KARACHI: Caritas Pakistan, the humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church in the Islamic republic, has opened a primary school for poverty-stricken dropouts in a remote area of port city Karachi.
The Haven Community School began regular classes at Yousaf Goth in St. Michael’s Parish under the Archdiocese of Karachi on Jan. 25.
Mansha Noor, executive secretary of Caritas Pakistan Karachi, formally inaugurated the school by cutting the ribbon of Haven Community School with children, teachers and Caritas staff.
“Around 258 million children and youth are still out of school; 617 million children and adolescents cannot read and do basic math; less than 40 percent of girls in sub-Saharan Africa completed lower secondary school and about 4 million children and youth refugees are out of school. Their right to education is being violated and it is unacceptable,” Noor said.
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Haven Community School began regular classes at Yousaf Goth in St. Michael’s Parish under the Archdiocese of Karachi on Jan. 25. (Photo supplied)
Caritas Pakistan, the humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church in the Islamic republic, has opened a primary school for poverty-stricken dropouts in a remote area of port city Karachi.
The Haven Community School began regular classes at Yousaf Goth in St. Michael’s Parish under the Archdiocese of Karachi on Jan. 25.
Mansha Noor, executive secretary of Caritas Pakistan Karachi, formally inaugurated the school by cutting the ribbon of Haven Community School with children, teachers and Caritas staff.