Grant Title: Engaging Schools for Peace in Karachi-I Start Date: 23-12-2019
Grant Number: KCD088 End Date: 10-06-2021
Grant Location: Karachi Status: Completed
Description:
The project was aimed to address the growing intolerance among diverse groups in Karachi, and to promote tolerance, harmony and peace among different schools and communities, this activity has engaged school teachers, students aged 12 to 16, and community leaders from the targeted areas of Karachi. The target areas of Sanjh Pakistan in the said project were; Lyari, Korangi, Saddar, Gulshan, Shirin Jinnah and North Nazimabad’s towns. In the target areas Sanjh Pakistan selected 09 Madaris for the implementation of the project interventions;
1. “Iqra Madarsa tuI Itfal” (Deoband sect)
2. “Darul Uloom Muhammadi” (Bralvi sect)
3. “Iqra Madarsa tul Quran” (Deoband sect)
4. “Al Mehmoodia Islamic Academy” (Deoband sect)
5. “Masjid o Imam Bargah Mahfil e Mustafa” (Shia sect)
6. “Raza Foundation” (Bralvi sect)
7. “Iqra Dar-ul-Quran” (Deoband sect)
8. “Madrisa Maqtaba Salfia Taleem ul Quran” (Ehl-e-Hadis sect)
9. “Al-Ilm Model Academy” (Ehl-e-Tashi sect)
The project successfully executed a series of activities to increase the acceptance of people of different sects for each other.
