NGOs in Kashmir provide education facilities to militancy-affected girls

2011-03-10

Non-government organizations in Srinagar, Kashmir state are providing educational facilities to help militancy-affected orphan girls in the region.

The Jammu and Kashmir Yateem Trust (JKYT) and Austrian Kashmir Social Project (AKSP) have come forward with the initiative.

The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Yateem Trust, Zahoor Ahmad Tak, said: "Their problems cannot be solved till they don't receive education. The only solution is to nurture them in a good and peaceful environment and provide them education facilities," said Tak.

Tak added that more than 109 girls have been given clothes, uniforms and educational expenses and other basic material costing Rs 16,000 per child.

Rukaiya, an orphan said: "NGOs help us in getting education and they also provide us material required in the day-to-day living"

The State has been affected by militancy for the last two decades and has seen over 47,000 people dead so far. (ANI)

Source: Sify.
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