Continuing to act in the true spirit of Ramazan, of caring and giving, Ufone on Tuesday announced that like last year, this year too it will be supporting a noble cause. Ufone will support the inspiring cause of Syeda Anfas Ali Shah, by purchasing media space on television channels and digital media throughout Ramazan and donating this free of cost to the cause, so that it can spread its message widely across Pakistan.
Ufone aims to thus create widespread awareness of the great work being done by Anfas and motivate others to take up humanitarian initiatives, to bring about positive change in society.
Anfasis running seven footpath schools in Karachi and Interior Sindh, with the aim of imparting education to those underprivileged children who belong to extremely poor families and mainly do street labour. There is no bigger profession than working for humanity and to uplift fellow human beings, keeping their dignity intact, and this cause becomes even greater when the focus of your work is children.
Ramazan is a time to reconsider, how we can learn from people who are outstanding role models. Ufone's focus this Ramzan will remain the socio-economic uplift of society through supporting committed individuals and organizations who are working selflessly for societal progress. Anfasis teaches children ranging from the ages of 5 to 17 years and devotes about 12 hours a day with related activities. By now she has 7 branches out of which 4 are in Interior Sindh and 3 are in Defence. The reason she has chosen Defence is because this area is surrounded by slums where great number of children have no means to get education.
She got her NGO, Ocean Welfare Organisation, registered as the umbrella organization for her schools. Some 1,500 children are getting educated in these schools, out of whom 250 are located in a remote area of Interior Sindh, Sandhri. Earlier, there was no school in the area. These street children are taught in a way that they pay back to the society. For example her fifth graders teach children at their early level of education. Moreover, her strength lies in the fact that she teaches self-respect, which is scarce in the situation the children are brought up in.
She therefore promotes self-respect and earning acquired by the sweat on one's brow, rather than the concept of alms. Children get rewarded on the basis of performance rather than given charity even though they are fed, clothed, and groomed on a daily basis. Anfas also pays Rs 50 to each child daily as a reward, even though her finances are tight.
But sustainability of the project is a huge challenge that she is facing, even though her determination and persistence are unwavering and are the foundation of her resilience. She dreams of having these children enrolled in universities someday so that they graduate and acquire degrees.-PR
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