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About The Dhaka Project

The Dhaka Project

Building foundations for a more solid future



Maria and some of her kids
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I recently met someone who really inspired me to do something positive this Xmas.
Her name is Maria Conceicao, she is a flight attendant for Emirates Airlines.

“I bet you did”
I hear you say. But this is not supposed to be fun.

Whilst attempting to find a costume for our recent Xmas party I cleared out loads of old clothes, shoes and bags that I had in my home. These were either things I have bought or been given as freebies that I never wear or use anymore.

The point is, as I was driving on Saturday I heard a DJ on the radio mention about Maria and how she was collecting things for the children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mainly what she was looking for is bags and stationary.

Perfect! Now I knew where to take them. I phoned Maria and arranged to take the stuff over to her on Sunday lunch time.

This is where the inspiration came in…

This young woman who works full time as a flight attendant has single handedly started a charity for the families and kids in Dhaka. To date, one year after starting the charity, she has built a school, has over 100 families enrolled in the project and put 270 kids into school. She has built a beautician school to teach the mothers skills. She has built a medical room to help the sick children, and a library. And much more. All this done by one young lady.

The thing that amazed me most, was that all this has been done by word of mouth. Maria relies totally on donations of clothes, books, shoes and whatever people are throwing out. Which she then sells at boot sales or turns her apartment into a jumble sale. The proceeds are then spent on food and clothing that will be useful for children. Even more amazingly, then taken over to Dhaka in suitcases of hers and other Emirates staff.

She told me an astonishing fact. The average life span for a child in Bangladesh is eleven years old.

Just 300 dhs covers 1 year education .. 365 us dollars will provide food for the all year ... 600 dhs - 700 a year will provide a roof ... So please this Xmas, If you are throwing anything out, anything at all that can be sold or be useful to The Dhaka Project please bag it and bring it in.

The first school year will start in January and at the moment she is looking for school bags or things that can be used as school bags, stationary and other items kids can use at school. But anything can be used to buy this stuff.

It just shows, you may think that you will never make a difference, but one person actually can…

For updates what we are doing and what you can do check the discussions in this group.

For more information, Please check her small website:

Visit her stream: childrendhaka

You can also spread the word by adding this image to your profile or website.
Copy the formula bellow and past it.
It will look like this the above logo.

<a href="http://www.thedhakaproject.org"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/331801137_2044c6543a_m.jpg" width="240" height="198" alt="Dhaka logo="0"></a>




Some small rules for posting pictures in the pool (update from Jan. 2nd 2007)

Please post only images that contain the writing "The Dhaka project" somewhere in the picture.
It would also be great when you could add some links or even information in the explanation field, but that's not a must.
Most pictures in the pool are tagged "The Dhaka project", but that is free for you to do as you want too.
If you have other images to share, feel free to open up a discussion and share them there with us.
Please consider also that some religions have another level of consideration in regards to nudity. So please don't post any nude images to the pool.

Thank you in advance and have a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.