Mrs. Nigar Nazar conducted 3 out reach programs in Lahore to provide learning to under-privilege kids. Her first program was on 8th April 2010 with care school system. In this program she went to singpura government secondary school for girls and gave an entertaining program to 300 kids. In this program 10 to15 years kids participated. 80 disable kids were also part of this program. On 9th April, she went along with her team to hope school, on special invitation of international women club, and gave an entertaining program to 250 kids, and at the end of the program, free school bags full of her publications were given to the children. On 10th April, she went to shikhupura road with her team on exclusive invitation of care school system and entertain 300 kids here. It was school in a village. At the end of every program, she left many smiles on the faces of the children.

To mark the celebrations of Pakistan day, Gogi Studios conducted an interesting out reach program in Islamabad on 22^nd March, for under privileged kids. In this program 300 children from Rawal Pindi and Islamabad participated.

The children were given sketch books along with art supplies, first Lady Cartoonist. Nigar Nazar gave interesting tips on drawing to the participants.

Animated Gogi spots were shown that conveyed messages on littering and acceptance of special children in society.The children enjoyed watching cartoons emerge from the alphabets and numbers that Nigar sketched.

Stories on the subject of Girls education and corruption were viewed on the big screen.

At the end of the program, children were given school bags along with interesting story books. Most interesting part of the program came with the entry of the Gogi Muppet who came out to distribute schoolbags filled with colorful comic books authored by Nigar,much to the delight of the young participants.

The children left with smiles on their faces for the fun filled program they received but as Nigar put it, “These were all life skills wrapped in cartoons, animation and colorful story books”

A group of students set up a retreat for the girl students of Swat under the aegis of "Shajr-e-Ilm".The idea was to give them relief from the trauma they suffered during the conflict in Swat where they were threatened and their schools were blown up by Talibans. It was also to connect them to women who have made a name in their respective proffessions.

It was a welcome change for these young students and brave Principal Ziauddin Yusufzai who continued to run his private school in Swat.The 25 students came from the same school.The volunteers of this project
made commendable effort to successfully uplift the morale of the girls from Swat.

Nigar Nazar was invited to give a presentation in cartooning and talk to the girls. The Gogi cartoon Book "Going Gogi" was also distributed along with Gogi sketchbooks. Tips on drawing were given to the students for which the students used the sketch books.

They seemed to enjoy the session tremendously and wanted autographs at
the end of it.

Committee for women and children at Lahore Gymkhana invited Nigar Nazar to give a 5 day workshop on the “Art of drawing cartoons”. CEO of Gogi Studios agreed and the workshop commenced on July 6.

An open invitation to anyone between the ages of 8-80 years could join the workshop as long as the participants had a desire to learn. So, what began as a minimum number of 20 participants for the class, for starters ended up with 43 registered enthusiasts.

And true to the announcement, participants were from age 6 to 75 years plus. There was a mother and son as well-very wonderful.

Nigar explaining the importance of matching the body language to the expression of a cartoon character.

She is demonstrating the art of drawing a figure. One has to build on a basic stick figure.

The students were asked to go into the make belief world and draw themselves to be anyone they wanted to be. Most of the youngster (after the recent death of Michael Jackson) wanted to be a rock star. The girls wanted to be a fairy or a princess besides other vocations. They enjoyed drawing their dreams.

Each drawing was put together on a mural. In this picture some of the students are seen alongside their drawings on the mural.

The youngest student along with other participants standing with their pictures. There were altogether three murals.

Two more murals can be seen in this picture. After the cartooning workshop these adorn the corridor leading to the library.

The workshop culminated with every participant getting a certificate and two cartoon books from Gogi Studios. Nigar Nazar received a silver plate from the Lahore gymkhana by the competent committee member Ms. Shereen Masoud. It all ended with a sumptuous lunch for the participants and their wards.

A voluntary activity in the form of an outreach program on environment was conducted for the Wasanpura Government school under the CARE school system.

Nigar Nazar is seen drawing cartoons on the big screen for the 250 plus students who had assembled in the school hall.

The students learnt some tips on drawing cartoons with reference to changing expressions. The students are watching with great interest how the cartoonist is changing expressions on the face with a few strokes.

A cartoon demonstration on the subject of environment was given to the boys of the CARE government school in Lahore, in which animated spots on the subject of environment were shown much to the delight of the boys.

