A Better Tomorrow School
Raza is one of the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees made homeless by the Pakistan government. Like countless others, he was forced on a truck heading out of Pakistan never to be seen again.
Wanted to be a teacher when she left school. Forced to return to an area controlled by the Taliban she probably won't ever set foot in a classroom again.
The 3 Musketeers. Been friends since they started waste-picking at the age of 3, now separated forever
Our first ever recruits. A family of child labourers who gave up work to come to school.
Wanted to be a teacher when she left school. Forced to return to an area controlled by the Taliban she probably won't ever set foot in a classroom again.
Take a look through our gallery to see some of the vulnerable lives that are being destroyed by government operations
Report from a local news channel which shows the scale and brutality of the operations just in Mirpur alone
" I never met a kid who wanted to go to school as much as Raza".
Orphaned and with severe learning difficulties, Raza spent his days working for an abusive employer. With the money he earned he bought stationery and school equipment - which he used to set up a pretend classroom in his bedroom. It's hard to sit here and imagine him alone on that truck. It's not known if he has any family in Afghanistan, he can barely speak - let alone speak the language and until today has never been out of Mirpur. Most of our kids that have been taken have developed a courage which comes from the sorts of injustices that they've had to face - but Raza is not like them. Raza is somebody who needs to be cared for and nurtured. The forced repatriation of Afghani refugees is illegal, illogical and needs to end now. Please share, support and help #BringRazaHome
This short film shows some of the 200 lives destroyed since opearations began and some of the pupils we have lost
