The Citizens Foundation School / Aziza Yasmeen Ghori Campus, Karachi
In March of 2006, the Aziza Foundation collaborated with a highly-regarded Pakistani NGO, The Citizens Foundation (TCF), to fund the construction of an elementary school approximately 45 kilometers outside of Karachi in the Sindh Province. TCF was founded in Pakistan to build schools and make education affordable.

The Aziza Yasmeen Ghori Campus began accepting its first students in August 2006 and has had one of the best student enrollments in the history of TCF in any new single unit school, in the first year.

There are 160 students now studying on the campus. The Aziza Foundation sponsored the construction of the school complex and grounds, and the procurement of furniture and teaching materials at a cost of $85,000, and is also supporting initial operating costs of $14,700 for the 2006/2007 academic year. Normally, students are accepted only in the lower grades (K-2) and are annually graduated into the next grade such that within three years from the opening of the school, the maximum capacity of 180 students in grades K-5 is reached. However, the need for a school in the area of the Aziza Yasmeen Ghori campus was so high that 160 students have already enrolled further confirming the decision to build a primary school in this location.

The Citizens Foundation (TCF)
TCF was founded in 1995 by five Pakistani businessmen who sought to make an education affordable for every child in Pakistan. With an ambitious goal of building 1,000 new primary and secondary schools, TCF has already constructed over 300 schools since its founding and continues to open about one new school per week.

TCF school tuition is set on a “pay-as-you-can-afford” basis. Incoming students must pass an entrance examination and are then placed in a class level based on their skills, regardless of their ability to pay any part of the 100 Rupees/month (about $1.60) in tuition.