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Chapter 1: Change Came Knocking Morning light filtered inside as Ayesha’s father pulled the door open to their visitor. A kind face beamed down at ...
  
“I’m really impressed by the level of technology in the classrooms. TCF is fostering digital literacy skills from an early age.”&...
  
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) and the Institute of Development & Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) are pleased to announce their collaboration on a...
As the sun was setting on the dusty streets of Bhai Pheru, Punjab, Ayesha stood alongside her father and grandfather before the Chaudhry (the triba...
At a roadside dhaba (tea shack) in Qasim Bughio village in Hala (Sindh), TCF student Gul Muhammad brews and serves tea from sundown to midnight. Gu...
“Education is the best tool. It is the best investment, because when you empower an individual with education, you do not change one individu...
Growing up, Aqsa often saw her parents struggle to pay for her education. They would often have to forego meals to cover the cost of her education ...
  
Public education systems struggle to define the role and responsibilities of administrative vs. pedagogical leaders and fail to catalyze continuous...
TCF’s team recently met with children from the flood-affected village of Khoso in Matiari, Sindh. The team were moved to see the optimism and...
  
As the floods tore through the village of Soomro Goth, Jacobabad, Rabia’s mother hurriedly grabbed a few belongings before her father rushed ...
The sweet scent of mangoes fills the air as we enter a small, mud-brick home in a dusty street of the urban slum, Khuda ki Basti, Karachi. The powe...
We are thrilled to share that 6 TCF alumni were recently awarded degrees at the Convocation of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences ...
Written by Farah Khan, South London Chapter Lead Seems like this December many of us took advantage of easing travelling restrictions to visit Paki...
TCF started with a dream to educate the most vulnerable children of Pakistan, thus enabling them to create a better future for themselves, and beco...
In April 2016, when TCF formalised an agreement with the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) under its Public School Support Programme (PSSP), 257 go...