Thursday, July 28, 2011

Save the Children organizes EVERY ONE campaign at The Dhaka Project School






EVERY ONE is a worldwide campaign of Save the Children. In Bangladesh Save the Children organizes this campaign in different schools through out the country to raise awareness among the students, teachers & guardians. Today (28th July 2011) they organized the campaign at The Dhaka Project School at 12:00 PM.

Spotlight, an Event Management organization coordinated the Event. The main focus of this EVERY ONE campaign is to raise awareness on Pneumonia among the students and how they can save new born child from dying by sending the message of symptoms to their parents, relatives and neighbors. Consciousness can prevent Pneumonia. The students of The Dhaka Project were the main participant of the program as they will convey the message to others.

Dr. Mesba Uddin, Associate Professor of Pediatric & Secretary of Bangladesh Pediatric Association,
Ms Eric, Director, Member Service, Save the Children ,
Ms Sophie Jackson, EveryOne-Media Coordinator, Save the Children,
Taskin Rahman, Campaign Officer, Save the Children and
Rashedul Islam, Deputy Project Manager, TDP were present.

The program raised awareness among the students.

Later they were given sheets to write a story or to draw a picture on Pneumonia. At the end of the program snacks were distributed among the participants.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Anca, Mohamed Elkasas, Inna & Stepuen Visits Dhaka Project



From Left Anca Pascan (Romania), Mohamed Elkasas (Egypt), Inna (Ukraine) and Stepuen Phokonisi (South Africa) all Emirates Airline Cabin Crew visited The Dhaka Project on 26th July 2011 at 2:00 PM. They brought Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Chocolates, Soft drinks etc for the kids. The visitors enjoyed talking with the kids. They were satisfied with the project work and donated 2,002 Taka.
Mr. Azad distributed the fruits among the children of Day Care, Play Group & Nursery on 27 July at 10:30 AM. All the kids were very happy. The Dhaka Project is always grateful to The Cabin Crews of Emirates Airline. Thanks to The Cabin Crews of Emirates Airline.

Open Clothe Sale for the Community



As a regular part of fund raising activity, a "Clothe Sale for Fund Raising" was organized by The Dhaka Project on 26th July 2011 in an open field near The Dhaka Project Office from 3:30 PM To 5:00 PM. Different types & sizes of clothes as well as shoes & Sandals were on display for a very low price. Before the sale, an announcement was held around. The community of Gawair was informed about the event two days before. Many people including students of TDPS gathered to buy clothes according to their needs. An amount of 3,440.00 BDT was raised from the sale. The Cabin Crews of Emirates Airlines brought these clothes from Dubai through on flight to Dhaka. The Dhaka Project is always grateful to them and also to all the donors in Dubai.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Jana Dzurnakova visits Dhaka Project


Jana Dzurnakova (Czeck Republic), Emirates Airline Cabin Crew visited The Dhaka Project on 25th July at 2:00 PM. She enjoyed her time talking with the little kids. She also donated 100 Dirham & 60 US$ to The Dhaka Project. She expressed her willingness to volunteer for the Dhaka Project in the near future.
Thanks to Jana Dzurnakova for the donation.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Toiletries Distribution



24th July 2011 was toiletries distribution day at The Dhaka Project School. The distribution program began
at 11:00 A.M. Each student was provided with a soap, a tooth paste and a tooth brush. The distribution program was carried out by Mr. Azad and two staffs.
This program helps the students to keep their teeth clean and enjoy a healthy health which is pre-requisite for higher
School attendance. This also creates awareness among the students and makes it a regular cleaning habit. Now they are more conscious about their daily life. The students will brush teeth twice a day with toothpaste and wash their hands before eating, returning from toilet, finishing any work & if there is dirt.
The students were very happy to receive the toiletries.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Food Distribution Day


23rd July 2011 was the Weekly Food Distribution Day of The Dhaka Project School. Students were lined-up according to their grades as usual. Names were called by Mr. Azad based on the weekly class presence. Double quantity of food was given to the students as they didn’t get food bags last week.
Bags containing Rice, Lentil, Potato, Onions, Garlic & Eggs were distributed among the students of KG-1 to Std-9 from 3:45 P.M.
Bag full of weekly diet food recommended by TDP Medical Centre reduces the burden of nutrition among the student’s family. Food distribution day is a happy day for the student’s of The Dhaka Project School.

