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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.

  • Kezia McNab
  • 11. 04. 2023

Brand New Computer Lab

 Before our Building Expansion Project, Shining Light Academy only had a small computer lab with about a dozen computers.  This was not nearly enough for all

  • Kezia McNab
  • 29. 09. 2017

New Female Teachers

In working closely with the Gujjar communities in the Ghizer District of Northern Pakistan, we strive to listen to their needs and requests, not push our own

  • Kezia McNab
  • 25. 04. 2017

Education is a Light

Haroon is 17 years old and is currently attending school in Gilgit, Pakistan.  He is being supported through our Shining Light Scholarship Program.  We hope

  • Kezia McNab
  • 24. 01. 2017

At Shining Light…They are like family!

Shaloom is 15 years old and is currently attending Shining Light Academy in Gilgit, Pakistan.  He is being supported through our Shining Light Scholarship

  • Kezia McNab
  • 20. 01. 2017

There Was No School for Girls…

Arish is in the 9th grade and is currently attending school in Gilgit, Pakistan. She is being supported through our Shining Light Scholarship Program.  We

  • Kezia McNab
  • 20. 01. 2017

Mother-Tongue Literacy

 Did you know that over 40% of the world receives an education in a language that they don’t understand? In Pakistan, the numbers are even more startling;

  • Kezia McNab
  • 19. 11. 2016

Future Scientists of Pakistan

Meet Miriam. If you ask Miriam what she wants to be when she grows up some of her answers might include: a teacher, a pilot, a fashion designer, or even a doctor.

  • Kezia McNab
  • 29. 09. 2016

Pakistan’s Technology Gap

 Global Technology It is fairly safe to say that technology is taking over the world. Most of our daily lives are consumed by it, and our news sources are dominated

  • Kezia McNab
  • 29. 09. 2016

Thank you, from Class 7

 Back in February we asked you to help us to raise the funds needed for a computer lab and new classrooms for Grade 7.  With a goal of raising $15,000 and only

  • Kezia McNab
  • 31. 05. 2014
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