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Yearly Report 2001
Family Educational Services, Pakistan

Following are some of the highlights of this past year, a brief overview of the three local projects that we conduct here in Pakistan, and a brief look at future plans for these projects.

We'd like to underscore a highlight of this past year - the growth of our Deaf Reach Training Center. The Center in Karachi has made great progress, expanding to accommodate more deaf students from all parts of the city. Recently, we opened a 2nd Deaf Reach Training Center in Lahore, where the need of further educational facilities for the Deaf in this large city is great.

Our long term goal is to open small educational centers for the Deaf in all the key cities of the country. We realize that this will take time, and we also need to train the teachers necessary for this large task. With training centers now operating in these two large cities, we look forward to further growth into other areas of Pakistan to help meet the expanding need for Deaf Education

The Year in Brief by Project

1. Deaf Reach Training Center

Accomplishments

  • New branch and 2nd training center opened in Lahore.
  • One year training course for class of 30 students completed in June.
  • 3rd Certificate award ceremony held in October.
  • New classes now in session for 45 new students.
  • Annual Deaf Picnic and various excursions for 350 deaf students.
  • Deaf Women's literacy program improved upon and growing
  • Deaf Women's IT program began.
  • Training workshops conducted for teachers of ABSA School for the Deaf.
  • 8 2nd hand Pentium computers supplied for IT lab.
  • 12 new color monitors, networking and internet connection supplied.

Goals and Needs for coming year

  • Expansion of Deaf Women's Training Program, including hiring additional teachers.
  • Acquiring a transport service for the students of Deaf Reach Training Center. And/or having our own transport. Two Vans needed.
  • To furnish remaining needed IT equipment of 13 computers for Khi center.
  • To furnish IT equipment for Lahore center. 10 computers needed.
  • To acquire a multimedia projector for audio/visual teaching purposes.
  • To begin a teacher's training program for those who desire to work with the Deaf.

2. Eduserve Teacher Training Program

Accomplishments

  • We were able to effectively train and work with over 800 teachers from 75 schools both in Karachi and in rural areas, thus positively impacting on the more than 35,000 students in their care.
  • The scope of our training program was increased and enhanced to include a wide range of new and needed material, thus better equipping teachers with the tools to do the job.
  • Training workshops were conducted for teachers of ABSA School for the Deaf.
  • Ongoing training course started for teachers of ACELP center for mentally retarded children.
  • A 6 day training workshop was held in Malir, rural Karachi, for 45 teachers from five different schools.
  • A 6 day training workshop completed in Abdul Hakim, a rural area near Multan, for 40 teachers from 6 different schools.
Goals and Needs for coming year
  • To conduct more Educational Teacher Training Workshops for underprivileged schools within Karachi, as well as in rural areas.
  • To conduct further seminars and training programs for teachers who work with mentally handicapped, deaf and other disadvantaged children.
  • Development and creation of new teaching aids.
  • Supply of multimedia projector and laptop computer for presentations and lectures.

3. Community Services

Accomplishments

  • We organized and conducted a one-week summer camp for 1two0 orphan children at the SOS village in Malir for the 3rd consecutive year.
  • Local volunteers contributed greatly to the effectiveness of our various Community Service projects.
  • Free computer classes continue in the small IT lab we built for the children of SOS village. We arranged for 25 of the older orphan boys to receive 3 weeks training at a professional computer school.
  • A new IT training course for orphan girls was started in August.
  • Our Heartbeat singing team performed for more than 30,000 children and families from over 70 schools/institutions in various benefit and school programs throughout the year.
  • In February we organized a benefit musical event for approximately 1600 handicapped and disadvantaged children from 13 various centers in the Karachi metropolitan area.

Goals and Needs for coming year

  • We will be continuing such events as the annual SOS summer camp.
  • Increase in local volunteer program. To initiate a monthly follow up visitation program to SOS orphanage
  • We look forward to an increased number of benefit musical programs for needy children, and in various schools throughout the city and country.
  • We have need of two large vans for transportation for students, as well as two smaller vehicles to get around the city.

We look forward to the coming year and working in cooperation with you, to make it the best year yet!

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