Muhammad Hassan Dajana is a changemaker working towards transformational impact in Pakistan. He is an Engineer by profession and a social worker by passion. He is in public speaking for the past 7 years representing Pakistan nationally as well as internationally.

He represented Pakistan as a Cultural Ambassador to the United States through the Global UGRAD Pakistan Program. He is the Project Lead of the following community development initiatives. 

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1. Plastic Free Pakistan Initiative. 

2. Letters from the West: Why Exchanges Matter. 

3. Our Green Mosques. 

4. Paighm-e-Aman. 

He was awarded the PUAN Young Emerging Leader Award in 2019 by the US Mission in Pakistan. He believes in the motto that we are *Stronger Together* and that “coming together is better than staying apart” and he hopes to leave behind a better world than the one he inherited*.

Special Operation

Agenda brief of the activity: –
                                                A peace building, countering violent extremism community action activity topic place at Sobra City, Haripur, Pakistan on 14^th November 2019. Misinformation is a key issue plaguing our society, mass distribution of hateful and fake information through social media sites such as Facebook and especially through WhatsApp is on the rise. Through his activity the participants were informed about the current state of affairs, they were briefed how these mass misinformation campaign can breed an extremist mindset and we they informed of the tools that they can utilize to counter such a mindset. The participants were made aware of the resources available to them (online fact checking), where they can counter such misinformation. Furthermore, they were also briefed why a peaceful, welcoming society is in the better interest of our community and is the need of the time, they were also informed why peace, peacebuilding and countering violent extremism is important. The session concluded with a pledge to work towards a better, safer, inclusive and an even more welcoming Pakistan.

Number of Participants: – 5 – 10

Nature of Participants: –
                                        The participants were from school, college and the post graduate college of the city of Sobra in the District of Haripur.

Outcomes of Activity: –

1. A better understanding of peace, peace building and countering violent extremism in the minds of the participants.
2. How to work a towards a more open, welcoming and inclusive Pakistan.
3. How to counter misinformation and fake information.
4. How to react sensibly in the face of adversity and not act unreasonably through the concepts of peace of mind.
5. How to become a more socially aware individual and how to properly combat the hate that is vivid in our communities and play their role towards a better Pakistan than the one we inherited.
6. We ended the session with a pledge to work towards a better, safer, inclusive and an even more welcoming Pakistan.

Conclusion: –

This activity was done in KPK, through our activity I tried to share as much as I can about peace building, community development, interfaith harmony as well as countering violent extremism with the participants while I tried my best with the session a lot more needs to be done. Extremist ideologies are inculcated in young minds through some specific teachings that tends to be divisive in our region and we need to counter those, and we need to make sure that vulnerable young minds are not used for nefarious purposes by individuals or group of individuals with ill intent. This is the main motivation of me applying for this fellowship, to learn, learn as much as I possibly can to give back to my community as much I can. This was a little part of the larger goal.