User talk:SwadeshMrittika

The Swadesh Mrittika (বাংলা: স্বদেশ মৃত্তিকা) is a civil society organization established in November 2004, in Bangladesh.[1] The Songstha work towards the betterment of people living below the poverty line. The Swadesh Mrittika currently has schools spread all over Bangladesh catering free of cost schools for 4,00 underprivileged children.[2] One of Swadesh Mrittika major annual events is the 'Universal Children's Day'.[3] The Songstha has more than 300[4] volunteers via its volunteer platform 'Volunteer for Swadesh' who celebrate this day by raising awareness for children's rights.

History

In November 2004, Md Akbar Hossain, started a movement with some friends to distribute relief to the flood victims at the slums of Agargaoan in Dhaka city. Later he expanded this program to establish the Swadesh Mrittika with the hope of 'breaking the cycle of poverty through education'. Although Swadesh Mrittika originally started out by providing free of cost primary school education to the children of Agargaoan, Dhaka it slowly started to expand its activities all over Bangladesh.[5]

Activities Swadesh Mrittika School

In January 2011, the Swadesh Mrittika started its school with 20 children[1] on a piece of Mat and a whiteboard. It has now expanded to 3 fully functional branches and over 3,00 students. The Swadesh Mrittika School is the first of its kind to provide free of cost education of international standards to the destitute children of Bangladesh.[2] The primary course of instruction is Bangla although students are also taught Bangla to have a very strong background in Bengali.

Other activities Volunteer For Swadesh

Through Volunteer For Swadesh, Volunteer for Swadesh plans to establish Volunteer Groups around 20 districts of Bangladesh.

Awards

(1) Abida-Momtaz Foundation (2) Yutsan (3) Department of Environment Attachmen