"The Dhaka Project" seeks volunteers, funding, resources
Posted on 08. May, 2008 by Mikey Leung in Responsible Travel
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The Dhaka Project is one of those special projects that inspires hope, creates real change and works with some of the most disadvantaged children Bangladesh has to offer.
When Emirates flight attendant Maria Conceicao visited a slum near Zia International Airport, she decided she would change the future of the children she found there. Three years after the founding of the project, there are now two schools, a preschool, a nursery, a clinic, dentist, computer lab, science lab, and over 700 disadvantaged children getting an English medium education and two square meals a day.
Of course, none of these initiatives is possible without money, awareness and the helpful hand of so many people. Maria has worked tirelessly to raise the funds necessary to support her initiatives, and has been joined by volunteers from around the world to help her raise the funds and profile of the organisation. The project’s baseline funding is currently supplied by the Emirates Airline Foundation, although there is currently a new appeal out there for more funds for anybody who cares to support such initiatives.
Work like this is inspiring—the faces of so many children for whom this school represents the only chance to change their lives leaves a mark on your soul that you cannot forget.
For more information, please browse The Dhaka Project’s website, or have a look at volunteer Richard Fleming’s introduction via Youtube:
4 Responses to “"The Dhaka Project" seeks volunteers, funding, resources”
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I am not a rich man as i can help by fund, but i can take some part of labor to increase the fund.. I have some links with rich man here and i can help to make a `Documentery Fim’ withoust costfrom my production house. As I am a visual DirectorTHe address of our production house is:
Shaptorshi Multimedia
Family Living (1st Floor)
40/1, Noya paltan VIP Road
Dhaka-1000.
ph. 88-02-8353332, +1818161047,+1715222203.
What a wonderfull video has given tears to my eyes . Can we clone you ?
Maria is a great leader and is astonishing what has been achieved by a team of not skilled people with so limitied ressources and so many struggles and hurdles . Hats off Dhaka Project Team
Hey mate!
Good work!!! Through this movie we get to know a little bit more about The Dhaka Project!!!
Congrats!!!!