A program of the Foundation
The Qalam Vocational Wing
Sewing, embroidery, handicraft, and carpentry training in a workshop on the same campus as the school.
What
What gets made, and by whom
The vocational workshop trains women and older students from the surrounding community in marketable handcrafts. They produce the school’s own uniforms, silk-embroidered bags, and household items, and some of the work is sold to support the program itself.
Why
A trade is also a kind of dignity
The Foundation believes that a child’s education works best when their mother has work too. The vocational program exists so that women from the school’s own community can build a steady income without leaving the neighbourhood, and so that older students leave the campus with a real trade.
See also
More programs
The Qalam Vocational Wing is one of five programs. Read about the other four →