Anti Narcotics Force and Daily Times organised a painting competition on the subject of "Say NO to Drugs" at the IQRA University. Nigar Nazar was on the jury of selecting the winners for this competition.The students of the university also put up a Tableau on the same theme which was liked by all who were present on the occasion.

Receiving a plaque from the chief guest H.E Mr Vincenzo Prati, the Ambassador of Italy to mark the occasion.

PLAN invited Nigar Nazar to a session of training children from disadvantaged communities in creating a mascot. The mascot had to be entered in a worldwide competition for a campaign titled "Learn without Fear". This is to discourage corporal punishment.

This workshop was in contrast to the recent workshop that Nigar held with the Fine Arts Graphic Design students of The Karachi University.So after some research and revision of keeping 100 children of varying ages, cultures and backgrounds focused on the demo the outcome was a pleasant surprise in creativity.

Nigar Nazar was invited by Higher Education Commission to give a presentation to 30 faculty members from all over Pakistan. The topic of her presentation for the Innovative Education Department was "Impact of Creativity in Communication". She is seen here with the participants.

Participants,faculty members from various universities of Pakistan who attended the presentation of CE Gogi Studios in making their lectures interesting with the input of creativity, cartoons and visuals

Nigar Nazar conducted an 8 day workshop in Cartooning titled "An Introduction to Cartooning" at The Fine Arts Department of The Karachi University. Here she is explaining how rendering the cartoons in the right colour scheme can make a difference.

"You can tell the level of an artist's skill by the way he draws the hands of his characters". Nigar gets her students to draw their own hands for practice.

Third Year students of The Visual Art Department working on an assignment of cartoon drawing.

PTV 1 in it's Morning show "Mezbaan Pakistan" celebrated Earth Day. DG Environment Jawed Ali Khan of The Environment Ministry and Nigar Nazar who has done work in this area were invited as guests to discuss the subject. Anchorperson is Sundus.

Making a point in the discussion on the relentless cutting trees in Islamabad.

CEO Gogi Studios, Nigar Nazar was asked to judge the Mother's Day cards designed by children from schools in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. She gave out prizes to the winners.

First prize winner receiving the check for her school and a ring for the mother. She was allowed to leave for a short time from the hospital where she was kept for treatment. The event cheered her up; she is well and back home now.

Nigar Nazar giving some tips to the children for future participation in Art competitions.

Ms. Fatima Surriya Bajia with Mrs. Agha Kazim and Nigar Nazar at the entrance of The Indus Valley School where Nigar went for a Presentation of Cartoon Art and Book signing.

Executive Director of Indus Valley School of Art, Ms. Samina Raees Khan introducing Pakistan's first woman cartoonist , Nigar Nazar for a lecture and presentation.

Audience in the auditorium comprising of Department heads, staff and students

Presentation and Book signing at The Visual Art Department of The Karachi University.

Signing a book for Ms. Durriya Qazi ,Head of the Visual Art Department of the Karachi University

Students of Karachi University watching the Presentation on Multi media "The impact of Cartoons for Communication" by Nigar Nazar.

Qasim of Dawn News TV interviewing the first woman cartoonist for "Women Achievers " program at Begum Agha Kazim's house in Karachi.

Raising social awareness on Environment through Cartoons: Seminar at Beacon House School, Islamabad.

An innovative and entertaining social awareness program on the environment aimed at children and young people took place at the Beaconhouse Margalla Campus. This is part of a strategy to increase and raise awareness on safeguarding and protecting the environment in a youth friendly manner. The organizer Nigar Nazar, who can be described as an Art activist has been drawing cartoons with a strong social message for many years. “It is our responsibility to direct & guide our young people.” Rather than lecturing, Nigar uses her creativity in reaching out to young people in order to change their attitudes in a non threatening manner. “This method of interaction is far more productive and conducive in creating an impact on young people’s learning,” she goes on to add.

Nigar has a friendly, down to earth and humorous manner and coupled with her artistic talents of cartooning, creates strong messages on littering, wastage of water and preserving the earth’s natural resources. The laughter and synergy amongst the young crowd created by this approach demonstrates its effectiveness. Nigar believes that the only way to leave a lasting impact with young people is by ensuring that they can relate to the topic. This is done by Nigar using images and messages that young people find interesting and can connect with during her interactive presentation.

