All children deserve to be seen, heard and go to school.
Every day children with disabilities in Pakistan go unseen and unheard, left watching as their brothers and sisters go to school. Denied an education, they are trapped in a cycle of poverty with little chance of a brighter future.
Will you help give a child like Nazia* the gift of a life changing education?
Children with disabilities shouldn't spend another day left behind…
... but children like Nazia face many barriers that prevent them from attending school. From people believing that children with disabilities can’t learn, to school buildings being inaccessible and overstretched teachers - the odds are stacked against them.
Nazia used to sit in the doorway of her home every day watching as the other children went to school. Having had polio as a baby she couldn’t join them as she couldn’t walk. Although her parents wanted to her to get an education, they had little hope of Nazia ever going to school.
Sadly, this is the story of many children living with disabilities in Pakistan. Instead of going to school, they are hidden away at home, trapped in a cycle of poverty.
Thanks to supporters like you, volunteer Marya found Nazia and brought her into the VSO learning centre that she runs from a space in her home. VSO equipped Nazia with leg frames and she was able to stand and walk independently, join in the class and make friends. Today she is enrolled in a government school and is thriving.
Nazia is among the fortunate ones. Many children living with disabilities remain in the shadows – unseen and unheard. It is not right. With your support today it can change.
How you can help a child with disabilities get the life-changing education they deserve.
• Provide assistive aids: You could help change a child’s life with assistive aids such as leg frames, walking frames, glasses or hearing aids.
• Equip children to learn: You could help equip children to learn with a rucksack, pencils, sharpener, eraser and a writing book.
• Train more volunteers: You could help train more VSO volunteers to find the hidden-away children and bring them into the classroom.
I feel I have achieved something meaningful. And I hope I can continue doing even more in the future” says VSO volunteer Marya.
Education opens doors and transforms lives.
Will you give a gift today to help children with disabilities be seen and heard, and get the life-changing education they deserve? In solidarity and with hope.
*Names have been changed to protect identities.
Here is how every £1 is spent
We value every gift that you give, and will always put it straight to work as quickly as we can.
We value every gift that you give, and will always put it straight to work as quickly as we can. In 2023-24, 85p of every £1 you gave went directly towards tackling poverty worldwide.15p was spent on the day-to-day running of the charity and raising the next £1 so that we can help even more people this year.
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