Chevron, Save the Children mark 13-year partnership

Chevron Bangladesh and Save the Children celebrated their long partnership to promote access and increase basic educational outcomes for marginalised children through Shikhon programme through an event titled "Dissemination Program of SHIKHON Tracer Study and Celebrating 13 Years of Partnership" held at Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka recently.

The Shikhon project, a collaboration between Chevron and Save the Children, has reached more than 21,000 people and provided access to primary education to more than 4,000 at-risk, out-of-school children since 2008, a press release said.

For the past 13 years, it has been a critical safety net and springboard to success for local children.

Shah Shamim Ahmed, associate professor of the Institute of Education and Research at the University of Dhaka, presented the findings of the Tracer Study on the Shikhon programme at the event.

Eric M Walker, president of Chevron Bangladesh, Muhammad Imrul Kabir, corporate affairs director, Shahin Islam, project director of Shikhon at Save the Children, and Md Abdul Halim, director of the Institute of Education and Research at the University of Dhaka, attended the programme.