This photo was taken a couple of years ago in Lahore, Pakistan. I've just been back to Pakistan and I was reminded of an organisation, Khoj and how impressed I had been by their work.

Education is so important but it can be so taken for granted when its readily available. I was quite moved then, as I was again during my recent trip by the lengths people will go to get an education.

In Ghazi Abad, one of the poorest areas of Lahore, Khoj works with women and children providing education and literacy training. Khoj has developed its own teaching method which uses phonetics and is based on everyday issues and so relevant to the women's lives.

In Khoj I met a woman who had arrived at the organisation as an illiterate housewife and just a few years later she was running her own small business and was standing for local government elections.

This time in Lahore I met an inspiring 19 year old who had benefited from an education from a similar organisation to Khoj. She spoke of the importance of education in the development of Pakistan and how she wanted to train as a teacher to make sure that the next generation receives the education necessary to guarantee Pakistan's progress.

As I listened to her this image came to mind. The teacher in the photo could easily be her in a few years time.