Daughter Receives Best Student Award from School

Daughter Receives Best Student Award from School - Mother is a Brick Field Worker

Engineers ’66 The mother, Hafeeza Khatoon, is the only income-earner in the family. She works as a day laborer in a brick field, carrying bricks from the store room to the construction site. The mother, the daughter and the grandmother live in a hut which goes under inches of water every monsoon season. The daughter, Tajmira, topped the list all through primary school. She got a talent scholarship from the Government that pays tuition only. The Government also gives textbooks free. Still, when entering high school, Tajmira didn’t know what to do – they can’t even afford two meals a day, where would they find money for other things she’ll need when she goes to high school – general school fees, stationery, school dress, shoes, etc? It so happened, VAB was working with the school in her village. Through the Headmaster, she met the VAB official who was visiting the school to check how things were going. The VAB official got all the info from her, came back to Dhaka, started contacting some VAB Patrons. An expatriate Bangladeshi in Australia, Mrs. Zobeda Rahman, came through with a scholarship for Tajmira that covers all her high school costs. … In the picture, Tajmira, now a 7th Grader, is taking the best student’s award from the school’s Headmaster. Her mother was working in the brickfield at that time.

Forging ahead with English Language Skills Program among Rural Students

VAB has planned for a number of training programs for students and Teachers of High Schools in rural Bangladesh. Mr. Amin Rahman, a freelance linguist from Rotary Club, Wheeler Hills, Victoria, Australia will conduct the training.

Two day English training for students in Satkhira on January 11-13, 2019
Four day Training of Trainers (TOT) in Dhaka on January 22-25, 2019

Three day Training of English Teachers (TET) in Dhaka on January 27-29, 2019

Two day English training for students in Nilphamary on January 31 & Feb 01, 2019

Two day English training for students in Pabna on February 15-16, 2019

A Seventh Grader at Houston parts with her cash gift for children in schools

A seventh grader at Houston, Texas got a cash gift of $50.00 for her birthday to buy something for her. Instead, she donated the sum to VAB for helping the education of the rural children of Bangladesh.

Quality education for the underprivileged in rural Bangladesh.

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