How children’s dreams just got bigger in Pakistan

And it’s not just Sumra who is overjoyed.

‘I want my daughter to study further and earn a good name for family. I do not want her to work like me; in the fields, in extreme weather and earning too little,’ shares Hafsa*, Sumra’s mother.

‘I feel indebted to The Primary Education Project and supporting partners for providing education to the marginalised children, especially in the remote areas.’

Cycles of poverty broken

‘Access to education – like the work of The Primary Education Project – is a key way we can end cycles of poverty,’ explains Martin Leach, who oversees Tearfund’s work in Eurasia and North Africa.

‘When children can attend school and learn, meet other children and grow together, the opportunities for their future expand greatly. It is exciting to see.

‘Many of us have been faithfully praying for children around the world to be able to attend school and get an education. Stories like Sumra’s remind us that God is at work and these prayers are being answered.’

Let us pray for even more answers to prayer.

Pray with us

Dear God,

We thank you that you hear our prayers for children to be able to attend school. Thank you for how you are at work around the world to enable children like Sumra to get the education they deserve. We pray for even more barriers to be removed that stop children – especially girls – from going to school. Thank you for the work that The Primary Education Project is doing – bless them, Lord, and give them the resources they need to reach even more children in need.

Amen.

*Names changed to protect identities