Tk 14m GSMA donation to BRAC to improve English skills of adolescent girls

BRAC, a leading NGO has received a donation of Tk 14 million from Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) under mWomen programme to develop English skills of adolescent girls in a bid to brighten their employment prospects.

Under the fund, some 3,000 adolescent girls from BRAC Adolescent Development Programme (ADP) have been selected in the first batch for 5-month-long training, BRAC sources said.

BRAC will partner with Robi Axiata and the British Council in Bangladesh to carry out the service across the country.

Senior programme manager of BRAC's ADP, Rashida Parveen said: "This fund will create more opportunities for our ADP girls through which they can contribute to our national economy while empowering themselves and bringing positive changes to their lives as well as their communities."

The trained -up girls will work as peer leaders to disseminate their learning to their communities.