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Islamabad Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has recognised Pakistani charity founder Hamza Farrukh with the 129th Commonwealth Point of Light award in honour of his exceptional voluntary service providing clean water to local communities in Pakistan. British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner presented the award to Hamza Farrukh during a ceremony arranged by the British High Commission here. Mr Farrukh runs a charitable project ‘Bondh-EShams’ (droplets of sunshine) which is serving over 45,000 people across 13 remote Pakistani villages. Hamza began Bondh-EShams’ as a college project in March 2014, focusing on one particular Pakistani village. He was then awarded further funding to set up the charity, which has now provided over 10 million cups of water to people in remote communities in Pakistan through an environmentally friendly, solarpowered water extraction and filtration system. “At Bondh E Shams, we have promised to take on the g
British High Commissioner presents g to Hamza Farrukh
By Hamid Khan Wazir
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has recognized Hamza Farrukh, representing Pakistan, as the 129th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of his exceptional voluntary service providing clean water to local communities in Pakistan.
The British High Commissioner Dr. Christian Turner presented the award to Hamza Farrukh at a ceremony arranged by the British High Commission here on Tuesday.
The Commonwealth Points of Light is a continuation of this programme with a special series of awards recognizing inspirational volunteers throughout the Commonwealth, coinciding with the UK being the Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth for the next two years. One volunteer from each of the 53 Commonwealth countries was recognized in the days leading up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018.