Muhammad Ayub, along with a group of volunteers, organises lessons and teaches children aged between 4-15 years old at a park in Islamabad. All of the children come from poor families. Ayub has been working for children’s education for the past 26 years.

The overall adult literacy rate in Pakistan is 57 per cent, still far away from meeting the Millennium Development Goal target of 88 per cent which is due in three years. – Photos by AFP