The Dryden Rotary Club’s support for the Amarok Society is showing results in the country of Bangladesh.
The club made donations to the organization which has led to a new “Dryden Rotary School” in Cox’s Bazaar in that country.
The school is situated in an area with very tiny slum dwellings but provides essential educational and literacy opportunities to mothers who become volunteer teachers for children.
Tanyss Munro provided an update to Rotary members Wednesday.
“Teachers will teach their class of 65 or 70 children for one hour. But the real teaching goes on in paid teaching after hours. And it’s called ‘Shadow Education.'”
Munro notes there are challenges as Bangladesh has a fair share of problems.
“For one thing it’s situated in the worlds largest delta. It might be beautiful but it sure is hard to not be flooded and they are subject to floods and to cyclones in a very big way.”
Munro notes the country has a higher population density than Canada.
“To get a sense of just how crowded it is. If you were to take the area between Ottawa and Windsor and go north as far as Algonquin Park. Put 170-million people. There we have Bangladesh.”
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