Support a TCF School in Pakistan for a Year

TCF-UK 2013

Being a  leading organisation in the field of education in Pakistan, TCF continues to provide high quality education at low cost for communities in rural and urban slums across every province of Pakistan. In the context of the current international development agenda with education in Pakistan being a leading issue, TCF’s reach in the field cannot be overstated. At the end of 2013, TCF now educates over 126,000 underprivileged children across 910 primary and secondary school units. This is the largest private network of schools in Pakistan and next year the NGO will reach a landmark of 1,000.

One of TCF’s main aims is to have 50:50 gender equality amongst the children and at 46-47% female enrolment it is very close to its goal.  One of the most inspiring stories of TCF’s work have been the achievements of TCF alumni, Anum Fatima. Growing up in a slum area of Karachi, the eldest of five siblings, she excelled in academic performance at a TCF school. Being the first in her family to continue education beyond matriculation, she went on to complete her degree and then her MBA.

Demonstrating a social mobility unheard of in Pakistan, Anum’s outstanding achievements earned her a scholarship to complete a summer programme at Harvard University. This opened the way to completing an internship at a US think tank and to a speaking opportuinty at the US State Department. Returning to Pakistan, she is now working on a micro-finance project for the impoverished area of Ismail Goth in Karachi, where she grew up. In an interview with a national newspaper she attributes her unusual success to TCF, saying that her life changed when she enrolled in their school.

Our work to empower women goes further still with our full female teaching faculty which is now 6,300 strong. Within this, in 2013 alone, TCF has recruited around 165 alumni teachers, described by the notable academic Dr. Marie Lall from the University of London as “the most important legacy that TCF leaves in a community where education was not previously available”. Furthermore, understanding the importance of working with the community, our Female Adult Literacy Programme, known as ‘Aagahi’ has allowed 19,446 women within the most deprived of communities to attain vital literacy and numerical skills, later in life.

Your School

Donations made through our Global Giving campaign go directly towards the TCF ‘KFC Pakistan Campus’ secondary school that educates 142 students. Currently there are 73 male students, and 69 female students.

The school is located in Saiful Goth, Karachi in Sindh, a province where more than two million children are currently not in primary school -  the majority of these  being girls. As Sindh is Pakistan’s second largest province and Karachi being one of the world’s largest cities, the development of education here can have an influential contribution to the country’s overall development.

Furthermore, with a lack of access to clean drinking water in Sindh being an increasing problem, it is significant that this school is part of TCF’s ‘water project’, providing safer, filtered, drinking water to the poorest communities.

Meet a Young Poet

“…duniya banai iss liye kay her banda 
Araam say reh sakay 
Sub insaan uss mein 
Khush rahain sada…”

(… He created the world just so every person 
May live in peace 
Every human being may 
Live in happiness….) 

11-year-old Mubbashir Maroof writes poems on peace and happiness. He lives in one of the many urban slums sprawled in the industrial area of Karachi. This young poet is a brilliant student of your TCF Secondary School – KFC Pakistan Campus, Saifal Goth. 

Mubbashir enjoys walking to his school every day; it is a 15 minute walk. Thousands of children like him, all over Pakistan, are widening their horizons and perspectives, encouraged by TCF to think critically and be responsible citizens.

The support that you provide for TCF ensures that young children like Mubbashir can have easy access to quality education.