Chak 96 R/B School
The school sits in the middle of the village and serves families living in very difficult circumstances. Close to 150 pupils study there.
Farooqabad School
Close to 200 children study in grades 1–10 at a school founded for families living below the poverty line.
Farooqabad is a fairly large town in the Sheikhupura District, home to people at every economic level, from the very wealthy to the very poor. The Farooqabad School was founded to meet the needs of families and children living below the poverty line who cannot afford to send their children to school.
The parents and guardians of most of the children at the school work as domestic helpers, as day labourers who work whenever work can be found, at brick kilns, as farmhands for landowners and in other low-paid jobs. Many buckle under the weight of enormous debts after borrowing to meet family needs, and are forced to work in unacceptable conditions.
The only way out of these hard circumstances, for the generations to come, is to gain a formal education and a good job. If parents and guardians had to cover the cost of their children's education alone, they would rather send them out to work. They are willing to send their children to school as long as it does not burden an income that is already stretched thin. The Farooqabad School is a great blessing to the close to 200 children who study there in grades 1–10.
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Farooqabad School
Testimonials
Voices from Pakistan
I come from a large family and my parents could not afford to send me and my four siblings to school. We lived not far from the school in Farooqabad, and after my parents learned that children could receive scholarships from generous people in Iceland to study there,...
Nazish
Nurse — Farooqabad School
After I finished elementary school in my village, the dream of continuing my education seemed unrealistic. I am one of seven siblings, and my parents' priority was meeting the daily needs of the household, not paying for our education. However bleak the outlook, I kept hoping that something...
Najma
Treasurer and master's student — Machike Boarding School
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