Added: Nov 22, 2008

From: IDENTITYPAKISTAN

Duration: 1:56

Zindagi-Trust is a non-profit organization which aims to be a leader in providing opportunities to a better life through education to the underprivileged working children of Pakistan.Its purpose is to research and enact solutions pertaining to Child Labor, Mother Child Health Care, and Womens'/Girls' Education issues in Pakistan. Here are some details about ZT's involvement in each of these three issues:1) CHILD LABOR is still a part of the Pakistani society, even though it was outlawed, legally, years ago. These innocent kids are never allowed to go to school because they are earning members of the family, and school would mean not earning their daily wages, so what do we do--what can we do to educate children afflicted by such binding circumstances? How can we eradicate illiteracy when children are toiling away at the workplace instead of studying in schools?The answer is ZINDAGI-TRUST. Our schools are made in areas with the highest populations of working children. These kids are then paid to come and study, so they're not losing their daily bread and butter and are still able to study. They must off course pass daily assessments to get their wages, which causes the parents who first prevented their children from studying to encourage these kids to work harder and get better grades so that they'll bring home the daily wages.2) MOTHER-CHILD HEALTHCARE. We have in Pakistan a 60% death rate for young mothers in rural areas, because they lack basic necessities and knowledge, so Zindagi Trust builds clinics in these areas that these young mothers can turn to for medical help and advice, which will prevent their children from turning into orphans at birth.3)WOMENS'/GIRLS' EDUCATION. In many developing countries, girls education is not given any priority same is the case in many mostly poor or rural parts of Pakistan. So Zindagi Trust builds high schools for them so they too can get a fighting chance at life, by being educated.A Fighting ChanceWings to dreamA ray of Hope...Zindagi TrustIf you or your university would like to be a part of this effort please contact us for more information.For more information about Zindagi-Trust, in general, check out: http://www.ZINDAGITRUST.org

Channel: Education

Tags: charity  children  education  illiteracy  pakistan  poverty  roy  school  shehzad  trust  underprivillage  zindagi 

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