Mid-Year Report · January – June 2023
Mid-Year Report 2023: SKRSF Registered in Pakistan and a Robotics Camp
SKF registers locally as Street Kids Rising Scholar Foundation, the Multan center turns five, teachers receive professional training, and six students build robots.
Highlights
- 32 children enrolled for 2023: 20 at the Learning Center and 12 Rising Star scholars at a reputed public school and a private school.
- Books from California: a Bay Area family donated children’s books for the center library, delivered by an SKF board member.
- The Multan center turned five in March, celebrated with posters and an SKF cake.
- Registered in Pakistan: on 6 March 2023 SKF was incorporated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan as Street Kids Rising Scholar Foundation (SKRSF). Local registration allows local fundraising and expansion to more cities.
- Top of the class: Rising Star scholars from the 2020 and 2021 cohorts took 1st and 2nd positions in grades 6 and 7 at a reputed public school, receiving certificates and trophies.
- Free eyeglasses for five children, provided by a volunteer eye specialist.
- Teacher training: two experienced trainers from Islamabad ran a three-day workshop on classroom management, lesson planning and running a library.
- Robotics Summer Camp: six students (four girls, two boys) built a line-following robot at COBOT Lab, and two TV channels interviewed them.
- Hygiene program: about 380 sanitary packs reached 35 women and girls. Girls in the program now attend school more regularly and with more confidence.
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