Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) has partnered for a unified aim towards enhancing public education system within the province of Sindh. This was pledged through a formal MoU signing ceremony between Prof. Anita Ghulam Ali, Managing Director, SEF and Ms. Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Executive Director, PCP on 27th of July 2007 at the premises of Sindh Education Foundation. The partnership aims at building a working relationship between the two parties for strengthening the Adopt-A-School Program through Public-Private-Partnership. With SEF’s demonstrated credibility based on research and development and PCP’s robust mechanism on mobilizing resources, the joint venture is envisaged to create greater value through logical synergy.

SEF’s Adopt-A-School Program was initiated in 1997 and provides support to 167 schools in 11 districts of Sindh. PCP under the “Public-Private Partnerships Program for Education” facilitates and mobilizes corporate philanthropy for government school improvement for its 55 schools in Sindh. An additional 20 schools are anticipated to be adopted during 2007-08 in the various districts of the province. Both SEF and PCP will endeavor to facilitate linkages among education departments at the provincial and district level, local philanthropists, corporate and not-for profit organizations for school improvement.