Education, Training and Disaster Management

Early Childhood Development – ECD

AID’s early learning programs prepare pre-school age children for school by improving reading and math skills and expand access to primary schools. By enriching early learning opportunities prior to formal education, children will increase their confidence and will be less likely to dropout. Promoting school management committees and parent-teacher associations will mobilize family and community support for quality learning and reduce corrupt and unethical practices.
AID is improving children’s and teachers’ skills and performance in the classroom and other settings. The program will help strengthen basic reading, writing, numbers, math and critical thinking skills and will also introduce the idea of “reading buddies,” where children increase their skills by reading to each other. The program will reduce grade repetition, keep children – especially girls – in school and provide more effective learning opportunities for disadvantaged children. Key elements include the following: Improved teaching; Strengthened school management and governance.

Non-Formal Education – NFE

This program was launched in April 2000 with financial assistance of Ministry of Primary & Mass Education of GoB. The main objective of this program is to improve the quality of life of the underprivileged children through creating an environment where the society will have a positive attitude towards the street children. It is a comprehensive intervention program for the underprivileged children having 4 components like health service, psychological counseling, skill training, job placement, along with the non-formal education. The main objective of this program is to improve the quality of life of the under privileged children through creating an environment where the society will have a positive attitude towards the underprivileged children. Activities of this program are based on a good number of informal education Centers. Almost 150 underprivileged children are being benefited through this program.

Relief works

The major portions of AID working areas are in low-lying, haor-basin, mushy and beneath -hill which are commonly affected by floods & flashes while there are heavy rainfalls. Considering the situation, AID is providing services to the community people for disaster risk reduction through awareness buildup, relief and rehabilitation to the victims of natural calamities such as floods, cyclone, heavy rains, earthquake and draughts. Therefore the ultimate goal of the DRRP is to reduce disaster risks and compensate the victims to restart their livelihoods again. After flood agriculture rehabilitation activities implemented by AID, for landless poor farmer.

Major activities of DRRP are:

• Community awareness raising on disaster risk reduction and management
• Provide training on disaster management and preparedness
• Disburse soft (non-interest) loans
• Provide supports for agriculture rehabilitation
• Provide financial supports for flood protected house construction
• Organize medical campaign to provide emergency medical services
• Provide supports for tub well repair and sanitation re-installation
• Distribute relief