Cyndi Camp • Derry Member

Will you help change a life?

Derry’s Friends of Sargodha are asking for your help to provide an education to children in the third-world country of Pakistan. This designation means that there is high illiteracy, inadequate health care access and significant poverty, resulting in miserable living conditions.

The stories we hear from recipients of grants for education are both heartbreaking and heartwarming. In many cases, relatives of more than one family are living in one small home, because the adults aren’t able to support their families in any other way. The parents work very menial jobs. If illness or injury occurs, there may be no source of income at all. 

The Presbyterian Education Board provides an education to any child, even if the family cannot afford it. Grant money, in the form of outside donations, helps to fill the gaps between what it costs to operate several schools and educate their nearly 6,000 students and what the students actually pay in tuition, a sliding scale based on need.

One school, the Christian Girls’ High School of Sargodha, has been serving that community for over 100 years. Currently more than 400 students receive quality, transformative education from nursery school through grade 10. Students receive remarkable scores in the state board exams, and today, graduates are pursuing higher education and professional degrees in greater numbers than ever before. Their success translates into enhanced standards of living for their entire families.

Many in Derry’s congregation give annually to help support scholarships, and we sincerely appreciate their generosity and faithfulness. We invite even more friends to donate any amount from one “share” of $40, to $400 to support a day student for one year, or $800 to cover the cost of educating a boarding student for one year. Click here for details on how you can join with Derry Church to fund scholarships for children in need across the globe.