The UK has already helped more than 590,000 girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stay in school over the last few years by giving them small cash stipends.Įach girl receives 200 rupees (about £1.50) a month, and a set of free textbooks each year to help them get an education. construct new schools in conflict affected border areas which will benefit 6,500 girls and in earthquake affected areas benefiting a further 3,874 girls.construct or rehabilitate more than 43,000 classrooms, half of which will benefit girls.supply more than 6 million text books sets (around half of them will go to girls).get 4 million more children into school (around half of them girls).This is thanks, in part, to cash stipends, free text books, and other support from UK aid.īy 2015, across Pakistan, the UK intends to: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the part of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan, conflict and military offensives over recent years have meant that more than 1 million children have had their education interrupted - either because they had to move away from the conflict areas or had their schools taken over as shelters.ĭespite these barriers, enrolment of girls in primary schools in the region has increased over the last few years, and drop out rates have decreased. In Pakistan, two-thirds of women are illiterate, and more than 9 million girls do not go to school. My motive is to educate children like myself so they can stand on their own two legs as well. I have a motive, which helps me teach these children. Because I’m literate, I can educate other girls in my community. It’s a very good profession because you get respect, and you get a chance to learn more yourself. When I got admission to college I got a job teaching, which supported my studies. When I was younger my family couldn’t support my education, the stipend helped me. Thanks to the support she received from UK aid while she was at high school she is now working as a teacher in a local school. We did enjoy getting to know the other girls and it was an experience to say the least - though inadequately communicated in verbal and written form.Sadia Noor lives in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Also to be fair we are not in our 30’s or 40’s and interested in partying and drinking. However if you really want to experience this event you don’t need to go in a ‘convoy’. To be fair - the 3 day rodeo event was an awesome experience- especially the behind the scenes cute experience. So the whole off road experience was practically non existent. Now for the off road experience- we did a total of 14 minutes off road driving in Mt Isa ( when I asked when we would be going off road) and a short (half hour) off road trip to Mary Kathleen mine on our return journey (again this stop was requested). Even the apparent value of traveling in convoy was lost as we did not go off road at all between our starting point and Mt Isa. However, we were well looked after at the Ellangowan Pub and the manager (Dave’s friend) even provided us with a house to sleep in instead of the free camping site behind the pub which would have been our accommodation for the night. We did not get to the cosmos centre because the decision was made to stay at a pub in Augathella instead of camping at Charleville. Entry cost to Mailman races in Mt Isa was paid by us. Only entry fees covered were to the Rodeo ( which was great ) and John Flynn Museum in Cloncurry. We were provided with 1 breakfast at a pub on the second morning, a second breakfast ( eggs and bacon and bread - no coffee, tea, juice etc) while camped at the Blue Heeler pub (instead of Winton) and a third breakfast consisting of cereal (we skipped the last day so a further breakfast of cereal was probably provided that morning to the remaining group). Breakfast and dinner were stated as included while on the road - except for our 3 days in Mt Isa (where breakfast was included in our entry for the rodeo package for 2 mornings). The written information provided was scant but what was stated as provided was wholly inaccurate.
We were counting down the days - so excited. So I decided to go with my best friend- who flew from NZ for it. We were told initially it was for 11 days ( later in written communication it was stated to be 9 days approximately). He was told that the only available one was ‘Girls got Grit’ 4WD off-road trip to Mt Isa for the rodeo. So much so that my husband asked if they did off-road tag along tours. I loved the 4WD course my husband and I did with Dave at Australian Off-road Academy. If you want to party, drive incredibly long distances and miss the sites worth seeing for the purpose of camping in a dust bowl in order to go to the Mt Isa rodeo- this is the trip for you.
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