HOPE Team's visit Muzaffargarh - Day 2

Day 1 at Muzaffargarh turned out to be quite successful which we didn’t anticipate, given our distrust about how the children who’ve never engaged in a competition before, would react. Moreover, the preparations of Day 2 were not lagging behind either. Firstly because we didn’t want the children to succumb to the banner of ‘left out’ merely because they were already engaged in the competition in the first day and on top of that, our main objective was to instill a keen sense of competition in the children during our stay. 

Our society has been embed with countless flaws since our inception and the lack of women empowerment has been the center of that. The rural population has a twisted perception about the rights of women and religion has been manipulated to brainwash the whole youth about the rights of women for decades. Women have always been confined to household works and to state that, when they do plan to march forward and deviate from the norms of the society, it wouldn't be an exageration to say that they are being terribly tormented. However, HOPE- an educational NGO in Pakistan, plans to play an important role in this by recruiting as much female as possible.  Under the supervision of  Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla- Child Specialist in Karachi HOPE would pay extra attention to carefully nourish the young generation from this deep root of terribly altered perception. Moreover, Since 2011 HOPE – an educational NGO in Pakistan is giving the children who mostly spend their time on the streets, a chance to receive basic education by opening a small school in the impoverished area of Muzzafargarh. 

Following the aftermath of the conduction of the speech about other matters and women empowerment by Dr Mubina Agboatwalla , another annual function was held in which students eagerly participated to present skits and dance performances for the audience. Gifts were generously distributed to the participators in recognition of their tiring efforts. In addition, arrangements were also made for an annual lunch which was held for all the staff members and the children of HOPE School Muzzaffargarh.

All of it momentarily seemed like a spectacle unfolded by the joyous atmosphere of the competition and the stunning celebrating gestures by the audience. Their signs of gratitude and hospitality somehow gave us a unique feeling nothing else in the world ever could.