The Citizens Foudnation
The Citizens Foundation seeks to remove barriers of class and privilege and make citizens of Pakistan agents of positive change through the provision of primary & secondary education in less privileged areas of the country.
TCF is a professionally managed, non-profit organization set up in 1995 by a group of citizens concerned with the dismal state of education in Pakistan. It is now one of Pakistan's leading organizations in the field of formal education. As of 2011, TCF has established 730 purpose-built school units nationwide with an enrolment of 102,000 students.
TCF encourages female enrolment and strives to maintain a 50% female ratio in most of its campuses. TCF has a full female faculty of 5,400 members. TCF also has a dedicated Teacher Training Center in Karachi and Mansehra for the ongoing training of its faculty and provides logistical support to all its teachers. About 8,000 jobs have been created in communities in which TCF operates.
The vision of TCF is to remove barriers of class and privilege and to make the citizens of Pakistan Agents of Positive Change. We believe that access to basic education is the right of each individual and not a privilege. Apart from following the regular curriculum, we focus on the character building of students to equip them with high moral values and confidence. TCF believes that illiteracy is the root cause of poverty.
The priority for women's literacy is understandable because of their special responsibility in passing on knowledge to future generations. Teaching women to read and write helps to improve the well-being of the entire family, reduces fertility rates, ensures a greater emphasis on education for their children, balances family dietary and sanitary conditions and boosts their status within the community. Education for women is, therefore, a social necessity.
"Educate a boy and you educate one person. Educate a girl and you educate a nation."
- Ibn Badis, an Algerian Muslim Reformist.
TCF is registered in Pakistan as a company limited by guarantee under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and its accounts are audited by KPMG Taseer Hadi and Co. TCF is ranked amongst the top scoring organizations certified by the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) and has received high non-profit organization (NPO) governance rating of GR8+ by JCR-VIS Credit Rating Co Ltd.
