Dreams for Kachra Kundi

Jam Chakro, Karachi, Pakistan

Currently 550 students in attendance

Where: This is a land surrounded by mountains in a village known as Jam Chakro village which is about 20 kilometers away from the main city of Karachi. More than 300 families are living on this land and more than 10,000 in surrounding villages.

Here, garbage fromthe city is dumped by trucks around the clock. All of the inhabitants of this village are engaged in collecting recyclable items like iron, copper, bones, plastics etc from the garbage and they earn their livelihood out of their collections. Every member of the family i.e. husbands, wife and their children (all old and young, minors etc) are engaged in this business.Our goal:

Education is the only solution for raising good and moral members of society. Our goal is not just to create teachers, doctors and lawyers but most importantly, good civilians. In this vision we launched a brand new school in 2011 in partnership with the Al Khair Organization.

This education will also provide these children with a way out of their current conditions. Many students who have gone through the Al Khair education system have even returned to teach at schools. Thaakat Foundation is the sole financial supporter of this school site which is based just outside of the garbage dump. Many students walk from more than 8 Kilometers to attend classes every morning.Students:

Currently there are 550 students attending our school site to receive an education every day. We started the school by building from the ground up. Initially we had 9 classrooms and 250 children (2011), today we have 16 classrooms and 550 children. 5 more classrooms are under construction today.Approximately 40% of the children are female and 60% are primary school age children.

Other facilities:

In addition to education we have a volunteer doctor, Dr. Sultan, who reports to the site to work with and treat children. Not only are children receiving an education, they are taught to kept their face and bodies clean.

Due to extreme pollution, an unhygienicenvironment and the nature of occupation of the people living in the garbage area they easilybecome victims of diseases like infection,eczema, wounds, cut, Gastro,hepatitisand Asthma etc. We provide free medical treatment to all diseased persons of the locality including students of the school.

When the garbage is burnt, smoke and poisonous gases emit in the atmosphere which also is damaging to the people in this area.

In addition to healthcare, we also provide the students with a lunch meal every day.Partner Organization:

Idara Al Khair

Principal and Founder: Mohammed Mazahir

More information: www.thaakat.org or email ubawany@thaakat.org

*100% of donations go directly to our projects. Our board works as volunteers and any overhead is covered by corporate contributions.