We are aware that it has been a long time since our last update, but we have been extremely busy! Here is a roundup of recent news from Superhands schools.
Schools Expansion
Your donations are providing education to 700 children in our five schools in Dina, Islamgarh, Khari Sharif, Mian Muhammad Town and Jatlan.
Our first two schools, Dina and Islmagarh are now up to high school level, class 9, age 13-14. As required by the high school syllabus we have set up science labs and a library at both of these schools.
The most senior students at Khari Sharif have entered middle school classes. Here, we have set up an IT lab at the school as IT is part of the middle school syllabus.
New School Buildings
Islamgarh and Mian Mohammed Town schools have both recently moved into new purpose built buildings.
Mian Mohammed Town’s new school building has a large outdoor area for sports, recreation and holding functions.
The Dina school building has been expanded with the addition of new classrooms.
The Islamgarh building was built with support from the local community. Ch Mohammed Iqbal, resident of Glasgow and Islamgarh donated Rs 500k for building costs and bought computers for the computer lab. He has also donated generously during Ramadan. The building is very safe and secure and adjacent to a mosque.
All five schools are now housed in buildings that have sufficient space for their expansion up to completion of high school level.
Cost of Living Increase
The cost of living has increased significantly in Pakistan in recent months. In particular, the costs of fuel and food have risen. We will be making staff salary increases in the new year to reflect the cost of living.
Child Sponsorship
We will be increasing the cost of new child sponsorships to £30 per month in view of the increases to running costs. Sponsorship still provides excellent value and covers the full cost of a child’s education, learning materials, uniform and a daily cooked meal.
If you are currently sponsoring a child at £25 per month you can continue at that level and don’t need to take any action. If you are happy to increase your sponsorship to £30 per month please get in touch with us.
If you would like to sponsor a child please go to the DONATE page and click on ‘Sponsor a Child £30 per Month’.
