PAST PROJECTS
IDRF has implemented multiple educational support programs and school sponsorship programs in Pakistan, with a number of different partners. Select "Read more" to view the various education projects IDRF has supported in Pakistan. 

This project provided quality education to the less privileged children of Chakwal including constructing a school with a total capacity of of 180 enrolled students.

Partner: TCF (The Citizens Foundation) - Pakistan
Supporter: TCF (The Citizens Foundation) - Canada

Construction of Naqi Campus Primary School
The first phase of the project aimed at establishing a TCF Primary school in Chakwal district, Pakistan, which would accommodate 180 economically disadvantages boys and girls, in the 5-11 year age group.

Partner: TCF (The Citizens Foundation) - Pakistan
Supporter: TCF (The Citizens Foundation) - Canada

Providing Support to TCF Primary School in Dhariala Kahoon
This project provided quality primary education to the less privileged children in the Punjab province of Pakistan. TCF's vision is to create agents of positive social change within society. The project promoted mass-scale quality education at the primary and secondary levels in an environment that encouraged intellectual, moral and spiritual growth. The aim of the education program was to provide formal education to less-privileged children, to equip them with knowledge and literacy skills, to inculcate in them high moral values and the confidence to strive for their goals.

Project Objectives:

• To provide affordable quality formal education to the students
• To empower women
• To provide a healthy learning environment where the energy and creativity of young children is nurtured to maximize their potential 
  
• To create local employment opportunities to alleviate poverty in the surrounding area

Project Description:

The first phase of this project involved the sponsorship of two schools (DIL Abid Grammar School and DIL Sikandar School) over five months; and one over two years in underprivileged areas of Pakistan. This involved covering the operating costs of the schools, including teachers salaries and training, and salaries for administrative staff.

The second phase involved the promotion of literacy and access to basic education in the underprivileged areas through sponsoring seven schools over a one year period. These schools were: Abid Grammar School, Al-Imran Memorial School, Paradise School, Muhammad School, Sikander School, Mehran School, and Rifah-e-aam School.

The third phase aimed to eradicate illiteracy by providing primary and secondary level quality education to the underprivileged children in the DIL Canada school community. More specifically, the project supported and managed DIL Canada's 5 schools by providing necessary funds to sustain the cost of education, administration, teacher salaries/training and school maintenance.

The fourth phase of the project aimed once again to eradicate illiteracy by providing primary and secondary level quality education to the underprivileged children in the DIL Canada school communities. IDRF has supported DIL's five schools by providing necessary funds to sustain the cost of education, administration, teacher salaries/training and school maintenance.

• Maintain ongoing costs to run DIL Canada schools
• Add/renovate classrooms to accommodate for more children 
• Provide new books for existing libraries
  
• Increase student enrolment

Partner: DIL (Development in Literacy) - Pakistan
Supporter: DIL (Development in Literacy) - Canada

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