The Sreepur Village is a UK based charity that runs and funds a women and children’s village in rural Bangladesh and lies approximately 30 miles north of the capital city Dhaka. The organization works with destitute mothers and their children to increase their chances of remaining a family, by taking a holistic, residential approach including livelihood and literacy training.

Sreepur Village seeks to infuse hope in women and their children by providing the skills and tools to improve their lives. The project provides a huge range of services including safety, shelter, food and nutrition, adult literacy and education, comprehensive health care, life skill training, child safeguarding and protection, and social reintegration. It provides a refuge for mothers and children for a maximum of three years. During this period, mothers learn 2-3 income-generating skills, and their children go to pre-primary and primary school level within the Village. Older boys and girls go to local schools at class 4-5 levels.

The Village has set up protective measures to welcome new families during the COVID pandemic: New families are placed into quarantine in a designated part of the village, they are given new clothes, hygiene supplies, and food is brought to them in their facilities.

Follow their stories on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @Sreepur Village and learn more about the initiative at https://www.sreepurvillage.org. You can contribute to empowering women and children in Bangladesh, through The Sreepur Village, by donating at visit https://www.sreepurvillage.org/pages/donate or by treating yourself to their handmade products available at https://www.sreepurvillage.org/collections/products