DIL was founded in an effort to educate children while empowering communities. DIL's quality education prepares students for success in school and beyond. Furthermore, we envision effective teachers in every classroom, as well as effective leaders at every campus as a key to student learning outcomes. DIL focuses on engaging with communities who are active stakeholders in the change process. DIL's focus looking forward will be our Technology-Enabled Education and Training. We recognize the importance of technology in our increasingly globalized world, and believe that allowing students and teachers to take charge of their own educational experience empowers them to continue growing and learning. Technology has also been incorporated into existing teacher training programs to enhance the professional skill set of our teachers. Another new addition is the DIL Gateway Initiative. Contextual challenges prevent many DIL graduates from using their education to expand their life choices. DIL developed programs that seek to prepare students and graduates for success beyond the school walls. This program aims to provide students and graduates with resources and skills development, which will assist them in accessing higher education, jobs, and entrepreneurship opportunities. In 2014, provided Life Skills training to 160 students in Orangi and Khaipur and this program will be expanded to 460 beneficiaries in 2015.

Since 2012, DIL has made tremendous strides in this area. With grant funding provided by the Department for International Development (UK), DIL has been able to bring internet access to project sites in rural Pakistan using satellite-equipped mobile vans. Also, DIL's active IT program continues to support students' and teachers' ability to gather information and engage with a global community. Further, with the help of grant funding from United States Assistance for International Development (USAID), DIL has designed and delivered digital learning materials localized to the needs of the rural student and teacher. We received notable mention at the UNESCO's Mobile Technology in Education Summit in Paris in 2014 and are currently looking for funding to expand the program.

DIL has the experience, intellectual property, skilled personnel and long history of relationships with the communities we serve which place us in a unique position to accomplish successfully the goals we set for ourselves. DIL knows effective teachers in every classroom and effective leaders at every campus are key to student learning. We invest in the professional development of our teachers and principals, and work with local communities in running our schools. The feedback from these communities is invaluable to our success. By incorporating technology into both student learning and teacher training, DIL is able to deliver cost-effective programming that will grow and expand over the coming years. DIL is transforming classrooms across Pakistan, and has trained 6,000 teachers to date.

Our results are clear – DIL students complete primary school and enroll in high school at twice the rate of the general population. Nearly 90% of DIL middle school kids move on to high school, while only 34% of 8th graders in public school do. And all along the way, our students are excelling in standardized testing far above the national average, and reading and doing math at levels far beyond their peers. Further, DIL programs promote literacy and, at the same time, promote positive social change by reaching out to girls and women that would otherwise be ignored. Our students demonstrate reading fluency, and parents are supportive of the education their children are receiving. We have actively engaged PTA's functioning at several campuses. Academic studies show the home and workplaces of transformed women who can better negotiate conflict and protect their rights. By creating a girl-centric environment, we have been able to reach out to female students, especially in rural areas where girls have traditionally been excluded from education.

Our students are engaged in education: DIL's drop-out rate is 0. 4% as compared to 45% nationally. 99% of DIL students complete primary school, compared to 55% nationally. 97% of DIL students transition to middle school, as compared to 66% nationally. 88% of DIL students go on to high school as compared to 34% nationally. 67% of our students are girls as compared to 39% nationally DIL's inaugural group of high school students scored in the top 10% in the national board exams. In a survey of one school in a remote village in Khairpur, graduates have been tracked over the last five years with these results: -More than half have successfully made it into high school. -One out of three female DIL graduates are gainfully employed, holding jobs as healthcare workers, non-profit professionals and teachers. DIL's ultimate goal is to produce long-term, sustainable change in the lives of students and to create measurable change in attitudes toward education. We do this through: -Cultivating local leadership and mentorship. -Addressing gender disparity. -Community involvement in maintaining and operating schools. Through this process, communities begin to value education, embrace education for girls, and demonstrate higher hopes for the future of their children. DIL's Five-Year Plan is to: Invest in consistency and quality in infrastructure, operations and curriculum at DIL schools while adding grade levels. Provide students with pathways to success with a combination of leadership training, life skills training, scholarships, internships, and other interventions. Strengthen course-ware and delivery methodology so as to become a preferred provider of services.