What We Do

Our active projects

These are the programs WEF is running right now — from early childhood learning centers to research hubs and training programs across Chitral, Pakistan and Central Asia. Open any project to see who it reaches and how you can support it.

Active Projects

Pathways currently underway

Every project below is live today. Click through for the full story, the community it serves, and how to give directly toward it.

Bright Beginnings: Early Childhood Learning Centers (ECLC)

A women-led social entrepreneurial model bringing Montessori-based early childhood education to remote and underserved communities in Chitral, Pakistan.

Herzing–Daya Research & Learning Hub

One of Pakistan's first Early Childhood Development research hubs, hosted at the University of Chitral and led by WEF, USA.

Herzing Center for Skills, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Chitral

Building capacity, developing leaders, and creating workforce-ready talent through degree, diploma and short-course pathways at the University of Chitral.

Secondary School Scholarships

Removes financial barriers for underserved students at low-income private schools in Chitral, keeping them in school through the critical Grade 9 and 10 years.

Rising Stars — Undergraduate Scholarships

Full scholarships send outstanding, civic-minded youth from Chitral and Central Asia to world-class regional universities in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

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