Clean Water | Education | Economic Empowerment
Registered Under the Societies Act, 1860 in P**istan. Caring for Orphans and Supporting Less Fortunate Children in P**istan

The number of orphan children in P**istan is said to be constantly rising Apart from several other socio-economic reasons, terrorist attacks, and blasts most of these children have lost either one or both of their parents. Children deprived of special care may likely fall victim to child abuse, beggary, trafficking, child labor, juvenile delinquency, and other anti-social behaviors. About 57% of children are orphans because their fathers passed away. Whereas 10% are because their mother passed away. Only 5% of them are orphans because they have no one to care for. It is reasonable to combine the " Wage Labouring", mother's and particularly father's death, and the 'no one to care' categories, as they all contribute towards poverty. As an outcome, the combined factors reveal that almost 85% of the children are Orphans. Either due to the abject poverty or situations leading to poverty, parental death, divorce, or separation. And access to education is e predominant cause why there are so many children who become orphans in P**istan. Currently, P**istan has the world’s second-highest number of out-of-school children (OOSC) with an estimated 22.8 million children aged 5-16 not attending school, representing 44 per cent of the total population in this age group. In the 5-9 age group, 5 million children are not enrolled in schools and after primary-school age, the number of OOSC doubles, with 11.4 million adolescents between the ages of 10-14 not receiving formal education. Disparities based on gender, socio-economic status, and geography are significant; in Sindh, 52 percent of the poorest children (58 percent girls) are out of school, and in Balochistan, 78 percent of girls are out of school. Nearly 10.7 million boys and 8.6 million girls are enrolled at the primary level and this drops to 3.6 million boys and 2.8 million girls at the lower secondary level. Due to the absence of financial resources, a reduction or loss of family income pressurizes parents to employ their children in seasonal farming activities or other similar activities to supplement the depleted financial resources. For example, a sudden spike in food or energy prices drastically reduces the level of disposable income, forcing young children into early employment in menial jobs rather than pursuing further education. Or an illness of one family member may require the children of a related family to take up new responsibilities and provide assistance, thus pressuring the child to abandon his or her education. Our vision is to shelter the Orphans and help kids See less
The Living Water is tax exempted under FBR act 2(36)c
Founded in 2021, The Living Water is just getting started
Founder Sharon Cyrus's father is a pastor during his visits for evangelism in different areas of P**istan along with his dad he found out how orphans and poor kids' lives are being ruined and after a couple of years when he was almost ready to start his university in Canada he got a calling from God to start a nonprofit for orphans and poor kids. The Compassion and vision he received from God would later lay down the foundation for The Living Water.
