{"id":28126,"date":"2023-02-01T14:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T14:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=28126"},"modified":"2023-02-01T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:03:41","slug":"from-education-to-healthcare-apag-organizes-multiple-community-development-initiatives-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/28126","title":{"rendered":"From education to healthcare, APAG comes up with multiple community development initiatives in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York: The American Pakistani Advocacy Group (APAG) organized multiple community development programs in the year 2022 from the provision of better education to healthcare,\u00a0 from uplifting community members in the United States to conducting relief and rehabilitation activities in flood-hit Pakistan. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The APAG\u2019s community development initiatives include food drives, scholarship programs, parades, and flood relief and rehabilitation activities for Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-6-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-6-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>APAG hosted the first-ever Pakistani flag hoisting ceremony at Bowling Green Park, Manhattan in August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Flag-Raising-Ceremony-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Flag-Raising-Ceremony-1-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Flag-Raising-Ceremony-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Flag-Raising-Ceremony-1-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Flag-Raising-Ceremony-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Flag-Raising-Ceremony-1-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by Mayor Eric Adams, Consul General of Pakistan in New York Ayesha Ali, NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Manuel Castro, and other officials.<\/p>\n<p>NYC&#8217;s 38th annual Pakistan Day Parade was also held in August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38th-annual-Pakistani-Day-Parade-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38th-annual-Pakistani-Day-Parade-1-1-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38th-annual-Pakistani-Day-Parade-1-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38th-annual-Pakistani-Day-Parade-1-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/38th-annual-Pakistani-Day-Parade-1-1-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>APAG also collaborated with New York Police Department (NYPD&#8217;s) Muslim Officers Society (MOS) to help flood victims in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPD-MOS-and-APAG-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPD-MOS-and-APAG-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPD-MOS-and-APAG-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPD-MOS-and-APAG-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NYPD-MOS-and-APAG-1-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The organization also introduced a first-of-its-kind scholarship, the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Scholarship, to guide and support Pakistani-American students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/QuaideAzam-Scholar-Ship-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/QuaideAzam-Scholar-Ship-4-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/QuaideAzam-Scholar-Ship-4-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/QuaideAzam-Scholar-Ship-4.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In November, APAG along with the Consulate General of Pakistan in New York organized the Kashmir Black Day event, in which the participants censured Indian troops\u2019 atrocities on the innocent Kashmiris and the \u00a0human rights violations being committed in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOK).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kashmir-Black-Day-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kashmir-Black-Day-1-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kashmir-Black-Day-1-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kashmir-Black-Day-1-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kashmir-Black-Day-1-768x646.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, APAG\u2019s care group organized an annual holiday \u2018Toy drive\u2019 in partnership with the NYC Mayor&#8217;s Office for Immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Holiday-Toy-Drive-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Holiday-Toy-Drive-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Holiday-Toy-Drive-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Holiday-Toy-Drive-4-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Holiday-Toy-Drive-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this drive, toys were distributed to newly arrived immigrant children at the Red Cross Navigation Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-3-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-3-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Random-Events-3-768x496.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York: The American Pakistani Advocacy Group (APAG) organized multiple community development programs in the year 2022 from the provision of better education to healthcare,\u00a0 from uplifting community members in the United States to conducting relief and rehabilitation activities in flood-hit Pakistan. 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