Pakistan Girl Guides Association and Women’s Voluntary Service

Sub title : Letters and notes addressed to Madar-e-Millat Miss Fatima Jinnah

Subject: Pakistan Girl Guides Association | Women’s Voluntary Service (W.V.S.) | Social welfare | Refugee relief

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 89 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28886

Keyword: Pakistan Girl Guides Association -- Women’s Voluntary Service -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Social welfare -- Dispensaries | Refugee work -- Organizational structure -- Guides International Service -- Passage money -- Begum G. A. Khan

Abstract: This file of handwritten and typed correspondence, organizational notes, and reports related to the Pakistan Girl Guides Association and the proposed Women’s Voluntary Service (W.V.S.). The documents discuss the need for a permanent central social welfare organization under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s leadership, the organizational structure of the Girl Guides Association (including Council, Territorial Organization, Executive Committee, and preparatory committees), financial contributions for a conference passage (Rs. 4,964/1/-) and requests for additional funds, the work of the Village Women’s Voluntary Service in opening three dispensaries for children (average daily attendance about 200), and the idea of forming a Guides International Service Branch in Lahore.

Description: This file contains correspondence and organizational materials from the late 1940s through the 1980s, addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah. The documents include a letter discussing the formation of a central social welfare organization, with notes on the Women’s Voluntary Service (W.V.S.) and its peacetime adaptation. An organizational chart outlines the structure of the Pakistan Girl Guides Association, including the Council (President, Vice President), Territorial Organization, Executive Committee, and preparatory committees. A letter from 11 July 1948 acknowledges receipt of Rs. 3,500 for passage money, requests an additional Rs. 1,400, and mentions the Sindh Girl Guide Association’s collections. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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