To improve access to inclusive, quality, and equitable education opportunities for marginalized children and youth.
Project: Bringing OOSC back to School through NFECs Program
WPTG Foundation under the project “Bringing Out-of-School Children Back to School” is striving to educate Out of School children since 2023 through its Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC). Besides educating out of school children, the parents of the children are mobilized to regularly send their children to school and enroll them in the mainstream schools. WPTGF has enrolled a total of 61 children in schools by mobilizing parents and provided education to more than 100 children in their centre. It aims to empower underprivileged children with non-formal and moral education for the formation of a literate, broadminded and able society.
According to the most recent Pakistan Education Statistics (2023–24/2024–25 cycle) and 2026 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM), Pakistan has approximately 25.15 million out-of-school children (OOSC) aged 5–16 years, making it the country with the second-largest out-of-school child population in the world, after Nigeria. The root causes are systemic inefficiencies in education access, internal efficiency, and retention pathways. From a technical standpoint, the OOSC phenomenon in Pakistan is multi-dimensional, encompassing never-enrolled, early dropouts, and late entrants, with sharp disparities across gender, income quintiles, and geographic regions. This year WPTGF has successfully enrolled 35 Muslim and Christian children into mainstream education. Since 2023, WPTGF has been providing these children with accelerated learning as well as peaceful coexistence education to promote harmony and social cohesion.
To support their education, WPTGF has provided school uniforms, books, stationery, and school fees for one year. In addition, the project aims to equip parents with vocational skills so they can start or expand small businesses and improve their livelihoods. This initiative reflects a strong commitment to peacebuilding, education, and community development.
Project: WPTG Foundation’s Scholarship Program
Weaving People to Grow Foundation (WPTG Foundation) initiated its Scholarship project in December 2022 with the generous contribution of Murree Brewery Pakistan, Peace and Reconciliation Network, an individual donor from Australia and WPTG Foundation Board Members and Volunteers. The Scholarship Program is being implemented under the project titled “Empowering Lower Socioeconomic Communities through Education in Pakistan”. It aims to empower youth and children belonging to lower socioeconomic communities to continue their education in mainstream educational institutions without the stress of educational expenses. The project has been helping these students by paying their monthly school fees and providing food items to two girls belonging to ultra-poor families.
Since 2022 the project has supported nine students studying in universities, colleges and schools. Our student Rahib Asif is about to complete her four year BS Accounts and Finance degree program from the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Rawalpindi. She is very happy with her studies and studying hard to complete her degree.
The second student Yubab Pervez is a 15 years (2014) old boy completed his F.Sc Pre-Medical at Punjab College, Satellite Town. WPTGF supported him to complete his (class 10) Secondary School Education at St. Mary’s High School, Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. They are a family of 4 comprising of parents and an eight years old younger sister studying in class 2. He is about to get admission in University to start his graduation.
Sehr Akram is an 8 years (2014) old girl promoted to class 3 at Islamabad Model School, G-9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan. She lives in Akram Gill Colony at H-9/2, Peshawar Mor, Islamabad. Her mother is a widow and was unable to bear the expenses of her daughters’ studies. We have supporting Sehar for the last 3 months to continue her education. We are glad that she has been promoted to class 3 and she is studying well.
Zainab Noor is 4 years (2014) old girl promoted to class 1 at Creative Learning and Montessori School System, Madina Town, near Khanapul, Islamabad, Pakistan. She lives near her school. She has two more brothers and her mother (Shazia) is a Montessori teacher but earns only PKR 15000 ($68) monthly. Her (Zainab) father is jobless due to which the financial condition of their home has become miserable. She was in dire need of financial support to continue her education. They live in a rented house and Shazia pays PKR 10,000 per month for their accommodation to the landlord. Besides it, the increasing inflation and high utility bills have made the family’s life worst.
The details of other students can be provided upon request.