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NGO in New York, USA that has collection points throughout the NY Metro area for aid to be dropped off, so that it may be shipped to Pakistan. BACKGROUND, Illiteracy poses an acute development challenge in Pakistan, which has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, with less than 50% of the population over age 15 able to read and write. Literacy is even lower amongst women - only 30% of women over age 15 are able to read and write. This inadequacy, particularly amongst women, exacerbates a variety of related problems including high birth rates, high infant mortality, social immobility, deficient nutrition, poor healthcare, domestic violence and social inequality. Similarly, the impact of basic education, particularly amongst women, permeates throughout the household and multiplies across generations. Click here for more facts on Pakistans literacy challenges and to contribute. VISION, Developments in Literacy (DIL) is a non-profit organization working to eradicate illiteracy in remote and neglected areas of Pakistan by establishing primary and secondary level non-formal schools for underprivileged children, primarily girls. DIL schools educate students using a broad curriculum that covers a wide variety of subjects. Youth Outreach, Developments in Literacy (YOUR DIL) is an initiative aimed at promoting awareness and encouraging support for DILs objectives amongst a younger generation. WHAT WE DO, YOUR DIL aims to raise funds both directly, through fundraisers and activity-based events, and indirectly by lending outreach support to other organizations and promoting awareness of the issues surrounding illiteracy in Pakistan. YOUR DIL was founded in New York in January 2005 and has chapters in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.CDIL was established in 1997 in Los Angeles, with current offices in Los Angeles and Islamabad and with chapter-boards in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington, Houston, San Diego, Ottawa and Singapore. If you don’t see a city near you mentioned above please email us if you are interested in starting a chapter near you! TRACK RECORD, YOUR DIL currently lends support to all of DILs projects as well as specifically focusing on the YOUR DIL Nation school based in Orangi, Karachi and the Mansehra project in NWFP created specifically in response to the earthquake in 2005 in the region that destroyed almost 10,000 schools. We continue to focus on expanding our activities within the DIL footprint. Since its inception in 1997, DILs fundraising activities have helped establish over 200 schools in rural areas of Pakistan, with approximately 12,000 students currently being educated. Click here for information on DIL projects.

 

Website: http://www.yourdil.org/projects/relief/