Srinagar, Jan 03 (KNO): Amir Rashid Wani, the chairman of “Mooj Kasheer Welfare Trust" has been a saviour of many students who were in different states of India and couldn’t contact with their families during the communication breakdown following the abrogation of the Article 370.
Wani formed the organisation with a handful of people in Chandigarh when Kashmiri students studying outside Jammu and Kashmir were in distress after the Abrogation of Article 370 and couldn't get in touch with their families for months.
His journey started when a class 11th Kashmiri boy, from Goigam- Magam village in Baramulla decided to accompany his father for his monthly visit to meet a less fortunate family living in the outskirts of his town.
He was the typical carefree teenager, living in the moment, enjoying life, till he met this family of eight, living in a small broken-down tin roofed hut. An old father who could hardly see or fend for himself, had six daughters to be married off. His wife could barely provide the day's meal to the family.
Amir’s father would visit this family and help them with whatever he could. This experience impacted the young lads mind and spirit strongly.
Seeing the desperate condition of that family, the pain and degradation they were facing, young Amir took a call to reach out to the less fortunate families and do what he could. At 17, Wani experienced his “turning point” moment. He knew he had found his path ahead.
No one fathomed then, that he would become a role model for thousands of people in the Kashmir Valley.
Wani has done a tremendous job during COVID-19 pandemic and helped district administration Srinagar and reached to those whose livelihood got hit by lockdown. Various projects were initiated to create Covid awareness and distribution of masks.
Silently he and his army of 100 dedicated social volunteers and friends have been working to bring about a change in society.
He and his organization Mooj Kasheer Welfare Trust, want to educate the poor and orphans. At present, they are supporting plenty of village schools by arranging books, stationery and school fees.
Funds are being arranged through donations for medical care, chemotherapy and other services, free of cost. Amir is tireless striving to arrange ambulances and struggling to see that the wounded reach the hospital on time—(KNO)