The Citizens
Foundation of Pakistan’s “Aagahi Literacy Programme for Women and Out of School
Girls” won UNESCO’s Confucius Prize for Literacy-2017.
Director
General UNESCO Ms. Irina Bokova gave away the prestigious prize to Ms. Amna
Wahid Khalid, Executive Advisor and Mr. Assad Stud Ahmad, CEO of the Citizens
Foundation awards ceremony held at UNESCO Headquarter inParis,
today, says a press release received from Paris here today.
The award
ceremony was witnessed by diplomats, UNESCO delegates, Members of the French
civil society and media persons in large number.
Citizen
Foundation of Pakistan received the award in recognition of its services for
raising awareness and imparting basic literacy skills to the women and out of
school girls through its special online digital platform.
The Citizens
Foundation (TCF) is a professionally managed, non-profit organization set up in
1995 by a group of citizens who wanted to bring about positive social change
through education. TCF is now one of Pakistan’s leading organizations in the
field of education for the less privileged, running over 1400 schools with
enrolment of around 204,000 students.