The Jamyang Foundation, founded in 1988, supports innovative education projects for Indigenous girls and women in two of the neediest and most remote parts of the world: the Indian Himalayas and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. For several years, BGR has sponsored Jamyang’s School Lunches for Marma Girls project in Bangladesh, feeding students at Visakha Girls’ School, which serves disadvantaged girls from the remote village of Dhosri and surrounding villages.

The Marma people are one of four Indigenous Buddhist groups living in hilly terrain along the Bangladesh/Myanmar border. Due to a scarcity of schools in the area and a lack of paved roads, few children in the local community have had access even to primary education, and the obstacles for girls are particularly high. Before the founding of Visakha Girls’ School, in 2006, virtually all the women in the area were unschooled and illiterate. In 2020, the school served 130 girl students in classes from preschool to fifth grade.

In recent years, in addition to the school lunch project, BGR has supported the school in building new classrooms to accommodate students up to Grade 8. This year, BGR is supporting the construction of a solar power system to enable access to computer technology, a set of school laptops, and an internet connection. In addition to the technology education that the new computer lab will make possible, the internet connection will allow the teachers and students to connect with volunteers and teachers for online learning. Annually renewable project.

The Jamyang Foundation, founded in 1988, supports innovative education projects for Indigenous girls and women in two of the neediest and most remote parts of the world: the Indian Himalayas and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. For several years, BGR has sponsored Jamyang’s School Lunches for Marma Girls project in Bangladesh, feeding students at Visakha Girls’ School, which serves disadvantaged girls from the remote village of Dhosri and surrounding villages.

The Marma people are one of four Indigenous Buddhist groups living in hilly terrain along the Bangladesh/Myanmar border. Due to a scarcity of schools in the area and a lack of paved roads, few children in the local community have had access even to primary education, and the obstacles for girls are particularly high. Before the founding of Visakha Girls’ School, in 2006, virtually all the women in the area were unschooled and illiterate. In 2020, the school served 130 girl students in classes from preschool to fifth grade.

In recent years, in addition to the school lunch project, BGR has supported the school in building new classrooms to accommodate students up to Grade 8. This year, BGR is supporting the construction of a solar power system to enable access to computer technology, a set of school laptops, and an internet connection. In addition to the technology education that the new computer lab will make possible, the internet connection will allow the teachers and students to connect with volunteers and teachers for online learning. Annually renewable project.