At DREAMS Pakistan, thousands of people lie, work and reside in Karachi, Pakistan’s landfill. Here, where 100,000 tons of garbage is dumped daily, the conditions are hellish. Our schools provide a free and quality education to over 2,000 students across 6 campuses.
At DREAMS Pakistan, thousands of people lie, work and reside in Karachi, Pakistan’s landfill. Here, where 100,000 tons of garbage is dumped daily, the conditions are hellish. Our schools provide a free and quality education to over 2,000 students across 6 campuses.
Around the world 1 in 10 children is subject to child labor. But in the communities of Jam Chakro where we work, more than 50% of our students must work to support their families. Education is one tool that will shape their future. Will you help to change their life story?
100% of your contribution goes directly to People in need.
How Your Contributions Help:
Education Costs
College Scholarships
On Campus Meals
Healthcare
Bread Banks and Food Packages
Relief Grants for Families
What We Do
Key Facts
70%of staff are breadwinners for their family
School is in session6 days a week
60%Primary Level
More Than $300,000 USD a year in operating expenses required
40% Secondary Level
Prior to our schools, there was a 0% female literacy rate in these areas
Campus 3 Students: 670
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Campus 2
Students: 256
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
DREAMS College
Students:190
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
All Girls Campus
Students: 247
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Campus 6
Students:782
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Women’s
Vocational Center
Students: 46
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Campus 3 Students: 670
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Campus 2
Students: 256
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
All Girls Campus
Students: 247
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
DREAMS College
Students:190
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Campus 6
Students:782
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Women’s
Vocational Center
Students: 46
BOYS
0
GIRLS
0
Monthly Costs $29,516 (on average)
$7,500
$4,000
$600
$1,500
$4,000
Campus 2 & 3
DREAMS College
Vocational Center
All Girls Campus
Medical Center
$7,500
$4,000
$4,416
$2,000
Campus 2 Meals
Roti Banks
Meals Program
Campus 6
Building Best In Class
All campuses are equipped with sports fields, computer labs, libraries, and covered lunch areas.
We want to provide not just the best in Karachi but the best in the world for these students!
Over $100,000 invested yearly in construction, expansion, and improvement projects.
What You Can Do
My name is Hanifa Ahmed, and I am a third-grade student in Al-Khair School Campus 2. My father works in waste picking, and my mother is a housewife. I have three sisters and two brothers. When I’m older, I want to be a teacher. I’ve learned about the ups and downs of life through education. I’ll be teaching at Al Khair Campus 2 after finishing my studies.
My main aim is to escape poverty through education and help my parents’ extended family. I want to teach so that, through education, I can end poverty and make sure no child has to scavenge for a living.
Join us in improving generational trajectories through education
Thaakat’s on ground strategic and implementation partner is Idara Al Khair. IAK has been working in the education space for the last 45 years.
Want to Smash Poverty?
General Donations
More than 85% of total funding comes from the general public. We don’t have big pockets but we hope to achieve great things and can only do this with your support. As much as we plan ahead, we are always in need of funds. Your donation to our general fund helps to ensure we are covered especially in our most difficult times.
Donations can be designated to a specific project, or they are distributed across project sites in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Pakistan.
100% of proceeds will go towards these causes.
Want to Smash Poverty?
CITY HOSPITAL
Help us construct a state-of-the-art 50-bed medical facility with a focus around ear, nose, and throat (ENT) health and more broadly supporting head and neck departments. The facility will be 4 floors and will offer other specialized medical services in the fields of:
Pediatrics
Dermatology
Dental
Orthopedics
Psychiatric
Nutrition
Service Area
Our service area covers everything in Karachi from Jam Chakro to the north to outskirts of New Karachi to the south. With a 10 km radium from the hospital, we operate five schools and run several civic and food development programs in partnership with IAK to serve these communities.
Cost and Timeline
The total cost of the 4 floor hospital will be approximately $600,000. Each floor will cost $140,000.
We have already purchased the land and will begin construction promptly in 2023 as soon as we have reached our first funding goal of $200,000.
Want to Smash Poverty?
Water Well
We had set a goal in 2021 to establish 10 solar powered clean water wells. By the end of 2021, we had established 18 total! Each well will cost $2200. Our goal is to raise enough to build 10 this year. See a breakdown of the costs per well below. Please donate the complete $2200 at one time for your well via this page and send us a note at ubawany@thaakat.org with your name, beneficiary name and any additional information you need us to be aware of.
According to the UN’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), heavy monsoon rainfall and floods have affected some 2.3 million people in Pakistan since mid-June, destroying at least 95,350 houses and damaging a further 224,100.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Most immediately there is a need to provide food relief. Our team is on the ground in Dadu village, located in Interior Sindh and is surveying the area. Other non profits have already established tents and temporary living shelters until the water recedes.
There is a need to provide at least 1000 food relief packages (at $15 each) containing:
Cooking Oil (1 LTR), Flour (10 KG), Rice (3KG), Sugar (1KG), Soaps, Spices, Milk Pack (1 LTR), Salt, Matchsticks, Lentils (2KG), Tea.
Want to Smash Poverty?
Sponsor a Child
Your monthly contribution helps provide the year long support for a well deserving child, including:
Books, supplies and facilities for the year
General Healthcare and Emergency Medical Aid
Weekly visits with students’ families for counseling and encouraging attendance, especially among young girls
An investment in ongoing expansion of classrooms
Maintenance and operations of newly installed water filtration systems that for the first time in the area, provide fresh, safe water
* You can cancel or change your monthly support at any time
100% of proceeds will go towards these causes.