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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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TCF’s Mother Tongue Based Learning Initiative

16 Oct 2019 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

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…

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Towards the Light

1 Jan 2019 adminBlogs, Success StoriesLeave a comment0

“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…

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The Girl in the Chilli Fields

The Girl in the Chilli Fields

4 Dec 2018 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

“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…

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Building the Ladder to Success

Building the Ladder to Success

19 Oct 2018 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

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…

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Children Belong in School, Not Jail

Children Belong in School, Not Jail

7 Sep 2018 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

“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. …

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A Bountiful Harvest

18 Jan 2018 adminBlogsLeave a comment0

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…

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