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Today 12th February,2016 Cleanliness Campaign by Metropolitan Corporation Quetta, UNDP Pakistan,Balochistan Boy Scout & DEWA Organization. The objective of this campaign was a message about clean atmosphere. Dr.Kaleemullah Mayor Quetta City, Madam Elaria Chief UNDP, Balochistan Boy Scout's volunteers, DEWA's students and DEWA's Volunteers Participated

“Mathematics is my favourite subject,” says Amanullah (10), a student at one of the UNICEF-supported Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) centres in Killi Nasirabad village, Balochistan. “When the teacher comes to our classroom, we say ‘Good Morning Teacher’; and when we need to drink water, we ask for it in English. This is what I like the most as very few people in our community can speak English. I can!”

UNICEF has supported the Balochistan Education Department in establishing 188 ALP centres with financial assistance from the Government of the Netherlands.

Around 11,000 children aged 9-13 years, previously out-of-school, have been enrolled in these centres for learning. Learn more: http://uni.cf/1Lj817F

Our friend Kate Grealy has created a fundraising campaign for our projects in Pakistan. Please share widely.

DEWA provide an education to children who would never be able afford to attend school otherwise.

For Afghan refugees in Pakistan, the only education options often available are Madrassah’s (religious seminaries), whose credentials are not accepted in either Pakistan or Afghanistan and who often promote sectarian violence through their teachings, further inflaming cycles of violence.

For children who miss out on an education, they are often forced onto the streets to beg, steal, engage in hazardous labour or pr******te themselves to survive. This is the sad and harsh reality that these children experience.

Our program is run by Afghans for Afghans. We have won awards from the Balochistan Government and UNICEF and our work is supported by local tribal elders.

A recent UNHCR-funded population census indicates more than three million Afghans still remain in Pakistan, about 1.8 million of them in the North West Frontier Province living both in refugee camps and in urban areas. Despite substantial repatriation in recent years, the impact on refugee camp school enrolments has been relatively negligible.

The Government of Pakistan and UNHCR also recognise the importance of education to equip Afghan children with knowledge, skills and a sense of self-worth so that they can face the harsh and difficult task of returning home to rebuild their lives and country.
‘Education for All, and ‘Inclusive Education’, both promoted and under implementation by the United Nations, include refugee children, who constitute one of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups and who live at the mercy of host countries, humanitarian agencies and donors.

We want to see ‘Education for All’ a reality in Pakistan, which is why we continue support Afghan refugee communities in Pakistan throughout this crisis.

Help us to continue our education and outreach programs with young refugees by supporting us with your donation at our Go Fund Me Campaign http://www.gofundme.com/hopeafar

You can also follow on Twitter to keep up to date with the progress of our projects.

Thanks so much to all who have supported this fundraising campaign already!

Click here to support Education for Afghan Refugees by Kate Grealy We are a community run charity that raises money for Afghan refugees living below the poverty line in Pakistan. Providing an education to children that would never be able afford to attend school provides them with hope for a brighter future for themselves, and also for their communities. Our pr...

Pakistan Daily Life

An Afghan refugee boy and his sister enjoy a ride on an improvised swing, in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Pakistan hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the world, according to the U.N. refugee agency, thousands of them still live without electricity, running water and other basic services. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

DEWA ALP Students During Game 25/5/2015

DEWA ALP (S-Two) Weekly Test 11/5/2015