“Dastak” (Opportunity Knocks)
A unique, low-cost, and innovative Teacher Training Program offered by TCF Founded in 1995, TCF 1687 schools in underserved…Read More
Marium is back in school! But many girls still aren’t…
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 …Read More
TCF’s role in mitigating the education crisis post Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified an acute learning crisis already facing Pakistan…Read More
Rasool Baksh is back in school, thanks to YOU!
Before the pandemic, Rasool Baksh living in Makli (Sindh) hardly ever missed…Read More
Shahbaz & Mushtaq are all smiles as they return to school!
When the Covid-19 pandemic left their family with a surging debt, no income or a home to live…Read More
Iqra is working day and night for her dreams!
When her parents, both farmers, had their incomes slashed after the Covid-19 crisis…Read More
Imtiaz is back in school, but many aren’t!
Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Imtiaz, a TCF student of Class…Read More
Sabrina Siddiqui, Political Reporter/CNN Analyst joins as TCF Campaigns Ambassador
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…Read More
In conversation with TCF Principal – Sundus Batool
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…Read More
TCF Continues Education During School Closures
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….Read More
The Power Of A Father’s Dream
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…Read More
On The Spinning Wheel
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…Read More
A Nurse On Duty
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…Read More
A Mother’s Prayer
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…Read More
A Will Unshaken
“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.”…Read More
Towards the Light
“It was just another morning in Muzaffarabad; I was pregnant with my fourth child, busy getting my chores done, when suddenly the ground seemed to sway one way and the house lurched the other. Instantly I knew that it was an earthquake…Read More
The Girl in the Chilli Fields
“Hurry up, beti (daughter), it is time to pick,” calls Zainab’s mother as she wakes her up before the break of dawn. Zainab knows that it is going to be a long day because she and her family would work until late evening to get the harvesting done on time…Read More
Building the Ladder to Success
By Tehmina Qureshi
Under the Alumni Development Programme, TCF alumni are teaming up with spirited volunteers to create unprecedented opportunities for the TCF students following in their footsteps. In doing so, they demonstrate the promise and possibilities of the TCF movement…Read More
Children Belong in School, Not Jail
“It’s very heart-breaking to see a child in jail whose family has given up on him because they are either too poor to fight for his rights or too busy feeding their other eight or nine children. …Read More
A Bountiful Harvest
By Zia Akhter Abbas
Like ancient ruins re-inhabited by its erstwhile settlers, awakened from their slumber, the Government Primary School in Theh Rosa is abuzz with the sounds…Read More
