http://thegarageschool.org Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:17:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://thegarageschool.org/2008/09/21/mr-gordons-visit-to-the-school/ 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. Reshma who was now able to read and write urdu, spoke very ... http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/161/ The first annual function was held at the DHA Darakshan School. This function could not have been possible without the support of Mrs Kaiser 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 ... http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/155/ There 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. http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/admission-tests-18th-and-19th-august-2008/ All 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 ... http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/carpentery-classes-20th-august-2008/ Recycle 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 ... http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/first-aid-and-recycle-program-at-shah-rasool-colony/ Dear Friends, Please go through this link: http://thewip.net:80/contributors/2008/07/an_exercise_in_selfhelp_pakist.html http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/for-the-wip-article-by-zubeida-mustafa-on-09july08/ Music 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. http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/music-class-23rd-august-2008/ The 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 ... http://thegarageschool.org/2008/08/25/146/ http://thegarageschool.org/2008/06/20/make-our-wishes-come-true/