Aman Nasir
Run to educate underprivileged girls and change lives
Fundraising for DIL Trust UK
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No child, no matter how poor or underprivileged should be denied access to quality education.
Education is a vaccine against poverty, and here's the proof:
If everyone finished secondary education, the global poverty rate would be halved. If a child's mother can read, the child is:
- Twice as likely to live past the age of five
- Twice as likely to be immunised against common diseases
- Twice as likely to attend school themselves
I believe educating girls is the most impactful way to change society and transform generations.£2k can help to educate 20 girls for a year, who would otherwise not have had access to an education. As part of this, I will be participating in a number of events, including the Vitality Big Half and the Royal Parks Half Marathon.
My selected charity is Developments in Literacy which has been providing low-cost, high-quality education to thousands of underprivileged girls across Pakistan—currently educating some 28,000 students in over 130 schools. Today its students work in fields as diverse as medicine, engineering, and public service and have transformed their lives through the education DIL provided.
Many out-of-school children are trapped in a poverty cycle, vulnerable to exploitation. Living in underserved areas deprives children of access to basic resources and places numerous structural barriers in their path. In Pakistan, only 14% of students make it to high school, more than 60% of women are unable to read, and fewer than half of Pakistani girls are enrolled in school. Education is the key to empowering young girls—lifting children, families, and entire communities out of poverty and transforming society.
Link to Dil website: https://www.dil.org/
As Malala said "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world" ...