The Sports and Social Club of HSBC in Bangladesh arranged for the School of Hope Sports Day on Friday 7 February 2003. The event took place at the Armed Police Battalion Ground at Uttara, Sector 4.
About 140 students from the school took part in several games arranged by the club. The sports materials were arranged by HSBC and later donated to the school.
HSBC staff arranged lunch for all and Mr David.1 H Grif iths, CEO of HSBC in Bangladesh distributed prizes to the winners of th competition as well as the othr participants.
The School of Hope was established in January 1990 with the general aim to provide education to economically disadvantaged children. The school provides nearly free primary education for children living in the slums adjacent to the school. The school has grown from 25-30 students to 125 students, which alone is the testimony of its success. The school runs mainly on donations among which HSBC in Bangladesh is one of the donors.
A few years back, as it became evident that some children did not get anything to eat before coming to school, the school board decided to start a snack program. The snack program includes the following: milk-everyday, a warm meal-twice a week and a fruit or another kind of snack once a week.
When a child needs medical care, the headmaster usually sends the child to a centre near by. Once a year the students get a dental check up courtesy of Johnson's Place Dental Practice. The school pays for students requiring any serious or urgent treatment.
The school has introduced a new library project where donation of books, appropriate for children are welcome. Also every year the school provides warm clothes during winter.
In August 2002, HSBC in Bangladesh took the initiative of computer training classes to those students from the top class at the School of Hope in our training centre at Motijheel office with HSBC volunteers as part of our commitment to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
