Mid-Year Report 2024: National Rankings and the First Donor Iftar

Highlights

• New academic year: 16 children in pre/nursery and class 1, with a new daily syllabus and a weekly healthy snack plan of milk, fruit and sandwiches.
• Six years of the Multan center (2 March): from one small room and a handful of children, to 3 classrooms, an office, a kitchen and a garden serving 35 children.
• Ramadan: food packets for every SKF family, plus families in a remote Sindh village and Tehsil Ghazi, 180 families in total.
• First Donor Appreciation Iftar (29 March): nearly 90 supporters gathered in Los Altos Hills, California, to hear from SKF’s board and long-time donors.
• National rankings: in the 20th International Kangaroo competitions, Hoor ul Ain placed 27th in Pakistan in the English Linguistic Contest, and Kamran placed 18th in Pakistan in Mathematics.
• Extra support: one scholar enrolled in a Cadet College preparation academy, and another in a grade 9 summer tuition program.
• Eid: Eid cash gifts for children and their mothers, Eid cards, and an Eid get-together at the center.
• Hygiene program: about 320 sanitary packs for 6 students, 3 staff members and 24 mothers.