“After completing my studies, I want to help the poor and underprivileged people so that they won’t go through what I have gone through,” says Ghulam Sakeena, who currently attends 5th grade at the DIL sponsored Government Girls Middle School Nizampura, Lahore. Nizampura is a rural area and its residents are mostly laborers.

Ghulam Sakeena’s mother died some years ago. Her father owns a small vegetable shop but due to mental illness is not able to work regularly. Gulam Sakeena and her five siblings live with their maternal grandmother, who has seven children of her own. It is extremely difficult for the family to make ends meet.

Her teacher says that Ghulam Sakeena is an intelligent student who takes keen interest in her studies and other school activities. She aims high and eventually wants to take up teaching as a profession.

During break time she helps her grandmother sells toffees and candies to the school children. She thanks her teacher for encouraging her to work hard and not get disheartened by her circumstances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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