The Village presently houses 580 babies and children and over 100 destitute women. Providing a loving environment, food, clothing, education, and vocational training so that they can look forward to an independent adult life.

Also providing the much under-rated feeling of being safe. The destitute women are put into groups of six, and are taught hygiene, literacy, numeracy and skills to enable them to support their families in the community.

They also run an outreach programme into the local community. Local women attend vocational training so that they can contribute financially to the family giving them improved financial security and enhanced status within the family unit.

They have built up a local management team in Bangladesh, and have just one paid worker in the UK so that costs are kept to a minimum and every penny possible is sent abroad to care for the women and children and develop vocational training programmes.

The complex of buildings in which the project is based is in a rural area called Sreepur, 40 miles north of the capital city of Dhaka. The Village has about fifteen large bungalow-style buildings, its own well with pure water, a school, a mosque, and about 10 acres of agricultural land. It was built as the result of a campaign started by BA stewardess Pat Kerr. Pat is still centrally involved in the management of the Village, and spends many months each year at Sreepur.

We are proud to donate a percentage of our sales from laidbare to this amazing charity!!