tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875855980880059748.post-79484399770997656712008-04-07T15:58:00.000-07:002008-04-07T16:29:12.037-07:002008-04-07T16:29:12.037-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_96Z_OXFh7XA/R_qoLy_jyqI/AAAAAAAAABg/yi8TyAxcmjY/s1600-h/logo_1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186642841490934434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_96Z_OXFh7XA/R_qoLy_jyqI/AAAAAAAAABg/yi8TyAxcmjY/s400/logo_1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Our Mission<br /></strong>Developments in Literacy (DIL) is dedicated to providing quality education to disadvantaged children, especially girls, by establishing and operating schools in the underdeveloped regions of Pakistan, with a strong focus on gender equality and community participation.<br /></span><div></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our Vision</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No child in Pakistan, no matter how poor or underprivileged, should be denied access to quality education. All children should have equal opportunity to reach their full potential and contribute toward the socio-economic betterment of their communities.<br /></span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How We Started</span></strong></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In 1997, Pakistani expatriates from Southern California launched DIL to give back to their country of origin. Acting on the advice of Pakistan’s foremost social thinkers, we undertook the task of trying to improve the state of education in Pakistan’s, primarily in the underdeveloped, rural areas.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">DIL grew over the years and quickly spread by opening chapters in New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Houston, San Diego; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada; Singapore and the United Kingdom. Today DIL is operating 150 schools in all four provinces of Pakistan and educating over 13,000 students.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What We Do</span></strong></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">DIL establishes, adopts and operates primary and secondary schools in Pakistan for underprivileged children, particularly girls. DIL manages 149 schools in partnerships with seven non-governmental and non-profit organizations, and DIL directly operates 23 schools.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">DIL is committed to raising the standard of education in all of its schools by:</span></em></strong></div><br /><ul><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Providing ongoing teacher training.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Improving school construction and environment. </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Establishing libraries and computer labs. </span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Building the capacity of the field staff.<br /></span></li></ul><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A system of credible monitoring and complete financial transparency has been maintained since the inception of DIL. Projects are monitored by experienced DIL staff who visit the project sites on a regular basis to gauge the progress of the schools. These monitoring efforts are particularly critical for identifying and meeting the needs of the teachers for ongoing teacher training. In addition, the partner organizations are required to monitor and reports on the progress of each school on a monthly basis.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All DIL accounts are audited annually by reputable accounting firms both in the United States and Pakistan.</span></div>CanWeSave.orghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17453872014192773549noreply@blogger.com