London : DIL Trust UK held its second fundraiser at Claridge’s Hotel

The event was made possible through the generous financial support of leading corporations and prominent British Pakistanis, professionals and businessmen. Lead corporate supporters for the event included Barclays Capital, the pre-eminent investment bank, Old Park Capital, an independent asset management and advisory firm and Credit Suisse, a leading European bank. Lead individual sponsors of the event included Mrs Zebunissa Naqvi, Dr Mian Sharif, Mr Ashraf Hameedi, and Mr Naveed Riaz.

The event successfully raised approximately £170,000 in financial contributions to support DIL Trust UK’s efforts towards meeting its key goals for 2010. These include rapidly growing vocational training efforts in Pakistan and vocational training efforts in Britain aimed at imparting skills to women from multi-ethnic minority communities, expanding the charity’s teacher training efforts in Pakistan, and expanding the curriculum for DIL Trust UK’s schools in poor and rural areas of Pakistan.

At the event, DIL Trust UK announced the award of a £50,000 grant from Barclays Capital to support the launch of a teacher training initiative in Pakistan, and updated attendees on progress made under a three-year, £75,000 grant from the British Asian Trust, of which HRH the Prince of Wales serves as President.

Pictures courtesy Shahid Malik