The Law and Education Advocacy Project (LEAP) was born out of a strong desire to bridge the aching and wide gap between privilege and exclusion in Pakistan’s urban cities and centers. LEAP aims to empower the marginalized communities living in informal settlements or Katchi Abadian, in cities even like the Federal Capital, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi.
These settlements are homes to thousands upon thousands of those who remain invisible to the privileged eye, these people denied access to basic education, clean water, sanitation, and healthcare. LEAP is an initiative designed to effectuate awareness, action, and advocacy, providing legal literacy, critical education, and sustainable living awareness and practices whilst most importantly of all, and the very foundation of the project; Fostering dialogue, meaningful dialogue between the privileged and the neglected. With a mission to create and subsequently nurture a shared space where learning, empathy, and recognition transcend the shackling class division, and empowering and birthing citizens who not only understand their rights but each other on an unaltered, raw and pure human level.