Praiseworthy Initiatives
Every individual can make a difference in the lives of hundreds. If you cannot physically act towards change, you can spread awareness and donate to projects such as the ones below.
Primary Education Development Program III
This World Bank Funded project aims to (i) increase participation and reduce social disparities in primary education, (ii) increase the number of children completing primary education and improve the quality of the learning environment and measurement of student learning, and (iii) improve effectiveness of resource use for primary education in Bangladesh.
Boat Schools by BRAC
Children as well as teachers in haor (wetland) areas in Bangladesh face trouble in reaching schools. Children need to pay boat fares to reach the schools which their parents cannot afford. Moreover lack of suitable premises and infrastructure in these areas contribute further to this problem.
The boat school initiative by BRAC is the product of a simple, yet powerful idea: if the children living in the haors cannot go to school, the school should go to them.
UNICEF-supported learning centres
As of January 2019, more than 145,000 Rohingya refugee children living in camps in south-east Bangladesh are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centres, as a new school year begins. The quality of education in the camps is also being improved through expanded learning modules and lesson plans. Rohingya children learn basic literacy, numeracy and life skills in the camp classrooms, in addition to studying the English and Burmese languages.
Jaago's Digital School
The concept of digital school is to provide quality education to the underprivileged children of the rural areas where there is shortage of experienced teachers. The digital school teachers carry out the classes virtually from Dhaka (the country's capital) while two support teachers are present at the digital school itself to monitor the students.