This is the story of Kanwal, the eldest of four daughters, in
a family living much below the poverty line ~ and her desperate struggles to
bring the light of education into her family and raise her family to a much
better financial status. With a father earning a measly sum of Rs 6000 a month,
life had always been miserable for her and her family of six since her very
childhood. It was at this point in her life that HOPE, an educational NGO inPakistan stepped in and introduced her to early
education in one of HOPE’s home schools located in Manzoor Colony, a slum, underprivileged
area of Karachi.
The primary education stage of her life was extremely
diffcult but her persistence and the encouragement and special attention given by HOPE anNGO in Pakistan, finally
got her through. It was under the personal guidance of Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi and chairperson of HOPE that
Kanwal was motivated and encouraged to continue her education. It was DrMubina Agboatwalla, child specialist in Karachi who continuously
motivated her to appear for the Matriculation exams. Kanwal worked hard and cleared
her Matric tests with flying colors.
It was at that point that HOPE proposed to set up a home
school for Kanwal and coached her into becoming a quality teacher. Since then,
with HOPE’s help, she has been teaching
underprivileged children lacking the means to receive quality education. But she
has not given up her dream to one day go for higher education and build a good life for her
family and herself.
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