We are elected from and by the EDS children and youth. We strive to make every child and youth in EDS feel heard, seen and valued by embracing equality and democratic principles like encourage everyone to express themselves, think critically, listening to each other and reach decisions together.

Together with our EDS leader Md Alamin, we volunteer in EDS 3-8 hours a day, 6 days a week, to:

·         run EDS, do all the administrative work, accounting, maintenance and cleaning and keep the EDS building safe by sleeping there

·         give 300 vulnerable children and youth, grade 1-12, free education and bring at risk or out of school children back to school. The EDS students are orphans, at risk of or have dropped out of school, do child labour, risk child marriage, experience negative social control, live in economic poverty and/or join criminal youth gangs.

·         develop and use a 6000 m² rice/fish/shrimp pond with vegetables and fruit trees, and a 2000 m² roof garden as learning arenas for sustainable development.

·         develop curriculums by using the farm, ICT and community as learning arenas.

·         use own experiences (school dropout, negative social control, lead criminal youth gangs, child labour) and our life affirming values when we mentor

o   vulnerable children and youth (ex. orphans) to get education and give them hope for a better future.

o   vulnerable parents to send their children to school and create a good relation to them.

o   local authorities to create a safe community where all children and youth can thrive and get education.

o   Students from the Khulna University to teach in EDS

·         train EDS youth to conduct home visits to vulnerable families, children and youth where they motivate them about the importance of education and how EDS can help them develop academically and as human beings.

·         explore own and shared values, attitudes and actions. Become conscious leaders, teachers and mentor with integrity who continuously aim to practice our values and be role models.

·         inspire people globally to see that everyone is a resource who can contribute to a more humane world by starting with themselves, their own family, school and community.

·         collaborate with teachers and students at Marikollen secondary school and IB Lillestrøm high school, Norway

·         give teacher training to teacher students from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway.

·         conduct research with professors from the NMBU and the University of Cumbria, UK.

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