CARE FOUNDATION PAKISTAN

ORGANIZATION PROFILE

CARE Foundation Pakistan 599-A, Shadman, Lahore, Pakistan | Tel: +92-42-3742-9245 Email: info@carepakistan.org |http://www.carepakistan.org

Vision

CARE Foundation endeavors to provide quality education to all. We view our work as nation-building: By empowering our children with a solid education, we hope to make them better, more productive members of society. We hope and pray one day these children will help build a happier, more prosperous Pakistan.

Beginning

CARE Foundation came into being in 1988. Following the devastating floods in the Sheikhupura district of Punjab, a group of concerned citizens came together to help rebuild homes for these flood victims. While helping to rebuild, they would always have children following them and realized that there were no schools in the area. It was shocking to realize that at the very doorstep of the cultural and educational centre of the nation, there were children who were deprived of even primary education.

Thus, the first CARE school was established through generous donations from our friends and relatives. 250 children registered on the very first day and since then CARE has evolved to provide quality education to over 195,000 students in 426 schools across the nation. CARE has been able to make such great progress due to the support of philanthropic individuals and organizations who believe in its mission to eliminate illiteracy from Pakistan.

CARE Milestones

Year Achievements

1988

CARE Foundation, a welfare trust is established with the aim of rehabilitating the flood affected people and to provide quality education to the country’s underprivileged children.

1991 The first CARE School (CARE 1) opened in Iqbal Town, Sheikhupura. 250 eager children registered on the first day.

1994 CARE 2 opens on the Lahore Sheikhupura Road

CARE 3 opens in Muridke, 400 children are immediately enrolled 1998 10 City District Government of Lahore schools adopted by CARE

2000 8 more CDGL schools adopted by CARE

2001 CARE 5 comes into operation;

CARE Scholarship Program initiated to assist the brilliant but cannot study further due to financial limitations

CARE Teacher Training Centre (TTC) inaugurated at Shadman, Lahore

2002 CARE 6, 7 and 8 open

Number of CARE students cross the 50,000 mark

2003 Landmark in public-private partnership with 131 CDGL schools adopted by CARE.

Total number of schools under CARE management crosses 160

2004 CARE 9 opens;

10 more Government schools adopted by CARE

First 5 English Language Centers established

2005 ACCESS established in partnership with the American Consulate

Total number of students crosses the 100,000 mark.

2006 Care Student achieves 3rd position in FSc from Lahore Board

CARE students achieve 1st, 3rd and 4th positions in the Lahore Board Matric exams;

2007 CARE students take 10 positions out of the top 20 positions in the entire Lahore Board.

Another 5 ACCESS centers open in Lahore

2008 Establishment of 3 purpose-built CARE schools (CARE 11, 12 and 13) CARE 13 is the first ever CARE school in NWFP at DI Khan

Care student achieves 3rd position in Lahore Board Matric exams

CARE has 125,000 students enrolled. More than 8000 students appear in Matric exam.

CARE scholarship students get 1st and 2nd position in the Technical Board Diploma in Architecture.

2009

CARE Foundation signed an agreement with DCO Muzaffargarh, Khanewal and adopted

5 schools in Muzzafargarh and 32 in Khanewal.

CARE 14 and 15 were opened. 2010 CARE Scholarship student topped in GCU in BSC Mathematics and received a gold

medal.

CARE 17, 18 and 20 opened.

CARE Scholarship student topped in all the disciplines of DAE in Punjab

2011 Over 2,200 teachers employed.

CARE adopted 20 more Govt. schools in Muzaffargarh and 4 Govt schools in Sahiwal

Technical and Vocational Center opened in Miran Mulan

2012 CARE 19 opened. 4 schools adopted in Karachi, 1 in Faisalabad.

Total number of schools reached 227 & over 160,000 students have been enrolled so far.

