Pakistani social entrepreneur and philanthropist Zain Ashraf has been honoured with the United Nations 'Champions for Change’ award for helping deserving people during the coronavirus pandemic. Zain participated in the global competition held between the participants of 39 countries and bagged the prestigious award on the occasion of Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day. He is the founder of ‘Seed Out’, a non-profit crowdfunding group, which works to end poverty by establishing micro-entrepreneurs through interest-free micro-financing. His organisation provided around 1,400 families with interest-free loans to help them establish their own start-ups and helped over 4,000 school dropouts to resume their education. Zain is a member of the Prime Minister's National Youth Council and was also named in Forbes Social Entrepreneur under 30 list.

Source: The Express Tribune August 14, 2021 15:00 UTC