Current School Facilities
Because the school never know how long they will be in one place, it is impossible to provide chairs and tables for the kids. The children learn whilst sitting on sack material laid over a dirty concrete floor.
Trustees
Liz Sylvester (Chairperson) a GP, is a senior partner in a growing practice in Bournemouth. Liz was part of the SI bournemouth group that visited Bangladesh in 2007 to see first hand the requirements for providing free education in slum areas.
Jean Harvey (Secretary) became a Soroptimist in 1970 whilst pursuing a 34yr career in the National Health Service as a professional manager, encompassing all aspects, including the general management of health authorities, press and public relations, project management, business management and, in the early 1990’s, the development of NHS Trusts and GP Fundholders.
Jean has experience of life and problems in some of the world’s poorer countries, especially Nepal, in which she maintains her support through the International Nepal Fellowship. This interest now extends also to Bangladesh and the work of SI Dhaka in improving the education, health and quality of life for destitute people.
Deborah Rogers (Trustee) runs a successful financial services business, and has been an active member of Soroptimist International for over 6 years.
As a former teacher and with her local knowledge of Dhaka, Debbie understands how a little education will not only benefit the poorest people of Bangladesh, but will also open up opportunities for them to improve their quality of life.
On a recent visit to Dhaka she gained first hand experience of the willingness to learn by the street children of Dhaka, when she conducted a class in one of the Nijera Shikhi School Projects. Debbie is currently learning Bengali and hopes to visit Bangladesh on a regular basis to oversee the success of the Cementing Futures Dhaka school project.
Joan Ingarfield (trustee) spent the first twenty years of her working life overseas, including teaching experience in Zambia, India and Papua New Guinea.
Since returning to the UK, she has retained strong links with various activities in the voluntary sector.
For the last 17 years Joan has been practice manager of her local GP surgery.
Bobbie White (trustee) worked in education as a youth work practitioner. She was directly involved in alternative curriculum delivery for excluded young people as well as personal, social and health education within schools and youth provision.
Her work brought her into a multi cultural arena. In a voluntary capacity she worked as a mentor for an ethnic minority youth programme. She believes education is paramount, a basic human right for all.
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