Community School Class

Description Keeping kids in school. Contribute to the cost of a class in a community school to help more children go further in their education and work towards their full potential. How your gift helps Educational access is a major challenge in Pakistan. Due to distance, cost and cultural barriers, many children (especially girls like Kaku, pictured) don’t even enrol in school and one quarter drop out before completing primary education. Despite these barriers, Kaku’s community, together with the support of TEAR’s partner the Diocese of Hyderabad and the government, are working together to establish community schools, creating a brighter future for their children. Prior to 2005, only ten boys of all the eligible primary school-age children in this rural village in Sindh province were attending school and most were already working. No girls were attending. The village head explains: “Before, the nearest government school was in an isolated area, 3-4 km each way, we couldn’t possibly h