HOPE’s Muzaffarabad Schools: Annual Visit By The Chairperson And HOPE’s Team. DAY THREE.

Day three was to be the last day of the expedition and although HOPE’s team was happy at the prospect of heading back home to warmer weather – they knew it was going to be the toughest day of the trip. It was an even earlier breakfast  than usual that  day and once again  Dr Mubina Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi   collected  her team for the last of the visits scheduled for the day.  Everyone knew that the remaining schools were the farthest and  getting to these schools meant going up a mountain on unpaved, bumpy roads, completing the assignment there and then descend from this particular mountain to go up  a different mountain to  get to a different  school.

So everyone in the team from  HOPE, an educational NGO in Pakistan   braced for the energy sapping trips up and down mountains. But as it turned out it was all worth it in the end. The scenic views  that everyone  witnessed was absolutely stunning.  And the schools visited were so well  prepared in welcoming the team from  HOPE, an educational NGO in Pakistan  with elaborate performances prepared for the HOPE team to see.

Saryani was the first stop and the school was perched high  on the very peak of a mountain. After the official work was done, DrMubinaAgboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi    personally distributed warm clothing, coloring books and pencils, sweets and samosas and even biryani amongst all the students and teachers. It was a big treat for everyone and it turned into a very happy occasion.

Our next stop was Dakhan Kar Bani where the whole routine was replicated making all the students very happy with the goodies they received.

The  last stop of the day was  Parhore where the students and teachers  had been waiting all day long for HOPE’s  team to arrive. Everything went very well here too and  DrMubinaAgboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi    distributed warm clothing and all the other goodies that were brought for the students and teachers of this school.

Now completely exhausted, it was now time for HOPE’s team to once again board their vehicle and descend from the mountains for their long trip back to their base in Muzaffarabad for  a final pack-up in preparation of their long journey back to Karachi.