By Jahanara Shiraz | Manager, Academics, Non-formal Education
Fareeda is a 10th-grade student who lives with her mother and two siblings. Unfortunately, she saw hardships in her childhood that no child should suffer. When her father abandoned the family, Fareeda's mother struggled to support them, not being able to put her children through school or afford access to water and electricity.
Eventually, with support from some kind neighbours, her mother established a vocational training centre where girls learned to do embroidery. Fareeda and her sister helped out at this centre and their brother worked at a garage. They kept at it for three years until their financial situation stabilised, but the children were still out of school.
One of her neighbour's was a teacher at a Zindagi Trust school for working children. When she found out that Fareeda was interested in school, she helped her get admitted to a Paid to Learn school for working children. From the very beginning, Fareeda was a great student and continued to do well from kindergarten to the 5th grade. As a successful graduate, she qualified for Zindagi Trust's secondary school placement programme and was admitted into a mainstream private school. She passed with flying colours in her 9th-grade board exams and is now in her final year of Pakistani school, waiting to sit for the 10th-grade board exams.
Fareeda's teachers report that she is an exceptional student who has the ability to grasp whatever is taught in class. Keeping a positive outlook on life, she considers the hardships and struggles of her early childhood as the foundation of her journey of learning. Most importantly, she has made her family proud.
Fareeda is passionate about becoming a writer and also a teacher so that she can share her knowledge with others in what she considers to be true service to the country. Please support our program to ensure that outstanding graduates of our non-formal primary education programme like Fareeda continue to get placed in good schools that promise them a brighter future.
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By Jahanara Shiraz | Manager, Academics
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