Project Pathshala
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Project: Pathshala (School)
Let's shed the light of education on forgotten dreams
The global pandemic COVID-19 has incommoded the whole world. Bangladesh is not exempted from it. When the entire country was trying to cope with the outbreak of COVID-19; another adversity, the most powerful cyclone Amphan had struck the nation. The cyclone destroyed many establishments including educational institutes in villages; even torn down power lines and flooding over large tracts of lands. DELUTI SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of those establishments which has been destroyed by cyclone Amphan.
Background of the School
Let’s go 20 years back, Deluti is a rural area located in Paikgacha, Khulna, Bangladesh. Most of the people are farmers, day laborers and fish farmers who have been in mud houses in Deluti. Majority of the villagers are living under poverty and can barely make a living. There weren’t even any Secondary schools within 50 km radius. So, the children of these low income families had no access to basic education; but they had a dream to be literate and build a life for themselves and their parents. Therefore, some local leaders took the matter on their own hands and raised funds to build a school. Finally, the school was built in the year 2000, teachers got recruited, students and the locals were happy. They saw the light of hope after the darkness.
Then in 2020, where the global pandemic COVID-19 is dictating the whole world, Bangladesh faced its worst nightmare, the cyclone Amphan. The only hope for the villagers, their dream school got destroyed by the cyclone as well as their houses. The school was built on a weak structure and hasn’t been renovated properly ever since it started its operations.
Currently the school has 200 students. Despite the condition of the school, the school has a 100% pass rate on its Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination and 2 of the students from the school got GPA 5/ A+ this year. Students in the past got admitted to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dhaka University too. The school is free for all the students as it’s hard for their families to pay, even the teachers are mostly volunteers.
Words from Headmaster
The headmaster Shubrata Kumer has been with the school since the beginning, with a master in Chemistry, he had a ton of better opportunities. But then, he had the urge to do something for his community, so he turned down all big opportunities and decided to help the underprivileged people by teaching their children. He feels motivated with the hope that one day his students will get success in their lives and recognize him as their headmaster. Thus, he will feel successful.
“Even though my children cannot afford tuition classes or expensive books like city kids to get good marks, they are still getting 96s and 97s in tough subjects” - Shubrata Kumer, Headmaster, Deluti Secondary School
He’s motivating his teachers as they are losing hope too in this pandemic. He also wants his school to be a role model for others.
The school was built with the hope that someday these children will help their parents to get out of poverty.
Importance of Education can be felt in every part of the world, a society considers education as the basic of attaining prosperity.The villagers believe that this educational institute is the source to end the miserable life of poverty and to enlighten every kid in the village of Deluti. Kandari in collaboration with Alokito Shishu have planned to rebuild this school for the villagers. Rebuilding the school would require a large amount of resources and effort. Let’s donate any amount possible to support this project and help the villagers to fulfill their dreams. You could be a part of showing a ray of hope to the people of Deluti.
To Donate:
If you are living in western and european countries, you can donate right here at gofundme
If you are living in Bangladesh and want to donate via Bkash and Rocket or direct bank account, please see below for numbers-
Bkash: 01984501659
Rocket: 016884575468
Account Name - Sadiq Ahmad
Account number - 0140310079451
Mutual Trust Bank, Dhanmondi Branch, Dhaka
You can also Venmo and Paypal-
Paypal: User ID- Afsara Alvee (email address-[email redacted])
Venmo: afsara-alvee (US)
Office Address: House 33, Floor 02, Road 04, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka
Here’s a breakdown of the equipments we need to rebuild school-
Corrugated Iron Sheet- 1,20,000 bdt
Slip of Bamboo/ Splinter- 10,000 bdt
Bamboo- 20,000 bdt
Woods- 1,20,000 bdt
Brick- 80,000 bdt
Cement- 38,000 bdt
Sand- 20,000 bdt
Screws and other essential equipments- 10,000 bdt
Rod- 30,000 bdt
Transportation- 20,000 bdt
Labors- 85,000 bdt
Miscellany- 20,000 bdt
___________________________________________________________________
Total- 5,73,000 Bdt (Approx. 7000 USD)
We will really appreciate your contribution, even if it's a dollar that would help to energize the hope for Deluti's students.
About Our Team
We are a group of friends and like-minded social workers, rooted in third world countries, know how it feels like to be small communities.
Kandari - A non profit organization mission is to support the underprivileged people of Bangladesh by reallocating skills and resources to fight against poverty and to create awareness so that everyone can help in making Bangladesh a prosperous nation.
USA
Afsara T Alvee - BA in Media Arts production, Emerson College
Seemal Sheikh - BS in Health Science, MCPHS
Arafat Rahman - BS in Biomedical Engineer, Umass Lowell
Guled Ahmed - BS in Accounting, RCCC
Australia
Anik Faisol - MS in Electrical Engineer, Macquarie University
For any questions and concern please contact to [email redacted]
Thank you! Stay safe!
