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1 9, 8 6 3 students received educational support, including nearly 7,000 children enrolled in 44 community schools fully supported by CAI. Our mobile libraries brought reading, drawing, and storytelling to 2,995 children in some of the most remote villages— often for the very first time.
8 0 middle school and high school students— 70 % girls— received scholarships to cover tuition and living expenses.
7 5 women trained in fruit drying, processing, and packing began earning income of their own, with average earnings rising by 60 %.
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In 2025, communities across Pakistan faced formidable challenges— severe summer flooding damaged CAI schools in Gilgit-Baltistan and disrupted entrepreneurship training for women on the verge of launching their businesses. These setbacks unfolded against a sobering national backdrop: Pakistan remains home to one of the largest populations of out-of-school children in the world and has one of the world’ s lowest rates of women’ s participation in the workforce.
And yet, communities pressed forward.
Through our long-standing partnership with Moawin Foundation, nearly 7,000 children gained access to safe, quality education through 44 community schools fully supported by CAI— spaces rooted in local leadership and sustained by families ' unwavering commitment to learning. During the year, several schools received critical infrastructure upgrades, including reliable electricity, internet connectivity, and water access— along with the construction of three new classrooms, seven washrooms, and a fully equipped science lab.
Women in our Entrepreneurship Program launched and sustained fruit‐processing businesses that, on average, doubled their incomes— often motivated by peers who achieved the same gains in 2025.
Despite new challenges, the belief in education and economic opportunity as pathways to lasting change has not wavered. That determination— belonging to the communities themselves— is what drives everything forward.
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people reached by CAI programming— 70 % women and girls.
1 9, 8 6 3 students received educational support, including nearly 7,000 children enrolled in 44 community schools fully supported by CAI. Our mobile libraries brought reading, drawing, and storytelling to 2,995 children in some of the most remote villages— often for the very first time.
8 0 middle school and high school students— 70 % girls— received scholarships to cover tuition and living expenses.
7 5 women trained in fruit drying, processing, and packing began earning income of their own, with average earnings rising by 60 %.
F R O M S T U D E N T T O P R I N C I P A L: S U G H R A ' S S T O R Y
Sughra grew up in Kanday, a remote village in Pakistan ' s Gilgit-Baltistan region, where girls routinely face pressure to abandon their education. She refused to accept that fate. As a student at Sun Valley Middle School— constructed by CAI in 2001— she stood out from the start: prepared, curious, and a natural leader long before she held any title.
After completing the 8th grade, she pressed on through significant obstacles, earning professional qualifications in teaching and school leadership. Sughra had opportunities to follow other career paths. But she chose to return to her village and the school that raised her— determined to give the next generation, especially girls, the same opportunities she had fought for.
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That choice transformed her community. As Principal of Sun Valley Middle School today, Sughra has introduced modern teaching methods, brought parents into the educational process, and personally visited families to advocate for keeping girls in school.
Her journey— from student to principal of the same institution— has made her a symbol of what education paired with determination can achieve. In Kanday, Sughra isn ' t just running a school. She ' s rewriting what ' s possible for every girl who walks through its doors.
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