Members of Australian Bar Association reach out to the underprivileged working children in Bangladesh
At a reception in Dhaka, members of the Australian Bar Association, along with their families and friends in Australia, donated Taka 1,500,000 to sponsor underprivileged working children of the UCEP general and technical schools. A cheque was handed over to UCEP Executive Director Brigadier General Aftabuddin Ahmed (Retd.) by the Australian High Commissioner Douglas Foskett and Mr Dan O’Gorman from the Australian Bar Association.
“This is a noble initiative to support the children who may otherwise never get a chance to receive formal education”, commented the High Commissioner in handing over the cheque. He also lauded UCEP for assisting the underprivileged working children to become educated, skilled and eventually self-reliant individuals.
Mr O’Gorman said the Bar Association was very pleased to be able to assist the important work being undertaken by UCEP in providing education and vocational training to the distressed working children of Bangladesh.
Brigadier Ahmed expressed his gratitude to the Bar Association for their kind gesture of support. “The donation would go a long way in improving the lives of these children”, he added.
The Bar Association members are in Dhaka to conduct voluntarily a ten days long Intensive Trial Advocacy Workshop for improving the strength, independence and influence of the Bangladeshi barristers and advocates practising in the courts. This workshop has been held in Bangladesh every year since 1996 with funding from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
Australian High Commission, Dhaka
13 December 2007
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