DOW MEDICAL CLASS OF '96 SPONSORS HOPE HOME SCHOOLS

Kashmir is known or said to be “The land of heaven”. The nature over there gives more peace of mind and the positive energy in oneself, it makes you feel fresh. Kashmir is the land of beauty. An inspiration for so much art, music and poetry, Kashmir is paradise; a nature lover’s wonderland and a shopper’s dream come true. Kashmir is best place for tourism. But unfortunately, one might say that Kashmir is not well- looked after in terms of health and education, and that is where HOPE-an NGO in Pakistan, steps in.

HOPE always works for the betterment of deprived communities. Kashmir is a rural area, with a high rate of poverty, due to which people face several hardships. HOPE has established formal and informal schools across the mountainous regions of Kashmir, in order to help the children receive quality education. These schools are set up in their neighborhoods so that the children do not need to travel far from their homes in the cold and harsh weather.

Recently Dow Medical University in Karachi, Pakistan. Class of '96 has pledged to support 2 HOPE Home Schools by sponsoring 170 HOPE Home School Students in Kashmir.

One of the schools is located on a mountaintop in Kashmir and caters to 50 students, who did not have access to education. A total of 170 marginalized students will be sponsored for the entirety of their education by the Dow Medical Class of '96. We wanted to thank HOPE UK's Dr. AfilJamali for initiating this incredible gesture.

HOPE-An educational NGO in Pakistan targets the needy and poor people and helps them in making their living standards better. HOPE has established schools in the areas where not a single school was present before and provides free of cost education to the children who can’t afford quality education due to their family’s financial problems. Books, uniform and stationery are also provided by HOPE schools to the needy ones.

The unmatched success of HOPE home schools is result of the efforts Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla-A Child Specialist in Karachi, made to establish and maintain these schools in remote valleys of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. She visits the home schools every year to maintain the high standards HOPE promised. She specially focuses on girls’ education which was often neglected before the establishment of HOPE home schools in the area.