Introduction :

A child whether born in a hut or with a golden spoon in the mouth i.e, with riches, by
born all the children is very curious, creative by birth. After all of that around
30,00,000 children are deprived of expressing their emotion, merit, creativity.
Because maximum are come from very poor family. Though in this they don’t have
any fault by their own. Almost all the parents of those children are in the bondage of
the poverty. That’s why it is very common to find that these children are not getting
their required facilities to be grown up properly. Where proper feeding is not ensured
enough let alone proper education. Though the Government has taken lot of
initiative for the primary education of the children, many children living in below
poverty line are deprived of getting the right for being properly educated. That’s why
we have established an institution named “Ghashful Shishu Niketan” where we are
giving assurance of giving proper education to the children living under the poverty
line and we have started working on few families and the children from these
selected families and to do that we are giving guarantee to that families that they
don’t have to bear a single paisa for their education.

Our Aim :
We have started our journey with a special motto to materialize the real view of the
Freedom fight. The real aim of the Liberation War was to establish the ethics of
indiscrimination of the caste and creed in the country. And to do that there is no other
option than proper education. There will be of no use of the freedom fighter’s view if
we can not materialize it in the society with proper education for the children who
are the future of the country. Moreover, besides establishing the right of education,
we need to ensure such type of education where the children are not in the cage of
the education that will teach the education to be a fundamentalist. Religious
fundamentalism is one of the greatest alarms in the world now-a- days. So, we have
planned such type of education by which the children will be educated in the basis of
the Government run system of education i.e. Government Curriculum of education
and also no seed of fundamentalism is planted inside of a child. With that we also
would like to emphasize on the religious values accurately and so that can ensure it.
There are more than 57 million children in Bangladesh. These children are the future
leaders of the country. But they don’t get ample opportunities to grow up as
responsible citizens. Poverty, illiteracy, child labour, child marriage and malnutrition
are the major obstacles in fulfilling our expectation. On top of that, they are being
involved in political activities which are causing great harm to them.
Children are being used in different political activities, such as, rallies, political
gathering etc. During Hartal they are used for picketing, breaking cars, setting fire on
cars or even for hurling bombs. These activities are illegal in the eye of law. This
causes serious harm to them. Sometimes it becomes the cause of their premature
death. Sometimes they fall victim to serious injuries and lose limbs. Children’s
involvement in political activities can destroy their life. Those children who are
involved in political activities can’t go to school. It seriously harms their education.
Any political violence has a bad impact on their tender mind. They become
inspired to indulge in violent activities. They are introduced to different political
leaders who use them to serve their own purposes. The leaders give them weapons
and in this way a child becomes a miscreant. People begin to fear these children. In
other words, their engagement in political violence will ultimately destroy our future
generation.

There are many reasons for involving them in politics. As they are small children of
a tender age they do not understand what is right and what is wrong. So the political
leaders can easily use them in their criminal activities. Poverty is another cause for
their involvement in politics. The needy and helpless children are offered money for
their political activities. So they engage in this kind of activities without being aware
of its bad effect.

In order to prevent children from engaging in political activities, religious

fundamental activities strict enforcement of law is necessary as well as we should try
to be admitted them to school and also help them, help their family, counsel them
and counsel their family.

We are trying to plant the seed of Patriotism in their heart what will help them to do
something good, something fruitful. Also so that we may teach them the difference
between evil and good.
Place Selection :
Basically the place being nearer to the town or city but has not received any touch of
minimum development and the blessings of modernity, we have started working
making centre of this type of area. That’s why we have chosen an area named “Char
Kalibari” that is a village very closer to the Mymensingh town that is really a lagged
behind area in respect of development and modernity though that is just closer to the
Mymensingh town. The “Char Kali Bari” is an area where hundreds of families are
living and all are below the Poverty line. The inhabitants maximum live hand to
mouth and that is also difficult for them. That’s why they don’t think of their
children’s education at all. For this miserable situation we can’t just blame on the
social prevailing system and the Government, they themselves are responsible
also for their misery. Behind all the misery of these people, we consider the lack
of education is the root cause. The light of education can enlighten all to remove all
darkness of mind and it improves one’s mentality to be a real man.

In our Project area though there is a Govt. Primary School, the seat in this school are
not enough in respect of the total inhabitants of this area and in consideration of the
school goers aged children. And for that reason the children have to take admission
to the non Govt. Nursery School that is quite impossible for the children and their
families living in our Project area. That’s why the poor families have to send their
children to the full free Madrasas. We can note here, in this projected area there are
lots of Madrasas where education is not being given to the children in accordance
with the Govt. rules of education. In fact, we can call “Char Kali Bari” as the centre
of the Business by the name of Holy Religion. The people are doing business in the
name of the people’s weakness to the religion and they are taking the opportunity of
the miserable financial situation of these families.

