Outdoor Schooling

Basic numeracy and writing skills for all

OfP has five outdoor schools offering training on reading, writing and basic numeracy five days a week in separate session for preschool children and elderly citizens. Around 35 children are enrolled in each of the schools. In each center around 26 elderly men and women are also enrolled. Here, education and training are completely free.

Bluebell Education Center

Extension of Our Bluebell School for preschool education

OfP has two Bluebell Centers offering training on reading, writing and basic numeracy to preschool children five days a week. This is an extension of our Bluebell Schools to accommodate more students in need.

In one Blubell Center, there are 27 students while the other has 39 students. Education and training in Bluebell Centers are also completely free.

Bursary for Girls

Empowering Women of the future

Enabling Conditions for Gender Equality. Beside scholarships, OfP provides bursaries to girls to help them further their education.

Currently about 30 girls each year are provided with bursaries so they can pay costs of education and other necessities. So far around 50 girls have been provided this support that enables them to stay in school.

Ensuring the Right to Quality Education

Bluebell School-Education for Internally Displaced Children

Many of the landless residents of Balagram have been moved to basic housing provided by government in an area called "Guchogram" or Cluster Village. Some families has no land or have their land due to natural disasters. This cluster village has no provision for primary education. Therefore OfP has established Bluebell School with five teachers (one male and four female) who work with about 100 of the internally displaced children in Grades One to Five. Classes are conducted six days a week free of cost, including teaching materials and extra-curricular activities. The UNESCO Happy School Framework has been adopted by the teaching stuff to enrich the basic government curriculum. This Framework includes ideas such as student-centered learning, collaborative seating arrangements and community service projects. This is a joint initiative of the Mid-Main Community Health Centre in Canada and OfP.

Healthcare Centre

Basic Healthcare for All

Over 25,000 people will rely on the OfP Health Care Centre. Basic services will be available 3 hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon every day. The plan is to support a girl or boy's short training in primary healthcare and hire a full timer. We are also seeking doctors for maternal and child health consultation three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, 2 to 3 days a week.

Training in computer literacy

Bridging the technological divide...

OfP brought the first computer with internet access to the village so that people could see what a computer looks like and how it works.

The OfP Computer Literacy Center is open for people of all ages tp learn about digital technology and begin to develop computer literacy. The Computer Literacy Center also offers access to an online job portal, educational resources and market information. Presently the Center is Housed in a private residence and will be moved to the OfP Institute for Science and Technology which is under construction.

Strengthening heads and hands of those who have nothing else

OIST-Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable Development

There is widespread recognition of the importance of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for poverty alleviation, improved productivity, better work and income. We are creating OfP Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) to improve opportunities for the young women and men of Jaldhaka Upazilla by enabling them through TVET. Local educational opportunities are very limited. In this upazialla, with its population over 300,000 there are around 87 secondary schools and colleges but no institute offering TVET in all Jaldhaka, nor in three of the four surrounding upazilla.

With funding from individual Canadian donors, we have completed the first phase of construction. The first phase of the building has been inaugurated. Now practice laboratories and libraries are being equipped and furnished. Due to Covid 19 pandemic, first batch admission and classes were delayed for around 2 years. First semester classes of the first batch began in May 2022 with 32 students and the batch successfully completed the semester. Initially, we are focus on the areas of agriculture, health, IT, business and enineering; in the future, we will add others programs of study.

Supporting good health of elderly infirm

Healthcare support for the under-served

OfP provides financial support to the elderly infirm (women and men) every year through its health support program. Around 25 men and women are provided financial support every year for health care. Cataract surgery, for example, although fairly inexpensive is still unaffordable for very poor residents. With this simple procedure they are able to live independently and even ever earn their livelihood. These small bursaries are part of OfP's humanitarian outreach work with the most severely disadvantaged citizens.

Student's Response to Climate Change - shaping children's paradigm

One Student One Tree a Year Program

The global climate is changing erratically. As a response to this climate change, each student of OfP's schools and learning centers plants one three every year. The teachers bring plants to classrooms to start a discussion about the reasons for climate change and the benefits of planting trees. Following this, the students plants trees within the community.

Scholarships for secondary education

Providing the means for education

OfP offers scholarships to students to help them succeed in their secondary education> Although basic education in government schools is free there are charges for textbooks, uniforms and exams that can be barrier for some families. Every year, around 30 male and female students are provided financial assistance under the program. This helps reduce dropout rates and helps the students continue educational progress. We often use visits from international supporters as the occasion to bring the community together to show support for our young people.

Supporting agriculture as a primary local industry

Demonstrating best farming practices

OfP supports farming projects and activities that help create a sustainable food chain and generate income for other OfP programs. These include cattle-rearing and fattening and fish-farming. The farming activities and associated training demonstrate best practices and provide start-up support to local farmers.

Relief for Life

Providing relief that make a difference between life and death

OfP provides reliefs to those who need the most during pandemic, natural disasters like flood, and extreme poverty season.

Gender Equality Practice

Women and Men Share in Direction and Benefits of OfP's Work Prosperity.

Gender equality is built into every activity of OfP Women and girls comprise 28% of the Board members, 40% of the general members, 60% of the employees and 50% of the beneficiaries of its programs and activities.

At OfP we work together to build a prosperous community for local people of all ages, genders and faiths.

Teacher's Training

Continuous professional development builds on existing knowledge and skills

To ensure the quality of educational programs delivered by OfP, we support our teachers with training and professional development. So far our teachers have benefited from programs offered by the Government of Bangladesh, USAID and other from our international advisers and volunteers. We are deeply committed to raising educational standards. We have participated in standardized testing by government agencies and independent researchers to ensure appropriate grade-level progress for the students of our educational programs.