3/20, Humayun Road, Block # B Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207

Tel: 8115798, 9135969,,,, Fax: 880-2-8110380

Email: info@aparajeyo.org, Web: www.aparajeyo.org

Aparajeyo-Bangladesh (AB) is a national child rights
organization. It was founded in 1996 when Terre des homes
Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland (TDH) sought to develop
their Dhaka child rights programmes to a local organization.

The organisation commenced its activities in 1976, working with
children living in and around the slums of Dhaka City. Its goal
was to reduce their unbearable poverty, distress and vulnerability
caused by the harshness of slum life. In 1989, another programme
commenced to '' provide services to children who live on the city's
streets or amongst its public buildings. Over the years, Aparajeyo
has expanded its support to promote and protect the Rights of
other socially excluded children.

1. Children will be equipped with life skills and information to protect themselves from violence, abuses and exploitation, develop their physical, mental & economic situation and empowered to participate in issues that affect their lives. 2. To develop lobbying, advocacy and Peer Support skills amongst young people, thereby enabling them to influence local and national policy-makers in terms of prevention, protection and rehabilitation of children in a street situation. 3. Institute mass community mobilization to promote and uphold child rights among communities and other stakeholders.

1. 13,500 children in a street situation (10,000 boys and 3,500 girls) will have developed the capacity to make choices for an alternative to a life on the street. 2. By December 2008, 20,000 children in a street situation (15,000 boys and 5000 girls) living in the outreach would be provided with information to protect themselves from abusive situations to avail of support from AB for their future development. 3. 75% enrolled CSS will be more literate and numerate and educated on child rights issues and protection from abuse and exploitation. 4. 60% enrolled CSS will develop life skills and confidence, self-esteem and able to manage their own lives in a hostile environment. 5. 10% children released from custody of police stations (subject to number of children getting into conflict with the law) in Dhaka and referred to AB’s safe shelters or represented in courts and cases acquitted (where possible). 6. ‘Joint Management Committees’ would have created a model for overseeing the work at the outreach and centre-based programmes, resulting in the process from powerlessness to empowerment. 7. 75 young people will have developed a model as child-to-child Peer Educators to support victimized children. 8. 5% children will be reunified with their families and leading stable lives within their communities. 9. A community education programme will result in greater understanding and tolerance of the issues affecting CSS by 300,000 community people. A model of best practice will be developed through Community Action & Advisory Groups, Community Volunteers and a 6 member Media Panel