Nigar believes in working in partnership with schools and colleges and already has received a positive response within Islamabad from establishments who want to give their students an opportunity to explore this important issue. By working in collaboration schools can add diversity to their curriculum. Educational establishments are already offering students a rich academic program and partnerships such as these offer opportunities for young people to develop socially and emotionally, preparing them to become responsible and caring citizens of their community.

The environment is an issue that many schools have been focusing on for quite some time using art as an important medium to engage young people. Too often, young people are talked at or spoken to in a tone that dictates blame. This program however, focuses heavily on empowering young people and creating the realization how powerful they can be in bringing about change.

It is however a great challenge, as the reality is people do not give a second thought when throwing trash out in the streets. Bearing in mind these very real obstacles, the need for consistency, momentum and working in partnership has never been more important than today for Nigar.

Educational establishments are invited to take part in this initiative that will hopefully prove to be an invaluable resource to them and the wider community.

Check out the course lesson in cartooning under the segment of "Artist" click on the link "Awards".

A new book created at Gogi Studios has been published. Checkout the section of "Books" to take a glimpse of a few images.

An Introductory Course in Cartooning-as conducted at The Museum Education Program (Lok Virsa)

CE Gogi studios was invited at the Islamabad Commerce College for women F-10/3 to be the chief guest at a poster compitetion.

she is giving a certificate and a prize to the winner of the competition . seen alongside is the principal, Mrs. Sohaila Ansari.

Mr. Izhar-ul-Haq, Additional secretary military accounts and Mrs. Sohaila Ansari giving the college plaque to CEO Nigar Nazar.

KFC, Rawalpindi invited CEO Gogi studios Nigar Nazar to give away prizes to the winners of the Mother’s day card competition.

Rs.10,000 were awarded to the school that won first prize where as the child artist was given a gold ring for the mother.

Nigar Nazar, the first woman cartoonist of Pakistan delivered a lecture on how effectively cartoons could be used to shape up a nation’s behavior. She was addressing a workshop in Bahria University Islamabad.

Two documentations were shown in the auditorium of the Bahria University, which was packed with students who responded enthusiastically to the demonstration.

The participants were shown documentaries that signified the role of animation for effective communication as serious messages could be delivered to the audience in a very light mode.

Being the first woman cartoonist in Pakistan, her ‘Gogi’ character allowed her successfully to address the sensitive social issues of child rights, female literacy, environment, good governance, national unity and sexual harassment.

The students took part in the workshop enthusiastically. Assistant professor Noreen Saher and other organizers presented her a souvenir on the occasion.

Gogi studios undertook to make the psychiatric ward of the Rawalpindi General Hospital, colorful and child friendly.2 murals and a wall hanging were designed & produced for putting up on the walls of the children's psychiatric ward.

Women's Day

Gogi Studios participated in the Women's Day Rally in Islamabad, on March 08, 2007.This Rally began from China Chowk in Blue Area and ended near the Parliament. Two placards of Gogi cartoons based on the Women's Protection Bill was carried by the Participants besides 4 large Banners.

Lecture at Foreign Service Academy

Nigar Nazar was invited to give a lecture/presentation on social change: "The Role of Cartoons and Animation" to the foreign diplomats, who are currently attending the 18th Advanced Diplomatic Course at the Foreign Service Academy.

DG Fauzia Nasreen presenting a plaque of FSA to Nigar Nazar.

A view of students in the course attending the lecture/presentation by cartoonist

Nigar Nazar. Answering questions from the diplomatic students

Diplomat students from various countries taking a souvenir Gogi card after the presentation of Nigar Nazar.

Judge at KFC Poster Competition

KFC Rawalpindi Cantt invited Nigar Nazar CEO. Of Gogi Studio to be the Chief Guest and Judge for a poster Competition organized for students of several schools. Teachers of various schools pose with the Chief Guest

Participants from various schools preparing their drawings for competition titled " My Dream".

Participants holding up their pictures designed on the subject of "My Dream"

Nigar with the Art teachers of the participating schools

Canadian embassy delegation visit Gogi Studio

High Commissioner H.E David Collins and his wife Jacquie along with other officers from the Embassy paid a visit to The Gogi Studio.

Seen in the Picture are (L to R) Dr. Amina Tareen, Tazeen Jamal representing Aga Khan Foundation and Nigar Nazar.

