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Careem partners with TCF to take more children ‘off the streets and into schools’

According to the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS), more than 22 million children in Pakistan have never seen the inside of a classroom. This leaves them destined to a cycle of illiteracy, poverty and street life. Careem has decided to become a part of the solution with The Citizen’s …

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TCF and Lipton sign partnership to add 10 new schools across Pakistan

December 8th 2017: Shazia Syed, the Chairperson & CEO of Unilever Pakistan and Ateed Riaz , Co- Founder and Current Chairman of The Citizen’s Foundation (TCF), signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the TCF school in Qayyumabad. The signing served as the first step towards Lipton and TCF’s …

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UNESCO recognizes TCF’s Adult Literacy Programme ‘Aagahi’ through the Confucius Prize for Literacy

[Karachi, 13th September, 2017]: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) has been awarded the prestigious UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy, 2017 for their Adult Literacy Programme, Aagahi. In line with this year’s theme, Aagahi which literally means ‘awareness’ is creating meaningful interventions to impart basic reading and writing skills to older women …

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‘Heer Ranjha’ brings love back on stage, opens the show in Karachi

[Karachi, September 08, 2017]: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in collaboration with Zain Ahmed presents ‘Heer Ranjha’, an Urdu Musical featuring fine actors like Sanam Saeed (Heer), Arshad Mahmood (Heer’s father) and Samina Ahmed (Heer’s mother). The play celebrates romantic love entwined with beautiful poetic verses and at the same time …

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Theatre Play ‘Heer Ranjha’ to open Curtains for the Cause of Education

Karachi, August 31st, 2017: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in collaboration with Zain Ahmed is presenting ‘Heer Ranjha’, an epic folklore and a love story that has melted hearts for years, to raise funds for educating the less-privileged children of Pakistan. Inspired by Waris Shah’s poetry and based on the evergreen …

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