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The doors of progress were closed for Afshah and her younger sister Mehwish. They could not improve their lot and get ahead even though they were willing to work hard.
Having lost their parents at a very young age they lived with their older married sister and had never been sent to school.
Afshah started doing hair and makeup for girls nearby to earn a little money. She wanted to become a beautician and tried to join a beautician training class, but was told that the course was not for illiterate people.
Afshan was devastated. How could she stand on her own feet now? She was 17 and totally unlettered. Was there any remedy for this problem?
Then she heard of the Behbud Adult Literacy Course.
In the span of one year with the support and guidance of Behbud teachers, Afshah was able to both read and write Urdu and some English and had gained basic math skills. She joined the beautician training class from which she had been barred before. Today she is her own boss and runs a salon in her neighborhood.
Her younger sister Mehwish is now enrolled in Behbud’s Adult Literacy course, while working part-time at a salon. Mehwish says, “I want to be just like my sister and be able to read and do my own ‘hisaab kitaab’; that’s why I joined Behbud.”
For just Rs. 6000 per course you can change the life of an adult by making her literate through Behbud’s Adult Literacy Center.
