Uttaran started its development intervention through establishment of a school in Jatpur village of Satkhira district in 1982. Since then, over the years Uttaran has established elementary schools, Secondary schools, College, Technical education centre, Library and also conducted Non formal primary education for many years. Till now Uttaran have supported formal education and technical education for over 265,000 students. Uttaran also runs separate activities for youth development all over the south-west coastal regions of Bangladesh. The activities focus on youth’s capacity development, leadership skills, human development, social work, environmental awareness and mainstreaming youth involvement in development practices and decision making. Currently Uttaran has a volunteer group of over 1200 youth members who are engaged in various social activities all over the coastal belt. The pandemic has forced all educational institutes to close down and so a lot of the students are facing the threat of an uncertain future. Our schools are working hard to find out innovative approaches to teaching while maintaining social distancing and COVID- 19 safety guidelines. Uttaran is also currently focusing on keeping the students away from dropping out and introducing non-formal education, life skill training and mainstreaming opportunities into different institutions for those who do drop out.

Covering SDGs: Goal 4 (covering all targets) Goal 8 (target 8.6)

Districts:

Satkhira, Khulna, Barguna, Bagerhat, BhasanChar Camp (Cluster-7, 16, 17, 50, 60, 61), Hatiya, Noakhali, Jashore, Patuakhali, Sunamganj.