Function of NGO

Disabled in Bangladesh.

No never they may be great asset for the society through proper training. Now a days several NGO and foreign organization are working with them. For example TMSS, Satkhira Reselpo, Brack, US aid, UNESCOA, CSID, UNICEF and etc.

In Bangladesh there are approximately 10% of total populations are disabled (13.9 million). 70% of them are totally illiterate 14% are land less.

It is well known that children with disabilities in developing countries have negligible access to basic education. According to UNESCO, studies indicate that only one to two percent of children with disabilities in developing countries have access to basic education and girls have even less access than boys.Bangladesh is no exception. 

Girls with disabilities are at particular disadvantage; often they are the unwilling and bewildered objects of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Parents of the girls often perpetuate sexual abuse of girls with disabilities, especially girls with intellectual disabilities.A CSID study conducted for UNICEF on inclusive practices points out a commonly accepted phenomenon: fear of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual) often prevents parents of children with disabilities, especially girls, from sending them to school. A child-rights organization in Bangladesh  reports that female disabled children, especially from rural areas, where 76 percent of Bangladesh’s population reside, are often victims of physical torture.

Access is also constrained by location--rural or urban. According to CSID, the NGOs, the main service providers for children with disabilities, cover only seven percent of all the rural areas, which would mean that the 96 percent of children with disabilities, who reside in the rural areas of Bangladesh, have very limited opportunity to attend school.

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)As discussed elsewhere in this report, to the extent that children with disabilities have access to an education in Bangladesh, the NGOs are the main providers. The network of NGOs is extensive. Educational opportunity for preprimary and primary level children with disabilities, to the extent it exists, is mainly through the work of the NGOs. Of the approximately 40,000 NGOs that work in development areas in Bangladesh, only about 400 work in the disability area, and of these, relatively few work with children with disabilities.81 Visually Impaired Children (VI) The Baptist Sangha Blind School for Girls (BSSBG), located in Dhaka, was established in 1977, and works in the 64 districts of Bangladesh. Its priority areas are general education for the blind (especially girls), vocational training, integrated education, and computerized Braille book production. Residential facilities are available for blind girls. THE BSSBG is a source of technical assistance for orientation and mobility, Braille translators, special teaching techniques, and vocational training. It has served approximately 138 girls and 22 boys since its establishment. The school is used as a student teaching placement for special education students at the Institute of Education and Research, Dhaka University. This NGO, serving hearing impaired children, was started in 1982 and has a school for 100 students from age 2 to 18. The school has a preschool section for language development. There are four centers in each of four Divisions: Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong, and Rajshahi. There are 10 schools within the four Divisions. Hearing aids are provided for a fee; those who cannot afford the cost of the hearing aids are sponsored. HI-CARE is the “wholesale dealer” for hearing aids in Bangladesh, imported from England, and, more recently, from Singapore. A normal curriculum is followed for primary and secondary. Students who go on to higher secondary they sit for their exams under the Open University, which allows some flexibility in accommodating to their needs.