Bangladesh Projects

OA Support : from October 2008 (currently being funded)
Contact : Oasis Bangladesh

This project aims to improve the quality of life of girls living in the heart of a Dhaka slum community and to reduce the risk of commercial and sexual exploitation. Initiatives have been set up to address the following problems:

- Low levels of literacy and girls dropping out of school. The project provides catch-up classes and supports girls to return to formal education.
- Girls lacking skills ending up in poorly paid and exploitative employment or victims of human trafficking. The project will provide skills training and help in seeking safe, secure employment.
- Vulnerability to abuse and violence both in the streets and in the home. The project works with families, including fathers, to promote supportive home environments.
- Frequent health problems and malnutrition. The project raises awareness of key health messages and facilitates access to health services.
- Severe poverty and constant financial struggles. The project works with families to help increase their earnings potential.
More:

1. Uniform and book bag for a disadvantaged child (Ban04_99) Amount: £10.00

2. Picnic treat for two slum children (Ban05_99) Amount: £10.00

3. Pre-school education for a child from the slums (Ban06_99) Amount: £15.00

4. Christmas presents for five poor children (Ban07_99) Amount: £15.00

5. Food for a newly pregnant woman (Ban08_99) Amount: £15.00

6. Extra food for a pre-school child (Ban09_99) Amount: £20.00

OA Support : funded to October 2011

This Community Health Programme focuses on the training and involvement of community-based Basic Medical Workers and Skilled Birth Attendants. Operation Agri has helped to fund start up costs, and the equipping of this new project.

The programme provides antenatal care, delivery and new-born care, and under 5s care. It also provides improved treatment for communicable diseases: malaria, TB and leprosy.

This project, which is a successor to the Chandraghona Community Health Programme, is run by the SHED (Social Health & Education Development) Board of the Bangladesh Baptist Church.
More:

1. Diarrhoea treatment for 100 children (Ban01_07) Amount: £10.00

2. Vaccinations for 100 children (Ban02_07) Amount: £30.00

3. Tube well (Ban03_07) Amount: £150.00

OA Support : from January 2004 (currently being funded)

Many children in rural Bangladesh do not get the opportunity to go to school, even for the first 3 years of primary education. This project provides pre-primary education for children of poor communities (often "Aboriginals" for whom "Bangla" is not their mother-tongue). The aim is to prepare them to go to Government or private primary schools.

Over 1800 children of all faiths are benefitting by attending 64 pre and primary schools in 8 districts, which are maintained by local churches in "food insecure poor areas". The project provides teachers, educational materials for the children, and also promotes basic health care for the parents.

This project is run by the Social Health and Development Board of the Bangladesh Baptist Sangha.