Helping the impoverished...

Mahananda Trust was founded in July 19, 2007 by Mahfuz Ul Haque to fight poverty in his home district of Chapai Nawabganj in Bangladesh. The Trust has been focusing on a small area - a union (equivalent to a county or a parish) in the north-western region of the country – known as Jhilim union.

This social program was started back in 2003. The first few years were spent on the ground-work, such as acquiring land, constructing make-shift buildings, and raising public awareness. Formally, in 2007, the Trust was established in order to build proper infrastructures, develop faculty, and better coordinate these efforts.

Our foundation now operates three primary schools (grades 1-5) and a high school (grades 6-10), providing education for over 750 students with 26 faculty members. The family background of most of the students are either indigenous, internally displaced, or generally impoverished. The student pay no tuition to attend these schools. It is designed to be free because the majority of students cannot afford to pay tuition.

The Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees, while volunteers help organize local activities. Trustees receive no remuneration, and administrative costs are kept minimal. As such, from the donations we receive, over 97% directly goes to program services.