On the chars, the river islands of Northern Bangladesh, the lack of roading infrastructure and electricity isolates the local populations, depriving them of access to most essential services, including education, in a country with 40 million children enrolled in schools. In addition, due to climate change, these islands have been particularly affected in recent years by natural disasters of unusual violence.

It is estimated that between now and 2050, Bangladesh will lose up to 20% of its surface to sea-level rise, leading to the displacement of nearly 165 million people.

To provide access to education for children living in these remote areas, the Friendship association, the leading stakeholder in Bangladesh, has recruited and trained teachers among the members of these communities. Since 2015, nearly 4 800 children have gained access to high-quality primary education and the results recorded attained a 100% success rate in the end-of-year exams of the primary cycle 

In terms of secondary education and owing to the shortage of qualified teachers, Friendship relies on technology to enable nearly 700 intermediate students to study the educational programme with the help of videos recorded by teachers selected from among the best schools in Dhaka.

While these students have access to the fundamental lessons, they nevertheless remain deprived of knowledge pertaining to innovations, national and international news, science and literature, or climate change, and are also cut off from any connections with other students in Bangladesh or abroad.

With the aim of allowing these students to broaden their fundamental lessons, acquiring skills relative to computer technology and developing their knowledge and ambitions, this project aims to reinforce the educational supply with the aid of new educational content brought together within a digital platform and an exchange programme with French and Monegasque schools.