Send 1,700 Children to Elementary School

Meet Nadira, age eight! Nadira is currrently enrolled in the second grade at our Mullah Karim School. She is the youngest of six children. Nadira has one brother and four sisters, however only one of her sisters is currently enrolled in school. The rest of her sibilings have either married or left school to help support her family. 

While her parents and the community are supportive of her getting an education, her father is a shop keeper and her mother takes care of the home, as a result her family is heavily influenced by the economy. Which means in a world of uncertainty or hard times Nadira may be forced to leave school earlier than she would otherwise. She believes that an education is something that is needed to make a better life for herself and her family. Nadira dreams of growing up to become a doctor, which means she'll need many more years of school. 

Our goal by offering free education and basic medical attention to all of our students regardless of age or background is so that we can help them get closer to their dreams one grade at a time. By having a docotor do check ups regularly we are able to ensure that students that get sick are able to get the help they need and stay in school when they normally may have dropped out.

Girls are far more likely to get pulled from school to either get married off or to get a job to help support their family. While we can't predict the stability of the economy we can fight to keep girls in school by giving families fewer reasons to pull them from gaining an education. Studies have shown an educated mother is four times more likely to send her own children which in turn helps lift them out of poverty and help the community around them. 

Stay tuned for more stories about the students that attend our schools!