DEF offers a comprehensive approach towards helping orphans break the recurrent cycle of poverty through education. DEF offers a comprehensive and effective approach towards helping orphans and impoverished children break the recurrent cycle of poverty and illiteracy through education.
$525 supports an orphan for a year for his educational, food, boarding, medical and clothing needs. The effects
of poverty and the deprivation of basic human needs on young children are devastating. We are dedicated to providing them with an unwavering, cherishing, and enriching environment to help create better futures. DEF provides shelter and security for groups of orphans, poor children, and young adults in Bangladesh. We provide opportunities for education and training so our youth can reclaim their human dignity and become productive members of society. DEF assists educational institutions and schools in Bangladesh that provide primary and secondary education to orphans, indigent children, and impoverished young adults. These institutions teach students curriculum established by the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh. DEF also facilitates the exchange of ideas with resourceful entities in and outside of Bangladesh. DEF provides housing and food for those orphans and poor who might be homeless; medical attention for orphans and poor who would never visit a doctor; and clothing for orphans and poor who might be wandering around in tattered clothes. DEF provides scholarships for those who would never dream of attending a university and assists with providing occupational training for others based on their interests and aptitudes. DEF assists in providing a humane, tolerant and moral environment for the students so that these youth can grow up as ethical, caring, socially and morally responsible, productive, dignified members of humanity at large. Lastly, DEF assists and meets any unforeseen needs of the students which may arise. In early 2019, we purchased two 5-story adjacent buildings in the center of Sirajgonj, located close to all good public schools in the city. This 24,000 square foot facility will provide space for accommodations for over 100 students and resident teachers and house a prayer room, library room, computer lab, and more. DEF works in concert with another non-profit organization in Bangladesh, the Manab Kalyan Foundation (MKF), which is a registered NGO by the government of Bangladesh. MKF has similar aims and objectives to DEF and does not violate any operating principles established by DEF. The institutions receiving assistance from DEF are non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organizations.
