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Meet Our Pen Pals
Hover over each student's picture to learn more about them
Pakistan
ERAJ
Eraj is fourteen and is in eighth grade. She enjoys playing soccer and dancing in her free time. She has five sisters and four brothers. Eraj's favorite color is sky blue and her favorite food is a fish sandwich. She loves living in Pakistan.
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SUMMIYA
Summiya is fifteen years old. She has four brothers and four sisters. She enjoys skipping and watching movies in her free time. She doesn't have time to play after school because she has to help her mother at home and do her homework. Her father is a shopkeeper and her favorite subject in school is math. She speaks Urdu and Pashto and is learning English. Her favorite food is mixed vegetable bhujia. If she were to change one part of her school, she would like to have more art classes. Even though she can't attend college because she is part of a tribal family, she is grateful to her school and the US for helping her receive an education.
NOUMAN
Nouman is fifteen years old and is the youngest of five brothers. His favorite sport is cricket and which he always plays on the weekend and he enjoys flying kites. His favorite food is chicken korma. His goal is to attend college and would like to become an army officer in the future. His favorite color is sky blue and his favorite part about his school is their garden which is used to teach them agriculture. If he were to change one thing in his school he would like to have a computer lab.
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Ways to Donate
All donations to Power to Pakistan go to Moqah Foundation through a site called Global Giving.
What Does My Donation Achieve
$25
One child's uniform and shoes for a year
$50
School supplies
$200
Tuition for one year for one child
$250
Desks and chairs for one classroom
$600
Sponsor a child for three years
Quality books for a school of over 150 students
$1,000
Sponsor one classroom for one year
$2,000
Enable girls in top 15% of the class to attend secondary school
$5,000
Why Are Donations Given to Moqah Foundation?
All Moqah Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Bhara Kahu, Pakistan. Power to Pakistan directs all donations to the NPO so that the money can reach the schools and students in Pakistan in the most effective and efficient way. Moqah Foundation supplies academic scholarships to youth living in poverty throughout Pakistan to improve human rights and alleviate conditions of poverty. Moqah Foundation is registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and has highly audited accounts and a strong structure to move this work forward on their own.
What is Global Giving?
Global Giving makes it easy and safe for you to give to local projects anywhere in the world. It performs rigorous due diligence on every organization in the Global Giving community in order to ensure they are performing charitable work in a transparent and accountable manner,
and that they meet local requirements for registration with their local government. The projects on Global Giving go through a rigorous due diligence review, satisfy IRS guidelines for international grant-making and tax deductibility, and follow Treasury Department guidelines for anti-terrorism.
Global Giving collects and reviews documentation for every organization, including its legal documents, financial records, program materials, and lists of senior staff and board members, in order to validate that the organization is running the project as described. It also evaluates the organization’s capacity to implement activities and communicate about its work, and it researches the organization’s relationship with previous funders. Finally, Global Giving ensures that the organization is compliant with anti-terror guidelines and international guidelines for philanthropy.
Other Ways to Support the Cause
Purchase COVID-19 Masks $10
Purchase a Summiya Scarf
$40
Purchase a Pakistani Cookbook
$45
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