Economic Growth Bangladesh Project #54369

Zakat can Empower Poor Parents in Bangladesh

by Dakbhanga

Summary

We are committed to supporting the poor parents who are in economic hardship and engage their children in child labor. We are supporting 35 families of remote Ramu hilly area of Cox's Bazar district. We provide them an asset like sewing machine, rickshaw van, cows, goats, and poultry for their income generation activities. From your zakat, we will the support. The support will go to the extreme poor families of the school going children and trying to get rid of them from extreme poverty.

$25,000
total goal

$24,515
remaining

7
donors

0
monthly donors

2
years

Challenge

In the Project area, more than 10% people are living in extreme poverty. They have no certain income. Whatever they earn, they can not the expenses for food. So, the parents of those families are reluctant to send their children. If they are not supported by other people or government, the children of those families will grow with ill health, uneducated adults and become poor people in their matured life and remain poor from generation to generation.

Solution

Your zakat will deliver an asset like sewing machine, rickshaw van, cows, goats, and poultry for the income generation activities of those parents of extreme poor families who have no government or other supports. They will get hope and opportunity to send their children to schools for education. Make a difference today. 100% of your zakat goes to the extreme poor families! We are also looking for new volunteers, who can help us with either fundraising or raising awareness by sharing our initiat

Long-Term Impact

Due to extreme poverty, the children of the targeted families are out of school, half fed and without medication and engaged in child labor or married early. In the long run, they face negative consequences in their physical, cognitive and social development. Our initiative will provide them the necessary support for their income generation activities. It will help the families to increase their income and the children to grow with hope and full potential with proper education.