Education For All
Free schooling, books and daily support for children locked out of the classroom.
children in Pakistan are not in school.
Source: UNICEF Pakistan, education estimates — figures pending final ELF verification
Pakistan has one of the largest out-of-school populations on earth. Poverty, distance, and the cost of books and uniforms decide who learns and who does not.
For girls in rural districts the odds narrow further — a single school fee can end an education permanently.
Breakdown by Province: The Missing Classroom Generation
As Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab carries the highest raw burden of children outside school gates. Expanding informal urban belts, agricultural child labor in southern rural districts, and hidden household costs for bags, uniforms, and books push millions out before completing primary grades.
Severe rural-urban divides, agrarian tenancy, and catastrophic recurring flood damage across lower Sindh leave over 50% of rural school-age children without an operational classroom or teacher, making dropouts permanent when basic school materials cannot be afforded.
Steep mountainous topography, long commuting distances between valley villages, and a severe shortage of dedicated girls' middle and secondary schools create an acute cliff in attendance once children finish elementary grades.
Holding the country's highest proportional deprivation rate, over 65% of children have no accessible primary school within safe walking reach. Extreme geographic dispersion leaves entire union councils completely devoid of basic learning infrastructure.
Districts Covered in Punjab
Hover or tap any district below to see the specific schools supported and students sponsored by ELF.
Assemblies of God School System
Youhanabad, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Deprived Childrens Learning Center
Green Town, Bagarian, Lahore
Sinclair Memorial School
181 - Raza Block, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore
Assemblies of God School System
Youhanabad, Kasur Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Full Gospel Assembly School
Niagara Town, Bagrian Town, Lahore
The Islamic School
Theme Park, Chung, Lahore
Scholar’s Haven School
Theme Park, Chung, Lahore
Harvest of Mercy School
Youhanabad, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Light of the World Education Center
Essa Nagari, Alhu Road, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Sehar Naseem High School
F - Block, Youhanabad, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Assemblies of God School System
H - Block, Youhanabad, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
Our response.
ELF runs and supports free community schooling, covering tuition, books, uniforms and stationery so that cost never becomes the reason a child leaves.
Teachers are trained and paid locally, and families receive follow-up so enrolment turns into attendance.
The work, as it happens.
Photographs from Education and Life Foundation programmes and the communities they serve.
