A Single Experience Can Change A Person, And A Single Person Can Change The World

Our Vision

It is with this belief that NGP places all its emphasis on interaction-based work. Our volunteers –most of whom come from privileged backgrounds – are forced out of their comfort zones and encouraged to interact with those far less privileged than them. This interactive experience is intended to broaden our volunteers’ worldview, foster empathy in their hearts, and allow them to relate more closely to those in need. We feel the interactive experience we provide to our volunteers is our contribution to a more responsible, empathetic and tolerant Kal Ka Pakistan. NGP grounds its vision in the ability of the country’s youth to instigate change. The question we, at NGP, want Pakistani students to ask themselves is this: what can we do to improve the state of our society? Hence, we hope to instill in our volunteers a sense of responsibility towards the people around them and a realization that theirs is an important role in the future of the country. We also strive to provide the country’s elite youth with an opportunity to engage in community service and derive meaningful experiences and lessons from their work with NGP.

The genesis of Next Generation Pakistan can be traced back to the winter of 2009-10. In Pakistan, this was a period marked by rising terror attacks, an economy recovering from the global crisis of 2008, and a general sense of discontent. In this backdrop, a conversation between students enrolled in one of Pakistan’s premier schools prompted the establishment of a youth-driven NGO in Lahore. Their dialogue with each other had led to an important realization: each of them had a role to play and a contribution to make towards their society. This simple realization led the three to pool money and fund books for 51 children at the School of Sciences in Gohawa, Lahore.Their idea found its first physical form. From there, regular meetings and discussions led to the development of this idea, eventually culminating in the formal establishment of Next Generation Pakistan or Kal Ka Pakistan on the 25th of June, 2010. Since then, NGP has had more than 50 projects, impacted more than 50 communities, recruited more than 1500 volunteers and carried out more than 3000 hours of community service.