Education Pakistan Project #14074

Continuing Malala's Dream - Educating Pakistan

by Fatima Memorial Hospital

Project Report | Apr 26, 2019
A ray of hope for a brighter future

By Aazer Durrani | Head of Marketing

According to a report by Pakistan Economic Survey (2017-2018), the literacy rate for entire Pakistan (including 10 years old and above) is 58% and statistics collected by Alif Ailaan suggest that there are currently 25.02 million out of school children between the ages of 5 and 16. What is worse is that the proportion of out-of-school children (OOSC) increases as the level of education rises so by the time that the children reach the higher-secondary level, almost 85% are not in school. Also, due to the cultural stigma attached to the education of girls, girls make up more than half of all the out-of-school children. According to the Human Development Reports, Pakistan is ranked 146^th in Education (11 ranks below our neighboring country, India). Moreover, only 2.5% of the country’s GDP is spent on Education (Annual Budget 2018-2019).

The above statistics show the dire need of improving the education system in Pakistan and hence, Fatima Memorial System took the initiative of starting the NUR Outreach program in the year 1985 with the aim of acting as a catalyst of change in order to bring about socio-economic development of underprivileged communities, via an integrated approach to education, healthcare and economic empowerment.

NUR Foundation is providing education to indigent communities (irrespective of age and gender) in the form of formal and informal schools in far flung and underdeveloped areas of Lahore. Every year, 1850 students pass out from our school and colleges. In addition to this, NUR Foundation has also recently started an Adult Literacy Program in which currently 20 women are enrolled. The purpose of this program is to provide basic level of education to adult women who have never been enrolled in a school.

In order to provide quality education to our children, we need to construct a college building; provide proper training to our teachers; arrange for other educational resources (like books, stationary, furniture, etc) and develop proper facilities (like computer labs and libraries). To cater to the needs of the children at our school and colleges, we rely on the donations of our generous donors.

Malala Yousafzai said, “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” Hence, in order to bring about positive change in Pakistan, we urge you all to join hands with NUR Foundation and help us in providing quality education to the underprivileged kids and give them hope for a better and brighter future.

Thank you.

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Jan 30, 2019
A ray of light towards success

By Aazer Durrani | Head of Marketing

Education is the only important tool through which we can achieve a brighter future in our life. Unfortunately in Asian and underdeveloped countries the importance of education is mere at large scale. There is still a myth in minds of people that if we educate our children they will forget the respect of everyone in their life and become an ignorant person. They believe that education ruins our life and the only source to spend a happy life is to do work in different places as worker, laborer or as beggar. This issue is most common in rural areas where people bar their children to go to school and get their daughters married at very early age.

There is a need to create awareness among people about education. Many organizations and NGO’s are working towards betterment of society by educating people about the importance of education. Education is the knowledge of putting one's potentials to maximum use. Without education, no one can find the proper right path in this world. This importance of education is for two reasons; Education makes man a right thinker. Without education, no one can think properly in an appropriate context. It tells an individual how to think and how to make decision. The second reason for the importance of education is that only through the attainment of education; a person is enabled to receive information from the external world.

Pakistan’s literacy rate has declined from 60 percent to 58 percent, as revealed by the economic survey of Pakistan.

The NUR Outreach program has been educating children of all ages since 1985 with a vision to act as a catalyst of change to bring about socio- economic development of under-served communities, through an integrated approach to healthcare, education and economic empowerment.

The vision of Fatima Memorial Hospital and NUR Foundation is to provide all kind of formal and non-formal education to the students of unprivileged areas where the economic condition of the families is below the line and cannot bear the fees of their children for schooling. NUR Foundation is providing free education to students of those areas. Now after spending 34 years in this social cause NUR foundation laid a base for college students and also providing free education to its Intermediate and graduation students with high results.

This social cause needs a continuous support to provide hassle free education to all our underprivileged students for their shining future. This could not be possible without the support of our valued donors and we want their and your support in order to continue this work for the whole life.

We thank you for being a part of this noble cause and supporting us!

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Oct 31, 2018
Hand In Hand We Learn

By Aazer Durrani | Head of Marketing

The development of education is very much a nation building factor which will resultantly affect the country’s development. The problems of female education interfere with the betterment of its future. This hindrance could be catered by improving the education policy of Pakistan.

Based on a report there are 22.84 Million children out of school. Unesco´s latest published figures suggest Pakistan has the second highest number of out of school children globally after Nigeria.

To top it all off, we have gender inequality issues in education. Out of the 5.06 million children not going to primary school, 60% are girls. According to recent country statistics, compared to a girl, a boy in Pakistan has a 15% higher chance of going to primary school.

The changing time and the increasing need of advancement in the system of education in Pakistan demands more and more attention towards the educational programs available in the country. With that being said, it is still evident that the country suffers from having reasonable amount of educational resources distributed among all its areas. Pakistan continues to be among developing countries and its literacy rate still is not good enough to pace up the progress of the nation.

Fatima Memorial Hospital and NUR Foundation’s core function is to provide healthcare and education and through NUR Foundation, we are providing education to the non-affording children of all ages in form for formal and non-formal schools. These schools are established in such areas where education seemed unreachable.

Most importantly, foundation has been laid for a college building in order to provide more and more programs to the needy. Our valued donors are requested to help us build a college for the community so that these children can complete their education. Most of these children have to quit education before high school as there are no colleges providing support. We have taken this initiative and through your donations, this dream can also come true.

With continued support from our generous donors, we are able to provide education to these underprivileged children and give them a brighter future. We urge you to continue your support and donate generously towards the cause and help us take this initiative to new heights.

Thank you.

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