Education Support

The Education Sector’s under-development, and the principal impoverished constituency that the Government Schools serve is no secret. Part of our grassroots efforts have been aimed at creating conversational spaces where our community stakeholders can identify the most pressing needs of their communities. In conversation with the Principal of the Government Public School Kaskorono in Mardan, SFY leaders learned about the lack of material assistance that government school students experienced, such as several students sometimes missed classes due to lack of appropriate dressing in winter. Or generally were ill-equipped to participate in activities outside the classroom due to often having only one pair of clothing. In many cases students felt discouraged and disheartened.


Society For Youth organized #YouthEduSupport2022 Project to help materially and motivationally. The Project included presentations and self-esteem building activities focused on highlighting the importance of education and emphasizing its role in bettering communities. SFY funded and distributed approximately 153 clothing kits amongst the underprivileged groups of students, including all the orphans at the school.

 

We have continuously stressed on reaching out to the most under-resourced demographics in the country. Government schools are amongst the most under-funded facilities in the country with little to no oversight and supervision. And substantial gaps in educational growth outcomes. This project not only re-enforced the critical and important role of education in our national growth. But also provided clothing items that will kept our little ones warm in the winter.

Being students, SFY leaders feel especially called to serving educational communities and contributed approximately 60 volunteer hours to this project. The Education Support project helped foster the practice of volunteerism and the ethic of community bonding in an educational landscape. It empowered our leaders to practice relational power and the ability to raise awareness around the chronic needs that such resource drained communities have.