Education Bangladesh Project #57035

Send a Child to School in Bangladesh for a Year

by Village Initiative for Empowerment of Women (VIEW)

Send a Child to School in Bangladesh for a Year

Summary

* This project will established 10 Non-Formal school cum library to provide free education in remote areas at Kurigram Sub-District in Bangladesh providing nutrias food & biscuit to 200 malnourished poor children. * The project aim to build a school cum library well equipped with necessary books and critical literacy support to 200 poor outreach children. * The project plans to fulfilling the nutritional requirements of school-going children and establishing children's right to education.

$10,000
total goal

$9,862
remaining

4
donors

0
monthly donors

3
years

Challenge

Malnutrition has many underlying causes, poverty being only one possible factor. Many other factors play into families' inability to provide their children with the macro and micronutrients they need. Rice is rich in carbohydrates but is poor in micronutrients and Bengali diets tend to over rely on this main staple. Good nutrition requires a diverse diet rich in micronutrients. Micronutrient fortified school meals can support children to overcome the dietary challenges their families face.

Solution

School meal programme is to contribute to achieving inclusive and equitable quality education and improved nutrition for primary school children (SDG 2 and 4) through a nutrition-sensitive school meal programme. A freshly-prepared nutritious cooked meal will be served to all children attending school each alternate day and a 75gm packet of fortified biscuit on the other alternate day from Saturday to Thursday in week. Each child entitlement for cooked meal and biscuit:

Long-Term Impact

The project will educate and provide meal and fortified biscuits to 200 poor learners to reduce anemia prevalence and improved micronutrient status. Substantially Increased rate of enrollment, school attendance and reduced rate of school dropout and also improved health and child health and nutrition; social protection and local economies. Fortified biscuits have improved school enrollment by 14.2% and reduced the probability of drop-outs by 7.5% that impacted in communities in the long run.