Dear HOPE Friends,
During the month of Ramadan, HOPE USA ramps up its outreach efforts to make sure that this blessed month is enjoyed by those who are less fortunate. We have been distributing Door-to-Door Iftars, Food Rations, and Eid Clothes to thousands of underprivileged people across Pakistan.
This week, HOPE USA began distribution of Eid Clothes in Kashmir while treating hundreds of students to food rations for their families and a biryani meal.
Donations made to our Educate a Girl in Kashmir project for the next two weeks will go towards Eid Clothes and/or Food Rations for underprivileged students in Kashmir.
Monthly Food Rations: $33/family of 8 [Zakat-eligible]
Eid Clothes: $17/child [Zakat-eligible]
For students who are struggling to acquire the basics of shelter, food, education, and health, a new Eid outfit means the world. Join HOPE USA in spreading smiles this Ramadan.
Watch a child’s face light up when you gift them a beautiful traditional outfit for Eid!
Thank you all for your generosity towards people a world away!
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Dear HOPE Friends,
At HOPE, we believe that every child should not only have access to a quality education and healthcare, but also the correct state of mind to be able to absorb these rights. Throughout the year we try to incorporate activities and events which uplift children's mental state. After all, what use is attaining education and healthcare and reaching adulthood with these gifts, yet not thinking that you are worthy of these blessings? Breaking the cycle of poverty means transforming someone from within - having them truly believe that they are a worthy human being. Oftentimes, it is the metamorphosis of someone's frame of mind which is the most challenging struggle. We in first-world countries know all too well that material benefits can abound in someone's life, yet mental health and self-esteem can still be lacking. For children born into poverty, this is even more apparent because when one's basic needs are not being met, the floodgates to a perpetual cycle of low self-worth can open.
Ambereen Siddiqui
Director - HOPE North America & Europe
https://www.hopecharitiesuk.org
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Dear HOPE Friends,
HOPE Opens a New Home School in the Isolated Mountaintops of Kashmir
In the remote mountaintop regions of Kashmir, attaining an education becomes an arduous and ongoing struggle - these students not only face barriers of poverty (similar to our beneficiaries in other areas of Pakistan), but also grapple with geographic and climate hurdles which are part and parcel of life in Azad Kashmir. Due to safety and cultural factors, female students often end up absorbing the brunt of the repercussions, so much so that there is still a wide discrepancy in literacy rates between males and females in Pakistan. As of 2021, the overall literacy rate in Pakistan has remained stagnant at about 60%, with males and females reporting literacy levels of 73% and 52%, respectively. Dire statistics such as these only serve to reinforce the need for innovative interventions such as the home-schooling system, a solution which has been largely underutilized in Pakistan, but which HOPE USA has been implementing in Azad Kashmir (along with other rural areas and urban slums within Pakistan) for the past 20 years.
Through your generous support of our Educate a Girl in Kashmir project, we are humbled to report that we have successfully opened yet another school in Azad Kashmir! Below, please find the details along with pictures from the welcome ceremony:
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Dear HOPE Friends,
HOPE was 1 of only 2 NGO’s invited and honored at the Pakistan Air Force’s award ceremony this week.
HOPE Founder and Chairperson, Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla received an award from President Arif Alvi on behalf of HOPE for its achievements in poverty alleviation.
Other invitees included parliamentarians, senators, and business community members.
A big THANK YOU to all our donors for making achievements like this possible.
Best regards,
Ambereen Siddiqui
Director - HOPE USA
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