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Publicity Associates
ORGANIZATION: volunteers Association for Bangladesh
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3 people are interested
Keeps systematic contacts with the media, professional and community organizations and provide and arrange publicity for VAB periodically and as and when needed. Represent VAB in relevant gatherings and discuss VAB and disseminate its publicity materials. Most publicity materials will be provided by VAB Office, but when needed, will prepare appropriate publicity materials for specific purpose, for example, press reports and bulletins. In the course of publicity, will establish contacts and obtain materials for promoting VAB, for example, mailing lists of potential VAB Patrons from various organizations and communities. Time needed: Occasional, but monthly periodicity.
Volunteers Association for Bangladesh (VAB) is an IRS approved US Charity dedicated to empower underprivileged rural youth in Bangladesh with quality high school education and selective college and professional education to those who qualify. To ensure quality education, it improves facilities and capacities of rural schools with equipment for science laboratories, books for libraries, teachers training, computers, and sports and cultural equipments. VAB uses students from colleges and universities in Bangladesh an Interns to carry out its programs. Details will be sent to those interested to volunteer for VAB.
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About volunteers Association for Bangladesh
Location:
122 Taxter Road, Irvington, NY 10533, US
Mission Statement
Volunteers Association for Bangladesh (VAB) is firmly committed to improving the economic and social well-being of rural people of Bangladesh. VAB recognizes that providing access and support to sustain high school education by students from poorer families is the most appropriate way to alleviate poverty and bring about meaningful changes at the family level and eventually at the societal level. VAB improves the education of poor students from rural Bangladesh by providing scholarships, tutoring, teachers’ training, and equipment. VAB’s focus is high school education, but it also supports colleges. VAB’s first scholarship recipients are now in universities, professional institutions, or starting their careers.
Description
Volunteers Association for Bangladesh (VAB) aims at empowering poor children of rural Bangladesh to have a brighter future. VAB helps them gain quality high school education and vocational skills training. VAB was established in 1998 and is a non-profit charity registered in New York and Bangladesh.
VAB supports Bangladesh’s public and secular education system. Individual programs have been developed within the framework of a multi-faceted and integrated Model for Quality Education in Rural Bangladesh, commonly known as the VAB Model. Individual programs include scholarships and tutoring help to students, teachers’ training, providing school equipment, and promoting linkages between schools and local communities. The programs improve test scores, lower dropout rates, and ultimately provide opportunities to obtain a better standard of living for students.
VAB works in partnership with rural high schools, teachers, parents, community members, students and former students to create purpose, community ownership and an active desire to improve the quality of education children receive. VAB has helped more than 50,000 young men and women and their families in rural areas of Bangladesh to overcome poverty. VAB’s mission is now moving forward with greater strength and higher hopes.
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122 taxter roadirvington, NY 10533
DATE POSTED
October 25, 2014
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