For Taka 300 only
For Taka 300 only Faizul Khan Tanim looks at the work done at ‘Provatee’, a pre-school for slum children where they are given elementary lessons to help develop their brains and which will last them a lifetime photo by Momena Jalil ‘Assalamualaikum Sir, amar naam Khadija’ says a three-year old girl barely able to formulate her speech with a wide grin across her face. Soon, I am surrounded by an army of children smiling and shouting assalamualaikum, barely reaching the height of my knees. Ten to fifteen minutes off the Mirpur sector 13 main street, inside the Baisteki slum, sits two pre-schools named ‘Provatee’ on the east and west end of the slum. In a two-hour session 25 toddlers, between the ages 3 to 5, are enrolled in each of the three batches divided amongst the two schools. On reaching the spot, one is overwhelmed by the endearing site of the innumerable toddlers. The schools, started in 2007, are run by Eminence, an organisation which works on public health and social research,...