Latest Appeal: Pakistan Hostel

Mirpurkhas Hostel Appeal — This appeal is now closed.

 

In late 2020 to early 2021 we partnered with the Pakistan Church to raise the next gen­er­a­tion of com­munity changers. Mir­purkhas Hostel is a mission of the Hydera­bad Diocese in Pakistan. New stu­dents enrolled to start at the hostel were pre­ven­ted from attend­ing the  because of the fin­an­cial dev­ast­a­tion the Covid-19 lock­down had caused.

One of our Mission Part­ners reached out to Anglican Mis­sions and NZCMS to ask if we could run an appeal asking for $10,000 to support the Hostel. This would be enough for the Hostel to be able to receive and support the new group of boys plan­ning to attend the school at the start of the new aca­demic year in 2021. We were delighted that our gen­er­ous sup­port­ers raised over $27,000.

These funds have provided boys with access to edu­ca­tion, and the chance to learn life, lead­er­ship, and voca­tional skills. The boys are becom­ing more resi­li­ent, mul­ti­lin­gual, and resource­ful. This is in keeping with the quality of the hostel’s edu­ca­tion: former stu­dents have gone on to be key leaders and change agents in their vil­lages, com­munit­ies and churches.

NZCMS was instru­mental in estab­lish­ing this Hostel in the 1950’s, with former Mission Part­ners involved in build­ing and sup­port­ing the ori­ginal build­ing. We con­tinue to closely partner with this min­istry and with Bishop Kaleem of the Diocese of Hydera­bad. We are so thank­ful for every­one who added their support to this special hostel appeal.