Ilmara Foundation

Brighter Futures Through Education

We fund a child's full school year — and show our supporters exactly where it goes.

EVERY CONTRIBUTION, ACCOUNTED FOR

A shared investment
in a child's future.

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OUR FOUNDING CAMPAIGN

The Naseem
Scholarship

Tuition, uniforms and learning essentials.
One whole school year of possibility.

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Supporters hear how the year is actually going, in plain terms.

Why we started

One shared belief: education shouldn't be optional

Ilmara Foundation began as a conversation among university students who kept coming back to the same problem: in Pakistan, a child's entire future can hinge on whether their family can afford a single year of school fees, a uniform, or a set of books. That felt solvable, at a small scale, if the right people were willing to fund it and stay accountable for it.

How we work

Fund specific children. Report specific outcomes.

We don't collect money for a general cause and hope it helps. Every donation is tied to a named intervention — a specific child, a specific school, a specific year — identified through a trusted local contact on the ground in Pakistan.

We track what that support actually produces: enrollment, attendance, and how the child is doing in school, and we share that back with the people who funded it.

What we believe

Transparency isn't a feature, it's the whole point

Ilmara is a student-led initiative built on direct relationships and honest reporting. You can support the Naseem Scholarship through our LaunchGood fundraiser.

Current project

The Naseem Scholarship

Named in memory of Naseem, my grandmother — who spent her life making sure the people around her had what they needed, and who believed a child's future shouldn't depend on what their family could afford.

Our founding initiative sponsors a group of children beginning first grade in Pakistan, covering everything needed to keep them in school for the year: tuition, a uniform, and books and stationery.

We're partnering directly with a trusted local contact to choose the school and the children, so every donation traces back to a real seat in a real classroom — not a general fund.

NASEEM SCHOLARSHIP • MONEY RAISED—
—children sponsored
1full school year
KhanewalPakistan

Where the funds go

Every dollar, accounted for

Our team updates these allocations in USD, including education and operating costs. The remaining balance is recorded donations minus allocations.

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Following along

Progress shared, not just promised

Once a child is enrolled, we'll follow their year closely — attendance, coursework, and how they're settling in — and pass that along to supporters every few months, in plain terms, alongside how funds were used.

Past projects

This is where we're starting

We haven't completed a project yet — this is our first. Once this school year wraps, its full outcome will be documented here.

Who's behind this

Meet the team

Founded by a group of university students, Ilmara Foundation brings together a team working to make education more accessible.

A

Aayan Moazzam

Founder & President

Founded Ilmara Foundation and leads it day to day — sets the direction, coordinates fundraising, and oversees the data behind the work: tracking donations and outcomes, and turning results into the reports you see here.

M

Mohammed Anas

Vice President

Supports the President across the foundation's operations and steps in when needed. Helps coordinate volunteers and keeps communication running smoothly between the team and the people we work with in Pakistan.

D

Drakhsh Ahmed

Treasurer

Oversees the foundation's finances — managing the bank account, tracking every donation and expense, and making sure funds go exactly where they're promised.

S

Shiza Shamoon

Secretary

Keeps the foundation's official records — meeting minutes, governing documents, and the paper trail that keeps Ilmara accountable and organized.

E

Eesa Bhatti

Director of Outreach & Communications

Helps more people discover Ilmara through social media, campaign communications, and community outreach. Supports fundraising by sharing our work and connecting supporters with ways to give.

R

Rehan Ahmad

Director of Volunteer Engagement, Pakistan

Represents Ilmara Foundation on the ground in Pakistan — tabling and spreading the word at universities to find new volunteers and grow local support for the Naseem Scholarship.

W

Wasi Abbas

Co-Founder, Technology & Infrastructure

Leads the technical side of the foundation — this website and the database that tracks donations and outcomes behind the scenes.

Get involved

We’re officially launched — help a child stay in school

  • Sponsor a child's educationSupport the Naseem Scholarship through our LaunchGood fundraiser.
  • Share Ilmara FoundationTell someone who might want to follow along or support children’s education.
  • Volunteer your skillsWe'll occasionally need help with outreach, design, or translation — reach out below.

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GIVE THROUGH LAUNCHGOOD

The Naseem Scholarship

LAUNCHGOOD CAMPAIGN

Help a Child Stay in School — Naseem Scholarship

Help children in Khanewal stay in school.

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You'll choose your amount and complete your donation on LaunchGood. No account is needed on Ilmara.

Following the school year

Progress, shared openly.

Campaign reports will share how funds are used and how the school year is progressing, while protecting each child's privacy.

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Privacy Policy

Donations are completed on LaunchGood. This website collects email subscriptions, not payment details.

What this site collects

When you continue to LaunchGood, we store your email address, consent time and subscription status for scholarship impact updates. The coming-soon form does not submit an email until a fundraiser link is configured. Launch-news subscriptions are recorded separately. Short-lived hashed request identifiers limit automated abuse.

Donation information

LaunchGood handles donation and payment details under its own policies. Entering your email on Ilmara does not confirm a donation, and your email is not added to the redirect URL. Fundraising totals on this website are not automatically synchronized with LaunchGood.

Communications and choice

Submitting the LaunchGood email form subscribes you to scholarship impact updates only. You can unsubscribe through a link in those emails or contact aayan@ilmara.org. Launch and fundraising emails have a separate signup.

Access and retention

Access to donor records is restricted to authorized administrators. Contact aayan@ilmara.org to request access, correction or deletion, or to withdraw consent. Records needed for payment reconciliation may need to be retained.

Children’s privacy

Public reports should not identify sponsored children or disclose sensitive details. Names, photos and other identifying material require appropriate guardian and school permissions before publication.

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