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=Dhaka Street Children=



Maer Achol, the Bangladeshi word for the protection offered by the folds of a mother’s sari (a traditional dress for women in Bangladesh), is a subsidiary of Street Children’s Partners, an organization dedicated to rehabilitating and educating street children in order to place them back into the productive workforce and increase their quality of life. In Bangladesh there are over 400,000 children living on the streets (of which 75% live in the city of Dhaka). Many impoverished parents cannot provide for their children and often abandon or abuse them. These children often escape the streets and are forced to turn to the streets in order to survive — these are the at-risk children that Maer Achol targets and hopes to assist by providing them with a home, education, training and support. At Maer Achol Children’s Shelter, we provide housing, accommodation and education to 200 underprivileged street children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Our objective is to help these children successfully integrate into the community by monitoring and improving their health, teaching them basic hygiene and cleanliness, educating them, providing them with vocational training and assisting them in finding jobs The American International School of Dhaka aims to enhance the condition of the children living and studying at Maer Achol. So far our project has encompassed identifying and dealing with problems of sustenance, infrastructure, and providing a enjoy able childhood for street children that are deprived of basic necessity such as education and love.
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Dhaka Street Children is dedicated to improving the living conditions for the children of Bangladesh via Maer Achol – which serves as both a home for destitute children and a school for kids in the slums surrounding it. We strive to create a system whereby enriching the lives of the unfortunate we can break the poverty cycle. ======

**Long Term Goals** - Continue tutoring, especially in areas of English skills and critical thinking. Put teaching emphasis on technology and word processing skills. - Fund-raise for books for the library - Make promotional materials for the organization

Cooking pancake Tutoring grammar, countries, shapes and colors, math, and hygiene Chalk drawing Coloring Games and songs Painting the library Provide puzzles and books Sports visit to AISD
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Email: dhakastreetchildren@yahoo.com Phone: home: +880 (2) 90 108 63 mobile: +88 01819 551 609
 * Contact Information:**

Address: Road 5, House 16, Block F, Mirpur 2- Dhaka