NUML's Social Action Projects & Sustainable Development Goals:

By:    Abdul Muizz & Talha Munir Khan

           (BS-4 PA&G, Morning) 

 

 

Recently a Social Action Project was done by our seniors with the name of “LIGHT OF HOPE”. This project is basically related to SDG-07 and SDG-11.

This project focuses on electricity and what energy resources are used by Pakistan to provide cheap and accessible energy. Their targets were to provide sufficient energy to different areas. They targeted the slums settlements of Islamabad and Rawalpindi (mainly of Sectors G-7, I-10 and IJP) who are in dire need of electricity.

 

Vision of this Project:

“An initiative by the students of NUML, to provide the slums of Pakistan with Sustainable Energy”

 

Main Idea / Theme: 

"To provide sustainable energy to the needy people of the slums"

 

Objectives of this Project:

The objectives of this project were as follows;

• To present a descriptive and comparative analysis focusing on 
• To provide sufficient energy to different areas
• To provide the people of slums with "Light of Hope"
  
• To take a step towards the betterment of this underprivileged part of the society and increase equality
• To raise awareness about the difficult life conditions of the people of the slums
• To show a path to government and different organization to work for the betterment of this segment of society

 

Methodology:

Interviews:

For carrying out their project, they interviewed different governmental and private organizations. the organizations include:

1.  Ministry of Science & technology
2. Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET)
3. Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)
4. Ministry of Water & Power
5. Ace Foundation
6. EBR Energy
7. Renewable & Alternative Energy ASsociation of Pakistan (REAP)
   

Webinars & Awarness Campaigns: 

• They conducted webinars and seminars to reach maximum people in order to spread awarness regarding their project and its importance. 
• They also coordinate with the above-mentioned organizations to spread awareness about their project. 
• They did physical awarness campaigns in multiple universities including NUML and also through social media
• They distributed pamphlets, display posters and advertised through digital media
• They also established a society in NUML by the name of NUML Renewable Energy Society (NRES)
•  They also organized fundraiser event with multiple government and private organizations and universities. 

 

Conclusion:

This project highlights the major issues for the power crises of Pakistan. It is the need of the hour that coherent and foresighted national level policies are formulated that have national consent to set up future power generating plants by employing local renewable energy resources, such as solar, water, coal, nuclear etc., to solve the present energy crises of Pakistan. Additionally, by improving the infrastructure and improving the managerial issues of the power distribution hierarchy, the power crises of Pakistan can be reduced by a significant amount