CLC

The Government of Punjab has great emphasis on the welfare of children throughout the province. Started in 1986, the scheme completed in 4 years. The objective of CLC was prepared and approved by Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) as a follow up of the instruction of Former Governor Ghulam Ghalani Khan.
CLC aims to provide recreational and educational platform to children of Pakistan thus nurturing them in mental and physical development. CLC acts as a resource centre that would supplement formal education and inculcate healthy pursuits among children. CLC not only grooms children for using the main library in the future, but also offers educational and hobby development resources for them. CLC intends to develop children’s interpretation, exploration inventiveness and creativity skills through diverse activities and programs.

Sef
The Sindh Education Foundation, Government of Sindh, is a semi-autonomous organization committed to educating and empowering children and communities towards social change by improving access to educational facilities. Since its establishment in 1992 as a semi-autonomous organization, the SEF endeavors have focused on bringing the light of education for the growth and development of those living in remote and disadvantaged areas of the Sindh province in Pakistan.

Initially, the Foundation began its operations with the provision of grants and loans to educational institutes and organizations. Today, we provide communities with access to educational facilities by opening schools/ educational centers across the province in partnership with individuals and/or organizations. We ensure educational quality across our diversified portfolio of programs and projects through extending professional development opportunities to multiple school stakeholders as well as by undertaking qualitative and quantitative research and monitoring to study the impact of our interventions and to identify improvement areas for enriching educational interventions at the grassroots.

The Alif Laila Book Bus library is exclusively for children up to 8 years and below. The bus has two decks; the upper deck is for story telling where a female teacher narrates stories to children while the lower deck is stacked with books.
Its basic objective is to promote reading culture in Pakistan and evolve solutions to Pakistan's educational problems within the given socio-economic constraints, find strategically effective paths to universal literacy and educational modernization, which would show the quickest results and the most favorable cost-benefit ratios.

Democratic Commission for Human Development(DCHD)

Democratic Commission for Human Development (DCHD) founded in early 1994, is a registered non governmental, non-partisan and non-profit voluntary organization. DCHD is committed to create wider societal support for alternative social, political and economic structures based upon the principles of participatory human development and socio-economic justice in Pakistan. DCHD resolves to fulfill its vision by undertaking integrated initiatives in human rights education and advocacy through a network of village based organizations.

‘Thespianz Theatre’ is a ‘performing arts services’ organization that has been operating on a non-profit basis for over seven years now. The organization is a member of the United Nation’s ‘International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ)’, and has performed 43 professional productions. These include plays, dances, mime shows and operas. The organization will be performing a play called ‘Pappu ka Paneer’ at the CLF 2012. The play is an adaptation of ‘Who Moved My Cheese’, a book that was originally written by Dr. Spencer Johnson. It deals with the theme of change in one’s life, and is primarily motivational in nature.

LAAL theatre is a voluntary organization that promotes social issues through the medium of theatre for community empowerment. LAAL theatre trains and prepares actors from within marginalized communities and presents them with a cost effective means of entertainment that highlights issues affecting their communities. Since 2009, LAAL theatre has carried out more than a 100 performances in various cities, locales, bazaars and slums, and reached more than 4000 people with its message. The organization will be doing a repeat performance of the original play “Kabhi ham bhi baray honge”. The story focuses on the untapped potential of Pakistani youth and how it has the means to combat the myriad problems the nation faces. The play targets a younger audience and offers them humor, drama and a hope for a better future.

Contact

Mr. Younas Chowdhry
Director and Founder, LAAL Theatre Cell:0323-4372213
E-mail: Younas.chowdhry@gmail.com website: laal.com.pk
Facebook page for Laal theatre: https://www.facebook.com/laaltheater Facebook page for Laal: https://www.facebook.com/laalpak