Meider Jono Asha – Hope for Girls – Dhaka, BANGLADESH (12 girls) school
“Thank you very much for your kindness to me. You know most of the people of our country are poor. They are suffer many trouble in their daily affairs. I am also one of them. So thank you very much to help me to build up my career life.”
– Akhi, 14 years old
Meider Jonno Asha, also known as Hope for Girls, has educated upwards of 350 illiterate teenage girls, offered extensive work training to more than 100, trained their own leaders and teachers and supported working girls and their families by offering education sponsorships up to university level. Supporting and advising Bangladeshi women through matters that befall women in every third world country, the charity measures the success of its work by comparing ‘Asha’ girls to the many others who have not benefitted from such support.
PAWA supports Asha’s School Sponsorship Scheme which keeps needy girls in school by covering costs such as enrolment, school fees, uniform, books and after-school coaching to help and encourage the girls to progress through the state school and exam system. Without this assistance the girls would have to drop out of school due to economic and family pressures. The Literacy Centre which Asha provides offers free coaching and advice to these 12 sponsored girls as well as to many other girls in the community. This is a safe place for study and social interaction and took on a key role during the pandemic.
