Bestway Foundation
Vision
At the heart of Bestway Group’s philosophy is the desire to help those less fortunate than others by supporting charities and empowering communities in United Kingdom and Pakistan.
It is my article of faith that Bestway Group companies and charitable trusts embody highest standards of corporate social responsibility by supporting local communities and stakeholders that have contributed towards the success of the businesses.
The emphasis on giving back to the community is part and parcel of the Board of Directors’ well articulated corporate strategy. By focusing on the key sectors of education and health both independently as well as in partnership with specialist organisations, the Board believes that it can empower disadvantaged sections of the local community through economic regeneration and employment creation.
Sir Anwar Pervez, OBE H.Pk
Mission
The advancement of education for public benefit in both Pakistan and the UK by providing assistance through promotion of local schools; provision of scholarships to university students; supporting education initiatives and endowing universities.
The relief of sickness and the preservation of health for public benefit in both Pakistan and the UK by way of grants and endowments to existing hospitals, clinics, medical research establishments; and by establishing new health facilities. The provision of financial and material support to victims of natural disasters.
To have a significant impact on poverty reduction in Pakistan through strategic investments in affordable financial and social services catering to the poor. The development of technical skills within the local communities in which we operate through structured apprenticeship and training programmes.
Lord Zameer Choudrey CBE SI Pk
Governance
Board of Trustees UK
- Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez, O.B.E., H.Pk.
- Lord Zameer Choudrey CBE SI Pk
- Mr. Mohammed Younus Sheikh
- Mr. Rizwan Pervez
- Mr. Dawood Pervez
- Mr. Haider Zameer Choudrey
Board of Trustees Pakistan
- Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez, O.B.E., H.Pk.
- Lord Zameer Choudrey CBE SI Pk
- Mr. Mohammed Younus Sheikh
- Mr. Muhammad Irfan Anwar Sheikh
- Mr. Haider Zameer Choudrey
- Mr. Ijaz Ahmed Malik
- Mr. Irshad Ali Ameer
Education
Bestway Foundation’s charter affirms the advancement of education for public benefit by providing assistance by way of grants, endowments, scholarships, bursaries or otherwise as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion decide, to students.
- Scholarships for University Students in the UK and Pakistan
- Patronising Local Schools in the UK and Pakistan
- Assistance for Academic Research
- Funding Universities in Pakistan
- Supporting Underprivileged Schools in Pakistan
Occupational Health
Bestway Foundation asserts that the relief of sickness and the preservation of health for public benefit by way of grants, endowments to existing hospitals, clinics, medical research establishments, endowing new hospitals, clinics or in such other manner as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion decide.
Community Empowerment
Investment in Social Infrastructure:
Since October 1998 Bestway Cement has built and provided financial support to local village schools in the provinces of Khyber Paktoonwakha and Punjab. Bestway Cement has provided furniture to the schools. The school children have been provided with uniforms and food stipends.
Bestway Foundation Pakistan and Bestway Cement support the most vulnerable people in the local communities by providing monthly stipends of Rs. 1,000 to countless local widows and orphans.
Bestway Cement has built and operates four basic health units in Thathi and Chakwal in Punjab and Hattar and Farooquea in Khyber Paktoonwakha provinces,
where local people are provided with free medical care. The health units treat over 20,000 patients every year, all expenses are born by Bestway Cement.
Bestway Foundation has donated over £ 180,000 to various hospitals in Pakistan; the iconic Gulab Devi Hospital in Lahore is one such hospital. Bestway Cement has also activity facilitated local communities in maintaining water supplies by providing technical expertise and donating cement for the construction of tube wells both for cultivation as well as for drinking water.
Special Projects
Royal Albert Hall Gala Fundraiser, London, United Kingdom June 2003.
In June 2003 Bestway Foundation staged a very special event at the majestic Royal Albert Hall. The cultural extravaganza was appropriately titled ‘ The Rhythm of Indus’. The event coincided with the state visit of the President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf to the United Kingdom.
£ 250,000 were raised from the event which were donated to the Al-Shifa Trust (Pakistan), the Citizen’s Foundation (Pakistan), Red Cross and the Prince’s Trust.
Pakistan Room at the Oval Cricket Ground, London, United Kingdom May 2006.
In May 2006 Bestway Foundation joined hands with former British Prime Minister Sir John Major and Oval Trust, to a play a leading role in the creation of the Pakistan Room at the Oval Cricket Ground. The Foundation contributed £ 100,000 to the trust.
Farrah Pervez Girls Degree College, Thatti, Pakistan, September 2012
Bestway Foundation has invested in excess of US$ 300,000 towards the construction of a pioneering Girls College in Thathi; Gujjar Khan, Pakistan. The construction was completed in 2012 and the classes commenced in September 2012. This college will provide opportunity to girls for free college education at their doorstep.
Katas Raj Restoration, Chakwal, Pakistan, November 2012
Bestway Cement in close collaboration with the Provincial and District Government under took the task of restoring ‘Katas Raj Temple’. The temple dates back to the 650 A.D. - 950A.D. Katas Raj is associated with the Hindu God Shiva.
Bestway Cement undertook restoration exercise which involved cleaning the pond that had dried up due to drought and huge quantities of silt and debris had accumulated over the years of neglect.
Our employees and equipment were used to remove debris and garbage. Consequently, faces of many springs were opened and the water level in the pond was restored to its normal level.