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A mother gives her child clean drinking water

Serving Gaibandha since 2018

Help that reaches the people who cannot reach it

BMKS is a non-political voluntary organisation working on education, clean water, health, livelihoods and relief for underprivileged families in Gaibandha, Bangladesh.

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5,000+

Donations

80+

Fund raised

200+

Volunteers

600+

Projects

Figures as published by BMKS.

A BMKS distribution in Gaibandha

2018

Established

About

Founded by people who live here

BMKS was established in 2018 by local volunteers who had already been running health work in Gaibandha since 2014. We are non-political, non-profit, and accountable to the communities we come from.

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What we do

Eight programmes, one district

We work in depth in one place rather than thinly across many. Everything below happens in and around Gaibandha.

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A small trader at work

Income Generating Activities

Small grants, tools and training that give jobless and landless people a way to earn for themselves.

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Collecting water from a tube-well

Water & Sanitation

Sanitary latrines, tube-wells and arsenic-free drinking water for households and schools.

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A woman working at a sewing machine

Handicrafts & Skills Training

Occupational training for destitute women — tailoring, embroidery and cottage industry work they can do from home.

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BMKS medical support activity

Blood Donation

A volunteer donor register and camps that put blood within reach of families who cannot buy it.

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Schoolchildren at a BMKS programme

Adult & Child Education

Literacy classes for adults and school materials, coaching and encouragement for children at risk of dropping out.

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A mother and child at a BMKS health session

Women & Child Health

Health camps, maternal care awareness and referrals — running continuously since 2008.

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Women hold relief packages at a BMKS distribution

Emergency & Festival Relief

Food packages for families during Eid, Ramadan and after floods — distributed by token so nobody is missed.

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Schoolchildren plant a sapling with BMKS volunteers

Tree Planting & Environment

Saplings planted with schoolchildren, so the next generation grows up having put something in the ground.

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A relief package delivered on a village path

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Eid Gift Distribution

Food packages so that families who cannot afford a festival meal have one. Packed and delivered by our volunteers in Gaibandha.

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Stories of change

The people behind the numbers

Every figure on this page is a household. These are a few of them.

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Schoolchildren plant a sapling with BMKS volunteers

“Sir told us the tree is ours now. I water it before class.”

Students of Uttar Para School

Gaibandha

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An elderly man receives an Eid gift package from volunteers

“I have queued for relief before and gone home with nothing. Here they gave me a number the week before, so I knew.”

Abdul Karim

Uttar Para, Gaibandha

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A volunteer hands a food package to an elderly woman at her home

“I cannot walk to the school any more. I did not expect anyone to remember me. They brought it to my house.”

Rahima Begum

Gaibandha Sadar

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In the media

Our work, reported by others

Independent coverage of what BMKS has done on the ground.

Eid clothing distributed to 300 people in GaibandhaDBC News

Eid clothing distributed to 300 people in Gaibandha

DBC News reported on the BMKS Eid programme, in which clothing was distributed to 300 people in Gaibandha.

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Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Sustainable Development Goal 1: No poverty
  • Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero hunger
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good health and well-being
  • Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality education
  • Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
  • Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate action

Registered & accountable

Registered as

Department of Social Services, Gaibandha

Reg. no. 1459

Established

2018

A non-political, non-profit voluntary organisation

Based in

Gaibandha, Bangladesh

David Company Para

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This work runs on people like you

Volunteers do the packing, the planting and the distributing. Donations pay for what goes in the bag. Both are needed.

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