Expansion of EDS

Since 2005 we have opened EDS branches in Moheswasrpasha, Shonali jute mills, Ajax jute mills, Digholia, Teligathi and in Bagerhat.  Our aim is to develop firm support for education in the areas where we operate and expand to further areas to reach more children and youth. We wish to expand EDS to the entire country, especially to the poor areas.

Create links between university teachers and EDS students

We will establish contact to university teachers who may teach the EDS students voluntarily. In this way the EDS students will be more aware about the possibilities and requirements for university studies.

EDS university students continue teaching the EDS students

When the EDS students reach university level they will teach the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade EDS students and receive a small remuneration so they can pay for their own university studies.

Further studies and scholarship

EDS will assist the EDS students with good university grades in finding MSc or PhD scholarships in Bangladesh and abroad.

Vocational training

If some EDS students do not get good grades EDS wants to aid them to get vocational (technical) training and work practice to get a proper job.

EDS library

We will establish a library with:

- books relevant to the EDS and university students (fact books for children and school books for older students)

- cartoons and novels in Bangla and English to encourage the EDS students to read

Each week adults or older students will read for the younger students to encourage them to read and develop the children's skills in reading, writing and understanding written texts.

Bangladeshi and international EDS teachers

We need volunteers to teach the EDS students English, natural and social science subjects.

Educational games and science experiments

In Bangladesh teaching is mainly done by blackboard and chalk. We will make educational games so the EDS students can learn in more active ways by using various sences. We also wish to access simple equipment to conduct experimnets in the natural sciences. We will make booklets with natural science experiments and with educational games to inspire the EDS studnet teachers and university volunteers to teach in ways that activates the EDS students.  

Sustainable food production in EDS

We will expand and develop the cultivation of crops, fish breeding and maybe include small animals. The aim is to teach the EDS students about sustainable food production and concepts like agro-ecology, permaculture and seed bank in practical ways. We will also teach the EDS students about nutrition and encourage them to create gardens at home to increase their nutritional intake.

Health education and service for the EDS students

We search nurses and doctors who can teach the EDS students about health and provide free check up and treatment to the EDS students.