Education Bangladesh Project #15656

Join the Journey Towards Life Without Poverty

by Spreeha Foundation

Project Report | May 18, 2015
Quarterly Report (Spring 2015)

By Tazin Shadid | CEO

Saving Water & Healthy Living

Fire Rehabilitation Efforts
On January 11, 2015, a deadly fire ravaged through a slum cluster right next to the Spreeha field areas in Bangladesh. This devastating fire claimed the lives of two children and gutted several homes, rendering more than one thousand people homeless. Beginning by providing immediate medical assistance, Spreeha has since been working with these families to help with relief and rehabilitation.

Families affected by the fire had their meager possessions reduced to ashes. Spreeha staff quickly evaluated the extent of the damage and started executing on a rehabilitation plan.

Spreeha provided immediate first response aid to almost a thousand victims. Additionally, it gave comprehensive long term medical treatment from it's clinic in the area to many of those who suffered.

Among the affected families, nine were identified as part of the Spreeha healthcare and education systems. Spreeha has provided comprehensive rehabilitation to each of these families. The complete list of items, including a month’s rent in advance, were distributed to these families in two batches on February 5th and 7th.

Spreeha’s aid efforts will have to continue, and it aims to focus strongly on creating training programs for slum residents addressing safety issues, and putting in place measures to prevent, and in the worst cases, control fires.

Saving Water & Healthy Living

The children in the Spreeha schools have been going through a systematic process of understanding the topic "Saving Water & Healthy Living".

At first, they learnt about pollutants in their environment. They also went on two field trips, where they photographed the sources of the pollution. After which, the students made a series of connected artworks and poems based on their learning that included - sources of pollution, usage of water in daily lives, ways of conserving water and reducing pollution for healthy living.

To top it off, they held an exhibition on February 19th to encourage the children as active members of the community. In the exhibition, they displayed their integrated works of art and photography to the Rayerbazar community.

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