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Gul Muhammad is going the extra mile!

Tcf Usa — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:32:46 +0000

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From Bhai Pheru Village to LUMS!

Tcf Usa — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:18:11 +0000

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A First-Generation Doctor!

Tcf Usa — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 06:52:45 +0000

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From Orangi Town to Whitman College & Oxford – The Story of Kainat Ansari

Tcf Usa — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 06:26:05 +0000

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Fruit-seller’s son, TCF alumnus graduates from GIKI

Tcf Usa — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:11:55 +0000

In a small, mud-brick house of Khuda ki Basti, a slum in Karachi, the power is out, mosquitos are buzzing around, and rainwater...

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TCF Alumna Iram, a policewoman #ChoseToChallenge!

Tcf Usa — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:42:53 +0000

“A policewoman? What kind of job is that for a girl?” Iram’s relatives would ask her mother...

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The Power Of A Father’s Dream

Tcf Usa — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:58:35 +0000

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

Tcf Usa — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:42:36 +0000

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

Tcf Usa — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:30:57 +0000

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

Tcf Usa — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:54:30 +0000

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

Tcf Usa — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:41:34 +0000

“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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Towards the Light

Tcf Usa — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 09:05:07 +0000

“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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Fighting Against the Odds

Tcf Usa — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 08:56:44 +0000

“My interest in taekwondo developed when I was 8. My cousin had signed up for martial arts classes near our home in Ittehad town, a low-income settlement on the outskirts of Karachi. I started going there with him to learn different forms…

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Breaking the Mould

Tcf Usa — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 08:22:51 +0000

When she was little, Samina Noreen, living in Moza Kot Sharif, a small village in the Chiniot district of Punjab used to rouse from her sleep for prayers; bowing her head in prostration, beseeching, “O Allah, please help me continue school.”...

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Rebuilding a New Life

Tcf Usa — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 08:06:14 +0000

It was 2007; thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in Bajaur Agency as the Pakistan Army intensified its operation against the militants. Jawwad, who was just seven at that time, can clearly recall the horror...

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A Long Walk to Education

Tcf Usa — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 07:37:20 +0000

“My parents enrolled me in kindergarten at TCF School, Sumar Goth Campus, located near the coastline of Karachi, but soon pulled me out because it was nearly 35 minutes to school on foot each way…

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‘Beauty’ of Education and Enterprise

Tcf Usa — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 15:32:17 +0000

As we make our way inside TCF’s Cowasjee Campus, we spot Fizza Naz sharing a lighthearted moment with her ex-Principal in her office....

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Basit Says ‘Hello’ to a Brighter Future

Tcf Usa — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 06:51:58 +0000

“When I came to this college for my interview, I was just sitting there nodding my head in a ‘yes’ and shaking it for a ‘no’

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Defying Stereotypes through Entrepreneurship

Tcf Usa — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:00:40 +0000

By Usman Mujtaba
Surrounded by uncertainty when his father met an unfortunate accident, Wajid Ali’s story reflects a young man’s resilience in the face of adversity...

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A Village Transformed by Education

Tcf Usa — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:31:50 +0000

By Usman Mujtaba
When TCF opened its first school in Minhala, it was a challenge to convince the community to send their daughters to school...

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