Manages over 888 schools
Educates 300,000 students
Employs over 7000 teachers
Awards 1000 College and Higher Education Scholarships Annually
Runs English Language Centres in 60 schools
Has an Alumni Network of over 130,000 Graduates
Runs a Teacher Training Centre
Has a Vocational Development Centre
It has a unique public-private partnership with the Pakistan Government, where failing government schools are adopted and transformed by providing trained staff and missing facilities.
CARE’s PPP model is highly scalable, replicable and cost effective as funds are directly invested in education rather than bricks and mortar, so that quality education costs as little as Rs. 1000 or £5 per child, per month. Currently, CARE is educating over 300,000 children in 888 schools.
The CARE Foundation was founded in Pakistan in 1988 by Ms Seema Aziz, after a group of concerned citizens came together to rehabilitate flood victims in the Sheikhupura district of Pakistan.
While helping them rebuild their mud homes, they realised there was no school in the area. The best way to help would be to build one. In 1990, CARE built its first school. CARE also established a dispensary to offer affordable primary health care and built a vocational centre, to provide income-generating opportunities to local women.
CARE has been able to transform thousands of lives by providing quality education to children across the country. CARE operates through ‘build a school’ and ‘adopt a school’ model.
CARE quickly became known for its high-quality education, and children from far and wide flocked to the school.
More schools were built in other locations with the support of donors from across the globe. Currently CARE runs 33 purpose-built schools across Pakistan.
CARE agreed to take on 10 such schools, pioneering the concept of Public Private Partnership in education in Pakistan. Currently, CARE runs 850 adopted schools nationwide.