Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), is a Bangladesh-based nonprofit organization who promotes education among autistic. SWID Jhenaidah branch runs a school for the autistic - named "School for the Autistic, Jhenaidah". The school aims to help these students to get some basic education according to their capability, and and the long term goal is to help them become self-reliant in the society.

The school assures the following services for the students: 

Psychotherapy	Teaching Singing, Dancing
Physiotherapy	Teaching Reciting, Drawing
Teaching Sign Language	Teaching Acting
Students and Parents Councelling	Sports
Teaching day-to-day manners	Participating in creative works

The school has a big dream, but is struggling for financial support to accomplish her dream. Hridoya Bangladesh has partnered with the school to materialize this dream. Let us all come forward to make school's effort successful.

This school is registered with Social Welfare Ministry and the registration number is dha 0691/78. (Note: ‘dha’ (ঢ) as in Dhaka). 

The e-mail address of the school is bpsjhenaidah@gmail.com.

Total Students	31
Total Teachers	4
Total Education Assistants	4
Aya (Lady Office Assistant)	1
Van Pooler	1

The school is totally dependent on donation. The school needs at least Tk. 33,500 in each month. Here are the expenses:

Expenses	Taka	Taka
Payment for 4 Teachers	3,000 X 4	12,000
Payment for 4 Education Assistants	2,500 X4	10,000
Payment for Aya	2,000	2,000
Van Pooler	4,000	4,000
Tiffin for 31 Students (Tk. 3/per day for each students)	3 X 31 X 25	2,500
Stationary (Papers, therapy items etc.)		3,000
Total		33,500

The school is passing through tough financial crisis. Now it is paying only Tk. 3,000/month to each teacher which is way too low. Similar for payment of Education Assistants. For student’s tiffin, it is spending only Tk. 3/per student in a day which is almost nothing and in this age, you hardly can buy anything by Tk. 3. The school doesn’t have enough therapy instruments for the students which is very essential for autistic kids.

The school needs money for:
-    Buying therapy instruments.
-    Increasing payment of Teachers and Education Assistants.
-    Buying its own van.
-    Buying own land for school compound. Currently the school is located at 1st Floor of its General Secretary’s home. (School doesn’t need to pay for rent. This is donation from General Secretary).  But the main problem at this place is that there is no play ground for the students which is very necessary for autistic kids.)

Some Achievements of this school:
-    In last Autistic School Inter Division Competition, one student achieved second position in dancing, one student hold third position in poetry reciting and one student hold third position in singing.
-    8 students attended in National Scout Agonary (for autistic kids) and each of them was rewarded medal. 

School Executive Committee:
Chair Person:     Professor Aminur Rahman Tuku
        Principal, Narikel Baria College, Jhenaidah Sadar.

Assistant Chair Persons:
1.    Moniruzzaman Joardar
Superintendant at AG office, Jhenaidah

2.    Babu Manoranjan Kumar
Ex District Information Officer, Jhenaidah

General Secretary:
        Dr. Munshi Md. Reza Sekender
        UHFPO, Shailkupa, Jhenaidah

Joint Secretary:
        Advocate Gautam Kumar Biswash
        Advocate Judge Court, Jhenaidah

Press & Administrative Secretary:
        Md. Ali Joardar
        Ex. Postal Inspector, Jhenaidah 

Treasurer:
        Md. Mofizul Islam
        Businessman & Social Worker

Welfare Secretary:
        Mst. Monira Khatun
        Social Worker

General members:
    8 Social Workers of Jhenaidah

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