Education
Regular fee payments for 310 students, from reception to university. Every student moved up a year in 2025, and three finished their studies and are now working.
UK charity · working across Pakistan
£25 keeps a child in school for a month.
We pay school and university fees for children from underprivileged families, and bring food and winter warmth to families who would otherwise go without.
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Supporting Hands (UK), registered charity no. 1152711
What your gift pays for
£25One student's school fees and costs for a month (average)
£40–50A month of university or graduate study
£300A full year in school for one student
Average costs reported in our Trustees' Report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
2025 in numbers
What your donations did last year
310students with fees paid
300families given Ramadan rations
300+families given Qurbani meat
110+blankets and quilts
250pairs of shoes for orphaned children
15new water pumps in Cholistan
Our programmes
Seven ways we help
Iftar rations
Flour, rice, lentils, oil, tea, milk, sugar, vermicelli, gram flour and dates for 300 families in Skardu, Parachinar, northern Punjab and Karachi.
Qurbani
30 qurbanis in Parachinar, Skardu, Karachi and Wah, with the meat shared among more than 300 families.
Warmth
More than 110 blankets and quilts, plus firewood for homes in Skardu, where northern winters are severe.
Orphans
250 pairs of shoes for Cure Pakistan's Malls of Smile market in Karachi, where about 500 orphans shop with token money. 2025 was our fifth year supporting it.
Water pumps
15 more water pumps installed in 2025 in Cholistan, South Punjab.
Family support
Help with wedding costs for 2 families in 2025.
Our main programme
Education is where most of your money goes
Every student we fund comes from a shaheed (martyred) family or an underprivileged background. Our students come from the Hazara community, Parachinar, Skardu and Karachi. We pay fees and school costs directly, so the money goes to the child's schooling.
- 310students funded in 2025: 130 girls and 180 boys
- 100%moved up to their next year of study
- 22%are at university or college
- 3finished their education and are now working
- £25average monthly cost for a school student; £40–50 for graduate study
Where we work
Six areas across Pakistan
From the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, through the Cholistan desert, to Karachi on the coast.
Skardu
Gilgit-BaltistanParachinar
Khyber PakhtunkhwaNorthern Punjab
PunjabWah
PunjabCholistan
South PunjabKarachi
Sindh
Annual reports
Where the money went
In 2025, donors gave £69k for education, Ramadan rations, Qurbani, blankets and family support, and we spent £65k on our work. The figures on this page come from our Trustees' Report for 2025.
2025
Trustees' Report, year ended 31 December 2025
2025 at a glance
- Fees paid for 310 students (130 girls, 180 boys); every student moved up a year, and 3 finished their studies and are now working
- 22% of our students are at university or college
- Ramadan rations for 300 families
- 30 qurbanis, with meat shared among 300+ families
- 110+ blankets and quilts, plus firewood for homes in Skardu
- 250 pairs of shoes for the Malls of Smile market in Karachi, our fifth year supporting it
- 15 new water pumps in Cholistan, South Punjab
- Wedding costs for 2 families
- £69k donated and £65k spent; average school cost £25 per student per month
2024
Trustees' Report, year ended 31 December 2024
2024 at a glance
- Fees paid for 300+ students; every student moved up a year, and 10 won the Baluchistan Government Fees Scholarship
- Ramadan rations for 300 families
- 42 qurbanis, with meat shared among 400+ families
- 100+ blankets, quilts and bundles of firewood
- 250 pairs of shoes for the Malls of Smile market in Karachi
- Wedding costs for 5 families, regular support for 2, one-off help for 2 and funeral costs for 1
- Average school cost: £30 per student per month
Would you like the full report for either year? Email us at admin@shuk.charity and we'll send you a copy.
Bank transfer
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Send your gift straight to our account. Please use the reference so we can thank you and match your gift. To give by card instead, use the donate box at the top of the page.
Donate by bank transfer
- Account name
- Supporting Hands (UK)
- Sort code
- 20-42-76
- Account number
- 03060519
- Reference
- Your surname + DONATION
Gift Aid on a bank transfer: email admin@shuk.charity with your full name, home address and postcode, the date and amount of your gift, and the words "I want to Gift Aid my donation and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years to Supporting Hands (UK). I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference."
Registered charity
Check us on the register
Supporting Hands (UK) is registered with the Charity Commission, number 1152711. You can see our accounts and trustees on the Register of Charities.
Annual reports
Ask for a full report
See our 2025 and 2024 work at a glance, or email admin@shuk.charity for a full copy of either Trustees' Report.