You are invited to Samhati’s Benefit Dinner on Saturday, October 5, 2024, 6:00 to 9:00 pm, at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20817.  

Founded in 1984, Samhati is the longest-running organization of Bangladeshi women in the United States. We design and support small projects – focused on education, health, and environmental sustainability – to improve the lives of impoverished women and families in Bangladesh. Samhati is tax exempt (IRS ID Number 52-1390261). As an all-volunteer organization with negligible overhead, Samhati can direct approximately 95% of your contributions to needy families. This is what your contribution will do:

• If you donate $75, it will provide a one-year scholarship to ensure that a middle or high school child stays in school and does not have to work.
  
• A donation of $100 provides adult literacy or vocational classes for a village woman.
  
• A donation of $125 provides a bicycle and helmet for a girl to help her get to school
• A donation of $500 funds our health clinic in Katakhali village for one month, providing care for the entire Barobaishdia Island of 27,000 people.
  
• Your gift of $1000 supports a female college student for a whole year.
• Your gift of $2000 supports a nursing student for a whole year.

We are giving out out more bicycles to girls and more high school and college scholarships. We are providing education in eco-farming, computers, and leadership training. Hundreds of women, children, and families have been transformed by Samhati's work. Our focus on literacy has created leadership from within to maintain and grow our projects. We are also supporting a new girls’ soccer team. Your support is critical! Please support our work and join us on October 5.

The ticket includes drinks, dinner, dessert, and entertainment.  We are pleased to present a dance performance, henna art, and a raffle!

Instead of buying online, you may also write your check payable to “Samhati” and mail to: Samhati, 13107 Laneview Ct., Oak Hill, VA 20171, USA.

Thanks for your support!

Top photo credit: Monica Jahan Bose, bike disbribution to girls, February 2023, Katakhali Village, Bangladesh.

Bottom photo:  Pramila Rani planting, 2023, Lakmichamp Program, Rangpur District, Bangladesh