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The Three Pillars Of Our Mission

Education and empowerment of underprivileged girls in Pakistan
This is where the journey started of our founder American teenager Sonia Shah. Who at the age of 17 decided to visit Pakistan to her ancestral village Kangra Pakistan and started her mission of building a school for the underprivileged girls. A year later at the young age of 18, she passed away in a car accident.

Sonia Shah College Scholarship in USA
This program provides scholarships to underprivileged American girls in USA. This empowers them to become productive members of the community and change their lives forever. Diverse group of girls and boys ranging from primary school to university students have joined the program.

Sonia Shah Young Ambassadors
Trained and developed as leaders of the future generations . In the United States, the SSO equips its youth ambassadors with a mission to advance Sonia’s dream. These young boys and girls are trained and developed to become successful citizens of the world and leaders of the future with an aim to make this world a better place.
Our Mission
To engage, educate, and empower underprivileged girls and women.
Our Vision
A world where every girl and woman has a chance to change her life and the community around her through education and training.
Our Values
Confidence, Accountability, Humility, Resilience, Dedication, Courage, Authenticity.
Join us today in changing a life of every girl!
Get inspired! Watch our short documentary about Sonia Shah School

About Sonia Shah
A Girl, A Dream, A Mission
Sonia Shah was a bright and compassionate Pakistani-American who knew the value of education. She wanted all girls – especially those in her mother’s ancestral village of Kangra, Pakistan – to have the same opportunities as she did.
She once said:
I have always been keenly aware that the efforts of my grandmother and mother are all that stood between me and the life of an underprivileged Pakistani village girl. It is only through the work of the women [who]came before me that I don’t live in ignorance and isolation, and every girl in Pakistan deserves the chance to create similar change for herself and those around her.
Born in 1993 in Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. to Pakistani-Pashtun parents, Sonia quickly became “a global citizen,” Iram Shah, her mom, said.


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