Bangladeshi origin US student donates 108 iPads for orphan girls

Chowdhury Muhtasim Ahsan Orney, a 17-year-old Bangladeshi origin and a high school student from Las Vegas, Nevada in the US donated 108 iPads to Distressed Children and Infants International (DCI) to support orphan girls in Bangladesh.

Muhtasim, president of DCI and Rights and Sight for Children (RSC) Las Vegas Chapter, recently came to Dhaka and distributed the iPads among the children at the organisation's office in Mohammadpur area.

These iPads will be used for developing the communication between DCI supported children in Bangladesh with their sponsors in America.

These iPads will also be used in the continued education efforts of the orphanage, which is currently responsible for teaching over 48 orphaned girls ranging from kindergarten to the 8th grade.

The iPads will allow the orphanage to guarantee an iPad for every student as they continue their studies in traditional classes such as mathematics and English.

The integration of individualised technology allows teachers to better express information and understand every student's particular needs.

Muhtasim has been involved with DCI for the last several years, founding a DCI club at the Meadows School and establishing the Las Vegas Youth Chapter.

He has been diligently creating more and more community awareness for child rights and promoting the organisation among various schools and companies in the valley.

His father is Prof Chowdhury H Ahsan and mother Dr Selina Parveen. They live in Las Vegas, Nevada.