Seeds of Promise – Provision of Books
Seeds of Promise – Provision of Books
Having set out to train teachers at community-based schools, God has only added to this mission of ensuring quality education for Christian children in Pakistan. A sister, realizing that training teachers without the institution having access to books and stationery might prove to be ineffective, decided to fund us. Through her help, we were able to provide free-of-cost books to multiple schools.
With one school, we experienced God’s intervention very explicitly. Before we partnered with them, they had announced that they could not afford to offer their students free books for this tenure. The parents would have to buy the books themselves. Following this announcement, many mothers visited the principal with tears in their eyes, pleading with him to make the books free because they could never afford to buy books for their children given their financial standing. Without books, their children would not be able to attend school and would have to drop out. The very next day, without knowing of this situation, our CEO, Anser Javed, visited the school offering to become partners with Chopan in this new initiative Seeds of Promise. Chopan promised to provide textbooks, notebooks, and stationery to this school for the 2024-2025 tenure, ensuring that the children’s education is not compromised due to the lack of resources.
We have heard so many testimonies of how this initiative has helped so many and it has greatly encouraged us. During a Parents’ Awareness Session, we noticed a sister continuously had tears in her eyes. When called upon, she told us that her husband had been sick in bed for a long time. The financial crisis at home had caused her to lose hope that she could support her children’s education. She thanked Chopan for filling the gap, allowing her children to attend school with dignity having textbooks, notebooks, and stationary in a beautiful school.
Dua Javed