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Child Habits Creating Initiatives And Coaching For Upgrading Education (SHICU) Project

  • Project Areas : Slum areas of Dhaka North City Corporation & Saidpur Upazila of Niphamari district
  • Start Date: 01-01-2017
  • End date: Continuing
  • NAME & ADDRESS OF PARTNER

DoPeace USA

  • Adress: 827 Glenside Ave. Wyncote, PA 19095, USA
  • Email: shahid@pitc.edu

Brief Overview of the Project

Since 2017, the organization has run 8 community education centers in Slum areas of Dhaka North City Corporation & 8 community education centers in Saidpur Municipality areas, supporting 3,000 underprivileged children aged 4–12. It provides free academic support, materials, and care through 32 part-time teachers. Most children come from low-income families with limited educational support. Despite infrastructural challenges, the centers foster a child-friendly environment.

Objectives of the Project

Objectives of the Program is to provide early child education to children aged 4-6 years in slum areas and free coaching for class I to V students, So that they can get admission in government primary and later they can continue their higher studies. Under this program 1440 pre and 1440 coaching are taught every year. Since its inception, 2017 children have been enrolled in this program during the current year.

Impact of the Community Education Center Program (2017–2025)

Since its inception in 2017, the Community Education Center Program has significantly contributed to enhancing access to quality education for children in slum and marginalized urban areas. By operating 16 education centers (8 in Dhaka North City Corporation and 8 in Saidpur Municipality), the program has consistently supported the academic and emotional development of over 3,000 underprivileged children aged 4–12 each year.

Every year, approximately 1,440 children aged 4–6 years receive early childhood education, preparing them for successful enrollment in government primary schools. Simultaneously, another 1,440 children in grades I to V benefit from free coaching support, improving their academic performance and helping reduce dropout rates. In 2025 alone, 2,017 new children have been enrolled in the program, marking steady growth in outreach and trust from the communities served.

Despite the infrastructural and socio-economic challenges in slum environments, the program has:

  • Created child-friendly, inclusive, and safe learning spaces.
  • Improved literacy and numeracy levels, evident from increased school enrollment and retention rates.
  • Empowered local youth and women by employing 32 part-time teachers.
  • Enhanced parental awareness about the importance of early education and continuous learning.


Overall, the initiative has emerged as a replicable model for community-based informal education, bridging the gap between disadvantaged children and the formal education system, while also promoting long-term social mobility and equity.