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Khalid Shahzad is a Pakistani activist for disability rights, Children, women and minority rights and religious tolerance. KHALID is a former vice-chairman national peace committee for interfaith and harmony government of Pakistan Punjab Chapter. He was appointed by Swiss Lady Dorothea as a Director in Dorothea center for special children a free training center for special children for the promotion of PEACE AND TOLERANCE among Muslims and Christians.

Biography
KHALID Shahzad the activist began working in 1990 at grassroots level, working with the community to promote mother and child health, disability rights, Child labor, Aid awareness program, Adult education and women’s education.[1] He was a member Asian-pacific peace and development services Alliance; Member of South Asia Subregional Forum on Youth Volunteerism, he was a member of the Asian conference for disability S. Korea, which promotes freedom of expression and disability rights, justice, dignity and equality. KHALID joined Caritas Pakistan as coordinator in Rawalpindi Islamabad diocese, and Raiwind diocese as a trainee in women disk for adult education programs in 1995.

In 1998, he was appointed by Education foundation as a coordinator of the child labor Schools in Lahore for the promotion of their health, education and to protect from sexual harassment and physical torture,

In 2000, He was appointed as a director at Dorothea center for special children in Lahore.

Trainings
Adult literacy teacher training course in 1992

Animation training course for community development in 1993

Sindh Rural Workers Cooperative Organization in 1933

Extensive Course on Refugees Study in 1996

Institute for Health and Development Course Management Training Workshop in 1997

Communications Skills by Church World Service in 1997

Project Management by CWS in 1997

Special Olympic Pakistan (for sports training) in 2004

Workshop on the management of children with Cerebral Palsy in 2004

TRA and DRR Management in 2010

Project Planning and Proposal Writing by Doer Trust in 2010

International Conferences
20th Conference on Disabilities in 2011 in South Korea.

Causes of disability, 2013 in South Korea.

Human rights conference in Switzerland 2013. South Asia Sub-regional Consultation on Youth Volunteerism to Promote Participation, Development and Peace co-organized by UNESCAP, Ministry of Youth and Sports Nepal, Global Peace Foundation Nepal (GPF - Nepal) and Global Young Leaders Academy (As a Presenter), April 2016.

Barnabas Fund South Asia Regional Training Consultation, March 2017.

Programs Organized
Causes and assessment of mental retardation in 2009

Access to Justice for the Vulnerable Population in Pakistan by Asia Foundation in 2014

Social media activist by community world Asia July 16.

Awareness Campaign on Senses for Vulnerable and Marginalizes community, February 2017.

Awareness Campaign on Christian Marriage Act in Pakistan, February 2017.

Awareness on Minority Rights, 5% job Quota for Minorities, Hate Material in Text Books and acid Attacks on Women, March-December 2017 (On-Going).

Work Experiences
Caritas Pakistan from 1993 to 1995

Church of Pakistan, Raiwind Diocese 1995 to 1998

Education Foundation as a coordinator March 1998 to June 1999

2000 until Present Director Dorothea Center for Special Children

Barnabas Fund UK (On Natural Disasters in Pakistan), 2010 & 2012.

Barnabas Fund UK (For the promotion of Education and Women Empowerment), 2010 until present..

Community World Service Asia as National Lobbying Delegate, 2016 until present.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
National Interfaith Harmony in 2012

Ambassador of Peace Award by government of Pakistan in 2012

National Benazir Award 2012 (for work for disabled children)

US Consulate General Lahore certificate for Photography in 2013

Peace Activist Award by Daily Mashreeq News Paper, 2017.