Pakistan Baitul Mal to provide orphan children education up to graduation level
Managing Director of
Pakistan Baitul Mal, Aamir Fida Paracha, has said that a pilot project has been
started to provide education up to graduation level to orphans living in its Sweet
Homes across the country.
In an exclusive
interview with APP, he said that earlier the children of Sweet Homes were
provided education up to matriculation level, but now it will be expanded to
graduation level.
At present, 51 Sweet
Homes operating across the country are meeting the needs of housing, education
and sponsorship of 4355 orphans by adopting a modern welfare approach.
Aamir Fida Paracha said
Pakistan Baitul Mal will establish a technical school at every Sweet Home to
give children training in various professions.
He said 159 Child Labor
Rehabilitation Centers have been set up which are working to pull children out
of their workplaces to mainstream them through non-formal education.
About the Orphan and
Widower Support Programme, the Managing Director said that the programme, which
is a conditional cash transfer intervention, is primarily designed to provide
financial assistance to widows with a focus on the education of orphans,
especially girls. Eight thousand rupees per month and Rs. 16,000 per month to
families with more than one child are provided under this program on compliance
of 75 percent school attendance.
He said that Pakistan
Baitul Mal has also started the certification process with the help of National
Vocational and Technical Training Commission so that women who complete the
courses and qualify the test can get the appropriate certificate for
employment.
He said that with the
support of a Turkish NGO, a special course in stone cutting and polishing is
being added to the Women Empowerment Center of Gilgit-Baltistan, which will
generate a source of local income.
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