Communities Together: Afternoon Symposium
Friday 2 December 2022, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue
Private Dining Rooms (PDR)Open to
All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, Alumni, External Organisations, Postgraduates, Public, Staff, UndergraduatesRegistration
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Event Details
This event invites you to hear about the work being done in response to catastrophic climate change, and provides a space for academics, students, community leaders, charities and policy makers to come up with innovative solutions in the face of environmental challenges.
This symposium is a collaboration between Abaseen Foundation and Lancaster University. Abaseen Foundation have over 25 years of experience in supporting vulnerable communities living in rural Northwest Pakistan, with multiple research projects in the area of nutrition, cognition, education, poverty and health inequality.
Refreshments will be served at the event and an opportunity to chat personally with the panel. If you have questions that you'd like to ask the speakers ahead of time, please post them to the Q&A Form.
Speakers
Abaseen Foundation Pakistan
Dr Mukhtiar Zaman is a founder member and Chief Executive of Abaseen Foundation PK. He is a doctor by profession. Following retirement from the Government Civil Service BPS – 21, he currently works as the Principal of Rehman Medical College Peshawar. He pioneered the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in health sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. After the successful test of the PPP model in Nahaqi Hospital in District Peshawar by AF PK and the provincial Government, it has been replicat
Haygarth Philip
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
Abaseen Foundation UK
Helen Bingley is a founder member, Trustee and CEO of the Abaseen Foundation UK. Helen never tires of visiting the projects in Pakistan at least once a year and delights in the progress made year on year to improve the lives of some of the poorest people in the world. Helen is Managing Director of Bingley Consultancy Ltd, a business that was established to support senior managers in the NHS, and public, private and voluntary sectors with strategic change. Prior to this Helen worked as Head of Te
Abaseen Foundation UK
Nicola Lowe is Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, and Director of the Research Centre for Global Development. She is a Trustee and Research Lead for the Abaseen Foundation. Under Nicola’s direction, The Abaseen Foundation is undertaking several nutrition and health research and development projects in partnership with the community members and academic researchers from Pakistan and the UK. The focus is on alleviating “hidden hunger”, a form of malnutrition
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