This year the school council has sponsored a child through World Vision. Our sponsored child is Rifat Miah, who is 8 years old and lives in Bangladesh.

Rifat lives with his parent sand two siblings. His hobby is soccer and his job at home is helping with the shopping.

World Vision sponsorship costs $30 per month and the school council is fund raising towards this total.

Birthday 28 October 2001
School Level: Primary School
Favourite subject: His National Language – Bengali
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Chores: Assists with shopping
Brothers: One
Sisters: One
Area he lives in: The Kaliganj Community

Our sponsorship helps Rifat with books and the costs of his education.

The sponsorship also helps his community reach its long term goals:

By helping improve the classrooms and school equipment. Trains school management committees and educates parents about the importance of education.
(Many children must work to help the family income)

Assists bringing clean water and better health facilities.
(Lack of clean water, poor sanitation, and going to untrained healers are major health problems)

Trains farmers to improve production, in agriculture though irrigation, fertiliser use, and improved seed stock. Also support services.

This is not all but an idea of what our sponsorship goes towards.

UPDATE: We have now received a letter from Rifat:

[blockquote]First my greetings to you. I am Sumi Begum, a CRS volunteer, is writing this letter. Rifat is very happy to hear that you have become his loving sponsor. He hopes to continue his studies nicely by your kind help.

He lives with his family in a village. It is situated 40 kilometres away from Dhaka city. They live in a tin roofed house with bamboo walls around. His father is a rickshaw puller and mother does household works. A mud road has passed beside their home. There are many green trees and paddy fields around their home.

He likes to go to school. His school is one kilometre away from their home. He goes to school everyday on foot. He has many friends at school. He likes to play football. Rifat desires to be a teacher when he grows up. He is very interested to know about your family and your country. Thank you very much.[/blockquote]