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After 10 years of working towards developing
rural education, the Indus Resource Centre (IRC)
held their first event ever at the Avari Towers
Karachi on July 25. The event comprised
speeches by members of the IRC, presentations
on what they have already done and what the
future holds, an interactive session with the
students and teachers at the IRC schools and a
small skit staged by the students.
The NGO has reopened what were once ghost schools in areas like Khairpur, Dadu
and Sukkur, and provides students with uniforms, transport and books. Now, the IRC
“plans to expand the schools (to the secondary level) in some areas,” shares Sadiqa
Salahuddin, founder and executive director of IRC.
Among the IRC’s numerous innovative ideas is a plan to encourage female literacy by
offering incentives like admitting two boys if a girl in the family is sent to school.
The highlight of the event was a 15-minute skit presented by female students of IRC’s
school in Khanot. The awe-inspiring stage performance masterfully highlighted
critical social problems. In the middle of the stage a map of Sindh was created. As
various tragic scenarios unfolded in the performance, one of the girls lamented the
loss of the wonders of Sindh. A mother heard that her only son, the repository of her
hopes and dreams, was killed in a bomb blast. A child’s hopes of becoming a teacher
were shattered because of her gender. After each scenario the girls would gather and
chant “Allah Hu,” pleading for divine intervention.
However, the skit ended on a positive note, with a musical performance written and
composed by the students that highlighted the beauties of Sindh and emphasised the
need to live and let live.
The attendance of personalities such as MPA Aisha Khoso, writer and activist Amar
Sindhu, Secretary Education Muhammad Siddique Memon, Dr Kaiser Bengali and Dr
Qazi Masood helped raise the profile of this otherwise modest event.
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