| Project Duration |
March 2020-February 2021 (pilot phase completed from 2017- 2019). |
| Funding organization |
Aktar and Sachimi Hussain Foundation (Rangs Group’s CSR Programme). |
| Project Goal |
- To provide age appropriate stimulation and care for the children aged 2-6-year olds of low paid working women.
- Ensured child friendly learning environment and creative growth in the ECD centers.
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| Project Purpose |
Supporting the children of low-paid mothers working living in urban informal settlements through community-based daycare services |
| Project Output |
- Working mothers got the opportunity to continue their works keeping their children in a secured place.
- Children are enjoying a secured and learning environment.
- Along with individual changes there has been health services and hygiene knowledge that has helped children for cognitive development.
- Better knowledge for social skills development, learning behaviour skills
- Mothers can concentrate more on their work, linking to higher productivity.
- Children are staying in a homely environment where they are well cared and more secured.
- Better learning opportunities for the deprived children.
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| Project working areas |
Gazipur, Narayangonj, Mohammadpur, Saver |
| Beneficiary/Stakeholder |
- Under privileged working mothers and their children
- Community people
- Teachers and caregivers
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| Short description |
In partnership with Aktar and Sachimi Hussain Foundation, Phulki’s Khelaghor is operating 5 community-based day care centers for the RMG community. The main purpose of these community-based centers in to provide a tension free environment to the mothers so that they can work along with offer a secured environment for the children. Children are learning and educating themselves in social and behavioural skills. Children are also learning better hygiene practices.
Phulki’s Khela Ghar focused on the community-based day care center for. Now the direct beneficiaries are 140 children and indirect beneficiaries are around 300 parents, community people, 15 caregivers and teachers. Parents are encouraged for ensuring a minimum contribution and the current involvement of parents is showing that they have an acute need for childcare centers for ensuring their children’s safety and development. |
| Major Achievements |
- Children were enrolled in school and madrasa
- Dropout rate from school has reduced and children from day care centers are doing better in school
- Special need children (children with speech disorder and late child) can express their needs with the support of our center’s activity
- Job opportunity has been created for many women from the community as center caregivers and teachers
- Regular mothers and parents meeting has enabled better knowledge on nutrition, responsive care and parenting.
- Phulki has become a brand in the domain of childcare provision through its intense expertise in advocacy and capacity building.
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