When a program is \u201chome-grown\u201d \u2013 designed locally to meet locally perceived needs \u2013 it is generally welcomed and supported by the community it serves. This is a mutual relationship: the program supports the community and the community supports the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early in Brighter Tomorrow<\/strong>\u2019s history, many local businesses, organizations, and individuals took an active interest in this project to educate child laborers in their community.\u00a0 The children\u2019s employers agreed to give them time off without any loss of pay.\u00a0 A local school allowed them to use an empty classroom.\u00a0 Teachers donated their time. Local shops donated school backpacks and uniforms, and gifts of clothing and shoes for EID.\u00a0 Another merchant provided a soft new carpet so the children would not have to sit on a hard cement floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A recent excursion to the zoo by the children on Friday, January 6, 2024, <\/strong>is another example of this whole-hearted community support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The directors of FSRT, Focusing Initiative\u2019s local partner in supporting Brighter Tomorrow, provided money from their own pockets to cover the monetary costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peshawar\u2019s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) provided a state-of-the art hybrid bus that took the children to the zoo on a dedicated road that lifted them high above the city and plunged them underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0Upon their arrival at the main gate of the Peshawar Zoo,\u00a0 they were warmly welcomed by the Education Officer, Mr. Ijaz, who guided them on a custom-designed tour that ended in the zoo auditorium, where the children viewed wildlife videos showing animals in their natural habitats and afterwards participated in a quiz competition regarding animals and biodiversity. When a program is \u201chome-grown\u201d \u2013 designed locally to meet locally perceived needs \u2013 it is generally welcomed and supported by the community it serves. This is a mutual relationship: the program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46,11,10,32],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-zoo","tag-children","tag-school-trip","tag-summer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusinginternational.org\/brightertomorrow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This consistent generosity from so many different segments of the city of Peshawar makes it clear that the community values the Brighter Tomorrow<\/strong> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"