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CYTE FOUNDATION is a not-for-profit organization working towards providing better education in Pakistan. The organization is registered under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860 and its core objective is to financially enable under privileged children to have the right to quality education. CYTE Foundation is striving to contribute positively in the development of the country by “CHANGING YOUTH THROUGH EDUCATION”.

OUR STORY
It started with a few concerned citizens financing educational expenses of people from lower strata of society individually. The group would finance their drivers, domestic helpers, guards, etc. During that time it was quite evident that the rate of continuity of education was very low – children would get enrolled and then dropped out after a couple of years down the road. It was then realized that the family counseling was just as necessary as was financing kids’ education. The objective of this initiative was to make the families aware about the importance of education and drive their thinking towards improving their family profile through education. It was with proper awareness program, support and encouragement that helped underprivileged families understand why it was important to not only get the children enrolled but help them continue their children's education. During this journey, the response and efforts by the families and children have been quite encouraging; we strongly felt that under privileged parents definitely realize the importance of imparting education to their children. This encouraged us to broaden our scope of activities and thus CYTE Foundation was formed. The organization started with 19 children – a number that keeps growing rapidly with time. The program presently sponsors 300+ students. This increment in number of children sponsored in various schools has also helped us to gain the advocacy rights and help the schools in policy development of their faculty, infrastructure and curriculum.

VISION & MISSION
VISION Statement

"An Educated Pakistan" MISSION Statement

"Make quality education accessible to low income families of Pakistan and help them create positive multiplier impact around their environment. We are committed to counsel these families too and help schools in improving their infrastructure and processes."

Team CYTE
The team at CYTE consists of dedicated, professional and highly qualified individuals. The board consists of accomplished individuals in business, private and public sector. Self-employed and retired professionals in academia and other fields are also a part of both the team and the board. The current chairman at CYTE is a serving senior professional, having domestic & international exposure and has been actively involved in various academic activities. The team shares the extreme passion for the objective to contribute something positive for Pakistan and share the privileges bestowed upon them by the Almighty with the rest of society.

Education Facts in Pakistan
A common citizen of Pakistan is facing a multitude of troubles in different spheres of life. It has been often debated that the root cause of all these economic, social and security problems can be attributed to the lack of education as we stand at the place where:
 * The literacy rate in our country is only 56%;
 * Public expenditure on education never rose above 3% of GDP. Current government spending on educational sector is 2.4% of GDP;
 * Pakistan has the second largest out of school children’s population in the world i.e. 25 million and 2/3rd children put out of school are girls (An issue of primary concern);
 * 7.26 million Children have no access to education;
 * Only 30.1% of the females in Pakistan are literate way less then India, Nepal & Bangladesh;
 * The Global Monitoring Report 2012 of UNESCO ranks Pakistan 113 out of 120 countries on the Education Development Index;
 * The gross enrolment rate, including under-aged and over-aged children, at the primary level is 86 percent out of which 33 percent drop out. Meanwhile, only 18 percent of those who complete primary school are eligible for mid-level education. (ASER Annual Status of Education Report in Pakistan);
 * Children who make it to the 10th grade, only 30 percent successfully complete high school and only three percent make it to the tertiary level.
 * This pattern has brought the national literacy rate to 56 percent, far below the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of 88 percent.

Considering these facts, we all should come forward and improve the literary conditions of our country because the growing rate of illiteracy and unemployment is hindering the development of our society in general. Also an educated society impacts positively to everyone including us and ensures human development. Sources:
 * http://www.alifailaan.pk/global_comparisons
 * http://www.aserpakistan.org/
 * http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-

How CYTE Is Different

 * CYTE is managed by a team of volunteers and dedicated, professional and qualified personnel keeping very low overhead costs;
 * CYTE not only sponsors deserving children but also counsel families to change their profile and encourage sponsored students to strive for the highest horizons;
 * We are also helping schools to improve their processes and infrastructure;
 * Continuous performance monitoring and identification of exceptional talent for future professional grooming;
 * Complete transparency across the foundation processes and accounts;
 * Identification of students in case of “Educate a Child" program;
 * Donors are continuously updated with students’ performance;
 * Donors can meet with their adopted family / student at any time;
 * Sharia compliant zakat mechanism being reviewed by qualified Mufti Sahabs and will be certified soon. The accounts will also be regularly reviewed by them to ensure Sharia compliant mechanism of zakat collection, maintenance and distribution.

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