portable schools in Bangladesh
A portable school can be dismantled in just a few hours. The school can then be moved and reassembled in a safer location. This comes in handy in a changing world where soil erosion and floods are increasingly affecting children's daily lives. Like in Bangladesh.
A changing world
Why portable schools are needed in Bangladesh
In northern Bangladesh, in the Jamuna River delta, people live on sand islands. The islands in the delta are volatile and prone to recurrent floods and other natural disasters. As a result, it has not been possible to establish infrastructure such as electricity supply, roads, school buildings and clinics there. Here, it is far from obvious that children have access to education.
child participation
How to involve children in the change
portable schools - have proven to be a successful way to reach children living in the most inaccessible and climate-vulnerable areas. Investing in children's education on crisis and disaster preparedness and their rights has also proven to be a success factor. Through their new knowledge, children themselves become involved in changing not only their own future but also entire communities.
child participation
portable schools empower children
Erikshjälpen is working with the organization Friendship in Bangladesh to ensure that children can attend school despite the climate disasters that constantly threaten the country. portable are one of the initiatives that strengthen children’s rights to education, health, safety, and protection in northwestern and northern Bangladesh. On the page “Portable Schools – From Dismantling to Assembly,” you can see how it works.
Children's own stories
Shamin has had to move several times
Out in the Jamuna River delta lies the island of Batikamari. As soon as you step ashore here, you'll notice that the river's waters control the conditions on the island. Shamin lives here on Batikamari. He is 12 years old and attends the school supported by Erikshjälpen.
Shamin has had to move several times
Shahim. Photo: Anton Eriksson
Girls' rights
Girls at risk of being married off when not studying
It is particularly difficult for girls. Instead of having the opportunity to continue their education, many risk being forced into marriage. If a girl in the family is married off, that’s one less mouth to feed. Other girls risk missing large parts of their education because the journey to school is long and dangerous, or because a lack of sanitation and access to proper hygiene during menstruation leads them to stay home rather than go to school.
Children's own stories
"I want to stay in school - not get married"
Hiramoni Mosammat is a ninth grader at Sannashir Char Secondary School, in Bangladesh. Here she tells us in her own words about when her family wanted to marry her off earlier this year.
"I want to stay in school - not get married"
Children's own stories
My dream of becoming a teacher
Mim is in grade five at Friendship Primary School Khamarbashpata. She loves school, especially English and is very involved in school activities. Her biggest dream is to continue her studies.
Mim dreams of becoming a teacher
Mim Akter. Photo: Anton Eriksson
This is enough money for
100 Swedish kronor (SEK)
100 SEK to cover school supplies and hygiene products for one child for one to two months.
300 Swedish kronor (SEK)
300 SEK to cover school supplies, hygiene products, and food for one child for one to two months.
7000 Swedish kronor (SEK)
It SEK 7,000 to dismantle a school and reestablish it in a new location.
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