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- Built in 1970, the dilapidated facility of 13,500 sq. ft. is in drastic need of repair. The orphanage provides shelter for 100 boys and their overseers and serves the entire Bhola Island community.
- The orphanage frequently has budget shortages, with an annual budget of just US$26,764 from the Bangladeshi Government and through donations from children’s rights organizations such as Human Rights-First the Child. The Charfassion Orphanage has no means of funding a designer let alone the construction of a new facility.
- Matt Sueoka’s Thesis Project provides a unique opportunity to cut overall costs of construction while using professional architects and engineers from Bangladesh and the US.
- The architectural design for a new facility, as defined by the orphans, staff and overseers, embraces the unique Bengal lifestyle by providing living spaces that respond to the specific climate, geographic location, cultural traditions, religious values, psychological needs of children and indigenous building practices to redefine an institution that will benefit the orphans who live there and the greater community. It will include construction of buildings, sheds, utilities, ponds, agricultural fields, recreational space and roads.
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