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The Garage School is committed to providing a useful education to the under-privileged children in and around the Clifton area. We hope to form a socially, financially and environmentally self sustaining model that is accessible to many, so that individual development may follow a sustainable path.
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Universal Children’s Day
We just returned from the Arts Council where 12 kids along with teacher Tahira were invited to watch “We have the power”, a multimedia show to celebrate Universal Children’s Day. The event was organized by the Children’s Museum for Peace and Human Rights.
Measles Vaccinations
On 16th November, 2007 four staff members came from the immunization department of UNICEF to give measles vaccination to 130 children at the Garage School.
Dewali Celebrations 2007
On the 9th of November, 2007, we celebrated Dewali or Deepawali, “The festival of Light” by visiting three temples in the city with the Hindu and Sikh students along with Christian and Muslim teachers. It was a great experience. The temple in Clifton is right where the school is located, but noone had [...]
Achievements since 1999
The Garage School has simple goals. My children must acquire basic literacy skills to help them in the future. Vocational training like computer training, mechanical, electrical skills or the arts are very important. Now with the admission of 12 boys to St. Patrick Vocational School and 6 girls for a two year training program at [...]
How it all began
My name is Shabina Mustafa and I am the wife of Flight Lieutenant Syed Safi Mustafa (Shaheed) S.J. I was widowed at the age of 20 with my 2 month old son, Zain, who is now an architect in Dubai. I completed my B.A Honours in Sociology from the University of Karachi after [...]
The Garage School
Shandana Minhas in CHOWK:
A maidservant’s daughter in Shabina Mustafa’s building was refused admission in a sewing class because she could not read or write. In the intro to the project her rejection spawned, Shabina writes, “if I could teach her some basic numeric and literacy skills, she could build on them and learn specialized [...]
Guru Nanak’s Birthday