Let's shed the light of education on forgotten dreams
The global pandemic COVID-19 has incommoded the whole world. Bangladesh is not exempted from it. When the entire country was trying to cope with the outbreak of COVID-19; another adversity, the most powerful cyclone Amphan had struck the nation. The cyclone destroyed many establishments including educational institutes in villages; even torn down power lines and flooding over large tracts of lands. DELUTI SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of those establishments which has been destroyed by cyclone Amphan.
Background of the School
Let’s go 20 years back, Deluti is a rural area located in Paikgacha, Khulna, Bangladesh. Most of the people are farmers, day laborers and fish farmers who have been in mud houses in Deluti. Majority of the villagers are living under poverty and can barely make a living. There weren’t even any Secondary schools within 50 km radius. So, the children of these low income families had no access to basic education; but they had a dream to be literate and build a life for themselves and their parents. Therefore, some local leaders took the matter on their own hands and raised funds to build a school. Finally, the school was built in the year 2000, teachers got recruited, students and the locals were happy. They saw the light of hope after the darkness.
Then in 2020, where the global pandemic COVID-19 is dictating the whole world, Bangladesh faced its worst nightmare, the cyclone Amphan. The only hope for the villagers, their dream school got destroyed by the cyclone as well as their houses. The school was built on a weak structure and hasn’t been renovated properly ever since it started its operations.
Currently the school has 200 students. Despite the condition of the school, the school has a 100% pass rate on its Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination and 2 of the students from the school got GPA 5/ A+ this year. Students in the past got admitted to Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Dhaka University too. The school is free for all the students as it’s hard for their families to pay, even the teachers are mostly volunteers.
Words from Headmaster
The headmaster Shubrata Kumer has been with the school since the beginning, with a master in Chemistry, he had a ton of better opportunities. But then, he had the urge to do something for his community, so he turned down all big opportunities and decided to help the underprivileged people by teaching their children. He feels motivated with the hope that one day his students will get success in their lives and recognize him as their headmaster. Thus, he will feel successful.
“Even though my children cannot afford tuition classes or expensive books like city kids to get good marks, they are still getting 96s and 97s in tough subjects” - Shubrata Kumer, Headmaster, Deluti Secondary School
He’s motivating his teachers as they are losing hope too in this pandemic. He also wants his school to be a role model for others.
The school was built with the hope that someday these children will help their parents to get out of poverty.
Importance of Education can be felt in every part of the world, a society considers education as the basic of attaining prosperity.The villagers believe that this educational institute is the source to end the miserable life of poverty and to enlighten every kid in the village of Deluti. Kandari in collaboration with Alokito Shishu have planned to rebuild this school for the villagers. Rebuilding the school would require a large amount of resources and effort. Let’s donate any amount possible to support this project and help the villagers to fulfill their dreams. You could be a part of showing a ray of hope to the people of Deluti.
To Donate:
If you are living in western and european countries, you can donate right here at gofundme
If you are living in Bangladesh and want to donate via Bkash and Rocket or direct bank account, please see below for numbers-
Bkash: 01984501659
Rocket: 016884575468
Account Name - Sadiq Ahmad
Account number - 0140310079451
Mutual Trust Bank, Dhanmondi Branch, Dhaka
You can also Venmo and Paypal-
Paypal: User ID- Afsara Alvee (email address-[email redacted])
Venmo: afsara-alvee (US)
Office Address: House 33, Floor 02, Road 04, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka
Here’s a breakdown of the equipments we need to rebuild school-
Corrugated Iron Sheet- 1,20,000 bdt
Slip of Bamboo/ Splinter- 10,000 bdt
Bamboo- 20,000 bdt
Woods- 1,20,000 bdt
Brick- 80,000 bdt
Cement- 38,000 bdt
Sand- 20,000 bdt
Screws and other essential equipments- 10,000 bdt
Rod- 30,000 bdt
Transportation- 20,000 bdt
Labors- 85,000 bdt
Miscellany- 20,000 bdt
___________________________________________________________________
Total- 5,73,000 Bdt (Approx. 7000 USD)
We will really appreciate your contribution, even if it's a dollar that would help to energize the hope for Deluti's students.
About Our Team
We are a group of friends and like-minded social workers, rooted in third world countries, know how it feels like to be small communities.
Kandari - A non profit organization mission is to support the underprivileged people of Bangladesh by reallocating skills and resources to fight against poverty and to create awareness so that everyone can help in making Bangladesh a prosperous nation.
USA
Afsara T Alvee - BA in Media Arts production, Emerson College
Seemal Sheikh - BS in Health Science, MCPHS
Arafat Rahman - BS in Biomedical Engineer, Umass Lowell
Guled Ahmed - BS in Accounting, RCCC
Australia
Anik Faisol - MS in Electrical Engineer, Macquarie University
For any questions and concern please contact to [email redacted]
Thank you! Stay safe!
Fundraising team (3)
Afsara Alvee
Organizer
Boston, MA
Arfat Rahman
Team member
Oz Lu
Team member
