LAHORE | Eighteen Pakistani Seeds and four Delegation Leaders hosted the fifth annual Interfaith Harmony Camp program for 60 young people from across Pakistan. Participants included Muslims (Sunni and Shia), Christians, Hindus, and Sikhs.
“[Campers] get to hear other sides’ points of view, which will allow them to rethink their opinions,” said Noor Malik, a Seed who helped spearhead the camp.
This is also the first year the program was opened to participants from across the country, including for the first time students from the cities of Multan and Quetta, and from the Sindh province, as well as members of the the heavily persecuted Hazara community.
The program was supported by a grant from the Kathryn W. Davis Projects for Peace program secured by Malik, a sophomore at Trinity College in Connecticut.
The first part of the program was held from August 7-9 at St. Anthony’s High School in Lahore and focused on Seed-led dialogue.
The entire camp was then hosted by the Pakistani Parliament in Islamabad and met with Members of the National Assembly and representatives from a range of civil society and government organizations, including the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, UNDP, and the British Council.
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