ABOUT US

 

The Global Right to Education Project was conceived by Abir Qazilbash, a student at the LSE. Following her numerous experiences of volunteering abroad, teaching disadvantaged youth and refugees, ranging from Uganda to the Middle East, to Pakistan, she felt the need to establish a long-term means of continuing to support their education. Noticing a distinct lack of sustained programmes to exchange knowledge across borders, and a scarcity of opportunities for external sources to make a real difference to these students' lives, the notion for this project was thus born.

She began by contacting grassroots NGOs, individuals, financial sponsors and also educational institutions in these regions, who work with underprivileged students in conflict zones. The project also mentors youth with limited access to educational resources in the Middle East , and Asian Subcontinent. The project has since evolved, to include a full team of dedicated and committed individuals from a broad spectrum of backgrounds (please see our
Committee Page), who all share a common goal for the right to universal education.

Thus far, we have 140 + dedicated mentors, comprising of LSE Students, Academics, Alumni, and Working Professionals. 

 

UNIQUE INITIATIVE

Weekly Skype Mentoring Exchange with LSE Students: English and Scholarships

Whilst volunteering abroad is only temporary, the Right to Education programme enables a regular, sustainable means of helping underprivileged students in conflict zones to achieve their fundamental right to quality education. They are then able to contribute directly back to their own communities.  

 

In Pakistan particularly, the project has the added dimension of promoting female empowerment, to drive social change through educational opportunities. Given that knowledge of English is increasingly necessary in a globalised world, the project incorporates this as a means of furthering the scope of their opportunities, and their ability to communicate to an international audience. Moreover, there is the possibility for expanding the project to further continents, and geopolitically troubled regions in the future.