Every Drop In The Ocean Counts

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 Matric in a well-established building in a neat and clean atmosphere. Qualified teachers are hired to teach students who belong to less fortunate 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. 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. During the holy month of Ramadan, one such group of individuals visited HOPE School Zia Colony to distribute goodies and iftar boxes among the students. An individual donor, Ms. Farah along with her few friends visited HOPE Zia School. They brought goody bags with them which included stationary items, file folders, books and snacks for children. They also brought wrist watches for boys and custom jewelry for girls. For iftar, they served boxes of biryani, zarda and cold drinks to the students of HOPE School Zia Colony. They gave the students of HOPE School Zia Colony an opportunity to enjoy Eid, donning accessories they couldn’t ever dream of. The glee of receiving unexpected presents was clearly evident 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 wants to help in spreading happiness among the socially deprived children in Pakistan.

Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla-A Child Specialist in Karachi has been the driving force in setting up HOPE schools for the underprivileged children and in ensuring that they are running successfully and efficiently, which is why these schools have been so popular in the areas where they have been established. Under her leadership, HOPE strives to eradicate illiteracy in Pakistan by providing education to all, especially the underprivileged masses. Thus, most of HOPE’s programs are focused primarily on the rural and urban slum areas of Pakistan