2013 CARE owned schools: 21, 22 and 23 opened.

2-Govt. Schools adopted in Kabir wala

3- Govt. Schools adopted in Sadiqabad

3- Schools adopted in Karachi

2014 CARE owned schools 24, 25 and 26 started in Muzzaffargarh and Kabirwala.

1 Govt. School adopted in Sadiqabad, 2 Govt. Schools adopted in Sarghoda,

2 Govt. Schools adopted in Karachi and 2 Govt. Schools adopted in Hyderabad. Opened 25 Vocational Training Centres in Muzaffargarh with PSDF to train 500women.

2015 Adopted 100 more government schools in collaboration with Punjab Educational Foundation.

CARE Today Is managing 716 schools Is educating over 210,000 students Has a Teacher Training Centre where teachers are constantly being trained Employs over 3700 teachers Has a Scholarship Scheme that presently supports over 700 students in higher

education Has more than 90,000 graduates Runs 145 Access to English Language Centers in 71 Schools Has a Vocational Development Centre

CARE Owned schools At present, CARE is successfully running 33 CARE owned purpose-built campuses, all of which have proven to be beacons of light for the children. These schools are all English medium, co-educational and run from nursery to intermediate. The teachers are rigorously trained and their performance continuously monitored. These schools are equipped with all educational facilities, including computer lab, science lab, library, well ventilated and spacious classrooms, and furniture for students, toilets and clean drinking water.

Government School Adoption Program

CARE Foundation is the pioneer of Government School Adoption Program in Pakistan. It is a unique partnership of the private and public sectors for providing quality education to the masses through previously failed government schools.

The partnership began in 1998 when the Metropolitan Corporation of Lahore offered CARE to adopt the failed government-run schools. The schools were in deplorable condition but CARE accepted this monumental challenge despite its limited resources.

Ten failed government schools were adopted as a pilot project. CARE refurbished and renovated the existing buildings through construction of science laboratories, libraries, computer rooms and additional classrooms and providing desks, blackboards and clean drinking water. Most importantly, CARE provided these schools with trained teachers, supplementing the existing government teachers.

CARE also took on the task of training existing government teachers in order to improve their skills and overall capabilities with modern teaching methods. These measures resulted in the matriculation pass percentage to increase from 15 percent to 85 percent within a year. The changes in academic infrastructure and teaching methodology have increased the enrollment rate in these schools by 500 percent.

Today, CARE is educating thousands of children through over 683 schools adopted of the government. CARE Government School Adoption Program has proven to be a highly cost-effective and sustainable model as the existing infrastructure is being utilized to the optimum without extra investment in brick and mortar. The model can be replicated in as many schools across Pakistan as resources permit. Revival of failed government schools is the key for reaching maximum number of out-of-school children in Pakistan. Govt School prior to adoption by CARE Govt School after adoption by CARE

College Scholarship Program Scholarship Policy: CARE Scholarship Program presently sponsors 700 scholarships through the CARE Scholarship Fund, established in 1999. The scholarships provide financial assistance to bright and deserving students who are pursuing a college education. Under the scholarship program, the CARE students must graduate with a minimum ‘A’ grade in their Matriculation Exams and qualify for admission in a CARE approved college. The deserving applicants are provided funds for tuition, books, stationery, examination fee, and transport and hostel expenses in accordance to their needs. Care Scholarship Updates: The CARE scholars are a source of tremendous pride and joy for all those helping to

support CARE. More and more CARE graduates are achieving exceptional results and are

able to realize their dreams of higher education and professional success with the help of

the CARE Scholarship Program.

CARE graduates are presently studying in the field of Medicine - 72, Engineering – 76,

Allied Health Sciences – 10, 47 are enrolled in BA/BSc programs, 417 are Intermediate

students and 65 are acquiring Technical Education in the top colleges in Pakistan,

including King Edward Medical University (KEMU), University of Engineering and

Technology (UET), Allama Iqbal Medical College, Fatima Jinnah Medical College,

Government College University (GCU), Kinnaird College for Women and Lahore College for

Women. Moreover, many CARE graduates are pursuing further education in Technical and

Vocational training institutes.

