500 books donated to Manghopir school

Karachi
Society is fast losing the habit of book reading; especially youths rarely find any interest in reading books after the emergence of social media.
There is also a section of underprivileged youths in our society which is unable to find books despite their interest and passion to increase knowledge.
To promote literacy and reading habits, a group of school-goers in the city has kicked off a campaign.
Eternal Hope, a youth-led welfare organisation, is running the campaign with the help of a multinational food outlet chain in the city, and claims to have collected over 3,000 books so far.
“It’s just about making sincere and honest efforts consistently to achieve any goal in life and it is heart-warming to see these future architects performing their prime duty of disseminating education for the deprived ones,” said Dr Ruth Pfau, the inspirational German woman who has devoted her life to ending leprosy in Pakistan. She was attending a ceremony at the MALC Centre Hospital where Eternal Hope showcased 500 books that had been donated to the TY Manghopir School.
The school’s principal, Muhammad Amin, along with some of his students also attended the ceremony, and said it was a direly needed step to set up a library at the school which was being attended by around 500 students. “We are looking to set up more libraries in unprivileged schools and people are donating books in good numbers,” said Zarak Quraishi, a social activist and member of Eternal Hope.
Sameer Shehzad Salim, Nireen Shehzad Salim, Saif Quraishi, Daniyal Quraishi and Noor Zoberi are also striving to promote this cause, and they were appreciated by Dr Dr Ruth Pfau and Sister Jeanine Genus at the event. “The organisation was founded seven years back and we have been arranging activities and ceremonies to promote our cause,” said Zarak.