BIG THICK BURGERZ SHARING HAPPINESS AT HOPE SCHOOL ZIA COLONY

Zia Colony, Korangi is an urban slum of Karachi that lacks quality educational infrastructure for the underprivileged local community. HOPE-An Educational NGO in Pakistan helps to fill in this gap. HOPE School Zia Colony is one of HOPE’s most successful formal schools. At HOPE School Zia Colony, there are 610 underprivileged children receiving free-of-cost quality education up to Matriculation in a well-established building in a neat and clean atmosphere. Qualified teachers teach students coming from poor communities. They are the children of laborers, transporters, industrial workers, mechanics, electricians, or jobless people. Many students are orphans. These are the children who are otherwise unable to go to school due to financial difficulties. The children themselves are either working as laborers in factories, shops or garages, or keep loitering in the streets. Uniforms, stationary and school bags are provided free of cost to these students.

Often, many of us take for granted what others consider luxuries. This privilege we have, to take our blessings for granted, comes with great responsibility to reach out to the less fortunate and less privileged. Mr. Ali Amanullah, co-owner of Big Thick Burgerz (BTBz) gave the students of HOPE School Zia Colony an opportunity to enjoy fast food that they could ever wish for. He knows it is the privilege to have luxurious food where millions of children in the city are malnourished. He brought 150 burgers with him to serve the underprivileged children of HOPE School Zia Colony. BTBz team members were glad to meet the students. They interacted with the students to know more about them. The happiness that appeared on the students’ faces was everything they needed to see. 

The teachers organized the excited students in a queue to let them get the scrumptious thick burgers from Big Thick Burgerz (BTBz) stall placed at the school. The burgers served were succulent and juicy. BTBz team prepared those burgers from best buns, freshly made patties, freshly cut iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and onions and a host of herbs have been used to make BTBz an everlasting and satisfying experience. The happiness after getting an unexpected burger treat was clearly apparent from the children’s beaming faces. The staff of HOPE School Zia colony, paid close attention to the activity and ensured that all students were benefitting from the activity. HOPE-An NGO in Pakistan looks forward to welcome any organization or individual that helps in spreading happiness among the socially deprived children in Pakistan. Under the leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla-A Child Specialist in Karachi, HOPE aims to not only reach out, but to completely eliminate poverty, illiteracy, and hunger.