Protecting the Vulnerable Children of Gabura (PVC)
Project Period: January 2019 to December 2025 (4th phase running, 2026-2028)
Project Area: 15 Villages of Gabura Union, Shyamnagar, Satkhira
Donor: North American Bangladeshi Islamic Community (NABIC)

Goals and Objectives

Goal:
To Protect the Vulnerable Children of Gabura and Ensure their Basic Needs for a Life of Dignity 

Objective:
To continue upholding Brotee’s Child Safety Net program builtto protect and empower some of the most vulnerable children of Gabura Union, who are amongst the most deprived in Bangladesh

Obj. 1 Brotee Child Safety Net Program 
Actions:

1. To secure ‘distant adoption’ of the most vulnerable children to ensure their nutrition, schooling, safe water and basic healthcare;
2. To ensure every child is in school in working village (achieve zero dropout village);
3. To continue our work in bringing mothers and the poorest families into the fold of cooperatives and empower them with vocational training so that children are better protected;
4. To continue our work in building local community capacity to manage and protect potable water sources by preserving ponds and rain water harvesting for the future of the children of Gabura.

A Vision of Sustainability: A 3 Year Cycle of Child Protection 

1. Brotee adopts of the most vulnerable children in Gabura;
2. Form mother’s cooperatives;
3. Provides child care and start vocational/IGA training for;
4. By the end of 3 years mothers earn income and can care for their children;

5. Brotee moves on to adopt other children.

   

Project Activities:

• Child rehabilitation: Distance adoption. Currently, there are 400 children under the project.
• Pond preservation for drinking water: clean pond campaign. 7 ponds are operational
• Cooperatives of Mothers/Caregivers of adopted children
• Preparing Brotee’s village framework to sustain the project: youth action group