Editor: khadija khanam

BDP Newsletter
https://bdp.org.bd/2023年1⽉号- Since 1999

BDPの⾥⼦（フォスターチャイルド）制度
Basic Development Partners (BDP) は、1992年から初等教育プロジェクトに取り組んでおり、プロジェク
ト開始当時、公⽴⼩学校の数は限られており、特に農村部で不⾜していました。そのため、BDPは、5県（ダッカ県、ジャマルプール県、ガジプール県、ボリシャル県、ネトロコナ県）6地区の農村部・スラム街に⼩学校を設⽴しました。
現在、バングラデシュ政府は、教育セクターを最優先事項に位置付け、初等教育への予算配分を⼤幅に増やしています。しかしながら、それでも公⽴⼩学校に⼗分にアクセスできない農村地域もあり、通学に時間がかかると、⼥の⼦たちの保護者は、通学を奨励しなくなっていきます。そこから、児童婚・早婚などに発展していくこともあります。
⽇本のアジアキリスト教教育基⾦（ACEF）は、BDPの教育プログラムを⽀援してくれています。しかしながら、義務教育（⼩学校5年間）を卒業した⽣徒の中には、貧困のために中・⾼等教育を受け続けることができず、実家（農家）の稲作を⼿伝ったり、近所の農業労働者として働くこともあります。BDPは、BDP⼩学校卒業⽣などの若者のために、3 つの職業訓練センターを設⽴しました。BDPの職業訓練コースを修了
すると、⽇雇い労働者よりも良い仕事につくことができています。
また、才能のある学⽣で、⾮常に貧しい家庭の⽣徒に対しては、アジア協会アジア友の会（JAFS）からの⽀援で、⾥⼦制度を実施しています。全ての貧しい⼦どもたちに⾥⼦制度を提供できるわけではありません
が、現在、35名のBDP⾥⼦がJAFSの⾥⼦プログラムを通じて⾼等教育を受けています。BDPはまた、経済的⽀援を必要とするすべての⼦どもたちに寄り添うことができるよう、より多くの⾥親を探しています。もし⾥⼦プログラムに興味がある場合は、いつでもご連絡いただけますと幸いです。最後に、⾥親の助けをいただいて⼤成功を収めた男の⼦の物語を共有したいと思います。

「教育」は全ての⼦どもたちのための権利
エモンくんは、⾼校を卒業後、公認会計⼠の勉強をするために、ICAB (The Institute ofChartered Accountants of Bangladesh)で学んでいます。
⾥⼦制度は、たくさんの⼦どもたちの⼈⽣を変えてきました。たくさんの成功事例 がありますが、今回は、その中の1⼈であるエモンくんの話をご紹介したいと思います。
エモンくんは、ガジプール県プーバイル地
区ロブシャカル（Rob Sarkar）BDP⼩学校の卒業⽣で、2⼈兄妹です。エモンくんのお⽗さんは 雑 貨 店 を 営んでおり、収⼊はあまり多くありません。
本来であれば、⾼等教育を受けることが難しい状況でしたが、BDPはJAFSの⾥⼦制度によって⾥親を探し、 エ モ ン く ん を⽀援することができました。
エモン（Md. Emon Seikh）くん

BDPは1992年に⼩学校を建設し始め、これらの⼩学校は30年前のものです。それらのほとんどは、改修・再建が必要です。BDPは、現時点でこの費⽤を負担する余裕がありませんが、コミュニティやその他バングラデシュ国内の⼈々からも⽀援をもらえるように働きかけています。⼦どもたちが教育を続けることができるよう、これからも私たちの活動を⾒届けていただけますと幸いです。

Editor: khadija khanam

BDP Newsletter

https://bdp.org.bd/January, 2023

- Since 1999

Foster Children of Basic Development Partners (BDP)
Basic Development Partners (BDP) working on children’s primary education since 1992. At that very moment, government
primary schools were insufficient specially in the remote villages. BDP stablished few primary schools in 5 districts. They areJamalpur, Barishal, Gazipur, Netrokona and slum areas in Mirpur, Dhaka. Presently, education is the top priority andgovernment increased much allocation of budget on primary education but still there are some villages in our working areas
where public schools are not sufficient and on the other hand, parent do not encourage their daughters to go to schools which
are fur distance from their house because of social security. Rather they forced daughter for early marriage. Asia Christian
Education Fund (ACEF) a Japanese NGO provide us financial support for our primary education program. After graduationof primary education, most of our students fail to continue their high school education because of their poverty. They
normally drop out from the main stream of education. They normally use to work in the paddy field of his own or sell laborto others field. BDP established three vocation training centers for these BDP graduated children and other youth so that they
can have the opportunity to become skilled and enter into the job market as skilled workers. They are earning better than thedaily laborers. At the same time, BDP noticed there are some students who are very much poor but extra ordinary talented.
We select them and send their bio data to the Japan Asian Friendship Society (JAFS) who are one of our donor partner. They
have some financial limitations. They can not absorb all of our children that we applied. JAFS seek foster parent who help
their foster children in higher education. At present, 35 BDP foster children are studying higher education through JAFS’s
foster children program. BDP also seeking foster parents so that we can stand beside all the children who need financial
support. It would be very much appreciated if somebody come forward to take the responsibilities of education at least onechild. BDP believe, this is our social responsibility specially who are capable.
In our every news letter, we like to share with you a success story. This time we like to share a story of a boy who are now
very successful with the help of a foster parent.

‘’Education is the right of every child’’
Foster children have changed many children’s life inBangladesh. We can publish many success stories where youfind tremendous life-changing events. I would like to tell a verysmall story and I hope it will encourage you to extend yourhelping hands to the children who are in need.

Md. Emon Seikh.
Emon Seikh for high school education. He
completed high school and higher education withthe help of a foster parent. Now he is studying at
ICAB (The Institute of Chartered Accountants ofBangladesh). After completing the course, he will
be able to enter the job market as a skilled person.

Md. Emon Seikh graduated from Rob Sarkar BDP primaryschool in Pubail, Gazipur. His fathers name is Md. Ruhul Amin
Seikh and his mother is Renuja Akther. They have two children.
One daughter and another one is Emon Seikh. He is the oldest
one. Md. Ruhul Amin Seikh, the father of Md. Emon Seikh is an
employee of a crockery shop in a local market with a very lowsalary. His mother is a housewife. They don’t have any otherincome and no land for paddy or other crops. It was very hard tomaintain the family with this salary. Naturally, it was about tostop his high school education. Basic Development Partners(BDP) started communication with JAFS to search foster parentfor Emon and with the blessing from God a foster parent cameforward to help him.Basic Development Partners (BDP) established schools in 1992. That means these schools are 30 years old. Most of them need to beeither renovation or rebuild. BDP can not afford this expenses at this moment. We badly need assistance from our well wishers.
BDP also trying to raise fund from the local elite person for this purposes. Please bless our children so that they can continue theireducation. Thanks.