documentary name:The Optimists
The video portraits project success story of The Optimists in rural Bangladesh, is directed by Shahjahan Siraj of Machizo. The Optimists, a non-profit, a self-motivated, volunteer driven, international charity organization. The primary objective of “The Optimists” is to salvage the Bangladeshi children whose hopes, possibilities and future have been snatched by poverty, broken families, lost parents and numerous anomalous social conditions. Children born in poverty are deprived of education, food and healthcare; they are often abused, neglected and forced into child labor. These children have been robbed of their potentials and are pushed into a hopeless future plagued with disease, unemployment and premature death. The Optimists run its Child Sponsorship Program (CSP) with the money the sponsor donates annually. All the money The Optimists receive for sponsorship goes to the children without any deduction. Organization’s other expenses are met by the donation colleted from the patrons and volunteers. Though The Optimists faced temporary shortage of funds several times for not being able to collect sponsorship donation on time or few sponsorship drop offs, the programs was always uninterrupted. However, our present assets, funds and set up are not enough to maintain our projects and future goals, abiding by the guidelines given by the authorities.
More info at: http://www.theoptimists.org/
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Script & direction: Shahjahan Siraj; Production: Machizo Multimedia; Copyright: The Optimists, 2008;