Feeding Bangladesh
Hunger prevents kids from reaching their full potential. It’s an epidemic that’s threatening Bangladesh’s future.
“Feeding BANGLADESH” is the biggest project of Durnibar Foundation to end hunger all over Bangladesh and root out child malnutrition. Started on the 1st of October, 2014, it is going to be continued forever.
By carrying out this project, Durnibar Foundation ensures the following:
- No hunger
- No malnutrition
- No child labor
- Send the children of these families to school; hence, quality education
- The children will become educated, get a job and earn in the future to run their families
- This means poverty will be reduced
In order to solve Hunger crisis, we are doing the following:
- Nutrition & Education
- City Campaigns
- Public Awareness, Outreach & Advocacy
- Community Investment
Nutrition & Education:
Every month we are holding an event named “Save the Starving” where we are giving some families food which will last the whole month. These families will be provided with food on a regular basis till their children start earning and supporting them. The characteristics of these families are:
- Family of six or more members (some have 10 and more)
- Consists of at least four children who can go to school
- The children go to work because they don’t have enough money to meet their hunger
- The children don’t go to school any more
City Campaigns:
Every hunger day, our volunteers wade across the streets of Dhaka city. They raise awareness, generate revenue & rally a national movement around the issue of childhood hunger and Feeding Bangladesh.
Public Awareness, Outreach & Advocacy:
Every year, in September (the Hunger Action month), Feeding Bangladesh will provide meals to street people for the whole month. The volunteers will visit schools all around Dhaka city to raise awareness of Hunger problem and bring in more people to work for solving the crisis.
Community Investment:
In September, the volunteers will also visit several institutions and corporations all around Dhaka to collect donations for Feeding Bangladesh.
So, via ONE project we are achieving 5 goals: (5) ENSURING FOOD SECURITY & GOOD NUTRITION; (4) ENSURING HEALTHY LIVES as people are getting healthy food; (3) PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION & LIFELONG LEARNING by sending the children to school; (8) CREATING JOBS because after getting educated, these children can get jobs; (1) ENDING POVERTY –as they get jobs, they can support their families and hence reduce poverty. We are also STOPPING CHILD LABOR.
In the near future, we will increase the number of families to whom we will be providing food. Afterwards, we will expand our project outside Dhaka city to other districts.