SEN-i – Special Education Needs Initiative
Who We Are
The Special Education Needs Initiative in Pakistan (SEN-i Pakistan) is the outcome of decades of experience with special needs in the UK. The Initiative is funded by the corporate foundation, CareTech Foundation, and supported by the Children of Sheikh Abdul Rashid and Fahmida (COSARAF) Foundation, in Karachi.
Through its extensive work with mental health in Pakistan alongside the British Asian Trust, the Foundation observed critical gaps. A lack of public funding, infrastructure, and expertise has left Pakistan’s education system in urgent need of intervention to support 2-17 year-olds with SEND requirements. Children with SEND require resources that will enable them to develop similar to their non-SEND peers. Parents and caregivers of SEND children also require support and education.
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SEN-i continues to make significant impact within schools across Pakistan. These videos tell the real-life stories of the difference SEN-i has made.
SEN-i’s Senior Programme Manager, Mariam Durrani, talks more about SEN-i, their achievements and hopes for the future:
