Iqra is working day and night for her dreams!
When her parents, both farmers, had their incomes slashed after the Covid-19 crisis…
Imtiaz is back in school, but many aren’t!
Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Imtiaz, a TCF student of Class…
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…
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 …
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.”…
TCF’s Mother Tongue Based Learning Initiative
A Learning model that makes perfect sense!
According to UNESCO, ‘A major reason for poor performance of many linguistic and ethnic minority children is that they are often taught in a language they struggle to understand. It limits their ability…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…