SPECIAL RECEPTION TO NURUL IN DUBAI !

Nurul Islam, the Bangladeshi come from the slums through The Dhaka Project to Dubai, in the second weekend of his new life has done a lot of work in the Holiday Sale but not only.
After the sale, he has been invited to a party where Maria had her hands on before being forced to take some rest after almost one day flight followed by an intensive day of work in the mezzanine store.
But the high Nurul's moment has unexpectedely happened on Saturday!

The volunteer ladies: Aline taborda, Fernanda Laco, Luciana Takagi, Renata Herman, Solange Piñeiro and Maria with Nurul

Beside having participated in the Saturday Garage Sale, (Nurul and Maria have run it together and got sales worth of 590.00 Dirhams), Nurul had a pleasant surprise!

In these two pictures, we can see the husbands. The diference between them is due to the need of a photographer: Marcelo Taborda, Leonardo Herman, André Takagi / Manoel Piñeiro with Nurul
Solange had decided to prepare a lunch in her house as a welcoming party specially dedicated to Nurul, having invited the volunteers so that they could witness and share the joy possible to be observed in our Founder Maria, and of course in Nurul, a happiness never seen along the last months, having Solange, once again felt highly rewarded for observing such a change, according to her words and surely all other volunteers have felt the same.
In this lunch he was introduced to the members of the TDP Team who attended the lunch, some of those who have run the Garage Sales for the last months and worked very hard tidying the mezzanine, organizing donations for sale, packing suitcases, carrying them to old CBC, and so on...
... saying better, The Brazilian Team !

Tanvir Shah and Nurul Islam

And there was another guest, someone who we have mentioned a few times for always showing on the mood of pouring his sweat on behalf of The Dhaka Project children, by running in several marathons; Tanvir Shah.

So, sponsor and sponsored had an opportunity to hug themselves; the Indian survivor of the marathons and the Bangladeshi survivor of the slums !
Let's hope more people can get a better life through the work done at The Dhaka Project !!!

NURUL IN DUBAI !

Nurul Islam, a man who never even dreamt of 3 proper meals let alone to his own luck, is now working as Junior Office Clerk at Emirates.
Thanks to Scoot Williams, Nasreen, Kavya , Emirates and Maria.
Three years ago Maria started the The Dhaka Project with families and kids suffering in the Korail Slum, fighting for their miserable life and food in a poor Country like Bangladesh. Nurul was one of them.
Previously Nurul used to do random work like selling fish on the streets and helping local underpaid carpenters.
Maria promised a better life with education, medication, employment and shelter. He was brought to Gawair, where The Dhaka Project started its journey with 39 kids in a small room. Nurul and his wife, Hamida rented a room paid by the project and gave their first step towards a good future. Nurul wanted to learn driving as he had a thought that driving would help him to earn a good amount of money so he was admitted to the driving school.
By the time The Dhaka Project launched their first Grocery Shop to help the Gawair community. As Nurul didn't want to leave The Dhaka Project though he had learned driving he was taken charge of the grocery shop. His performance impressed Maria and yet gave him a better position in The Dhaka Project Cloth Shop where he worked for two months.
Hamida was not left behind; she started to take training as a beautician from volunteers coming to the project. She is grateful to Grace and Aruna, two volunteers, who taught beauty tips to Hamida and a few women. She works now as Dhaka Project's beautician and supervises the grooming of the children supported by the project.
Both of them were enrolled in the English classes of Adult Development Program to get basic education and Nurul developed skills to work as an Office Assistant. Finally, in December 2007, Nurul started to work at The Dhaka Project office as an Office Assistant. Maria noticed that Nurul improved his skills significantly and gave a thought that he might be able to work for Emirates.
Nurul started to work harder, gave extra time in learning Communicational English and maintenance.
Suddenly on 04-06-08, Scott Williams from Emirates HR took his interview at The Dhaka Project and confirmed his job in Dubai Emirates.
Nasreen and Kavya from Dubai Emirates processed Nurul's documents regarding employment and on 14th OCT he flew to Dubai over EK583. An unexpected dream came true!
Things would have been different if Maria was not in Bangladesh to help these unprivileged kids and families, and this woudn't have been possible without the hundreds of volunteers, donators and sponsors who have kept the project alive and growing. And thanks to Shimul, our Adult Development Manager, for the good job done in helping Nurul to reach his goals.
We symbolize his employment as an encouragement to other staff members and students enrolled in the Adult Development Program.

OFF TO DUBAI...

Razzak, Nurul and Zohorul are all off to Dubai in two days' time to seek employment with Le Meridien Hotel. They will be trained for one month and then, depending on their performance, they may be offered a permanent work visa. Nurul is the father of one of our kids in Standard VI, he has been unemployed for some time. Razzak and Zohorul are from the village of Pabna to the north of Dhaka.
This is literally the opportunity of a lifetime, at Dubai they will gain important work experience, greatly improve their English and of course earn money for their families back home. Razzak is the only wage-earner in his family and this income will be crucial to their well-being.
These guys have had access to The Dhaka Project's library and computer lab to help them prepare for their placement. They were given English classes by Rufus, and Shimul in the office organised communication with Le Meridien Hotel and their visas – a real team effort!!
This is the first group of men we've sent to Dubai, if they do well hopefully our relationship with Le Meridien Hotel will flourish and we can help even more poor families.
We wish these guys the best of luck and hope they enjoy their trip to Dubai. It should be stunning….