In Killi Allahbad, Pakistan the daily deteriorating security situation and the rising crime rate have caused parents to stop sending their children to walk to the distant public school. As the families in this village cannot afford regular transportation the children were left without an education. High-school student Sadia took it upon herself to teach the local children of her neighborhood in a make-shift classroom in her home.
The young people in this community are mostly unemployed and their illiteracy rate is high. While Pakistan provides free public education, parents in the community are too afraid to allow their children to walk to the nearest public school (25 minutes away). Without an education these children will remain illiterate and their job-prospects will be minimal or non-existent.
High-school student Sadia provides a local classroom in her home. She attends her classes in the day and teaches the children in the evening. While the school is a modest affair - devoid of furniture, partly mud walls and thatched roof - the children that Sadia teach learn in a safe, loving, and friendly environment. With funding for more books, stationary, and other materials Sadia can teach even more out-of-school children.
Sadia's classroom ensures her community's children develop the basic literacy and skills needed to advance academically and economically. Thus, in the future these educated youth will be enabled to better their lives and to contribute to the well-being of their families, communities, country, and world.
