Shirin lives with her father Mohammed and mother Yasmin in Geneva Camp. Her brother is their
family’s only source of income. Working as a rickshaw driver, he makes a monthly income of $38. This has to support seven family members. Shirin’s favorite person is her mother, and the personality she
greatly admires is the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). She likes to watch television during her
free time, and also likes to go skipping with her friends. She is very proud of Bangladesh and thinks it is making great progress toward becoming fully digitized. Shirin loves green spaces and likes to plant trees. She loves children too and wants to teach English for a living and also study toward an MBA degree.
THE AVERAGE COST PER YEAR OF SHIRIN’S EDUCATION FROM NOW UNTIL EIGHT YEARS LATER WHEN SHE FINISHES HER MBA, IS $1,139 HELP SHIRIN GET HER MBA DEGREE AND BRIGHTEN HER FUTURE. YOU CAN FUND ANY NUMBER OF YEARS YOU WISH TO. YOUR SUPPORT WILL MEAN THE WORLD TO HER AS WITHOUT IT, SHE CANNOT DREAM ABOUT AN EDUCATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE A LIFE OF POVERTY.
You should know …
The trees and green spaces Shirin loves are almost nonexistent in the overcrowded and squalid camp in
which she lives. This was what led to the first project by OBAT Think Tank, the camps’ youth-driven
initiative. “Make It Green, Keep It Clean” mobilized more than 50 young people to work with residents
of different neighborhoods in the camp to take responsibility for environmental cleanliness around their homes. It was a first step toward Shirin being able to live in a truly green space.
