Youth Capacity Building through Vocational Education

Chittagong is one of the fastest growing cities in the world with 6,5 million inhabitants and the busiest port in the country. Poverty, unemployment and natural disasters mean that many families live in slums under poor conditions. Most children cannot go to school or drop out early, and the majority …

Technical Vocational Training Center for Vulnerable Young People

In 2011, Terre des Hommes set up a technical vocational training center in Tangail, Bangladesh in cooperation with local partner Society for Social Service (SSS) to educate vulnerable young people. In the first year of the project, the center was constructed and training equipment was acquired. Qualified personnel were hired …

Broadening the Reach of Rural Journalism through Education

The Bangladesh media industry is dominated by urban news. Local newspapers and TV are published from urban areas and do not focus on rural people’s problems. However, 80% of the Bangladeshi population live in rural areas and their voice is barely heard. In this project rural journalists will be trained …

Teaching Bangladesh Char Women Professional Skills

Together with the Friendship Foundation, the GSRD Foundation provides Char (nomadic island) women in northern Bangladesh with literacy and vocational training to increase their employment opportunities. Through these trainings, the partnership aims to effectively provide educational facilities to adult women to improve their employment and income generating opportunities and to …