It was in late 2012 that the
Japanese Consulate in Karachi generously offered to assist in the expansion of HOPE’s
Zia Colony School. The expansion actually was an addition of another
much needed floor to fully accommodate the increasing number of students
coming from the surrounding poor, slum areas.
HOPE, an educational NGO in Pakistan, worked at a very fast
pace and completed the project in mid 2013 – which greatly increased the
capacity of the school.
The two delegates from the
Japanese Consulate visited HOPE’s Zia Colony
School to observe the status and progress of the school. The delegates were
very pleased with the welcome they were given by the young students of the
school.
The Japanese Consul’s delegates
were taken to all the classes of the school and the library, computer labs,
chemistry lab and the vocational center. They were extremely happy to see HOPE’s school
had progressed so well within
just a short span of one year and some months of its completion.
Dr Mubina
Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi has been
the driving force in setting up this and other formal and home schools across
Pakistan - and in ensuring they are
successfully and efficiently run - which
is why these schools have been so popular in the areas where they have been
established and enrollment of students have been increasing constantly.
Dr Mubina
Agboatwalla, Chairperson of HOPE and child specialist in Karachi has always maintained that the education
provided to the children of HOPE’s home schools
should be of excellent quality and all reading materials, such as books
etc are all free of cost.