There are lots of among us who with a view to getting holy Heaven in the after world
by making Mosques and Madrasas. But Full Free Schools establishing are neglected
by those people who have that ability to set up those. Many of those rich people only
think only by making the mosques and madrasas can take them to the heaven. That is
true also that Allah loves them who will make Mosques (The abode of Allah). But
with a view to helping the poor to make them properly educated for the practical
knowledge including the religious education by setting up Full Free Schools are not
less in value. That will be a humanitarian work that will be also loved by Great Allah
(The Creator),the Almighty.
Since these types of Full Free schools are not being set up, the poverty stricken
people are going more lag those results in increasing the difference between the rich
and the poor. And that’s why we have just started and taken all the responsibilities of
60 children of our Project area. Our aim is to enlarge it and like to show the path to
others. We are giving them proper education like the other children are getting the
same education what the other children are getting. Also to mention here, we are
giving these 60 students all the facilities of education and meeting other necessities.

The Sustainability of the Project:

Till now the sustainability of this project means and depends on the monthly
financial aid or help that are being given by some great hearted people that helps to
run the school. At present minimum BDT 50,000 is the cost to run the school
monthly that is going to be increased day by day because we are increasing the
number of Classes and possibly in future the expenses will be much more that will
be beyond our capacity and ability to run the school. And for that reason, we are
determined to ensure them at least primary education at first as the first step of
our project. To sustain our project, we have planned to take new steps and planning
so that the school may be self dependant one day. For this purpose, we like to prove
livestock (domestic animals) to the families of the students of our schools by which
there would be a source of some earnings that will help both the school and
themselves and that will be a way of ensured earning later. We will take more steps
in future considering the situation so that the School may not stop and we can run the
school to give proper education to the needy people. Also we have plan to start some
social business and social projects in near future. In the mean time, we have provide
few domestic animals to few families test basis and will check the improvements and
the possibilities in this effort also. But we have found it as positive that will be
successful, we hope.

But all our efforts and it’s success depend on the help and aid from different sources
from the great-hearted people or organizations throughout our country along with the
overseas countries. If it is not possible to get the co-operation as per the expectations, we
will run the school till only primary level at least like the way we are running the school
from our personal funds and some help from the people whose heart cries for these
deprived children to make them proper citizens of the country who will enlighten
themselves with the light of education and the light of optimism in their heart.
The problems that are being faced till now:
1) Lack of own land or own institution in own land for the project
for which we have to bear huge money.
2) To make the School “Ghashful” as a self-dependant school and
project, we need a reliable source for financial help with which we
can involve the students’ families in our project that will lead to our
goal to make those families self dependant and for that we need
financial funding.
Features and special facilities of our school:
1) Free Education
2) Special Help to Students
3) Home visit
4) Entertainment ( i.e. Picnic, Annual Sports etc)
5) Program to explore the hidden intellectuals
6) Weekly Music Class
7) Free books
8) Free School Dress
9) Medical Camp and Free Medicine for All
10) Free Educational Instrument.
11) School Uniform, Shoes and Eid Dress Distribution and etc.
Ghashful at a glance:

***Name of School: Ghashful Shishu Niketan

***Year of Establishment: 2014

***Current Classes: Class One, Two, Three, Four, Five ( Gradually one class will
be added each year)

***Number of Students: Right now 120. ( Gradually 24 students will be added

each year )

***Number of Teachers: 7

***Office Staff: 3

***Monthly Expenses: 60,000 BDT ( The monthly expenses will be increased

each year, because we will add a new class each year)

***Project Coordinator: Rijia Afrin Rini

Who we are:
The “Ghashful Shishu Niketan” is run and conducted by some online activists’
Social Organization named “Humanitas Social Service” which is registered by Social
Welfare Organization under the “Ministry of Social Welfare.” Our Registration no. is Ma
01992. We have been working since 2013. Our organization is formed by the meritorious
students present in On Line and some people established in different levels in their own
profession. And as the first project of our organization is “Ghashful Shishu Niketan”.
Besides this we are working for different social works and activities involving the young
generation by another name “Volunteer for Change”.
Conclusion:

In the conclusion, we may say that we like to go forward with our honest objective to
do something for the betterment of the deprived children and at the same time for
their families. Though it is a small effort from us, if the great-hearted people whose
heart cry for these poverty-stricken people, we can go a long way to achieve success.

Yes, our effort is a small one but we believe in optimism as pessimism can’t show
any light of hope and success in the long run. Truly we believe, we can and we have
to with the kind acceptance of our honest effort to do something though it seems
small but that can be a great one with the help and co-operation of all one day. Again
we say strongly, we believe, WE CAN.

With due honor and thanking you,

MD. AKHTARUZZAMAN
(General Secretary & CEO)
HUMANITAS SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER
Address: Charkalibari (In-front of Ujirbari Masjid) ,
Mymensingh. Email: info@humanitas-bd.org
Web: www.humanitas-bd.org
Cell: 01711788365
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ghashfulbangladesh