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Editorial
Dear Reader,
The Citizens Foundation (TCF) Team
gears up as summer beams in new
ventures and exciting projects.
The year 2009 ushers in thousands of young children into
many more TCF Schools in new
rural and urban locations all over
Pakistan.
As TCF growth trajectory
continues, we are faced with stark
challenges and now more than ever
before, we are grateful for your
unyielding support in strengthening
our Education Program. As of the
new academic session, there are
now 80,000 deserving girls and boys
arriving in their TCF Campuses
every morning.
It takes a meager amount to support
the education of a child for an entire
year. Your gracious donation for
'support-a-child' fund can alter young
lives and help fulfill innocent dreams!
Please log on to:
www.thecitizensfoundation.org
to help turn Pakistani youth into
Agents of Positive Change. We
await your invaluable donation to
'support-a-child'.
Keeping you abreast with
latest developments in TCF
Education Program and
sharing with you six-monthly
highlights, this issue also updates
you on TCF Students', volunteers'
and international supporters' activities. We also take pride in
sharing with you that for the second
consecutive year TCF has won
Management Association Pakistan's
(MAP) Corporate Excellence
Award in the Non-Profit Social
Services Sector. TCF Team firmly
believes that each of us is capable
of making a positive difference
in this society and the time to
act is NOW. You are part of TCF
Movement and together we will
continue to create opportunities to
improve quality of life for our nation.
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Young Achievers
Time and again, TCF Students make us proud - be it their academic or
extracurricular achievements.
Interns & Trainees
Two students each are interning at Barclays Bank and Citibank. TCF Graduates,
Urooba Yousuf and M Bilal Rafique are working for Barclays while Zaitoon Karim
and Mohammad Saleem are interns at Citibank. Furthermore 14 students from 8
different TCF schools in Karachi have been enrolled in a three-month training
program by The Resource Group (TRG) that provides management and IT
Consultancy. This training commenced on June 1, 2009. Since 2008 TRG has
been recruiting TCF Students in training programs.
Arty Ones
Young artistic talent is always nurtured in TCF. In March, two entries from TCF
Schools in Nazeerabad and ST-14 Hawksbay were selected to represent Pakistan
in 'My Bright Smile' annual Global Art Contest 2009-10 held by Colgate.
In May, Indus Motors held an art competition; the theme was 'Road Safety'.
At a lovely ceremony held at Indus Motor Company on May 7, 50 TCF Students
from South West and South Regions were awarded for their imaginative posters
and art models.
Numerous students from these regions also participated in an art
competition held by Transparency International Pakistan which is a chapter of
Transparency International - one of the largest anti-corruption network acting globally
with its headquarters in Germany. The theme of this competition was 'a child's
view of corruption'. Transparency International Pakistan awarded TCF Students
with certificates and their art pieces were put on exhibition at the Arts Council in Karachi on February 18 & 19.
Young Broadcasters
For the first time, young TCF Students in Karachi went on air in two different
programs of a leading Pakistani radio channel FM 91. In February, Umer Rafique
and Ismail Rustum from Cowasjee Campus Grade V were interviewed for a
program called “Main Chhota Sa Ek Bacha Hun Par Baat Karoonga Bari Bari”.
Clips from the competition were aired on TV one and News one on March-1.
Furthermore in April, Sawera and Mujtaba of Grade IV from Saadat Bari
Campus were selected for a trip to FM 91 Studio, where they were featured
on a program 'Campus Radio'.
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