Author Archive
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Journey so far ..
The journey that we started back in April 2013 has been a great learning experience. It has provided us with an opportunity to make a difference in the life of the children that we adopted but more importantly it has helped us take steps towards devising systems that could help shape the future of coming generations. The biggest gap that we have always wanted to address ...
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Battle Mosquito by Aiman Khan and Andrea Mahony
Aiman Shams Khan is a student of grade 4 at V R Heroes Foundation. Aiman’s community faces a daily battle against an enraged army of mosquitoes that results in disease and discomfort. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to help Aiman repel this attack by the invading mosquito army. Please click on the picture above to enlarge. Please leave your suggestions in the comments ...
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“Dude .. where are my trees?” by Abdullah Khan and Haytham Haridy
Abdullah Khan is a student of grade 5. Abdullah’s community faces a grave mystery. The trees in their community keep disappearing. Although the involvement of extra terrestrial beings cannot be ruled out, Adbullah suspects that it is perhaps the humans that are behind the problem. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to help Abdullah come up with a plan to plant and keep more trees in his community.
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Keep Calm ??!! But my Electricity is gone .. by Irfan Khan and Batool Syeda
Irfan Ahmed Khan is a student of grade 5. A spell of darkness has besieged his neighbourhood. Unafraid of the dark, Irfan is on a mission to bring back his community from darkness to light. Your mission, Should you choose to accept it, would be to help Irfan come up with ways to minimise the effects of electricity load shedding on the life of his community. Please ...
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Aeman Ahmed
Aeman Ahmed is 6 years old. Aeman wants to become a doctor when she grows up. She is a brilliant student and has also achieved excellent Urdu conversational ability in just one year along with basic English skills. She loves to recite poems. She likes to play with her friends and cousins in her free time. Her favourite song is bibi Shireeni which she passionately sings whenever given a chance. Aeman's father Mr Pervaiz Ahmed is ...
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Amjad Khan
Amjad Khan (AKA Shahid Afridi) is 11 years old. Amjad wants to become a pilot when he grows up. Amjad enjoys learning Urdu the most. Amjad is the eldest of 5 siblings. Amjad's father Mr. Wakeel Khan is deceased. Amjad's mother is unable to provide education to her children including Amjad due to financial hardships. Amjad is a hard working student and is looking for a hero to help him attain education and help him realize ...
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Rahim Gul
Rahim Gul is 6 years old. Rahim wants to become an engineer when he grows up. Rahim Gul hails from Afghanistan. Rahim Gul is a very bright student and has an inclination towards engineering and machines. He made a small fan out of broken toys found in the rubble and was very proud of that. His father Mr. Farooq Gul is deceased. His mother is unable to pay for his education due to financial hardships. Rahim is ...
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Nimra Khan
Nimra Khan is 7 years old. Nimra wants to become a doctor when she grows up. Her favourite subject is mathematics. Her hero is Quaid-e-Azam and she wants to help the nation following the footsteps of her hero when she grows up. Nimra is one of the best students and consistently tops her class. She likes to play with her friends in the free time and is excellent in hide and seek and running games. ...
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Inam Ullah
Inam Ullah is 6 years old. Inam wants to become a teacher when he grows up. Inam is an excellent student and consistently tops his class. He achieved a very high score in the IQ test held for his class. He is also a very helpful student and helps his classmates with coursework and language practise. Inam's father Mr Ihsan Ullah is deceased. Inam's mother is unable to provide for his education. Inam is looking for ...
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Hazrat Ali
Hazrat Ali is 12 years old. Ali wants to serve in the army when he grows up. Ali is an IDP refugee (Internally Displaced Person) and originally hails from Waziristan, from where his family had to migrate due to war. We diagnosed Ali with dyslexia however he is a very hard working student and we are working with him to help him overcome his problem. He loves to hang out with friends and cousins in free ...
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Zebi Khan
Zebi Khan is 6 years old. Zebi wants to become a doctor when she grows up. Zebi had never gone to school before and has shown great progress so far. She had zero Urdu and English conversational ability but now speaks excellent Urdu and basic English. She likes to play with her dolls in the free time. Zebi's father Mr. Mohammad Qasim Ullah Khan recently passed away and her mother is unable to pay for her education ...
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Shahab Khan
Shahab Khan is 10 years old. Shahab wants to become a teacher when he grows up. His favourite subject is mathematics. He likes to hang out with his friends and play sports in his free time. His favourite cricketer is Misbah-ul-Haq. He is a very responsible child and being the eldest sibling helps her mother take care of the rest of the siblings. Shahab's father Mr. Jahanzeb Khan is deceased. His mother is unable to provide ...
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Wajid Khan
Wajid is 7 years old. Wajid wants to become a pilot when he grows up and travel the world. Wajid is an excellent student and won the inaugural award for the most improved student in the school. He is also an excellent cricket player and loves to hit big shots like his hero Shahid Afridi. Wajid has 5 siblings and his father Mr Wakeel Khan is deceased. Wajid's mother is unable to provide for his education ...
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Aiman Shams Khan
Aiman Shams Khan is 8 years old. Aiman wants to become a teacher when she grows up. Aiman has shown great progress so far and despite of minimal prior schooling has managed to advance 2 grades in 1 year and is on course for advancing a grade per semester starting next semester. Aiman likes to play with dolls when she is not studying or helping her mother with house chores. Aiman's father Mr Shams Rehman Khan ...
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Mohammad Fasih Khan
Mohammad Fasih Khan is 6 years old. Fasih is a very bright student and has achieved excellent Urdu conversational ability within an year and can understand and speak basic English as well. He likes to play with his friends and listen to stories in his free time. Fasih lives with his grand mother and Aunt.
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Ramadan Kareem – 2014
Ramadan Kareem! Thank You for your continued support. Please remember us for your ZAKAT donations and spread the word to friends and family. Thanks to your efforts our collective dream of creating critically thinking intelligent citizens of tomorrow is one step closer. Highlights so far: We have successfully created an environment to provide top quality free education to ...
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One Year Anniversary
Congratulations! Thanks to your efforts we have successfully completed our first year at V R Heroes Foundation. This year has proven to be a great success and a great learning experience. Our dream of providing top quality education to deserving children around the world free of cost has taken its first step. It is the first of many years to come and below are some of the highlights from our first year.
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Hurya Khan
Hurya Khan is 5 years old. Hurya wants to become a teacher when she grows up. Hurya had never been to school before and is thoroughly enjoying her experience at school.
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Habiba Khan
Habiba Khan is 6 years old. Habiba wants to become a teacher when she grows up. Habiba has 2 siblings. She is a very bright student and has shown great progress so far. She has also shown great progress in her language skills. Habiba likes to play with dolls in her free time. Habiba's father Mr Gul Vali is a poor labourer and is unable to provide for her education and thanks to a generous sponsor, ...
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Arshid Khan
Arshid Khan is 10 years old. Arshad wants to become an engineer when he grows up. Arshad is an IDP refugee (Internally Displaced Person) and originally hails from Waziristan from where his family had to migrate due to war. Arshid's father Mr. Faisal Wazir Khan has a temporary job of a mechanic. Arshid has 5 siblings and his father Mr Khan is unable to pay for Arshid's education due to financial hardship. Arshid Khan is a ...