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This Program functions as a support program for the
implementation of Health and Education initiatives. Volunteers are
identified through meetings at Union Council and District levels with the
stakeholders and are given training in the implementation of program
activities. Each district has registered volunteers providing support in
monitoring, trainings, advocacy and resource mobilization.
NCHD
has always relied on its volunteers’ support over the years. These
volunteers developed National Volunteer Corps, Forum of philanthropists, and
generated Resources worth Rs. 43 million (13 million in cash and 30 million
in kind).
The
Commission has organized several successful conferences and events. Some of
them are listed below:
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First ever International
Conference on the ‘Role of Volunteers in Achieving MDGs’ in December 2005
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1,876 medical camps, in which
333,066
patients were treated and free medicines worth Rs32.97 million were donated
by philanthropists
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Volunteer Medical Station (VMS) at
each District Headquarters' Hospital in 2006. Financial support worth Rs.
4.8
million
was generated for the deserving patients and 11,753 bottles of blood were
arranged by the volunteers
Recently, NCHD volunteers and field teams have
initiated tree plantation campaign at district level planting saplings in
the vicinity of
Adult Literacy Centers, Feeder schools, Human Development Support Units, and
Basic Health Units as well as in government schools. Till now, about 100,000
saplings have been planted throughout Pakistan by our volunteers. 
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