👶🧒 Bunyad Child Protection & Youth Empowerment

Safeguarding Childhoods, Shaping Futures

Bunyad Foundation is deeply committed to the protection, empowerment, and participation of children and youth—particularly those living in poverty, working in hazardous environments, or at risk of abuse and neglect. We strive to build a protective ecosystem that not only rescues children from harm but also equips them with skills, voice, and opportunities to thrive as active citizens of Pakistan.

🛡️ Child Protection Initiatives

🔹 Eliminating Child Labor Through Education

Bunyad works to eradicate child labor by offering non-formal education, vocational training, and family counseling in communities where children are forced to work in brick kilns, agriculture, domestic work, and cotton picking.

• Rehabilitated thousands of child laborers in 14 districts
• Operated 200+ learning centers for working children
• Advocated for birth registration and child rights at local level
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🔹 Empowering Cotton-Picking Children

Through education, life skills, and family sensitization, Bunyad protects girls and boys working in cotton fields—often exposed to pesticides, heat, and harassment.

• Literacy and protection centers in 4 cotton-rich districts
• Life skills education and protection awareness
• School reintegration and child club formation
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🔹 Child Rights & Participation (CRC Implementation)

Bunyad promotes children’s voices by forming child rights clubs, engaging them in school governance, and training teachers, parents, and local councils on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

• 100+ child clubs across Punjab
• Rights-based advocacy and peer education
• Regular dialogue with duty bearers (school heads, union councils)

🔗 Protecting Our Future

🔹 NSP-PEF Education Program

As a partner of Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), Bunyad provides quality low-cost education to vulnerable children, including child laborers, street children, and dropouts.

• Enrolled 25,000+ students under the New School Program
• Academic and psychological support for first-generation learners
  🔗 Educational Gaps Bridging

👧 Youth Empowerment Initiatives

🔹 Adolescent Girls’ Rights & Leadership

Through safe spaces, life skills, and sports, Bunyad empowers adolescent girls aged 10–18 with the tools to avoid early marriages, assert their rights, and lead change in their communities.

• 2,500+ girls trained in digital literacy, self-defense & health
• 180+ safe spaces and community centers
• 300+ child marriages prevented through family counselling
  🔗 Empowering Girls Through Education

🔹 Child Participation & School Governance

Children are encouraged to take part in school improvement planning, community dialogues, and local decision-making processes to build their civic awareness and leadership skills.

• 500+ children trained in community engagement
• Formed child parliaments and youth-led advocacy groups
  🔗 Child Participation & Governance

🔹 Youth Livelihood & Skills Development

Bunyad supports out-of-school youth and school graduates with vocational skills training to reduce unemployment, prevent migration, and break cycles of poverty.

• 5,000+ youth trained in tailoring, IT, masonry, and micro-enterprise
• Business incubation and career counseling included
  🔗 Youth Skills Programs

📊 Impact Highlights

• 👶 50,000+ vulnerable children protected through education
• 🧒 200+ learning centers established for working/street children
• 🧑‍🎓 6,000+ youth trained in income-generating skills
• 👩‍🏫 500+ teachers trained in child protection & classroom discipline
• 👨‍👩‍👧 1,200+ parents educated on child rights & positive parenting
• 🎓 90% retention rate in adolescent girls’ education projects

🌟 Bunyad’s Child-Centric Model Includes:

✅ Holistic Education (Literacy, Life Skills, Legal Awareness)
✅ Family & Community Engagement
✅ Rights-Based Approach (UNCRC-aligned)
✅ Protection Referrals & Counseling
✅ Empowerment Through Expression (debates, arts, sports)