© 2021 Crossadder Fund. All rights reserved. OUR STORY Founded by a young author, the Crossadder Foundation aims to empower the youth community by spreading effective parenting and teaching knowledge through awareness, advocacy and action. OUR MISSION Nearly half of the world population is under 24 years old, meaning that billions of people tomorrow have to deal with the decisions that are made today. Even though some youth are able to vote, are they really being represented? It is our mission to unite all the young people across Pakistan in one physical or digital and borderless state. Together we can create awareness, advocacy and action against the most important issues of our time, exercising our rights. On our unique for youth, by youth platform, we focus our attention, voice and vision to key UN SDGs — currently supporting SDG3, SDG4 & SDG10. We encourage change and impact, driven by youth, across India and Pakistan. STATUS Team of trained 50 boys & girl
God has created a lot of different creations in universe, but we humans are the noblest of all — and for a reason. We have the power of will, to choose our actions, whether good or bad. We have a sense of humanity that teaches us to treat everyone with equal rights, without any sort of discrimination. Now, in our country, where not even women have proper rights, it’s hard to expect them for the Transgender community, who are unfortunately being harassed and abused for the past many years. Murders, rapes, beatings, insults, and discrimination are a part of life for transgenders in Pakistan. While interviewing them — the transgender community in my area — before writing this blog, one of them told me that, quote, “My birth was a huge disbelief for my family, they seemed to be in a state of confusion about me. They didn’t accept me and handed me to a group of transgenders”. It shows what is in fact the truth; Pakistani families are not ready to accept transgender children and tend to trea