https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/home daily 1.0 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624401181622-0CQFMBPY7Z1X2OK5D3BG/Donated+textbooks+on+the+ground.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/755ee711-deb6-4186-8bf2-476cb060379a/School+building+without+windows+1.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624401468875-4YHJ8SHPFXWS4MXJVR0H/Friends+of+HHE.jpg Home https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/how-you-can-help daily 0.75 2021-07-04 https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/meet-the-team daily 0.75 2021-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1627071287041-0ZA4FESSES5TE32FLEET/Kan.jpg Meet the team - Kan Chaudhry Having lived in Nigeria as a child, I am very aware of the stark contrast there between those who have and those who have not. Nigeria is a beautiful and amazing country, but not without its challenges. I recall the privileged environment in which I studied while there – classrooms held over 30 children and there were four or more classes in a year – almost 100 students. And that was a better off, fee-paying school. I also recall beginning my secondary school education in the UK and being almost 3 years ahead of my peers in terms of my level of education. That disparity, between the dire need for resources and the thirst for knowledge, is what I seek to affect. HHE will solve the problem in a truly innovative way, benefitting communities for generations rather than individuals and opening doors to higher education and better jobs for so many deserving people. I look forward to being a part of this special team, both in Nigeria and other places around the world as HHE grows and delivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624821997930-W4GWVFEGZCE5D4NMGX44/Shazia.jpg Meet the team - Shazia Syed When my siblings and I lost our father at a young age, my mother contemplated the idea of living in India to be closer to her family. She decided against it as she believed we would have a better quality of education in the UK having been born here. Despite being a young single mother of four and facing many challenges, she ensured our education was not compromised and we were well educated. I moved from the corporate sector to non-profit working for educational charities building schools for underprivileged children because of the importance of education instilled in me as a child. Having visited these schools and seeing how desperate children living in poverty are to learn, makes you appreciate what you have and just how crucial education is. I am driven towards HHE because I believe every child deserves the chance to learn and have a better chance in life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624402346964-TCNFFTW3UF0PY4Z9UP5N/IMG_20190923_224256075_PORTRAIT.jpg Meet the team - Serena This is our 4-year-old cat, Serena. She loves to wonder around the house to see what we are doing. Her favourite pastime is sleeping! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624402241819-VYYPT52B9RZWIWANU5UK/Imran_Alawiye.jpg Meet the team - Dr. Imran Alawiye Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624915102846-PM6REU0K02S4VSJA8G3F/Salma_Alawiye.jpeg Meet the team - Dr. Salma Alawiye Whilst growing up, my father, Dr Imran Alawiye, helped me appreciate how fortunate I was to have had the opportunity to attend well-resourced schools here in the UK that gave me the chance to excel academically. He brought home to me the responsibilities that come with privilege, especially to help those who have not had the same life chances. I was fortunate enough to be born into a society that can provide education at a high standard for all – which can easily be taken for granted. Having qualified as a doctor, I am determined to play my part in giving back to society, not just in my capacity as a medic, but also through supporting children’s education. HHE is an amazing charity that provides an opportunity to build something from scratch; the resources it will provide will help future generations in a community that is severely under-resourced. The great thing about the project is how easy it is to visualise the benefits it will bring through its clear aims and objectives and following its journey is sure to be both inspirational and rewarding. Education should be a right, not a commodity – and I am very proud to be part of something that's working towards making that happen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624915117738-9W4OR6FC1ZY3BUGNZQX9/Nabeela_Bhutta.jpg Meet the team - Nabeela Bhutta I first came to know Dr Imran Alawiye in his capacity as an Arabic teacher when I attended his evening course. Over time, we became good friends, and I began to take an interest in the charitable work he was doing and wanted to get involved. I was particularly moved by the photographs he brought back from Ogbomosho schools in 2012 and shared his desire to address the needs of schools there in a proactive practical manner. Together with his wife and other willing volunteers, we set up the HHE charity as a vehicle to give the gift of better educational opportunities to youngsters in his hometown. Many of our friends and associates work in the field of education here in the UK and are