Jacquie Collins, Hilda Cukavac and Nadia (from UNESCO) can be seen in the Picture.

Nigar Nazar was invited to be a guest for the "Women Achievers "segment of PTV 's Meena Bazar hosted by Ayesha Sana on October 10,2006 .She appeared in the half hour interview wherein there were live calls from the viewers as well.

NOTE: Nigar would be having a regular cartoon segment for the coming" Sunday Lounge " morning show starting from November 5

Her recent animation clip of Gogi was also aired along with the special report that PTV had made on the Gogi Puppet Show. This was prepared and enacted for the young Earthquake victims as a means of Trauma Counseling.

Hum TV had Nigar as a guest for their morning transmission on October 17.This was an interview that lasted for one hour . Viewers made live calls and a palmist read the palm of Nigar and told her future

Nigar was asked to draw a cartoon live for the viewers .Since the target audience are housewives, Nigar based her cartoon on the housewife's role .Here she is seen standing with the host Ghazal who is displaying the cartoon that was displayed on the Public bus in Rawalpindi /Islamabad.

Nigar was asked to illustrate a Book of Anecdotes for the Army “Piffers” corps. A few pages from the book “PIFFERS” are as follows.

Since July 2005 PIA’s inflight magazine “Humsafar” has been carrying a page of Gogi cartoons .A few cartoons from the same for your reading pleasure are as follows.

The Ministry of Environment sponsored the funbook on environment and board game “The Garbage Monster” in Urdu ,”Koorey Ka Jin”.

Illustrations for A Manual for SMC was prepared. Some of the illustrations are as follows.

A Calendar of Gogi cartoons has been prepared once again for Admore Company Pvt limited.

The Fatima Jinnah Awards were conferred by The Government of Pakistan to prominent women at The National Library recently. Advisor to the Prime Minister, Nilofer Bakhtiar awarded medals to women who had made valuable contribution in their respective fields.
Life awards were given to women ranging from Tazeen Faridi to Fatima Sughra who put up the first flag of Pakistan on the Parliament building in Lahore.

Nigar Nazar of Gogi Studios was awarded the medal for her contribution in the field of Art .In the citation read out by Tauseeq Haider, it was mentioned that Nigar was the pioneer woman cartoonist of Pakistan who used art from entertainment via her comic character through the print media and then used the popularity of this character for bringing about social change with cartoon messages on buses in hospitals ,posters and through educational modules.

Later that evening ,the Prime Minister met up with the 60 other awardees at the reception that he hosted at The Prime Minister House.

Adventure Foundation invited Ms. Nigar Nazar of Gogi Studios for giving a cartoon presentation. The occasion was the National Children Mountain Conservation Meet 2005. 120 children were selected from all the provinces of Pakistan to participate in the annual conservation meet.

Nigar showing her recently published book "Koorey ka Jin", the Urdu version of "The Garbage Monster".

Participants of the Meet taking autograph from the cartoonist after the presentation

Gogi Studios decorated the District Headquarter Hospital Rawalpindi with colorful cartoons that conveyed health messages. As it was the Eye Department that was undertaken therefore vital eye care and disease prevention messages were conveyed.

An all Pakistan women political worker 2 days conference was held in Islamabad under the auspices of Central Pakistan Muslim League Women's Wing. A 16 foot banner prepared by Nigar Nazar was displayed as the backdrop of the stage.

Political workers from all the four provinces received souvenirs which included an appointment book/diary 2005. This was also prepared by Nigar Nazar. The diary cover carried the design of the stage banner. The diary featured a cartoon on every page.

NGO "SACH" have collaborated with the British High Commission to run a campaign on forced marriages. GOGI Studios was employed to design and execute hiace vehicles to carry their messages. 3 Hiace vehicles have been wrapped with these visuals and messages for Gujrat and Mirpur.

A 12'x40' banner was designed for "Universal Children's Day" for the Convention Center. This displayed GOGI alongwith characters taken from the Gogi comic strip. Special children were also shown (in the banner) dancing while sitting in a wheel chair. This banner was also displayed for the National Children's Day at the National Library. Both these grand functions were organized by the Ministry of Women Development and Social Welfare.

Gogi studios also presented a comedy skit with puppets and the Gogi muppet character. It was the first time that street children were also a part of this skit. They accompanied Gogi when she made a grand entrance and distributed balloons to children in the audience.