named: Neem, Talhi, Koono, and other local varieties. The plan asks schools to water, protect, and replace saplings that do not survive.

Place	Planned
Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Radhan	100
Government Girls High School, Radhan	30
Government Main Primary School, Radhan	90
Government Primary School, Radhan Village	50
Government Middle School, Radhan Village	20
Government Primary School, Bashir Wadh	10
Town Committee, Radhan	70
Government Hospital, Radhan	30
Eidgah, Radhan	100

People receiving cooked food at a Radhan shelter

1 September – 31 October 2022 · Relief

Food for flood shelters

Flooding and heavy rain pushed families from villages in Mehar Taluka into schools and private factories in Radhan. When food ran short, club volunteers and local supporters cooked meals twice a day, at lunch and in the evening, for 60 days.

People: 1,089
Families: 553
Camps: 10
Report date: 30 October 2022

Medicines laid out at a free medical camp

20 January 2022 · Health

Free medical camp, Junejo village

Held at Village Muhammad Sharif Junejo, near Radhan. Dr Muhammad Khan Lakhair examined patients and gave medicines free of charge. Youth volunteer Arz Muhammad Junejo helped at the venue. Journalists Azhar Junejo, Ghulam Fareed Dahot, and Muhammad Suleman Brohi spoke about access to care.

Children: 104
Women: 55
Men: 66
Total: 225

Women seated on chairs in the shade at a payment centre

13 April 2020 · Community welfare

Shade, chairs, and water

At Government Higher Secondary School, Radhan, women from Radhan and nearby villages were collecting Ehsaas Kafalat payments during COVID-19. The club’s account says they had waited for days with little shade or cold water. Press Club Radhan, with Patron-in-Chief Zulfiqar Ali Junejo and Vice President Asif Hussain Arain, provided 500 chairs, shade canopies, and cold drinking water.

A public handwashing tank marked Fight Against COVID-19, Press Club Radhan

19 March 2020 · Public health

Wash your hands frequently

Journalists set up handwashing for passers-by at Hussaini Chowk, Siwahani Chowk, Car Stop, Imambargah Chowk, Shahi Bazaar, Town Gate, Shaikh Rice Mill, the Forest Department office, Sonari Bazaar, and in front of Naka Chowk. Named in the report: Muhammad Suleman Brohi, Shaman Solangi, Abdul Rasool Dahot, Munir Soomro, Ghulam Fareed Dahot, Asif Arain, and Javed Samo.

5 February 2011 · Health

Medical camp for flood-affected families

A one-day camp at the Health Centre, Radhan, opened by Ghulam Dastagir Gorar, Chairman of the Radhan Town Committee, with Dr Abdul Waheed Daryani and the health centre. Eight doctors, women and men, examined patients and gave medicines. The club thanks the Danish Emergency Management Agency for the donated medicines.

16 January 2011 · Social cohesion

Peace, tolerance, and harmony

An awareness seminar in Radhan with the Society for Peace and Harmony, a youth development organisation, and Awami Forum Hyderabad. Speakers recorded in the report include Professor Kanhaya Lal, Qazi Faizullah Junejo, Zulfiqar Junejo, Riaz Chandio, and Muzaffar Gorrar.

Students speaking and an audience at the 2010 hepatitis programme

2010 · Health education

Hepatitis vaccination programme

Held under the name Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Hepatitis Vaccination Programme, with support noted from the Prime Minister’s Hepatitis Programme and the Sindh Union of Journalists. It included a rally, a quiz on Thursday 21 January 2010 in the library hall of Government Higher Secondary School Radhan, a speech and debate competition, and a vaccination camp at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Radhan. The quiz was chaired by Dr Mehrab Lakhir. This page does not publish the vaccination registers.