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Friends
of Hashoo Foundation USA,
As we begin the New Year, I am excited to use this space to express
heartfelt gratitude, both personally and on behalf of the Hashoo
Foundation team, to our partners: Houston Independent School District
(HISD), Mayor Bill White, City of Houston Digital Inclusion WeCan
Program for their incredible support of the Expectation Graduation Room
Pilot Project.
The objective of the enclosed Newsletter is to bring you up to date on the status
of the Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project, and share some of our incredible
findings. Out of the 50 students selected, 33 of them completed their commitment
and graduated in 2009. 15 students relocated and 2 did not graduate. Of those
33 award recipients, 21 of them are attending a 4-year university; 8 are attending
a community college; and 3 have applied to the Houston Community College for
Spring 2010. Of the 33 students, 12 are attending college on scholarships, and
5 applied for a micro-credit loan offered by the University of St. Thomas MicroCredit
Program.
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Texas Association of Partners in Education (TAPE)
We
are very proud to announce that Hashoo Foundation/Expectation
Graduation Room Pilot Project has been chosen as a finalist for 2010
Texas Association of Partners in Education awards. The 2010 TAPE
Outstanding Partnership awards applications represented some of the
most innovative and impactful partnerships in TAPE´s more than
thirty-year history. As a result, TAPE is inviting all award finalists
to attend the annual Awards Celebration, to be held Tuesday, January
26, 2010 at the Hilton Austin, in Austin, Texas.
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Our Partners
The Expectation Graduation Room
pilot project was made possible thanks to the passion and collaboration
of the following local organizations, working together to recognize
students' success
and provide encouragement and opportunities for a better future: |
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Impact:
From the students perspective |
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| Safari Mukule and Thimote Mukule |
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It will allow me to do my school homework and the projects that I am planning for the future.
Safari
Mukule, graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. He
is attending University of Houston.
My expectation graduation room package will make my life easier by studying and helping all our family.
Thimote
Mukule, graduated from Robert E. Lee high School. He
is attending Houston Community College.
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| M´ballou Berete |
It
was so nice to be rewarded for making a commitment. Now, every time I
see this stuff, I´m going to work even harder. I will be able to teach
my father to send emails to improve his business.
M´ballou Berete,
graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. She is attending
Houston Community College. (M´ballou´s
was in school during our visit. We interviewed her
via telephone while her mother received the graduation
package on her behalf)
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| Cynthia Garcia |
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This
graduation package will benefit my sister and me because now most of
the school work is online. Having my own computer and desk will help me
improve my grades and set my priorities in an easier way.
Cynthia
Garcia, graduated from Robert E. Lee High School.
She attends University of Houston.
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De´bhi´Omonique´ Locks
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I
love my expectation graduation room package. I´ve set up all my items
from my package and I put my computer together and decided to email
you. I am truly thankful for this. I am still very speechless, but I am
thankful to know that when you do good things you can be rewarded for
it.
De´bhi´Omonique´
Locks, graduated from Ross Sterling High
School. She is attending University of Phoenix.
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| Kelly Cruz |
Now I have a computer desk to do my work. It is a great experience to be awarded for completing a goal.
Kelly
Cruz, graduated from Robert E. Lee High School.
She attends University of Houston.
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| About the Hashoo Foundation |
Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by
facilitating equitable access to opportunities through economic
development, education and skills development, supporting people with
special needs, and providing emergency relief and social welfare.
Hashoo Foundation USA is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization in the US and a registered charity in UK.
Since 1999, Hashoo Foundation has sponsored programs that provide
access to quality education for out-of-school and drop-out-children in
the remote areas of Pakistan. Following the Foundation interest to
support at-risk students, Hashoo Foundation USA is supporting the
Expectation Graduation Program and the Reach-out to Drop-out Walk in
Houston as a way to give back to the local community.
www.hashoofoundation.org |
| About HISD |
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest school
district in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States with 295
schools and more than 200,000 students. The 301-square-mile district is
one of the largest employers in the Houston metropolitan area with
nearly 30,000 employees. As a result of tremendous academic gains in
recent years, a record 200 HISD schools achieved Texas´ top ratings of
Exemplary or Recognized in 2009.
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| About Expectation Graduation |
In May 2004, Houston First Lady Andrea White and HISD hosted the
"Expectation Graduation" summit to help more students complete high
school by increasing public awareness of the dropout issue, developing
ways to address it, creating action plans based on those strategies,
and actively engaging local leaders in carrying out those plans.
Hundreds of business and community leaders, parents, and students
attended the event, and one of the many initiatives that grew from it
was HISD´s "Reach Out to Dropouts" (ROTD) walk. Held every fall since
2004, ROTD recruits hundreds of HISD and community volunteers to visit
dropouts´ homes and persuade many of the students to return to school
to continue their education.
The Reach Out to Dropouts
walk is now in its fifth year. The first walk engaged 1,300 volunteers
to walk in eight Houston Independent School District (HISD)
neighborhoods. Over the years the program has grown to include more
than 6,000 volunteers walking in neighborhoods of six large Texas
cities. Taken together, over 5,500 students have returned to school and
more than 500 of these students have already graduated thanks to the
Walk and the Dropout Prevention Specialists. The program has garnered
so much attention that officials from several other cities and states
have called to get advice on how to do the walk.
www.houstontx.gov/education/expectation.html |
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The
University of St. Thomas MicroCredit Program (UST MCP) students
committed to raising the necessary funds to offer a low-interest
micro-credit loan to one of the graduating students to support his/her
education expenses at a community college in the Houston area. So far,
UST MCP has received loan applications from 5 students.
The
Expectation Graduation Room Pilot Project is Hashoo Foundation´s
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action for the 2009
Education Portfolio.
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