Somotar Alo – Light of Equality through Sponsorship

Aparajeyo-Bangladesh acknowledges the valuable support of Terre des Hommes Italy and all implementing partners for their commitment to improving education, strengthening child protection, promoting gender equality, and creating opportunities for children, adolescents, and women in Bangladesh.

This project aims to provide inclusive and quality education for marginalized children and adolescents while strengthening protection mechanisms, promoting digital literacy, and improving life skills. The program also focuses on empowering adolescents and women within their families and communities to ensure long-term social development and positive behavioral change.



Project Objectives

• Deliver inclusive and quality education to marginalized children and adolescents.

• Ensure protection from violence and provide digital literacy and life skills education.

• Promote adolescent and women's empowerment within families and communities.

Implementing Partners

• Aparajeyo-Bangladesh
• ARBAN
• Shobujer Ovijan Foundation (SOF)

Donor

Terre des Hommes Italy

Project Budget

BDT 3,039,840

Target Groups

• 1,065 sponsored children
• 200 non-sponsored children
• 100 daycare children
• 1,165 parents
• 102 teachers from 12 schools
• 230 adolescents
• 49 CBCPC members from 7 centers
• 3,014 indirect family beneficiaries

Project Achievements

Rescue and Support
• 9,729 GBV victims received assistance.

Capacity Building
• 45,362 beneficiaries trained.
• 28,441 community members trained.
• 2,754 stakeholders trained on gender equality and positive behavioral change.

Awareness and Education
• 29,691 children, youth, and women trained on reproductive health, life skills, trafficking, UNCRC, and CEDAW.

Institutional Engagement
• 214 schools conducted awareness sessions reaching 85,600 students.

Youth and Community Advocates
• 570 advocates engaged in peer support, advocacy, and behavior change campaigns.

Digital Literacy and Online Safety
• 5,000 sessions reached 250,000 young women on online safety, GBV, protection, and disaster preparedness.

Family Reintegration
• 2,048 children were safely reunited with their families through follow-up support.