Transform the life of a street child in Bangladesh

“Whoever does not show mercy to our young ones, or acknowledge the rights of our elders, is not one of us.” (Source - Ahmad)

Abandoned and at risk, every single day. 350,000 children live on Dhaka’s streets, exposed to abuse and exploitation. Help them to build a brighter future through our drop-in centre.

£50 – Support a street child for three months with nutritious food, healthcare, education, and a safe place to go for three months.

£200 – Provide a child living on the streets of Dhaka with nutritious food, healthcare, education, and a safe place to go for a year.

Provide a child on the streets with nutritious food, vital healthcare, education and a safe space for a whole year, helping them to get off the streets, escape exploitation, and have the childhood all children deserve.

The street is no home

A child on the street isn’t just struggling for food - they’re continuously at risk of exploitation, abuse, and unable to receive an education to improve their futures.

There are an estimated 350,000 children living on the streets of Dhaka. Many have been abandoned or are escaping violence, but some come from families that are so vulnerable that they have been forced onto the street.

How your support helps a child

When you support a child at our drop-in centre in Dhaka, you’ll help to provide them with a safe space, food, and healthcare to meet their short-term needs, as well as education, vocational classes, and outreach services so that they can build confidence, and have a brighter future. The child you support will participate in recreational activities and informal classes, and receive books and stationery. We’ll also teach them about their rights, exploitation, hygiene, abuse, trafficking and child marriage so that they have the knowledge to protect themselves.

Protecting and empowering the next generation

With your help, we want to transform the lives of at least 240 children through an outreach centre with our local partner Dhaka Ahsania Mission.

We’ll also provide 36 older children with vocational training, and help 45 young adults to find a job where they are safe and valued.

Through this project, we’ll reach out to the families of the children, where appropriate, to support them in learning about child protection, rights and development, and we’ll link them with organisations that can help them to find employment, or micro-finance livelihoods.

Our work in Bangladesh

Human Appeal has been working in Bangladesh since 2015. In 2022, we helped a total of 97,148 people in Bangladesh through projects supporting food security, sustainable clean water, shelter, and winter resilience.

Join us in fulfilling our duty to protect children, and help them to have the skills, education, and opportunity for a better tomorrow. Be a mercy to child living on the streets.

Give mercy now.

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