Alokito (Advancing Local Ownership through Knowledge and Innovation for Transformative Outcomes) is a youth-led organization, envisioning facilitating community ownership to lead transformative changes through mutual learning and transferring strengths. We provide free, quality education for primary school underprivileged community children through practical knowledge. We make them curious for kno
wledge and show them a path to improve their conditions. Currently, we are operating a semi-formal school in Shiraajdikhan, Munshiganj for gypsy community children. They are the first generation to have schooling facilities from their community. About 45 students leading their life on boats where they don’t even have the situation to get proper schooling. These students and their families want to get the chance of having higher education, so we and our 3 full-time teachers are committed to helping them. We run a formal school for sweepers at the Nator sweeper community. We have 40 students currently studying and 3 full-time teachers for them along with 20 volunteers. Even 10 students from this school have passed successfully the primary education certificate examination. We arrange heritage hunting days each year to unlock new doors for them. We have set up a platform named “Give for Good” where city people donate their clothes, stationery, toys, books. We check the quality of donations and if needed we modify them. Then we donate to community people for better livelihood. We also use our storage for any emergency crisis like floods, river irrigation, and migration, and so on. We are also doing a project named "Unleashing Youth" for the 18-17 aged group people to make them realize Radicalisation. Under this platform, we are working with Dhaka, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, and Gazipur to prevent violent extremism to make a better Bangladesh.
