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The Azarel Education Project

The Azarel Education Project funds a school in Tibba, Pakistan were literacy is less than 1%. This Christmas we would like to provide all 50 of them with coats.

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The Azarel Education Project

The Azarel Education Project

The Azarel Education Project

The Azarel Education Project

The Azarel Education Project

The Azarel Education Project funds a school in Tibba, Pakistan were literacy is less than 1%. This Christmas we would like to provide all 50 of them with coats.

The Azarel Education Project funds a school in Tibba, Pakistan were literacy is less than 1%. This Christmas we would like to provide all 50 of them with coats.

The Azarel Education Project funds a school in Tibba, Pakistan were literacy is less than 1%. This Christmas we would like to provide all 50 of them with coats.

The Azarel Education Project funds a school in Tibba, Pakistan were literacy is less than 1%. This Christmas we would like to provide all 50 of them with coats.

Kristen Gandy
Kristen Gandy
Kristen Gandy
Kristen Gandy
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Albuquerque, United States
$50 USD 2 backers
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We are a family from Albuquerque, New Mexico that has been privately funding a school in a highly impoverished area of Pakistan for about a year. Philanthropy and community issues have always been an important part of our lives. Over the years we have found ourselves helping in orphanages in Mexico, our dad is a contractor who went to Kosovo for many months to rebuild homes after they were bombed, we worked in foster care and adopted two kids into our home and now we find our hearts longing to help these children in Pakistan.

Tibba is located at a distance of 20km towards North of main Okara city. There are about 300 Christian families living in this rural area. In Pakistan, Christians are a minority and looked down upon. They are often degraded and met with violence and are not allowed to hold higher positions in government. Because of their choice of religion they do not receive help. They often walk on eggshells because they can be prosecuted if someone makes the claim (usually for blackmail or revenge) that they said something offensive about the Muslim religion. The majority of the Christians live in misery and are discriminated against on a regular basis.

The area is a rich agricultural part of the country and different types of products are grown here. Many of the villagers work in the fields of their landlords for very little pay which is hardly sufficient to run their families. When they need money for their urgent needs it is borrowed from their landlords. As it is hard to return the money this debt is transferred to their children and they remain slaves for generations. All of them basically belong to a labor class. There has not been a single school in the area for this huge mass, so the boys and girls have preferred to go and help their parents in the fields or to nearby market where they lift heavy loads on their backs to earn extra scraps.

 There is no medical unit working in this area by the government. There is no first aid. Many women die due to improper medical treatment.  The child death rate in infants and newborns is very high due to lack of any medical help. As the people are very poor, it is hard for them to get to the city quickly to save their lives without a vehicle. Their common mode of transportation is a donkey cart.

The future of a nation is directly linked with the new generation. The children are the greatest asset of this community. If we can help them get an education we can give them hope for a better future. Education is the first step to helping people so that they can better take care of themselves. Their parents would love for them to get an education but they can't even consider it while they don't even have food and clothing. It has been our good fortune to identify that need and be able to fill it, but we are only one family and we need your help.

The very first picture in our video above is of a little boy. That particular little boy wandered the streets for weeks playing with different children during the day before people were able to identify that he was an orphan and could get him into a home. That is the kind of experience that is common in this rural village. Christmas, Easter and other Christian festivals are a dream. Small things that we take for granted on a daily basis are luxuries for them.

Our goal this Christmas is to give these children coats to keep them warm in the cold and provide them with a little cake and tea to have a small celebration. Please help us give to these children something that will greatly benefit their health and their spirits. Be a part of an act of kindness that will make an incredible difference in the lives of these young children by being an example of love, religious tolerance, compassion and faith in their ability to grow into great men and women who can also make a difference in the world for good.

If you can not give please share this to all that you know so that someone who may have the resources and heart for this cause can help.


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