Educating 100 children in earthquake hit areas

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Summary

This project focuses on rebuilding lives through education by providing high quality primary education to 100 less-privileged children in the earthquake affected areas of Northern Pakistan. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

October 2005 earthquake wrought havoc in the lives of millions of inhabitants of Northern Pakistan. Almost all the schools in the worst hit areas were destroyed. TCF is building seismically designed schools in these areas, which will create arenas of hope and provide a safe haven for the vulnerable and poor children in these areas. This project will educate 100 less- privileged children in Mansehra district at TCF purpose built primary schools.

Activities

TCF will use the funds, which will cover the cost of students’ textbooks, uniforms, school supplies, teachers’ recruitment/training, curriculum planning and evaluation, to pay for 1 year's school fees for 100 most disadvantaged children in the area.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,315
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $14,535
Total Funding Goal: $16,850

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will educate 100 less-privileged children in the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan, giving them hope and the will to move beyond the tragedy they have faced and break free of the vicious circle of poverty.

Project Message

“Investment in human capital in the form of basic education cannot be postponed, as for the young child, there is no second chance”.
- Mr. Ahsan M. Saleem, Chairman, The Citizens Foundation

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lt. Gen. (R) S. P. Shahid,
Chief Executive Officer
7th Floor, NIC Building
Abbasi Shaheed Road
Karachi, Sindh 75530
Pakistan
9221-111-823-823
Email:

Project Sponsor

Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy

Organization

The Citizens Foundation
7th Floor, NIC Building
Abbasi Shaheed Road
Karachi, Sindh 75530
Pakistan
(9221) 111-823-823
http://www.thecitizensfoundation.org

Learn more about The Citizens Foundation and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Pakistan and can also be found under Disaster Recovery.

For more information about Pakistan, read the Human Development Report on Pakistan or the Wikipedia entry for Pakistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on April 06, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 20, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Progress Report for Construction of TCF Schools in Pakistan’s Earthquake Affected Areas

By Madiha Waris - Assistant Manager, Marketing, April 06, 2007 02:52 PM


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