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Community Engagement Program for Sustainable Education

Project Name

Community Engagement Program for Sustainable Education

Project Location

Bangladesh

Project Natures

Children and Youth Development

Project Objectives

To improve access to education for underprivileged children and build the capacity of local communities to take an active part in managing and operating sustainable quality and holistic education program.

Beneficiaries
  • Students from poor and disadvantaged families in urban slums and rural areas
  • Teachers
  • School management committee members
  • Local church representatives
No. of Beneficiaries

899

Key Activities
  • Organise training on networking and fundraising strategies for teachers, church partners and school management committee members, and organise fundraising events at the community level
  • Organise local resource mapping workshops and provide seed money for income-generating activities (IGA)
  • Organise celebration events for each school
  • Provide technical support to school management committees for mandatory school registration
  • Provide educational materials and equipment such as pens, notebooks, blackboard, chalk and chairs
Project Period

Jan 2024 to Dec 2024

Expenses

Approx. HK$506,325

IMPACT STORY​

Payal is a grade 4 student in a rural village in the southwestern district of Satkhira. Born to a poor family, Payal’s father is a barber, her mother is a housewife and has two younger sisters. The family struggles with very little income, and Payal and her sisters are discouraged from attending school as their parents require them to assist in making money for the family’s survival.

During a household visit, the education supervisor identified that Payal did not attend school despite her age. The supervisor talked with Payal’s parents and encouraged them to support Payal’s education. Finally, at 8, Payal started to attend school for the first time.

Since then, Payal has embraced the opportunity to study, being attentive to class and achieving top results in every annual exam and is now studying in grade 4. Payal also attends Friday School regularly and she loves to share biblical stories and lessons from the class with her family.

During one of the regular household visits, the education supervisor asked Payal about her future plans. Without hesitation, Payal replied, ‘I want to be a teacher!’ Payal said that most poor children, particularly girls, do not have the opportunity to receive an education, and without proper guidance and nurturing, they cannot fulfil their full potential.

 

 ‘If God fulfils my dream, I will help the poor children, especially girls, receive quality education.’

 If God fulfils my dream, I will help poor children, especially girls, receive quality education.

Payal (second from the left) and her family

PARTNER INFORMATION

Partner Name

World Concern Bangladesh (WCB)   

Year of establishment

1991

The Year Our Partnership Started

1998

Partner's Mission

WCB aims to change the lives of impoverished and marginalised people through disaster response and sustainable community development. The love of Christ compels us to pursue reconciliation and equip those we serve so that they can serve others in turn.

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