Entering Machar Colony, one of Karachi’s poorest slums, one is struck by the large number of children walking aimlessly through narrow streets. Most can be found playing barefoot in the dirt-filled lanes.
 
Mohammad Qasim is one such child, who is fortunate enough to attend the local school. In his drawing, he envisions a Pakistan ‘which is clean’. His Machar Colony is not only integrated into Karachi proper, but is also fresh with greenery.

Qasim is a class II student at The Citizens Foundation’s Machar Colony School, Branch I.