Al-Burhan Co-Ed School opened on the 26th of March 2016 with the goal of transforming lives of the less fortunate children living in the area of the city of Kut. With the capacity of teaching 450 children during a single academic year, it is open for both girls and boys.

Before the school was opened, many of the children from the impoverished families were excluded from education. Their parents and relatives unable to fund the books oftentimes required their minors to work in order to support the household’s income. These children, unable to gain even the most basic education were enforced to live their lives without being able to learn how to read and write.

Al-Burhan Foundation, aware that this situation was unacceptable and contradictory with the Foundation’s philosophy of supporting Iraq and its citizens into a better and brighter future, came to a decision of setting up a primary school for the children in need.

Since its opening, the school’s walls were filled with joy and laughter of its pupils who all worked very hard to excel in their classes. In the academic year 2017/2018 the school had 194 pupils who were attending 7 classes. Gaining education from scratch, these children began their learning journey which will give them possibility to be admitted to middle and high schools and even universities in the future. Moreover, these children will develop physically, emotionally and socially; their natural curiosity about the world and hunger for knowledge will be answered and they will be able to grow and progress fully.

The project of Al-Burhan Co-Ed Primary School is dedicated to Mr Imad Burhan’s - Al-Burhan Foundation’s founder - late mother. Furthermore, through this project, Al-Burhan Foundation is committed to give chance to every young Iraqi, despite of his of hers social background, to add his or hers input into the development and prosperity of Iraq.