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Sonia Sharif (Sonia Sharif )

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Sheed Society

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Mostly Supplies:

$450 / $450

Expected Usage of Funding
Tuition:	$90
School Supplies:	$130
Textbooks:	$40
Transportation:	$30
Room and Board:	$60
Other:	$100

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Gender:	Female
Age:	9
State/Province:	Lahore
Country:	Pakistan
Education Type:	Primary School
Education Level:	2nd Grade
School Name:	Sheed Welfare School
Estimated Family Income:	$1000
Daily Per-Capita Income:	$ 1.3689
Mother's Occupation:	Other(specify)
Number of Household Members:	2
Extracurricular Activities:	Painting
Future Aspirations:	Her mother is sex worker and earns livelihood for the family through prostitution. Sonia does not like to be sex worker. She is more interested in painting and artistic work and wants to be artists in future. She is of the view that education is the best way to get rid from prostitution as education will provide alternative options to her for income generation and to live a decent life.

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Sonia Sharif is an eight year old girl and living with her mother and six sisters in a rented house in the red light area Lahore. Her mother and her two elder sisters are sex workers, hardly earning an amount of Rs. 10000/ month (US $ 119/ month) from prostitution. With this
limited income she is unable to meet the daily expenses of food and rent of the house.

Her mother is not able to bear the expenses of her education and health care. Her two sisters are in the business of prostitution and her remaining three sisters have also never attended the school. Her mother and other family members do not want her to attend the school as they are unable to meet the expenses of her education.

Her mother wants her to be a prostitute in future but she
does not want such a fate. She desires an education and to become an artist in future.
She thinks that education is the best way to find out other alternate ways of livelihood. She is not getting any support from her family for her education.

Currently she is going to SHEED School but she really hopes that there are donors to help her to meet the expenses of her education.

Donors

Courtney E. B.
Washington, DC, USA
$855 pledged to Givology so far
Hey, all- at the moment, I'm a project manager for major construction projects. I graduated from Penn State with a Master's in Architectural Engineering in '09. Structural engineering has been my concentration. I'm a sucker for a good cause; feel free to ask me about my ongoing child sponsorship through Compassion International. I look forward to speaking with many of you and learning about your background and what's drawn you to this website. Finally (but most importantly), kudos to my high school acquaintance, Joyce Meng, and the rest of the Givology team for setting out to change the world. Rock on! :)

Ritika Nandkeolyar
$300 pledged to Givology so far

Suzanne
Truckee, California, United States
$200 pledged to Givology so far