ACCESS to the World: With the advancement of global communication, learning the English language has become incredibly important, especially for our future generations. Without this skill our children are denied better job opportunities and are being left behind in this highly competitive world. To address this need, in 2004, CARE initiated an English Language Development Program called ACCESS. The goal of this two-year program is to enable CARE students to become proficient in speaking, reading and writing the English language, hence gaining access to better employment opportunities.

The first batch of ACCESS program consisted of 200 students. Currently CARE is operating 145 ACCESS centers, each catering to more than 150 children.

The results of the ACCESS program have been far-reaching. For the past several years ACCESS students have participated and outshined the other delegates in LUMUN (LUMS Model United Nation) despite having the disadvantage of being much younger in age and coming from a less privileged background. They regularly participate in MUNs organized at IBA Karachi and Aitchison.

ACCESS also organizes CARE Model United Nations (CAREMUN) every year, hosted by LUMS, where CARE students come together and enhance their public speaking and analytical thinking skills, while learning the art of negotiation and diplomacy. Children love to learn English, as one student so eloquently put it: “CARE has opened my mind to the rest of the world. Now I can read and understand everything around me, I can even read many books. The ACCESS program has increased my confidence as we make presentations in English to the rest of the class. I can make myself understood and feel comfortable working in English language.

Teacher Training Program:

CARE’s most valuable asset is its staff of over 3700 teachers. In order to ensure that a high quality of teaching is being provided in all schools, CARE established its own Teacher Training Centre (TTC) in Shadman, Lahore in 2001.

At the TTC, all teachers employed by CARE undergo special training. Under the current CARE model, the average teacher-student ratio in CARE schools is 1 teacher for every 30 students. CARE Vocational Development centre: CARE Foundation believes in women empowerment. For that purpose, CARE is working on vocational development of low income communities in rural areas. CARE has one vocational centre in Muzaffargarh where women of the area are trained. As of today, 350 women have graduated from the vocational centre. They are working for CARE Crafts and earning through it.

CARE Crafts was started when CARE Foundation built its first school in Sheikhupura. Its purpose was to generate income opportunities for women to rehabilitate them after the devastating floods. What started out with just a few women working in the project in 1990 has now developed in to a fully fledged Enterprise Development Program, where a wide range of hand-made products are created with immaculate skill and finesse. These products include hand-crafted and hand-embroidered bags, purses, jewelry, gift cards and bags, cushion covers and table runners to laptop and mobile covers, files and folders.

Care Foundation has started 25 vocational training centres for females in Muzaffargarh and has provided training of dress making to 500 females with the support of PSDF. CARE’s Future Plans: Pakistan has the second highest number of out of school children in the world, 25 million. With an overall literacy rate of 59 percent and female literacy rate of 26 percent only, a major part of the country’s population is denied of basic life skills and employability and is helplessly tied to the vicious cycle of poverty. CARE’s firm resolve is to put every child in school. Our aim is to enroll 1 million children in next 5 years. CARE has the technical expertise and experience to help change literacy figures in the country. CARE’s model is highly scalable and replicable and has been successfully tried and tested in the field for 24 years. Every single paisa sent our way is important to us since we want to be able to reach the maximum number of children. Through its unique public

private partnership CARE keeps infrastructure costs at a minimum without compromising on quality. Therefore, with the support of like-minded individuals and organizations committed to the advancement of education, every child in Pakistan can enjoy equal opportunity to living a successful and enriched life. Please join hands with CARE in its endeavors to alleviate illiteracy and realize the dream of a stable, educated and prosperous Pakistan. LUMS Model United Nations The LUMS Model United Nations Conference is one of the first and most well-reputed Model UN conferences in the country. A total of 940 delegates participated in the event this year, the twelfth LUMUN. Two delegations comprising of seven delegates each represented CARE at the prestigious competition. All CARE students participated with much enthusiasm and motivation. Zain Shahzad, a 13 year-old boy from grade 6 of CDG Boys High School Qila Lachman Sing, was given the Best Delegate Award while Amna Maham, a 15 year old girl in grade 9 of CDG Girls High School, Fategarh won the Honorary Mention Award. It is great to see the reflection of the students’ hard work in their performance.