| Location: | Shinkiari, Pakistan |
| Age: | 16 |
| Program: | High School |
| Duration: | 1 year |
| Required: | $80 |
| Date Completed: | January 31, 2009 |
| Partner Organization: | Maria Helena Foundation |
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Syed wishes to continue his studies, pass his CSS exam and join the civil service. He is doing well in school and there is no reason that he cannot achieve his ambition if funding is available. His father also holds a position in the government but the salary will not be sufficient to provide for a family of 7 (parents and children) in addition to the expenses of putting Syed through his education.
Tameer-e-Millat Hazara Public School & College
The TMH public school in Shinkiari was damaged beyond repair when an earthquake struck the area in October 2005. Homes of many of the students were also destroyed. 80,000 lives were lost and many thousands injured and left homeless. The school would have been closed if it were not for local and international charities that put up temporary tents so that the students' education could continue. A substantial donation by the Maria-Helena Foundation built a new school on what was the previous school’s playground and this is where the students study today.
NOTE: This letter is from the Managing Director of the school attended by Maria Helena students in Shinkiara.
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We are thanking Education Generation for the recently sanctioned Scholarships @ US $ 10.00 per month in effect from January to August 2009 for deserving students of our 9th Class.
The local community, parents and especially the students of this school are grateful for your financial and moral support to this institution which serves the community and provides quality education to each and every child without any discrimination of race, sect, status and religion.
We pay thanks to you for considering more scholarships, this will be a great help to those who indeed deserve your support. We assure our best services for the uplift of the deprived masses of the community and proper utilization of even a single penny donated to us in this regards.
Thanking You,
Abdur Rehman Suleria
Managing Director
Posted Feb 8, 2009
