The Organization

Jahandad died in 1961. Many years later, at a family conference in Lilla, his grandchildren decided to form an organization that would follow his ideals. They named it after their grandfather: the Jahandad Society for Community Development.
During the 1990s, the organization functioned informally, headed by his granddaughter Dr Yasmin Raashid. It raised money and established a small placement bureau to help women find employment.
Recognizing that many jobs require certain skills that many women do not have, and are often not encourage to acquire, the Jahandad Society started organizing classes in English language and computer skills.
Gradually, the Society became involved in other activities. It started providing daily meals to patients at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. When natural disasters struck remote areas, the Society acted. It established medical camps for drought victims in Baluchistan. Camps were maintained for refugees from cross-border shelling along the Line of Control in Kashmir.
Shelter and food was provided to victims of the massive earthquake that struck Northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005. Similarly, help from JSCD was immediately on its way following the recent devastating floods in Sindh and Baluchistan.