Providing education for low-income students in Pakistan

Pakistani children.

Photo: CWS-PA

Church World Service and Trust for Rural Development (TRD)

With the help of Church World Service and partner Trust for Rural Development, some 1,500 students in Dadu district, lower Sindh Province, are gaining an education.

Dadu district is considered the most in need of educational assistance in lower Sindh. In Dadu, there are very limited livelihood opportunities. In Dadu, as in other areas, poverty means hunger, lack of shelter, being sick and not being able to visit a doctor, not being able to go to school, and not knowing how to read. Poverty is fearing the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is powerlessness.

The main goal of the project is to provide access to quality education for 1,500 students who live below the poverty line. This is being done through a revised curriculum, which includes making science more interesting by using toys and puppets. In addition, 300 mothers have organized into groups and are learning about improved health and hygiene for their families. The mothers are also being encouraged to increase their interest in their children’s education and social issues; 30 teachers are learning modern teaching methods.

Support for Church World Service helps make this program possible.

Updated 6/10/2008

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