A smiling child in the Sindh desert holding a book

Education is a basic human right

Where there is no water,
we brought a school.

In the remote deserts of Sindh, 1,500+ children now learn for free — with books, transport, and teachers who refuse to give up on them.

100% Free · 5 Schools · 1,500+ Children · Since 2016

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Years of Impact

The reality

They can't always find clean water. But now they can find a classroom.

In the villages of Naro, Thar and Khairpur, the desert stretches for miles. Families here face a heartbreaking choice every day — survival, or school. For generations, school always lost. Educators Community Schools exists to end that choice. We believe a child's future should never be decided by the accident of where they were born.

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Children reading in an ECS classroom

What we give, free

Everything a child needs. None of the cost.

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Free Education

Advanced curriculum, high expectations, zero fees. Every child, every book, every day.

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Free Transport

Buses that cross the desert so no child walks miles under the sun to reach a classroom.

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Free Stationery & Books

For many, the first book they have ever owned.

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A Place to Belong

Safe, joyful classrooms where children are welcomed, seen, and believed in.

A school bus crossing the dunesChildren with their own new notebooks

A day in a child's life

Before the sun is high, they are already on their way to learn.

For an ECS child, the day begins with a bus crossing the sand — not a long walk under a punishing sun. It ends with a schoolbag full of books that are theirs to keep. In between: a warm classroom, clean water, a teacher who knows their name, and lessons that tell them, again and again, that they matter.

Bus arrivesMorning in classTheir own booksClean water & warmthHome with new dreams

Meet the children

Their stories, their futures.

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Sanam, 9

Sanam, 9

The first girl in her family to read a chapter book — she loves science.

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Shakeel Abbas Qazi, ECS Founder

Our founder

Educators Community Schools was founded by Shakeel Abbas Qazi.

An educator with 20+ years of experience who chose to bring the very best of education — completely free — to the children of the desert.

"Every school I built before was practice. Educators Community Schools is the purpose."
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Our schools

Five campuses. One promise.

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Naro Campus
Naro Campus
Naro · Est. 2016
380 students
Thar Campus
Thar Campus
Tharparkar · Est. 2018
310 students
Khairpur Campus
Khairpur Campus
Khairpur · Est. 2020
295 students
Nara Campus
Nara Campus
Khairpur · Est. 2022
260 students
Umerkot Campus
Umerkot Campus
Thar · Est. 2024
255 students

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₨2,500 can put one child in a classroom for a month.

Your gift covers books, transport, a uniform, and a teacher who believes in them.

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