Archive for August, 2008

First School Annual Function at DHA School

annual-function-01.JPGannual-function-02.JPG Ms Sadia Naweed gave away the certificates to the first group of women who passed the adult literacy course. We are very grateful to Sadia (EBM) for providing the children with biscuits from the inception of the school.

Redsc00322.JPGshma who was now able to read and write urdu, spoke very dsc00377.JPGwell on that occasion.

Aunty Zubeida gave away gold earings to the girls courtesy Shermeen ARY tv

The most successful part of the program was on pollution with special emphasis on “Black Plastic Bags (Kaala Bhoot)” which is a menace to society.

School Function 02/Aug/2008

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The first annual function was held at the DHA Darakshan School. This function could not have been possible without the support of Mrs Kaiser school-function-for-sharmeen-30thaug08-017.jpg

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and Mrs. Ramla. The function turned out to be very successful and the invitees and parents enjoyed the program.

We would like to thank Mr. Jimmy Engineer who was kind enough to grace the occasion with his presence and gave away the bicycles to all the boys. Bicycle courtesy (Mobilink).

Admission Tests 18th and 19th August 2008

Admission Test 18th and 19th of August 2008There was a stampede for admissions. Parents came along with there children as we usually interview the parents before we finally admit the child to the school. We managed to accomodate 62 children this year in both the branches.

Carpentery Classes 20th August 2008

Carpentery 20th August 2008All students from garage 1 and 2 were made to join carpentery classes so that they can gain some vocational skills which would be helpful to them in the future. Those children who go to school in the morning are also made to come in the afternoon. Hoping one day we will open our own garage school furniture shop.

First aid and recycle program at shah rasool colony

showing-the-family-the-use-of-the-bag-to-keep-paperglass-and-tin-for-recycling.jpgRecycle programe and first aid awareness 23jan08Recycle and first aid awareness program started on 23rd January 2008. We provided stitched cloth bags to these families for proper disposal of glass, paper and tin which would be collected and recycled. Piggy banks were provided to save money which they could use after 6months of saving or when really needed. This way we are teaching them to save money and we call this project “Selling to Save”

FOR THE WIP {article by Zubeida Mustafa} on 09,july,08

Dear Friends,

Please go through this link:

http://thewip.net:80/contributors/2008/07/an_exercise_in_selfhelp_pakist.html

Music Class 23rd August 2008

Music Classes 23rd August 2008Music broke the monotony of the usual classes. Children have enjoyed it thoroughly and we will be holding music classes once a week from now onwards.

Sewing Classes 16th July 2008

Sewing Classes 16th July 2008The sewing classes were started due to the developing interest of women who wanted to learn sewing, cutting and embroidery. We hired a professional teacher for them and now our total strength is 27. Sone of the women didnot know how to read the measuring tape and so they were suggested to join the maths adult literacy classes in the evening.