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Boston Chapter leader visits TCF school in Islamabad

Boston Chapter leader visits TCF school in Islamabad

16 Apr 2022 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

Marhama Alvi, TCF-USA Boston Chapter leader, has been associated with the TCF movement since 2010…

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TCF Is Being Featured At Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Program

TCF Is Being Featured At Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Program

3 Dec 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

I grew up in a very small urban slum, between New Karachi and Gulshan-e-Maymar in Karachi, Pakistan. These slums – called katchi abadis…

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I Grew Up In a Slum, I'm Now a Doctor of Neurology

‘I Grew Up In a Slum, I’m Now a Doctor of Neurology’

24 Nov 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

I grew up in a very small urban slum, between New Karachi and Gulshan-e-Maymar in Karachi, Pakistan. These slums – called katchi abadis…

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Empowering Girls To Dream

Empowering Girls To Dream

8 Oct 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

TCF’s Remediation Programme accounts for the impact the pandemic has had on learning by providing teachers with diagnostic tools to…

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Navigating Through the Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19

Navigating Through the Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19

1 Oct 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

TCF’s Remediation Programme accounts for the impact the pandemic has had on learning by providing teachers with diagnostic tools to…

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"Dastak" (Opportunity Knocks)

“Dastak” (Opportunity Knocks)

15 Jul 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

Founded in1995, TCF has 1687 schools in underserved urban and rural locations, with a current enrollment of 275,000 children from underprivileged families and nearly 50…

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Marium is back in school! But many girls still aren’t…

10 Oct 2020 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

To collect fresh water every morning, 13-year-old Marium treks for one hour down the steep hills of Chamankotli, a village located in Azad Kashmir …

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TCF’s role in mitigating the education crisis post Covid-19

26 Mar 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified an acute learning crisis already facing Pakistan…

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Rasool Baksh is back in school, thanks to YOU!

26 Mar 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

Before the pandemic, Rasool Baksh living in Makli (Sindh) hardly ever missed…

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Shahbaz & Mushtaq are all smiles as they return to school!

26 Mar 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

When the Covid-19 pandemic left their family with a surging debt, no income or a home to live…

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Iqra is working day and night for her dreams!

26 Mar 2021 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

When her parents, both farmers, had their incomes slashed after the Covid-19 crisis…

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Imtiaz is back in school, but many aren’t!

26 Mar 2021 adminBlogs0

Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Imtiaz, a TCF student of Class…

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Sabrina Siddiqui, Political Reporter/CNN Analyst joins as TCF Campaigns Ambassador

23 Dec 2020 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

Sabrina Siddiqui is a national politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she covers the 2020 presidential race, and a political analyst at CNN…

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In conversation with TCF Principal – Sundus Batool

2 Oct 2020 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

There are no great schools without great principals. TCF faculty has always been at the center of TCF endeavours and our principals play an integral role in this team…

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TCF Continues Education During School Closures

7 Jul 2020 adminBlogs, COVID-19 ResponseLeave a comment0

The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in the official suspension of face-to-face classes at all TCF Schools across Pakistan. TCF operates schools in the poorest and most vulnerable communities of the country….

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The Power Of A Father’s Dream

The Power Of A Father’s Dream

28 Feb 2020 adminBlogs, Success StoriesLeave a comment0

It’s 7:00 am. Amjad, while sitting cross legged on the floor, in a small room of his home in Korangi, is having breakfast with his wife and six daughters, all clustered around the food mat…

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On The Spinning Wheel

On The Spinning Wheel

28 Feb 2020 adminBlogs, Success StoriesLeave a comment0

As temperatures peak at midday, Aslam, a student of class 3 in the TCF School in Naushahro Feroze, Sindh, returns home. Without a moment’s delay, eight-year-old Aslam changes into his home attire before taking his place behind the spinning wheel…

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A Nurse On Duty

A Nurse On Duty

28 Feb 2020 adminBlogs, Success StoriesLeave a comment0

In the twilight of dawn each day, Adnan wakes up to the incessant chirping of crickets. He puts on a crisp white uniform, and clips a badge onto its pocket labelled, Assistant Nurse, The Aga Khan Hospital. As he steps into the hospital’s red brick…

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A Mother’s Prayer

A Mother’s Prayer

28 Feb 2020 adminBlogs, Success StoriesLeave a comment0

The house is sparkling. There is not a speck of dust to be seen, I observe as Rabia, a student of TCF School, Chamankotli Campus in Muzaffarabad, quickly leads me into her small courtyard where her mother…

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A Will Unshaken

21 Dec 2019 adminBlogs, Success StoriesLeave a comment0

“What is there to learn in a classroom? Most girls your age are married already. Instead of burying your head in books, you should be learning household chores.”…

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  • Boston Chapter leader visits TCF school in Islamabad

    Boston Chapter leader visits TCF school in Islamabad

    16 Apr 2022
  • TCF Is Being Featured At Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Program

    TCF Is Being Featured At Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Program

    3 Dec 2021
  • ‘I Grew Up In a Slum, I’m Now a Doctor of Neurology’

    ‘I Grew Up In a Slum, I’m Now a Doctor of Neurology’

    24 Nov 2021
  • Empowering Girls To Dream

    Empowering Girls To Dream

    8 Oct 2021
  • Navigating Through the Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19

    Navigating Through the Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19

    1 Oct 2021

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