The Sanam Vaziri Quraishi Foundation, Inc.

NYC launch party for new community development project

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:47:20 +0000

April 22, 2010

Launch party for new project in Osenetoi, Kenya. SVQF held a cocktail party and screening
at the home of Advisory Board member Marie Samuels to benefit its new community
development project in Osenetoi, a Masai village in rural Kenya. Photos of the evening can be
viewed on SVQF’s Facebook page here

Shipment of medical equipment to permanent clinic in Kenya’s Masai Mara 2010

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:34:39 +0000

In February 2010, SVQF funded the shipment of nearly 21,000 pounds of medical equipment and supplies valued at $297,379 to Kenya. The supplies are being used to fully equip the permanent medical clinic built by Free The Children to serve the Narok South District region of Kenya’s Masai Mara, where until now there have been no doctors, dentists, medical consultants, or hospital available to provide health care to the 53,000 inhabitants of the region.

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“Salabwek: Not Far From Here” screening

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:15:34 +0000

July 27, 2010

Screening of “Salabwek: Not Far From Here” about SVQF’s work in Kenya. SVQF presented a film screening of “Salabwek: Not Far From Here” at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY. The film highlights SVQF’s sustainable community development project in the rural village of Salabwek in Kenya’s Masai Mara, where SVQF has provided schools, health care, safe water and sanitation, and income-generating training and workshops for women.

The sustainable community development project provided life’s essential needs to a village living in extreme poverty at a cost of only $50 per inhabitant. The purpose of this event was to raise funds to replicate this successful project in a neighboring community. The world is growing increasingly smaller, and it is only fitting that Salabwek means “not far from here.”

City of God Progress Reports

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:05:56 +0000

Digital Corridor Project in Brazil

City of God May 2009
City of God January 2009

Salabwek Progress Reports

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:04:26 +0000

Community Development Project in Kenya

Salabwek Phase II final report March 2010

Salabwek Phase II interim report December 2009

Salabwek Phase II interim report September 2009

Salabwek Phase II interim report July 2009

Salabwek Phase I final program report October 2008

Salabwek progress report July 2008

Salabwek progress report April 2008

Salabwek progress report December 2007

Salabwek progress report September 2007

Salabwek progress report June 2007

Salabwek progress report March 2007

Salabwek school profile November 2006

The Independent article

corinne — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:17:46 +0000

The Independent: Sanam Quraishi: from Revolution to Education

Time Magazine article

corinne — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:08:53 +0000

Time Magazine: How the New Philanthropy Works

Archived Newsletters

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:22:22 +0000

Winter 2009

The Clinton Global Initiative presents SVQF in Salabwek

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:45:52 +0000

A documentary team member’s experience in Salabwek, Kenya

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:28:21 +0000

An excerpt from a letter sent to Sanam Quraishi by a member of the Columbia University Students of the World team, which immersed itself in the daily life of Salabwek’s residents while documenting the impact of SVQF’s community development project:

Throughout my time in Salabwek I felt truly privileged to have the role as team interviewer. It was through those interactions that the stunning and compelling evidence of your impact was conveyed. I fondly recall an interview we did with one of the Mamas, Jane, who beautifully stated that her hopes were that Salabwek would serve as a beacon for other communities–that they could pose as the model for future development in the area. This foresight and desire really hit home with myself and Esha (who was filming the bit)–here we were talking to a woman whose life and perspective had completely changed because of you! She–her fascinating life, captivating eyes — would indeed, in the film serve as that very beacon, that very model. We realized that what she wanted for the future, was what we were accomplishing right there in that moment, she, Salabwek, SVQF have indeed through this experience become the example of good, tangible, successful, and most importantly sustainable development. It was one of those moments that slaps you right in the face and you realize that somehow, two college girls from New York and a Mama from Kenya are in our unique ways indeed working towards the same goal.

A similar encounter happened when the very same day I sat down for an interview with Beverly. Before coming to work for Free The Children she had practiced medicine in a hospital. When I asked her why she made that transition she explained, “I was tired of living in a country where people were becoming gravely ill and dying from entirely preventable causes” (paraphrasing). My mind immediately flashed back to you stating nearly the exact same words as reasoning for the inception of SVQF. It was truly amazing to be there, speaking with Bev about the importance of community health, and to recognize that the person on the ground and the Foundation’s president are inspired and motivated by the exact same thing!

Having these conversations where we witnessed the cyclicality of our efforts truly augmented how important the work we were doing felt. Everyone was on the same page, without prompt; we had all the same goals–and the ability and opportunity to convey these wonderful causes has been such an honor.

I saw that one person–one blessed, innovative person — can have such an enormous effect on an entire community’s lives. I am still taken by that, by you and all you have and continue to accomplish, and I thank you so so very much, more than words could ever express, for allowing us to share in a morsel of that work with you.