delighted to donate books and equipment to HHE that are surplus to their schools’ requirements, thereby enabling them not only to fulfil their corporate social responsibility, but also to put those resources to good use rather than seeing them consigned to landfill. I am delighted to be able to offer my skills and support to this great cause and I invite others to join hands with us in achieving our goals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624402265621-WSFHZE19E2GA6NAIRONW/Zaynab_Alawiye.jpg Meet the team - Zaynab Alawiye When my husband Imran returned from a visit to his home city of Ogbomosho in Western Nigeria, I was deeply moved by some of the photographs he brought back that demonstrated the acute need for educational resources in the local schools there. One of the pictures in particular touched me deeply. It was of a group of teenagers, mainly girls, sitting or kneeling on the hard concrete floor of a classroom, trying to take down lesson notes as best they could. Imran explained that the limited number of rickety tables and chairs available were reserved for those children who could afford to pay for their use. Those too poor to hire the furniture had to make do with the floor, though I noticed that one enterprising girl had been fortunate enough to find an old rubber tyre on which to sit. Nowhere in any of the photos did I see a single textbook in any child’s hands. Teachers had to make do with chalking their lesson notes onto decrepit blackboards for the students to copy down. Yet I was impressed by just how advanced the level of teaching is. The message these images drove home to me was how keen the students are to learn, but just how hampered the teachers are in trying to deliver a modern education without even the most basic of resources. Imran and I immediately put our heads together to see how we could try to remedy this situation. We began contacting local UK schools to see if they had old textbooks and science equipment they no longer had a use for, and we set about collecting and shipping these to Ogbomosho at our own expense. From such small beginnings, Helping Hands for Education was born. I am happy to lend my support to this long-term charitable project and hope that I will see it expand not only to meet the needs of all schools in Ogbomosho, but further afield as well. There are so many children in need of our help to give them a great start in life. I hope you’ll contribute to our efforts to support them in whatever way you are able. Thank you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/1624402300579-YMLN7UESQD3AW3AB8WVM/Rafhan.JPG Meet the team - Rafhan Mughal I first became involved with HHE through Islamic Study lessons with Dr Imran Alawiye. Dr Imran helped me come closer to Islam by highlighting the mercy and blessings of Allah (SWT). He created a ‘safe’ learning environment for me to ask daft questions and seek clarity and broaden my understanding about our existence, our purpose and the key principles of how to be better versions of ourselves. The death of my father was a monumental turning point in my life. His funeral gave me an insight into how many people he had touched during his lifetime. He walked the ground with humility, working tirelessly to give my sister and I a solid foundation through the means of etiquettes, manners and an education. He was a community man, supporting our local mosque, attending funeral and burial services and always being the first to offer a hand at things where others wouldn’t. His living example has inspired me to be more like him and help others without expecting anything in return. Through my work with HHE, I want to use my experience and transferable skills to help create hope, choice and a positive human future. https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/projects daily 0.75 2021-08-30 https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/donate daily 0.75 2022-03-08 https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2021-06-14 https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2021-07-25 https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/anti-bribery-policy daily 0.75 2021-06-14 https://www.helpinghandsforeducation.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2021-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/3c8390c5-bcbb-4d90-b4a8-94317ab803cf/Ogbomosho%2C+school+chlidren+on+the+plaground.JPG What we do - Why Nigeria? Our work is centred in the city of Ogbomosho in south-west Nigeria which is the hometown of our founder and chairman, Dr. Imran Alawiye. Following a visit to his village, he saw the state the schools were in - dilapidated buildings with a lack of textbooks, furniture, science equipment and basic resources. The stark difference to schools in the UK inspired him to take initiative and make a change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b4c31ce20e8c094f0ed619/6ac19e0c-d6f7-4e22-9953-d194623ed0f3/Dr+Imran+with+school+children+in+Ogbomosho.JPG What we do - What does HHE do? Funded entirely by donations, HHE collects old educational books from UK schools and individuals and ships them to Ogbomosho to local schools to give children an opportunity to be educated and have a better start in life. 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