The Issue
The issue
In the wetland regions of Bangladesh, monsoon season is longer and more intense every year, with flood waters remaining anywhere from six to eight months. Frequent climate-related disasters are destroying crops and livelihoods, limiting access to essential services and forcing many girls out of school. Gender discrimination and underfunded schools also often prevent many girls from learning.
Murshed’s approach
Murshed is the Executive Director of Peoples Oriented Program Implementation (POPI), an organisation that works to ensure children from the most marginalised communities are able to access quality education. One of their major programmes involves converting row boats into floating schools to allow students, who live in areas without schools or land to build them, a chance to learn.
With the grant from Malala Fund, Murshed and the team at POPI work to keep girls from wetland areas in school by offering programmes focused on education, climate adaptation and supporting the community’s water, sanitation and health needs. These programmes include catch-up classes at school for girls at risk of dropping out or who recently returned and girls only digital corners where girls can access the internet and learn new skills. POPI also works to raise community awareness about girls’ education, climate resilience and the harms of child marriage.
More about Murshed
There are 6 other Education Champions working in Bangladesh.
