Children Chapel High School

Let us color these pretty flowers. These flowers are not artificial. Actually, these flowers are natural, but poverty, illiteracy, and bad circumstances have made these flowers colorless. The hardness of these circumstances forced them to hard labor with their little hands. They fly here and there in the streets like dry leaves. Let us join hands to color these dried flowers with the color green so that these green leaves may become strong trees. Then their peaceful shade will give the beautiful message to future generations: “How merciful you were in your generation! How great you are!”   Pastor Shakeel Anjum

History of Children Chapel High School

Many believers living in Pakistan face the challenges of poverty, unemployment, discrimination, religious pressure, and the lack of education. Therefore, some of them start social evils such as gambling and using drugs to relieve their stress and find temporary peace. This behavior is rapidly destroying the next generation because children begin moving into the wrong society and follow the ways of their parents.

Because of these addictions, poverty, and unemployment, people don’t understand the value and beauty of their own lives or their children’s lives. Most of these people are also illiterate and therefore don’t understand the importance of education for their children.

Youhanabad, the area where Children Chapel is located, is one of the largest Christian communities in Asia. Yet, even today, there is not a single government school in Youhanabad where children can get an education for a low cost. There are only a few expensive private schools.

In 2007, Children Chapel took a bold step to save the future of the poor children. At that time, we had no building for a school, so we set up a tent on the roof of Children Chapel. We motivated the parents to send their children to us for education. We started teaching 10 to 15 children, ages 5 to 7, at the pre-kindergarten level. With a little bit of attention, we got a great response from the children. The children showed a great interest in learning and reading. By the grace of God, the number of children slowly increased, and over time we built three classrooms on the roof near the tent. We were able to make this school a primary school which we named Children Chapel School System. Slowly over the years, the number of children increased, and we built more classrooms and added more floors to our building. Later we added high school classes and changed the name to Children Chapel High School. Then students had the opportunity to receive a high school diploma (through 10th grade in Pakistan) from Children Chapel High School.

Many students have graduated from Children Chapel High School and then got further training to become x-ray technicians, ECG technicians, or lab technicians. Some enrolled in other short courses, and many girls received nursing training.  Now they are working in good hospitals and other institutions and receive a good salary.

In this way, Children Chapel is impacting the neighborhood around Children Chapel, and many families are now slowly stepping out of poverty and unemployment. However, our success is like a small drop in the huge population of Youhanabad.

Our goal is very big. We believe that every child in Youhanabad should be educated so that their future will be beautiful. But our resources are very limited. We charge a minimal tuition fee of two or three dollars a month per child, but 50% of our students’ parents request help because they cannot afford it. Finally, Children Chapel High School is mostly funded by the tithes and church offerings at Children Chapel Church. Currently we have about 200 students studying in pre-school to 10th grade, and next year we want to give opportunity for 30 to 40 more students. We have nine classrooms, one office, and ten teachers.

Goals of Children Chapel High School:

  1. 1. Every child around Children Chapel should be educated.
  2. 2. To teach the value of life and guide the students towards a successful life.
  3. 3. To improve day to day behavior, character, and personality.
  4. 4. To educate and sensitize the children to uphold the basic standards of human rights.
  5. 5. To instill the value of education and reduce the early dropout rate.
  6. 6. For students to receive a high school diploma, then get further training in order to find a good job and start a successful and happy life.

Needs:

  1. 1. Desks for students.
  2. 2. Student books, supplies, and uniforms.
  3. 3. Financial support to hire 2 more teachers.
  4. 4. More building space to accommodate more students.
  5. 5. Sponsors for one or two children’s education fees, even for a short period.

NOTES:

If you would like to financially invest in the Kingdom of God by helping Children Chapel High School, you can easily give to us through the USA non-profit organization, The Cause.

The direct link is https://thecause.org/partners/cathy-anjum-ministries.