In our efforts to use education to end poverty, we at NARA Education would like to tell you why we’re in it in the first place, and why education, especially using technology for education, means so much to us. What better way to connect with our…
When thinking of child labor, it is easy to imagine the Oliver Twists and Eponines of the Industrial Revolution and think of them as things of the past. The soot-covered orphans of England may be in the past for the most part, but children all…
Most of us take our education for granted. We were forced to go to school as children, and just followed the grind through high school and college because it was the thing to do. What if I told you that there are millions of children in poverty…
In recent times, Pakistan has declared an education emergency to address the alarming state of its educational system. With an estimated 26 million children out of school, the country faces an urgent need for transformative actions to ensure a brighter future…
Pakistan’s educational barriers are wide and varied, ranging all the way from affordability to lack of access, to cultural norms. Out of that spectrum, Nara Education is focused on providing education to the children living in deep poverty.
When I was growing up, I was acutely aware of the deep poverty that existed around me in Pakistan. It scared me. I wanted to make sure that I don’t fall into it. Luckily, I had all the opportunities provided by my mother to avail. I was fed, housed, clothed, tutored…