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Mijwan Welfare Society Noted Urdu poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi believed that in a country like India where 80% of the population lives in the villages, we will need to empower villages if India is to make any real progress. Towards this objective, he formed an NGO in Mijwan the village he was born in, called MIJWAN WELFARE SOCIETY (MWS) (1993) and worked tirelessly for the empowerment of the people of the village especially women.
Mijwan Mijwan is a tiny village with 58 dwelling units and 550 inhabitants. It is situated deep inside one of most backward districts of India, Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. As is the case with rest 600,000 villages in India, Mijwan was also trying to survive maintaining its own originality.
Kaifi Azmi & Mijwan The present Mijwan is signature of Late Kaifi Azmi. Mijwan, a village inhabited by Hindu and Muslim both, shown its maturity level gained with Kaifi’s guidance, soon after the demolition of a historical structure in Ayodhya. This was the time when entire state of UP was burning with communal frenzy, Mijwan remain an oasis of peace, love and understanding.
Activities at MWS To realise the dream to see a progressive Mijwan, Late Kaifi Azmi started a Higher Secondary School for Girls, a Computer Learning Centre and a Stitching & Embroidery School. After his demise, the Executive Committee of Mijwan Welfare Society rechristened all three projects in the name of its Founder as a tribute.  
'Aurat' - The Woman A known feminist, Kaifi was focussed to uplift the lives of rural women. He started a Training School for Tailoring & Embroidery for Girls. This Centre is funded by an USA based not-for-profit charitable organisation Home of Hope, Inc., established by Dr. Nilima Sabharwal and few of her colleagues, all US citizens of Indian origin.

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"Now, English tutorials for UP village on Skype"

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Prateik says

My mom would have been proud of me

Smita Patil’s son Prateik is very fond of his “maasi”.

मिजवां के लिए मुंबई मैराथन में दौड़े फिल्म सितारे

15 जनवरी, मुंबई. मुंबई मैराथन के वीआईपी खेमे में रविवार की सुबह उस वक्त हलचल पैदा हो गई, जब चर्चित अभिनेत्री एवं समाजसेवी शबाना आजमी ने फिल्म सितारों की अपनी फौज के साथ कदम रखा. सबकी निगाहें रणबीर कपूर, चित्रांगदा सिंह, प्रतीक, शाजान पद्मसी,पेरिजाद जोराबियन, रोनित रॉय, रोहित रॉय, तन्वी आजमी और अदिति शर्मा पर आ टिकीं. यह सभी नौजवान फिल्म कलाकार शबाना आजमी द्वारा संचालित मिजवां वेलफेयर सोसायटी के सर्मथन में मुंबई मैराथन में हिस्सा लेने पहुंचे थे.

मिजवां के लिए मुंबई मैराथन में दौड़े फिल्म सितारेमिजवां वेलफेयर सोसायटी के यूथ अंबेसडर रणबीर कपूर ने शबाना आजमी के साथ नौवें स्टैंडर्ड चार्टड मुंबई मैराथन की व्हील चेयर रेस को हरी झंडी दिखाई. रणबीर ने पत्रकारों से बातचीत में कहा, मैं यहां शबाना और मिजवां के लिए आया हूं. शबाना जो भी सामाजिक कार्य करती हैं, उसे दिल से करती हैं. मैं उनके साथ यहां आकर बहुत खुश हूं. रणबीर की सराहना करते हुए शबाना आजमी ने कहा, मैं बहुत खुश हूं कि फिल्म इंडस्ट्री के मेरे सभी नौजवान दोस्त मिजवां के लिए मुंबई मैराथन में आए. अब्बा आज बहुत खुश होंगे. ड्रीम रन के दौरान प्रतीक अपनी दोस्त शाजान के साथ मौज-मस्ती करते दिखे. वे कभी दौडक़र आगे चले जाते, तो कभी लौटकर शबाना आजमी के साथ हो लेते.

