Programs
Three pillars: a stipend so a child is not withdrawn from school for the price of a uniform, free computer training that ends in a certificate, and free technical education in trades that pay.
Most families here do not take a child out of school because they do not value education. They do it because a term's fees, a uniform, an exam registration or a private tutor arrives in the same month as a hospital bill. Our education program is built around the moments where a small, timely payment keeps a student in the classroom.
The second half of the program is about what happens after school. Bangladesh's economy leans heavily on remittances from workers abroad, and a worker with a certified trade earns several times what an uncertified one does. Teaching welding, electrical work, sewing and refrigeration in a village where none of it is taught locally is the most direct thing we can do about household income.
Many students in our communities struggle to afford basic educational expenses. Through our stipend program we provide financial aid to deserving students from primary to higher secondary level, so that fees, materials and exam costs do not end a school career.
In today's world digital literacy is not optional. The Abul Khair Computer Training Center runs a free Office Applications course, batch after batch, with prizes for performance and attendance and a certificate at the end. Eighteen batches have now completed it.
To create skilled professionals and reduce unemployment we provide free technical education in welding and plumbing, electrical and mechanical work, garment sewing, and air conditioning and refrigeration, taught in the Abul Khair Academic Building at Uttar Lakshmipur High School.
The Abul Khair Welfare Organization has embarked on a transformative mission with the construction of the Abul Khair Academic Building, a key component of the Abul Khair Polytechnic Institute. The project is designed to equip young people in this region with technical skills, setting them on a path towards self-reliance and financial independence.
The institute aims to be more than a school. It is intended as a route into work in a rural area where access to quality technical education is limited, offering free training so that students can earn locally or abroad. Construction is under way at Uttar Lakshmipur High School and the building is the first stage of the plan.
A stipend is not a lump sum handed to a family. It is paid against the costs that actually end school careers here: term fees, exam registration, books and materials, a uniform, and occasionally transport. Paying the cost directly means the money reaches the school rather than the household budget, which protects the student and the family alike from an impossible choice.
Students are chosen by the program team from families we already know through the clinic register and the relief lists, on need and on the student's own commitment to staying in school. We are supporting 21 students this way. Reports to sponsors are anonymized unless the family has agreed to be named.
What we ask of a student is attendance and honesty about difficulty. A student who tells us in October that they are about to drop out can usually be kept in school. A student who tells us in February usually cannot.
A large part of Bangladesh's economy runs on remittances from workers overseas, and the gap between what a certified tradesman earns abroad and what an uncertified laborer earns is the single largest financial fact in many households here. Welding, plumbing, electrical work and refrigeration are portable, certifiable and in demand. Garment sewing to a factory standard is the largest employer of women in the country.
None of these are taught within reach of these villages. That is the whole argument for building the Abul Khair Polytechnic Institute here rather than sending a handful of students to a city none of their families can afford to keep them in.
A free course in office applications, taught batch by batch in a village where paid computer training would be out of reach. Eighteen batches have finished it.
A free technical institute being built at Uttar Lakshmipur High School, so that young people in this area can qualify in a trade without leaving the district to do it.
That the student attends, and that somebody tells us early when things go wrong. A family that says in October it is struggling can usually be helped; a family that says nothing until the child has already left rarely can. Nothing else is asked, and no family is required to appear in a photograph or a report in exchange for support.
as of month and year these figures were last checked · These numbers come from AKWO's own clinic registers and distribution lists. Where our older pages carried two different figures for the same measure, we publish the lower one until the trustees confirm the official set.
EducationThe 18th batch of the free Office Applications course has finished at the Abul Khair Computer Training Center, with prizes for performance and for perfect attendance.
EducationConstruction has begun on the Abul Khair Academic Building, the first stage of the Abul Khair Polytechnic Institute, which will teach welding, plumbing, electrical work, garment sewing and refrigeration free of charge.
Students from primary to higher secondary level whose families cannot meet basic educational costs. Selection is made by the program team from families we already know through the clinic and the relief lists, on need and on the student's own commitment to staying in school. We are currently supporting 21 students.
Contact us with your name, age, village and level of schooling, choosing Education as the subject, and we will add you to the list for the next intake. Courses run in batches with a fixed start and finish, and enrolment opens between batches. There is no fee at any point and no charge for the certificate.
Yes. A sponsorship covers one student's stipend for a term or a year, or a seat on the free computer or trade course. You receive a written report on what the money covered and whether the student is still in school. Reports are anonymized unless the family has agreed to be named, and we never send photographs of children without explicit permission.
A stipend keeps a child in school. A place on a trade course changes what the household earns for the next thirty years.
Registered with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of Bangladesh · Reg No. Brahman 615/24
