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Children
Children's Education
Offering a brighter future through quality education. Shining Light provides high quality and affordable education to more than 1,000 children in troubled regions of Pakistan.
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Shining Light Academy
Creative learning in a warm and nurturing environment. the Shining Light Academy provides over 600 children with one of the best educations in northern Pakistan.
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Education Scholarships
Education is not free in Pakistan. We’re working hard to make sure that even the most impoverished have the opportunity of an education.
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Rural Village Schools
Among many rugged, mountain communities, illiteracy rates are greater than 90%. We're dedicated to providing education opportunities to even the most isolated children in northern Pakistan.
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Women
Empowering Women
Providing greater opportunities through vocational skills training. We’ve taught more than 550 women practical skills that raise their social status, provide income, and give women and their families a better future.
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Community
Community Development Programs
Meeting practical needs through short-term and sustainable projects. Through partnerships with local Gujjar leaders, SLI is able to help bring lasting change by providing education and basic necessities that help build these rural communities as a whole.
Shining Light International is a non-profit NGO currently at work in northern Pakistan. Established in 2007, we work to equip individuals and resource sustainable education programs to create opportunities that empower entire communities and break the cycle of injustice and poverty. We aim to serve and support those we work with by providing education, vocational training, and community development.
Latest News

Olivia’s Pallette of Love
Olivia has always had a heart for those who are hurting. Since she was a toddler, she has noticed hungry people on the street and asked if they had a ...
- Kezia McNab
- 4. 04. 2023

Rural Village Sewing Centers - the Multiplication Effect
As hundreds of women were gaining new skills, starting businesses, and thriving after receiving Shining Light’s vocational skills training, it was evident that this project to empower and equip women ...
- Kezia McNab
- 4. 04. 2023

New Desks and Classrooms for SLA
Right as we were all sending our children back to school last summer, all of YOU rallied behind the students at Shining Light Academy in the most incredible way. The ...
- Kezia McNab
- 4. 04. 2023
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