Under the Starry Nights: Low-cost Education for Thousands of Children in Slums

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DoPeace.org Staff and Student Information:

  1. Dr. Shahid Ahmed, Chairman
  2. Dewan Wasek, Bangladesh Representative

Board of Directors

  1. Shahid Ahmed, Ph.D.
  2. Manish Gorawala, MS
  3. Kevin Hoke, CPA, MS
  4. Zafar Khizer, MS

Members of Advisory Committee, Bangladesh

  1. Khandaker Asraful Islam, Program Director, Volunteer Association of Bangladesh
  2. Monju Maria Palma, ADP Manager, World Vision
  3. Md. Abul Bashar Howlader, President, Bangladesh Teachers Association
  4. Nasreen Akhter, Program Coordinator, Moortage Training and Certification
  5. Anup Kumar Sarker-Development Activist (Retired from NGO Services)
  6. Krishna Palit- Executive Director, Need For Life Society (NFLS)
  7. Dewan Wasek, Bangladesh Representative of DoPeace.org

NGO Key Personnel implementing the DoPeace Learning Centers

  1. Al Mamun, Chief Executive, PBUS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  2. Jahirul Islam-Program Director, PBUS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  3. Bani Amel Rana, Supervisor, PBUS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  4. Halima Islam Barsha-Supervisor, PBUS, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  5. Ujjal Chakrabatty, Executive Director, DOPS, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  6. Amirul Alam Shahin- Project Officer, DOPS, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  7. Md. Ramjan Ali-Supervisor, DOPS, Saidpur, Nilphamary, Bangladesh
  8. Ahmed Ilias, Executive Director, Al-Falah, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  9. Hasan Mohammad, Chief Coordinator, Al-Falah, Dhaka Bangladesh
  10. Sazzad Ali, Supervisor, Al-Falah, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  11. Md. Nazer Ali, Executive Director, ISDE, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  12. Md. Jahangir Alam, Coordinator cum Supervisor, ISDE, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  13. Md. Nurul Islam Dulu-Executive Director, DCPUK, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  14. Md. Absus Samad-Program Director, DCPUK, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  15. Rabeya Begum-Supervisor, DCPUK, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  1. DCPUK, ED, Md. Nurul Islam Dulu
  2. DCPUK, Supervisor, Aisha Akter
  3. EAKOK Saidpur, ED, Md. Abdul Wahed
  4. EAKOK Saidpur, Supervisor, Md. Khurshed Alam
  5. RBNS, ED, Golzar Hossain
  6. RBNS, Supervisor, Amirul Khan
  7. ISDE, ED, Nazer Hossain
  8. ISDE, Supervisor, Jahangir Alam
  9. PLSKS, Supervisor, Amirul khan
  10. Dopeace Karachi, Supervisor, Javaid
  11. Dopeace Karachi, Supervisor, Asif

  12. DoPeace Bihar (India), Supervisor, Arbaz Siddiqui

Instructors at the DoPeace.org Learning Centers

Total No of Instructors at 49 DoPeace learning centers: 108

Student statistics and progress

  1. 2016: Total students enrolled in January in 45 learning centers: 9,450
    2. a. Preschool (ages 4.5 and above): 4,050
    b. After-school coaching (grades 2 – 5): 5,400
  2. 2015: Total students enrolled in 41 leaning centers: 8,610
    3. a. Preschool (graduated from DoPeace and enrolled in grade one in government and private primary schools): 3,173 (86% of total preschool enrollment)
    b. Preschool students who were below the age of 6 at the time of graduation and will repeat the program at DoPeace learning centers: 517 (14% of total preschool enrollment)
    c. Grade 5 after-school coaching students who passed to grade six and out of the DoPeace system: 314 (passed PSC exam)
    d. Grade 5 after-school coaching students who failed grade 5 PSC exam: 5
    e. Grades 3 – 5 coaching students who graduated and still within the DoPeace schools at the next level: 4,541
    f. Adult learning education-pilot: 60
  3. 2016: Total students under DoPeace watch: 12,623
    4. a. New preschool students enrolled in 2016: 3,533
    b. Under age preschool students in 2015 who are going to repeat in 2016: 517
    c. Students graduated from preschool and now in grade one in government and private primary schools: 3,173
    d. Total after-school coaching students in 2016: 5,400

2022: The list of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) funded by DoPeace.org, the locations of the slums, and the number of students:

NGO Name: Eakok Attomanobik Unnayan Sangstha (Saidpur)
Near VIP Shahadat Cold Store, Kurigram Road
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Learning Centers in Saidpur, Bangladesh
Preschool students: 720
Coaching students: 960
NGO Name: Debi Chowdhurani Pally Unnayan Kendra (DCPUK)
Ninodi Sadan, House no.12, Road no.3/1, Satgara Mistripara
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Learning Centers in Rangpur, Bangladesh
Preschool students: 720
Coaching students: 960
NGO Name: Integrated Social Development Effort (ISDE)
House #68, Level-II, Road #4, Block-B, Chandgaon R/A
Chittagong 4212, Bangladesh
Learning Centers in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Preschool students: 720
Coaching students: 960
NGO Name: Ramnathpur Bahumukh Nabayan Shangha (RBNS)
Basbari road, Saidpur 5310
Learning Centers in Saidpur, Bangladesh
Preschool students: 720
Coaching students: 960
NGO Name: Prottasha Lalmonirhat Samaj Kallyan Sangstha (PLSKS)
Nababerhat (Khochalbari), P.O & Upalzila: Lalmonirhat,
Learning Centers in Parbatipur, Bangladesh
Preschool students: 540
Coaching students: 720
NGO Name: Do Peace Pakistan
Learning Centers in Karachi, Pakistan
NGO Name: Do Peace India
Learning Center in Bihar, India

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DoPeace.org was founded by Dr. Shahid Ahmed to provide education to children in the slums around the world. Dr. Ahmed grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and has the first hand knowledge of the acute problems in the slums, particularly the abject poverty and lack of resources for children’s education.

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