प्रतीक ने खुशी जाहिर करते हुए कहा, मेरी मां स्मिता पाटिल और शबाना आजमी बहुत अच्छे दोस्त थे. मैं शबाना की एनजीओ मिजवां का हिस्सा बनकर बहुत खुश हूं. गौरतलब है कि मशहूर शायर एवं लेखक कैफी आजमी ने अपने गांव मिजवां (आजमगढ़, उप्र) में महिलाओं एवं लड़कियों को शिक्षित एवं आत्मनिर्भर बनाने के उद्देश्य से मिजवां वेलफेयर सोसायटी (एनजीओ) की स्थापना की थी. अब शबाना आजमी अपने पिता के उस सपने को साकार कर रही हैं. अभिनेत्री एवं समाजसेवी शबाना आजमी कंधे में फै्रक्चर तथा मिजवां वेलफेयर सोसायटी की यूथ प्रेसीडेंट नम्रता गोयल पैर में फ्रेक्चर होने के बावजूद मुंबई मैराथन में अपनी टीम के साथ ड्रीम रन रेस में दौड़े. उनके इस जोश की लोगों ने जमकर तारीफ एïवं हौसलाअफजाई की.

बॉक्स सामग्री

"जब गूंज उठा कैफी आजमी का नगमा"

मुंबई मैराथन का वह पल बेहद खास था, जब प्रेस क्रांफ्रेंस के दौरान शबाना आजमी और उनकी भाभी तन्वी आजमी ने कैफी आजमी का मैं आजाद हूं फिल्म का मशहूर नगमा कितने बाजू, कितने सिर.. गाया. इस जोश से भरे नगमे में वहां उपस्थित सितारे उनका साथ देने से खुद को रोक नहीं सके.

 

Tour de ‘Cause’

mark-shabana“Mark Ellison” a 42 year old English Gentleman from Cambodia is raising funds for Mijwan Welfare Society through his ‘Around India Cycle Challenge’ starting from 2 Jan 2012 from the Gateway to India.

He will head south following the coast through the state of Maharashtra, and then continue on through the states of Goa, Karnataka, Kerala before reaching India’s most southerly point, Kanyakumari, in Tamil Nadu state. Then he turns north.

Finally he will continue towards the west across the extremely challenging and mountainous ‘Roof of India’ passing through the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir (including the town of Leh at an altitude of 3,505m [10,500ft] and arguably the world's highest motorable pass Khardung La at 5,359m [17,615ft].

Heading south once again he will cycle through Punjab state before experiencing the deserts of Rajasthan.

Then the last state of his great India cycle challenge, Gujarat. After which he will re-enter Maharashtra and cycle back into Mumbai for the culmination of an extraordinary cycle ride around India.

Your contribution is important,

For details to donate funds chat with Shabana Azmi on how to go about donating funds on

twitter handle@azmishabana [shabanas twitter address] or

follow Mark Ellison on to http://www.cycle-india.com.

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MWS at Lavasa Women's drive event

Lavasa Womens DriveThe event was to motivate women to be part of motor-racing or rallies that are usually considered to be male-dominated sports. Over 1000 women participated in 350 cars with immense pride to support a cause that needed their absolute support - building awareness for women's cancer. The rally was organized in aid of woman's cancer Initiative of Tata Memorial Hospital.

MWS participated with Tanvi Azmi driving the Rosy Car SL 350 Mercedes Convertible with Navigator Nivya Khemka sponsored by Mercedes.

The rally started at 7.00 am on a clear Sunday morning on February 26 from the Reclamation grounds near Lilavati Hospital, Bandra in the Lavasa Women's Drive. The rally traversed 225 km to reach Lavasa.

see more pictures here...

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Mijwan Welfare Society

Shabana Azmi for her NGO
'KOI TO SOOD CHUKAYE KOI TO ZIMMA LEY
US INQUILAB KA JO AAJ TAK UDHAAR SA HAI'
- Kaifi Azmi

Lines from a poem written by my father, the noted Urdu poet, late Kaifi Azmi, continue to strike an emotional chord in my heart and inspire me to work with renewed strength for the marginalised sections of our society. Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) is an NGO founded by my father in 1993 that works for the empowerment of villagers in a small village, Mijwan in Azamgarh UP where he was born. My father believed that India's remarkable economic progress can only be meaningful if it reaches out to rural India, where 80 percent of the population lives but is denied access to opportunity.

After he passed away on 10th May 2002, I have, along with my godchild Namrata Goyal,taken on the task of carrying my father's dream forward by steering MWS which runs:

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