Children helped by Sponsors

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8e8e3.jpg"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04696ac0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Society for Underprivileged Families"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Member 1"><U>Training Report July 2006</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission"><U>The Society for Underprivileged Families in Bangladesh</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Production Unit at SUF"><U>The Production Unit at SUF</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How can I help?"><U>How can I help?</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Bright Girls and Boys Project"><U>Bright Girls and Boys Project</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Children helped by Sponsors"><U>Children helped by sponsor</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cushion Covers"><U>Products</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://infinitycottage.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://infinitycottage.com"><U>Infinity Cottage Website</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Society for Underprivileged Families</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> </div> <bR> <div> Children helped by Sponsors</div> <div> <I>Tania Akter</I></div> <div> Tania is 14 years old and lives in Nayatola, Moghbazar, an area in Dhaka (Bangladesh's capital city). Tanya lives with her parents and her 3 brothers in a small one roomed shack with a dirt floor. Her home is part of a slum, and the family share a fire for cooking and a toilet with 15 other families. </div> <bR> <div> Tanya's father works as a Rickshaw Puller, but is in poor health, which limits his ability to work long hours and earn money to support the family. Tanya's mother works as a domestic servant for a local family, and Tanya's 2 older brothers are also working. With her parents and older brothers working, Tania has been given the responsibility of looking after her family’s house and raising her younger brother. </div> <bR> <div> While very little money, and difficulty in simply feeding a family of 6, Tania's parents are not able to pay school fees for Tania, or her brothers. Tania has, however, been able to go to the non-formal school provided by the SUF for the past 4 years. Tania loves to learn and did very well throughout her time at SUF. Through the Bright Girls and Boys Project, Tania was sponsored this year, and has started at a Formal School in year 6. Tania is loving her new school, and doing well so far, and would like to go and become a teacher so that she can help other children in Bangladesh. </div> <bR> <div> Tania's family are very happy that she has been given this opportunity, as once she has finished formal school, she will be able to work, and earn enough money to move her whole family out of the slum. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="068c8060.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tania                                          <IMG SRC="06be7020.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sumon</div> <bR> <div> <I>Md. Habibur Rahman Sumon</I></div> <div> Sumon is 15 years old and was born and raised in the Modhubagh Slum in Dhaka City.  Sumon lives with his parents and his two younger sisters. </div> <bR> <div> Sumon's father cooks in a local hotel, and does not earn enough to support his family. Sumon began working seven years ago, when he was eight, in a local shop as a helper.  Sumon works long hours everyday, and earns only 100 taka (£1 / AU$2.50) per month. </div> <bR> <div> After work each day, Sumon was able to attend 2 hours of informal classes in Bengali, Maths, Social Science and English at a project run by SUF.  He finished the four year course last year, and although he showed excellent academic ability, he was not able to access further free education. </div> <bR> <div> Sumon was then offered a school placement through sponsorship in the Bright Girls and Boys Project.  Sumon was the first boy to be sponsored through this project.  It is often more difficult for a boy to decrease his working hours to make time for school, as he is considered by his family a more important breadwinner. Fortunately for Sumon, his family see the benefit in education for their collective futures. </div> <bR> <div> Sumon is enjoying school, and plans to become a police officer. </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>