Mango for Fruit Distribution


23rd July 2011, it’s Rainy Season. The end of the season for the King of Fruit—Mango.
At 3:30 P.M. basket full of Mangoes were brought.
Mr. Azad distributed Mango among all the students of The Dhaka project School. The price of Mango is very high in Dhaka. The kids of Dhaka Project should at least have the taste of Mango.
Fruit distribution day is always the happiest day of the month.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Prof. Linda visits Dhaka Project with her Aus Team


Professor Linda Gilmore (2nd Left)visited The Dhaka Project on 17th July 2011 with her Australian Team members which included another professor and 3 University students namely Heather Mohay, Kate Wensley, Sarah White and Melanje Waugh. They brought a Printer (for computer), Toys and cloths for the kids.They expressed their satisfaction towards the programs of the project and spent few hours talking with the kids and were very pleased. They also want to volunteer in the near future.
Thanks to Linda Gilmore and her Team for visiting The Dhaka Project.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Let's Clean Bangladesh



'Let's Clean Bangladesh' – a regular program of The Dhaka Project was held Today on 17th July 2011. It is a program to teach the community people to keep the society clean. A Clean environment can provide a healthy community.
Students of Class-4 were prepared with hand-gloves, Baskets and shovels to clean-up Gawair School/ TDP School Road, Kazi Bari Road & Gawair Madrasa Road under the supervision of Class teachers.
Students collected scattered garbage such as thrown away waste papers, packets and poly bags. All the garbage were gathered in a place and set on fire.
After the cleansing, TDP-School team requested the community to keep the place clean by using garbage-drums already placed there.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Science Fair-2011




Science Fair -2011 was held on the roof top of The Dhaka Project School today (14th July 2011) from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM.

Students from Class 2 to 9 specially interested in Science Project participated with 24 different projects.

Among the projects

‘The effect of brine’,
‘Burglar Alarm,
‘Green House’,
‘Jumping Mothballs’, ‘Test of density’,
‘Iron Oxidizes’,
‘Simple Telescope’
were most interesting.

It was for the 2nd time for the students of The Dhaka Project School to experience such a science fair in their own school.

All students visited the fair in a queue with their class teacher.

Arifur Rahman, CSR, Rahimafrooz,
Rashedul Islam, Deputy Project Manager,
Parveen Sultana, Principal of TDPS were present.

Leen visits Dhaka Project




Ms. Leen (Belgium) Etihad Airline Cabin Crew visited The Dhaka Project on 13th July 2011.

She brought chocolates, Cookies and Pens for the kids.

She expressed her satisfaction towards the programs of the project.

Her friend Sofia encouraged her to visit The Dhaka Project.

Leen spent few hours talking with the kids and were very pleased

Chocolates & Cookies were distributed at 11:00 AM on 14 July to the kids of Day Care, Play Group & Nursery
.

The kids were very happy and thanked the visitor.

Thank you for visiting The Dhaka Project—we are always grateful to The Cabin Crews of Etihad Airline.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Food Distribution Day


10th July 2011 was the Weekly Food Distribution Day of The Dhaka Project School. Students were lined-up according to their grades as usual. Names were called by Mr. Azad based on the weekly class presence. Double quantity of food was given to the students as they didn’t get food bags last week for Summer Vacation.
Bags containing Rice, Lentil, Potato, Onions, Garlic & Eggs were distributed among the students of KG-1 to Std-9 from 3:45 P.M.
Bag full of weekly diet food recommended by TDP Medical Centre reduces the burden of nutrition among the student’s family. Food distribution day is a happy day for the student’s of The Dhaka Project School.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Ashley, Belle & Charlene visits Dhaka Project



Belle Heyneman (Left, South Africa), Ashley Klinger (middle, USA) & Charlene Williamson (Right, South Africa), Emirates Airline Cabin Crew visited The Dhaka Project on 5th July 2011. The visitors brought lots of toys for the kids. They also brought Powder milk, Rice and toiletries.
Ashley Klinger (Pilot) expressed her satisfaction towards the programs of the project and made individual donation of 2,000 Taka.
The Visitors spent few hours with the kids. They enjoyed talking with the kids and were very pleased.
The Toys were distributed today (7th July) at 11:45 AM to the pre-school kids. The kids were very happy and thanked the visitors.
Thank you for visiting The Dhaka Project—we are always grateful to The Cabin Crews of Emirates Airline.