By Eisha Sarkar As a tutor with Pax Populi, you bond not just with your students but sometimes with their families. Muhammad Qasem Jami and I had only started our sessions for the Intermediate course, when I asked him if he could get his five sisters to Skype with me Read more…
Written by Mahgul Kunary, Student, KIMS First, I want to start by asking: What is peace? Peace is a state in which there is no war or fighting. It is a period of freedom from public disturbance and an agreement to end a war. Peace is the hope in the Read more…
By Kirthi Jayakumar It was January 1999. Seventeen years ago. I walked into my classroom for Class 7, at school. I was in a new year, now. Of all the books we had that year as part of our coursework, the one that I enjoyed most was a compilation of Read more…
I am Nahid Walizadda, I was born in 1993, when my family fled their home in the Baghlan Province of Afghanistan. The country had been staggered by years of war then, and has faced ongoing civil conflicts since. My parents, my two older sisters and I took on a 300-mile Read more…
While tutoring at Pax, we tried something innovative so far as our class administration went. Instead of having one student per class, we decided to allow a tutor to take on two students in one class, and to encourage learning in one space. I was already working with Shabnam by Read more…