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PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS IN DHAKA

How do I do that?

Every night, around 20,000 people – both adults and children – make the streets of Dhaka in Bangladesh their home - you can contribute towards the running costs of one of our shelters in Dhaka and give pavement dwellers a real chance to build a better future.

What does it cost?

It costs £2400 to run one centre (and all the services within it) for a month.

When will I see the difference?

Concern are now putting together the feedback to show you the difference your money has made so we'll be bringing you another 'success story' very soon!

Tell me more...

Living amongst the noise, rubbish and traffic, the lives of pavement dwellers are about basic survival, and earning enough money to get from one day to the next.  But with a lack of access to vital essentials like education, healthcare and secure banking, many stay stuck in a vicious cycle of poverty.

The Amrao Manush (‘We are People Too’) project currently provides support centres for 6,000 pavement dwellers in Dhaka.  We’d like to expand to help another 4,000 people (10,000 people in total).  To do this, we need more centres, and more money to run existing ones.

After a night on the street, parents and children are often exhausted and need a safe haven. Our centres offer day-care facilities, allowing parents to work whilst their children are cared for with a programme of basic education and rest.

Each centre offers space for sick people to recover from illness, and staff can work with pavement dwellers to find accessible healthcare services in their area.  As those who live on the streets are often exempt from opening bank accounts (a pavement dweller’s income is sometimes as low as 15 taka, that’s 14 pence, a day), Concern offer flexible savings facilities, and lockers to prevent what little money they have from being stolen.  And our team can support adults in the acquisition of new skills, such as driving, carpentry and sewing, improving their long-term chances of employment.

 

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