The flying classroom

Published February 9, 2012
Flying classroom ? eliminating distances by reaching out to the underprivileged students through a bus service.
Flying classroom ? eliminating distances by reaching out to the underprivileged students through a bus service.
Teachers and class of 2012, which comprises of 18 students.
Teachers and class of 2012, which comprises of 18 students.
Imparting knowledge by reaching out to displaced children via mobile classroom, who are inaccessible otherwise.
Imparting knowledge by reaching out to displaced children via mobile classroom, who are inaccessible otherwise.
Paying individual attention to the students help teachers in abridging the communication gap that exists between refugees and native children.
Paying individual attention to the students help teachers in abridging the communication gap that exists between refugees and native children.
Delighted students proud to be a part of the change.
Delighted students proud to be a part of the change.
Students awaiting the beginning of the new session.
Students awaiting the beginning of the new session.

Thespianz Foundation is a non-governmental organisation working to eliminate illiteracy from the underprivileged areas of Karachi. In March 2011, Thespianz Foundation inaugurated its first free school in Akhter colony, located in Karachi.

Since then, the NGO has been working towards creating an illiteracy-free society, where education is not restricted to a rich few. The main ideology is to reach out to the inaccessible refugee children who are scattered all across the city and educate them with an aim to create a better society.

“The flying classroom” remains one of the most distinctive initiatives of Thespian Foundation which was launched in collaboration with German Culture Center - Goethe Institut-Pakistan, in the latter half of 2011. — Photos by Faizan Mujeeb/ text by Faiza Mirza/Dawn.com

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