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BESCO - Hilfe für Bangladesch e. V. |
BESCO : The Association
"BESCO – Hilfe für Bangladesch e. V." (BESCO – Help for Bangladesh, a registered association) is a non-profit organization with headquarter in Hoechstadt, Germany. It is registered (no. VR 200051) in the district court Fürth, Germany and is a voluntary relief organization for education and socio-cultural development in Bangladesh. It is also recognized by the Income Tax Office Erlangen, Germany as a non-profit charitable relief organization.
The association supports, motivates and helps people belonging to all classes of the society primarily, however, the poorest in the areas of the school education, the social help, the cultural help, the humanitarian help and the medical help. This help would enable the poor people to help themselves (a sustainable self-help) and to lead a life worthy of a human being. The organization pursues exclusively non-profit charitable purposes.
The executive board of the association consists of: one chairman, one vice-chairman, one treasurer and one secretary. Further information is provided in the constitution (at present only German version is available). The association has now 30 members.
BESCO was founded by Dr. Hamidul Haque, who is also the chairman of this organization. He was born in the district Kushtia, Bangladesh and spent his childhood there. He obtained his higher education abroad. Since 1974 he is living and working in Germany. He holds a senior position in a reputed international company operating worldwide in the energy sector. He visits Bangladesh almost every year and thus is in continuous touch with the human development there.
BESCO’s present central team consists of qualified persons (e. g. 2 professional Engineers, 4 Students of the University of Erlangen/Germany and Dr. Haque). BESCO is also supported by the local communities. BESCO has a very reliable partner in Bangladesh for executing its projects. Our partner in Bangladesh (see contact) has also the designation “Bangladesh Educational and Socio-Cultural Organization (BESCO) and is located in Kushtia and is backed by the local communities. Our partner also has a central team with qualified persons (e. g. 1 Lecturer, 1 School teacher, 1 Civil engineer, 1 Bank Manager, 1 local political leader and 5 clerical employees). Most of them are personally known to Dr. Haque.
The organization acts mainly in the region Kushtia, located approximately 250 km west of the capital Dhaka (see the map).
Target Projects of BESCO
Education Building and operation of a school centre · Primary schools · Secondary schools · Vocational schools · Alphabetization of the adults
Financial support to · meritorious students of primary and secondary schools from the poorest families · existing needy primary and secondary schools
Women Building and operation of a women centre · Training center “Sewing” · for tortured women · Support for the equal rights of women · Counseling against child marriage
Health Basic medical care in rural areas · Building and operation of a small health clinic · measures for supply of drinking water
Children · Building and operation of a center for mentally and physically handicapped children, children without parents
For further information on the motivation and background (e. g the educational system, the situation of women, basic medical care etc.) for the above mentioned projects please see the section Bangladesh. .
Realization of the projects
All help flows directly into the realization of the projects. Due to the fact that the BESCO- members work in an honorary capacity it is guaranteed that the donations do not get lost in unnecessary administration and bureaucracy. The projects in Bangladesh are executed by our partner BESCO/Bangladesh and are supervised by a committee from BESCO/Germany (e.g., by inspection of the project progress).
Financing of the projects
The projects can be only realized if enough finances are available. Therefore BESCO is dependent on your support / donation. By your sponsorship, donation and/or even membership you can help the people in Bangladesh.
See also BESCO Flyer (at present only German version is available).
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