News Letter

http://bdp.org.bdFebruary, 2023

Message From BDP President Engr: Shafiuddin Ahmed

It gives me great pleasure to
inform you that Basic Development Partners (BDP) has been
publishing monthly electronics
newsletters since October, 2022 inboth English and Japanese
language.

Since-1999

Editor : Khadija Khanum

Vocational Education ProgramThis is an excellent opportunity to
inform you of the present activities/situation of BDP and I expect
your kind cooperation towards all Auto- Mechanics Trade
Basic Electrical Trade
BDP activities
Basic Development Partners (BDP) started working in 1992 with the Basic Development Partners (BDP) is a national non-profit organization working on primary education since 1992. BDP operate 43 primaleadership of Dr. (Mrs.) Mina Malakar.
ry schools in 6 working areas of 5 districts.
She has spent her whole life for the underprivileged children who werenot able to attend the classroom education because of their poverty. She We selected the areas where public schools are not either available orestablished this organization and invited others to work for these insufficient. Most people are very poor and do not have enoughresources to spend on the education of their children.
children.
Asia Christian Education Fund (ACEF) kindly agreed to provide finan- So, they are bound to send their children to the paddy field to sellcial support to operate primary schools for these distress children and, labour or to other working places to earn their daily bread and butter.
As a result, these children never get a chance to change their lives.
since 1992, they are supporting our children.
BDP has many success stories. Many of BDP graduated students are
now in good position in the society. Among them some are Doctors,Army Officers, Bank Managers and Engineers and also leaders in thesociety.
We feel proud of them. BDP isalso working for deaf and dumbchildren by providing proper testfor detecting hearing disability
and providing them with hearing
aid and speech therapy.
Soon afterwards they are integrate
into normal school activity. BDP
also operates vocational schoolfor drop-out children so that theyCan enter the job market as aBDP Board Members
skilled workers.
We know that a single person will find it very difficult to bring about
positive change to the whole society.

They always fight against poverty and lead a very poor life. BDP
collect them and sends them to the classroom.

After graduation from BDP primary, most of them do have to afford tocontinue their high school education. Their parent is more interested tosend them to the job market but they do have any expertise.
They work as daily labourers and get very low salaries. BDP supports
some of them who are very much poor but talented to continue theirhigh school education through a sponsorship program.
It is very few. In this situation, BDP management took a revolutionary
decision to open a vocational school for both boys and girls who will
have a trade course for one year and develop themselves as skilled
personnel.

So, it is everybody’s social responsibility to stand beside an underprivileged child. Our small effort can change the lives of these children and Now BDP operates four trades (a) Electrical (b) auto mechanic (c)Computer and (d) sewing. After completing these courses, they willthus help to collectively change the whole nation.
have a chance to enter the job markets and will get hand sum salary as
Let us work together for these children who we hope will be agents of a skilled person.
change for the better improvement of society by being activity
Someone can start their own small business and BDP will provide theemployed in various professions.
loan. It is easier to earn a little more rather than daily labour. We have
May the Almighty bless you and grant you the ability and means to many success stories and every time we publish a success story toencourage other students.
work in His Kingdom, on earth as in heaven01News Letter

http://bdp.org.bd

February, 2023

Since-1999

Editor : Khadija Khanum

letter Corner: Your Queries & Answers...

“Poverty can never stop Self-Reliance’’

Basic Development Partners (BDP) established vocational tradeschools for those who are not able to continue their high school education.
The objective was to train them and develop them into skilled workers
so that they can earn a little more than other workers and improve theirpresent economic condition. Md. Khairul Islam is also a college
student.
He is 19 years old. They are two brothers and he is the eldest one. HisFather Md. Lokman Hossain is an auto-rickshaw driver. His motherKhadija Begum is a housewife. His father is the only bread and butter
earner of his family.
They have no other source of income except a small piece of land. Md.
Khairul Islam thinks being a elder son, he has the responsibility to help
his father and other family members but at the same time he wants tocontinue his education.

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Md. Lokman Hossain
He heard from somewhere that BDP has a short driving course near hisvillage. He participated in the training course and completed the course
successfully. Now, he haired a car on a daily rental basis and earns
almost 12,000 takas per month in his leisure time and also continues hiseducation.

Childrens Corner....

But he has a problem, he needs a driving license whenever he wants togo a long distance from his locality. A license from Bangladesh Road
Transport Authority (BRTA) is a bit costly.
It will charge him about 20,000 takas. He already saved a little amountfrom his daily income and for the rest, he will borrow money from
Basic Development Partners (BDP) as a loan and he will repay the loan
by monthly installment. Thus he will become a owner of a vehicle.
He expressed his dream. After completion of his education, his plan tocontinue this transportation business. He will buy some more vehicle
by his own savings and take take some loan from elsewhere. He is theeldest son of his parent. He thinks it is his moral responsibilities to taketo educate his younger brother.
He said he and his family members are now very much happy. They
can manage their family expenses along with educational expenses
very easily. He asked prayer and blessing from everybody. He is thankful to almighty God and the people who helped their family in trouble.

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