Protecting, nurturing, and empowering our future generations.
SSUS is committed to ensuring that every child in Boda Upazila, Panchagarh, and surrounding areas grows up safe, healthy, and with equal opportunities. Our children welfare programs focus on protecting children from exploitation, ensuring their rights, providing education, improving nutrition, and supporting their overall development.
Background & Purpose
Since its establishment, SSUS has implemented projects addressing child trafficking prevention, child labor reduction, nutrition improvement, school feeding, and adolescent development. These programs aim to remove children from harmful situations, provide them with education and life skills, and create an environment where they can thrive.
Objectives
Protect children from trafficking, labor, and exploitation
Improve nutrition and health among school-age children
Provide access to quality education and life skills training
Promote children’s rights and create awareness in the community
Support vulnerable and orphaned children with basic needs
Target Beneficiaries
Vulnerable and marginalized children
Children at risk of trafficking or child labor
School-going children from poor families
Adolescents (especially girls) in rural and ethnic minority communities
Key Programs Under Children Welfare
Action Against Trafficking of Women & Children – Awareness in rural and border areas to combat trafficking (2002–2004, ATSEC & CWCS)
Hazards Child Labour Reduction Movement – Protect working children and promote their rights (2005–2009, ESDO–Manusher Jonno Foundation)
School Feeding Program – Addressing malnutrition among poor pupils (2002–2006, WFP–RDRS)
Adolescent Development Program – Educating and empowering adolescents for self-reliance (2002–2010, USCC-B/CIDA)
Life Skills Education for Adolescents – Providing employment-oriented skills and social awareness (2007–2010, USCCB)
Core Activities
Conducting awareness campaigns on child rights and protection
Providing nutritional support in schools
Offering vocational and life skills training for adolescents
Coordinating with local authorities to prevent trafficking and child labor
Running educational and recreational programs for disadvantaged children
Achievements & Impact
Reduction in child trafficking and exploitation cases in targeted areas
Hundreds of children withdrawn from child labor and reintegrated into education
Improved nutrition and school attendance through feeding programs
Increased awareness of child rights among parents and community leaders
Future Plans
Expand child protection initiatives in border areas
Launch a permanent child development center in Boda Upazila
Provide scholarships for disadvantaged children to complete higher education
Every Child Deserves a Safe & Bright Future
Thousands of children in rural Panchagarh are still at risk of poverty, exploitation, and malnutrition.
Your support can give them the safety, education, and care they deserve.