A JOURNEY TOGETHER
We work directly with local communities in the urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. We provide children with the opportunity to have a comprehensive education, while ensuring the long term sustainable development of their communities.
Our aim is to educate underprivileged children living in the slums of Dhaka by providing them with comprehensive education facilities. The main obstacle comes from the fact that most children drop out from school at an early age mainly because they are involved in contributing to their family income. To overcome this problem, we provide free healthcare for all family members of the sponsored children and maintain a family support scheme, both of which provide huge incentives for parents to keep their children in full time education. The system is a great success and has reduced school drop outs significantly.
OUR WORK
OUR WORK REACHES INTO DHAKA’S SLUMS TO CREATE BETTER LIFE CHANCES FOR STUDENTS, their families, and the wider community. Explore everything we do. Education is just the start…
EDUCATION
We provide a comprehensive education which enables the children we sponsor to achieve great things.
HEALTHCARE
We provide free healthcare facilities for the family of every sponsored child, not just the children themselves.
DISABILITY
We work towards a world where disabled people are given the same opportunities to fulfil their ambitions as everyone else.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
We support families in crisis through our far-reaching community development projects.
SUPPORT SERVICES
We provide home support and coaching throughout the year to all sponsored children.
Mohammad Shirajul Islam is the father of sponsored child Soma Islam, now 19, he is the only wage earner in his family of five. When she was 15, he was running a tea stall when, without warning or compensation, the local authority bulldozed his and other roadside small businesses to make way for new road construction works. Overnight his business and stock were wiped out and he found himself without any income for his family. Under the hardship criteria he received US$580 (£470) as a sustainable grant to set up a fresh tea stall. This fast track response in providing financial support was very welcome – it meant he could set up the new stall in a safer place and make good profits from the stall in order to help his family with the minimum of disruption to their lives.