YMCA celebrates 180th Foundation Day

LAHORE: THE Lahore YMCA like else where across 120 countries of the world celebrated the 180th year Foundation Day of YMCA, which started as a movement on June 06, in 1844 in London, UK. The Foundation Day function brought together leaders from different fields of life. The YMCA also held an award ceremony to hon our these icons. Chief guest on the occasion was Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs Ramesh Singh Arora. Presi dent YMCA Asghar Sule man and General Secretary Emanuel Sarfraz welcomed and briefed the guests about the working of YMCA. Porgramme Secre tary Irum Nelson intro duced the award winners and highlighted their life time achievements. The award recipients included journalist Shabbir Azam, MPA and head of Minority Wing PMLN Rahila Khadam Hussain, MPA Baba Fail bus, Rashid Masih (Late), Griffin James, Riffat Alam, Haji Naeem, Victoria Patrick, Kanwal Feroze, Ashraf Janjua, Rao Dilshad, Amjid Javed, Zulfiqar Awan, Tanveer Afridi, Jamil Bhatti and Sumera Nazli. ‘The Lahore YMCA was established in 1876 and since then it has been serv ing the communities of the region. We have a number of programmes under which we give training to youth so that they can sup port their families and com munities. We work for em powerment of women and equip youth with skills to excel in life,’ Emanuel Sar fraz said.