On
October 28th, Opportunities
for Posterity (OfP) awarded various scholarships and health supports at its
office and computer literacy center located in the village of
Balagram of Jaldhaka under Nilphamari district, also known as the famine region
of Bangladesh. Depending on financial needs, scholarships ranging from 600-3500
taka ($7 - $42Cnd) were given to students as well as Health Supports from 600-1100
taka ($7 to $13Cnd) were given to laborers. OfP’s chairman and founder, Mr. Md
Rabiul Islam, was present to distribute the scholarships and to meet the
beneficiaries. At the ceremony he introduced the organization by saying, “OfP
is running a distinguished program that utilizes local resources through
investments in agro-business to benefit the impoverished communities and to
promote technology based education and agricultural productivity so as to
ensure a better world for posterity. OfP's working priorities include
poverty, food & nutrition, education, technology, agriculture &
environment, income generation, health services, sanitation and the like”.
In
addition, OfP is also funding a rice mill to be completed by December 2012 and
a literacy center, which benefits hundreds of families in the area. In the
future, the organization hopes to open a Polytechnic Institute to provide
access to technical education, free of cost, to thousands of students.
OfP is
strengthening community resilience through sustainable programs that use local
resources allowing small investments go a long way. To learn more, visit their
website at http://www.ofpbd.org/
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