P&G Visit to HOPE School

Imagine living in a village where education is deemed as not important. Being illiterate and uneducated slowly takes over your life as trying to find a well paid job becomes tough. Unfortunately, this is the harsh reality for many children living in rural areas around Pakistan. HOPE an educational NGO in Pakistan is working extremely hard everyday to provide basic needs, such as education, to deprived individuals. It is important to note that HOPE believes that education is the key to a successful society where individuals are aware of their rights.

It is very well known to all that HOPE emphasis on proper health and education for all- even those who are often neglected. With that in mind, HOPE has around 200 informal schools in various disadvantaged regions across Pakistan. In addition, the total number of students in HOPE’s school is estimated around 11, 000 where quality educated is provided to the beneficiaries. One of our proud sponsors, Procter and Gamble Ltd (P&G), has been providing funds to operate 60 informal schools for approximately 10 years.

These informal schools play a vital role in educating children who have largely been ignored in Pakistan. These children include kids from underprivileged backgrounds or orphans who used to spend most of their time roaming round in the streets. Therefore, HOPE schools provided a path to these children to live their life in a worthy manner. It provides young children a chance to receive basic primary and secondary education. In addition, it also creates employment opportunities for educated girls in the community, who can teach in these schools and earn a living.

On May 11^th, 2016, members of P&G were very excited to visit HOPE’s home schools in three Bilal Colony, formal schools in Zia colony and HOPE Zia Hospital. Realizing that children at HOPE’s schools come from a low socioeconomic background, P&G were very pleased and inspired to witness all the hard work accomplished by Dr. Mubina- Child specialist in Karachi, HOPE team, and the students. Female students performed speeches and welcome notes were presented for the guest. In addition, the members of P&G were able to interact with the students individually, where they asked students what they have learned so far.