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| Group picture Kech Summer Camp 2019 |
According to demographics
of the United Nations Population Fund [1],
63% of Pakistan is under the age of 25. This means that approximately 50 to 60
million are between the ages of 15 to 24. These are young
people who are stepping into the educational, social and professional arena,
wondering what their place is in society, and where they fit in.
Balochistan is the least educated
province in Pakistan and it is depressing that education is one of the most
neglected sectors in the province. In today’s world the youth of Balochistan is
facing the most of hardships and lack of belongingness within the society. The
camp focused the core human values such as empathy, critical thinking, self-believe,
creativity as well as polish, develop professional skills like design thinking,
art therapy, theatre and robotics, cinematography and many more.
Kech summer Camp, a collaboration
between District Government of Balochistan, UDaan and University of Turbat,
creating impact on the lives of youth
After months long struggle, 5th July
2019 was finally the day when Kech Summer Camp was inaugurated and started to
provide the most privileged opportunity of learning to 75 underprivileged
students enrolled in governmental schools. The camp involved students from 19
public sector schools after a tough nomination and selection process. Among
them were 10 university
undergraduate students who were selected as fellows to work as mentors during
the camp. The camp focused to groom, polish, develop and train the
students on number of personal and professional areas like design thinking, art
therapy, theatre and art, robotics, cinematography and many more. All
instructors travelled from different cities of Pakistan to volunteer their
services for the first ever summer camp in Turbat. The camp was sponsored by
district government Kech, in partnership with UDaan & University of Turbat
(Venue of camp). The journey of learning, practicing, gaining and sharing ended
on 31st July 2019 being worthy and life changing 25 days for the
school kids