Mirpur Music Program
Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
250 students
7 staff
Since 2015
Since January 2015, the Playing For Change Foundation has been working in the slums of Mirpur District of Dhaka, Bangladesh, to provide music education to underprivileged children. In this district, a third of residents live below the national poverty line of $2 per day and child malnutrition rates are 48%.
Free and adapted music classes and music performances are being held in several spaces and local schools across Mirpur. Approximately 250 children aged 5 to 12 years old are being served by this program.
6 teachers provide more than 150 hours of music instruction per month. Children are being taught musicalization, rhythm exercises, and traditional songs. In addition to music instruction, interdisciplinary work is being introduced using music to help students improve vocabulary, reading and pronunciation.
VIDEO OVERVIEW
Life in the community
Situated to the northeast of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, Mirpur is home to approximately 1.5 to 2 million residents. The area encompasses numerous slums and impoverished neighborhoods. Mirpur also hosts the headquarters of Grameen Bank, the microfinance organization founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohammad Yunus.
Traditional and modern music
Located in slum area
Vocal training
250 students
FEATURED STORIES
Our team reports from our music program in Bangladesh
A video update from Dhaka, Bangladesh, where our team is visiting our students and staff at the Mirpur Music Program. Meet with our executive director, Jake Groshong and hear his testimony from the ground in Bangladesh.
Tuhin Asad meets with our program team in Nepal
Last week, our administrator and music teacher in Bangladesh, Tuhin Asad, returned from a trip in Nepal, where he visited several PFCF music programs. A few months ago, William Aura and Nepali program administrators Shyam Basnet and Ishor Bajracharya visited to