I joined as a Devotee. Now I’m a witness.

My name is Naila. I’m a Devotee with EBB in Rohri, Pakistan.

People ask me why I do this work. Honestly, the first thing I tell them is: the people behind EBB. The heart of EBB owners are so humble, so kind, so dedicated. It’s not run just a program. She listen and understand every girl’s story individually.

The way they listen, not to a group, not to a situation, but to each girl, individually. I’ve sat in those conversations.

Girls I support are the people who stopped studying four, five, six years ago. Because their fathers said no. Their husbands said no. We can’t afford it. We don’t need your education. Door after door, closed.

EBB never closed the door.

What I watched happen and I was there for this, is that the team sat with these families. Not once. They came back, they listened, they understood the situation, and slowly, carefully, they convinced them.

Those same daughters came back to their books. And then, after a while, they started learning how to run a small business too. Now they’re studying. Now they’re earning. Some of them are teaching their younger siblings and changing how their whole family thinks about girls and education.

EBB is not just opening the door, colleges or school doors, it breaks their barriers, boosts their confidence and changes their mindset and turns daughters into independent earners.

I came to EBB as a Devotee. But what I am now is a witness. I’ve seen girls go from dropping out to standing tall. From silence to running their own small business. From being told they’re not worth educating to being the ones educating others.

This is education beyond barriers and I am proud to be a devotee of this mission.

Written by Naila, April 2026