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In December 1994, Khan opened doors to the first Cancer hospital in Pakistan in memory of his deceased mother Shaukat Khanum. In 1989, Khan urged all Pakistanis for a donation of funds in the India vs Pakistan cricket match which ended in a total collection of Rs.2,902,600. Finally, in 1992 when Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup, Khan donated his prize money of 85000 pounds to the Cancer funds. In 1994, however, the hospital was in need of extra funding to continue construction when Khan launched a fundraising campaign in over 27 cities in Pakistan raising over Rs.120 million in funds. In 1994, after the completion of the successful project, Dr. Nausherwan Burki became the first CEO of the hospital while he was on a sabbatical leave from his university.

In 2011, a Tunisian vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in front of the local governor's office in order to protest against the unjust regulations of local police officers who seized his vegetable stall. In light of Bouazizi’s death, several Tunisians and neighboring Arabs protested in unison. The sporadic violence and outcry in the middle-east lead the former president of Tunisia “Zine El Abidine” to resign and free Tunisia from his autocratic regime. There was finally hope for the Arabs. In the wake of the Arab Spring, Yemen’s civilians were determined to overthrow Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year-long autocratic regime. Saleh, however, refused to step down and he instead applied economic concessions to tame the situation. By March in 2011, peaceful protests had taken a violent turn in the capital city of Sana’a. In the onset of the Arab Spring, Yemen was amongst the poorest countries in the world and due to widespread unemployment and persistent inflation. Saleh’s regime was defined by his charges of extortion/corruption and financial mismanagement. Yemen’s national billion dollar income from natural resources was embezzled and extorted by Saleh and his government. Forty percent of the population lived on less than $2 a day.

The Global Volunteer portfolio in AIESEC is an international volunteer program which allows youth aged 18-29 to contribute to the United Nations' sustainable development goals of 2030. The Global Volunteering programs are short-term in nature and provide youth with opportunities to travel abroad and work for Non-profit organizations with a special focus of second and third world countries. Projects include teaching, promoting HIV/AIDS awareness, working in human rights, environmental sustainability, leadership development and more. Since AIESEC is a non-profit organization, the exchange participants are to bear all expenses associated with travel including airfare, medical insurance, and transportation. AIESEC will provide food and accommodation. AIESEC's partnership with the United Nations seeks to tap the undiscovered potential of the youth globally and allow them to create long lasting impact to boost the international community.