Twelve years ago, one man's pension fund provided the seed money for what would provide 19 years of “privileged education to the underprivileged” in Lahore. The Teach A Child (TAC) School now has over 180 students enrolled.

There are 5,500 registered private schools in Lahore, but most of them are for families who can afford an expensive education for their children. The well-known TCF foundation has 37 charity schools in the city, but their education system stops at the secondary level (class 10). The Teach A Child schools aim to sponsor their students all the way till the graduate with a college degree and land a job. Most of their students come from families where their parents have had no more than a primary education.

Hosh media's Nushmia Khan visited Teach A Child’s facilities in Lahore and met some of their students.

Hosh media is a volunteer-based organisation that aims to bring youth voices onto mainstream media in Pakistan. – Video by Nushmia Khan/Hosh media for Dawn.com