Mother's day celebration by Friends of SOS

Hostesses Dr. Munazza Nasir, Atika Hussain, Kiran Dogar with Fariha Munir, Saima Faisal, Rameen Anis and Sos mothers

SOS village is a modern kind of shelter-house, which is systematically designed as a place, where orphans and abandoned children, get a family of their own, alongwith a house which they can call their home.

A village consists of several houses. Each house hosts ten children and they are looked after by a woman, who is assigned the task of being their mother. She looks after them. From cooking their meals to dressing them up and any other job that a mother is supposed to do, she is there to perform.

This job requires more physical, emotional and mental hardwork, as even real mothers lose their balance, when it comes to 'taming of the shrew' whom we call our children. Imagine the strength required to handle other people's children and take care of them as one's own. Praiseworthy indeed.

SOS village Multan is a place, which rewards and celebrates all its workers and team-mates. As middle of May is declared as ''Mothers day''. It was decided, the theme for 'friends of SOS' committee party, would be 'mothers day' and ladies appointed as 'mothers' at SOS village, be invited as 'guests of honor' and showered with words of appreciation and gifts for their valuable services.

The hostesses of the evening were Asma Athar, Atiqa Hussain, Hadiya Khakwani, Itrat Gillani, Kiran Dogar, Dr. Munazza Nasir, Romana Khakwani, Rukhshy, Sadia Dogar, Saima Tanveer. Arrangements were looked after by Saima Faisal, as the event was arranged at ''Maryam hall'' of her hotel "Ramada Multan'' and also she is a board member of SOS village.

On 23rd May, all the mothers of SOS were present at the event. Rameen Anis introduced them to 'friends of SOS' and acknowledged their contributions with a video presentation. The hostesses present at the event, Atiqa Hussain, Dr. Munazza Nasir and Kiran Dogar were requested to present the mothers with the gifts which the hostesses had arranged collectively.

Also, birthday celebrations of children born in the passing month has become a permanent feature of 'friends of sos' committee party. Birthday children were there too. Gifts and cakes for them by the hostesses too. A table laid, with cakes, each one received their own individual cake and there mothers at SOS stood along them for cake cutting this time.

What a lovely, lovely event. What a lovely, lovely arrangement. Thanks to the superb hostesses of the event, friends of SOS, Mahnaz Fareed, who heads all the projects of SOS Multan and Hania Shahid, who runs this committee. (Although absence of these two beauties was felt at the event), but indeed, this system runs because of them. Hats off to these girls, mothers of SOS and also to 'yours truly, Fariha Munir,' who is bringing to the public all the information of activities of SOS village, for a decade now.

Hostesses of the evening present at the event
Dr, Munazza Nasir, Atiqa Hussain, Kiran Dogar

Happy children of SOS at Ramada to celebrate their birthdays

Rameen Anis giving a presentation

One of the hostesses of the evening
Atiqa Hussain

Fariha Munir Shah

Saima Faisal making announcements

These girls know, how to pose.
Stunning daughter inlaw, with her mother inlaw Saadia Yaqub and Rameen Anis

Shazia Fareed

Samreen Zeeshan with Munazza, Rameen, Afsheen and herself

Samreen Zeeshan, Afsheen, Fariha Munir

Atiqa Hussain and Munazza Nasir distributing gifts among mothers

Kiran Dogar, accompanied with Atiqa and Munazza
distributing gifts to mothers of SOS,

Happy mothers of SOS village

More mothers of SOS

Asma Khan and Mrs. Shahid

More happy SOS mothers

Huda, Sana, Rida
Mothers at SOS

Hafsah Ali Siddiqui with Saima Faisal

Fantastic feasts

Samreen, Atia Shiren, Saima Faisal, Atika Hussain, KIran Dogar, Rameen Anis, Munazza Nasir,
Selfies with Fariha Munir Shah

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