

This is why our success rate is high, meaning most of these children get to finish their graduation and get better jobs. If the family's monthly income is equal to or less than Tk12,000, and if they promise to carry on with the kid's studies, then we select them for the programme.īecause this is a huge investment, we don't want this investment to fail. We search for family income, their plan, and whether they will marry the kids off or not. We then visit them and their families to know more. "The headmasters inform us of the brilliant students who need financial support. Like Turna, the students are selected by the headmasters of the schools and generally, they are selected from the merit list. But when we invested time and resources, and supported a rickshawala's son, we saw that he is breaking the myth that nobody is superior or inferior to anybody." Up until now, there was a myth that a rickshawala's son will be a rickshawala and a business person's son will be a businessman.

What Latifur Rahman learnt from this project in the last 22 years is, "opportunity is the key to success. Giving the children of Dhaka this opportunity is our mission," he explained. "What we believe is that proper education can transform the child's life chances and their family's quality of life. The condition for these benefits is that the child remains in school and completes their studies without worrying much about the expenses. And generally, the amount is from Tk10,000 to Tk45,000", Latifur Rahman said. "We also provide microfinance to families to start an enterprise at an interest rate of 12%. You may face detention depending on your school rules and further punishment at home.Every week they organise a health camp in each slum, which is effectively a drop-in service free at the point of access. If your parent is contacted and you made no mention of the illness to them, it will be obvious that you are lying. Plus, if it isn’t true, you could always bribe your sibling into telling a little white lie for you. This is a good excuse to use because people usually recover from upset stomachs within 24 hours and your teacher will have a hard time disproving it. “My baby brother was throwing up all night while my mom worked the night- shift so I had to stay by his side until she came home.” It might also require your full attention which means you won’t end up getting much done. This is a good excuse to use regardless of the illness because it is hard to focus when you are worried about a little brother or sister. One of these may include taking care of a younger sibling, especially if your parents are at work. If you are an older sibling, you will likely have certain responsibilities around the house.
