Alingan Foundation

Alingan Foundation arranged a drawing competition for the first time ever on 5th March 2021. Our children have many talents like dancing, singing, acting and also drawing. Alingan Foundation arranged a drawing competition so that they could display their talent. We were amazed to see how beautifully they can draw!

We started our competition at 4 PM. We gave them one and a half hours for the competition and also provided them all the necessary things to use. They were all so excited that they came beautifully dressed. They were all in a festive mood. They started to draw as soon as the time started. They were all very focused on doing their best. They were drawing different kinds of things such as Shahid Minar (a national monument established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali language movement in 1952), the National Martyrs Memorial, Scenes of Bangladesh, war scenes, etc. All the drawings were beautiful. We didn’t know that they had this beautiful talent. When the time was over, we collected their drawings. At the end of the competition, we distributed some healthy snacks like apples, cakes, etc.

The children were really very happy with the day. They all said that they are very thankful to the Alingan Foundation for arranging this competition and they would like to attend such competitions in the future also. We are also very pleased to have make them happy.

There are ways to help combat poverty other than by sponsorship or financial support. You can take part in our project by providing unwanted and unnecessary household items, clothing, educational materials etc to our following drop off points. We can pass on donations to the children and their families. Alternatively, when we collect sufficient amount of donated items, we can arrange for a garage sale or to sell the donated items in the flea market. In this way we may collect some funds to run the project.

You can also bring your donations with you on your visit to Bangladesh or Belgium and make contact with one of our staffs to arrange collection from your destination or you can drop your donationed items to one of our drop off points. You can also make your donation directly to the children and their families during your visit in Bangladesh. This applies equally to foreigners and to residents of Bangladesh.

An example of donated items:

– All type of clothes and shoes (both children’s and adult)
– School materials
– Books and paintings
– Kitchen utensils
– Electronic Equipment
– Toys
– Toiletries
– Bedroom items
– Dining items
– All types of glasses
– Show pieces
– Ornaments
– And so on

Note: please make sure that your donated items can be reused.

You are requested to drop your donated items to one of the following locations:

Drop off point in Belgium (with appointment):
Dambruggestraat 155
2060 Antwerpen
Note: Please let us know via phone call, sms or email before you drop the donations to the above address.
We are doing the garage sale on the above address every Wednesday and Friday from 11.00am till 6pm. You can also bring your donated items during the sale.

Drop off point in Belgium (without appointment):
Cafe Strange
Dambruggestraat 161
2060 Antwerpen
Delivery time: Everyday except monday from 6pm till 11pm.

Drop off point in Bangladesh:
Alingan Foundation
House no- 1, Unit- kha169
Korail Bosti (Beside the Nurani Mosque)
Banani, Dhaka-1213

Contacts:

Email: info@alingan.org
Cell: Jessie: 0473 97 32 37,
Palash: 0484 33 91 62 (between 10am and 10pm-Belgium time)
Armand: 0474 42 49 01 (between 2pm and 10pm-Belgium time)

After publishing the message about collecting donated items to raise funds for the project, we soon received some donated items in Antwerp, Belgium. Armand Everaert, one of our project board members allowed us to make the garage sale in his big garage along the pretty busy public street. We had to do some hard work to make the garage and the items ready for the sale. That hard work was nothing when we noticed, people are enthusiastic to have a look of our arrangement and wanted to buy something to support the project. We didn’t have a very great collection of donated items but yet we collected some funds on that sale which will be great help to support the project. We have already received more responses from people around in Belgium to donate us their unwanted and unnecessary household items. We are ready to make another sale when we are able to collect some more donated items and are hoping to continue the sale regularly. We are ready to collect any kind of items which people are willing to donate.

An example of donated items:
– All type of clothes and shoes (both children’s and adult)
– School materials
– Books and Arts
– Kitchen utensils
– Electronic Equipment
– Toys
– Toiletries
– Bedroom items
– Dining items
– All types of glasses
– Show pieces
– And so on

Thanks to the kind people who provided us the donated items and who supported the sale through their volunteering work.

Some information regarding donations:

There are ways to help combat poverty other than by sponsorship or financial support. You can take part in our project by providing unused and unnecessary household items to our following drop off points. We can pass on donations to the children and their families. Alternatively, when we collect a sufficient amount of donated items, we can arrange for a garage sale or to sell the donated items in the flea market. In this way we may collect some funds to run the project.

You can also bring your donations with you on your visit to Bangladesh or Belgium and make contact with one of our staffs to arrange collection from your destination or you can drop your donated items to one of our drop off points. You can also make your donation directly to the children and their families during your visit in Bangladesh. This applies equally to foreigners and to residents of Bangladesh.

You are requested to drop your donated items to one of the following locations:

Note: Please let us know via phone call, sms or email before you drop the donations at our drop off points. In case you are unable to reach to us over phone call, please send us a sms or an email.

Drop off point in Belgium:

Dambruggestraat 155
2060 Antwerpen
Email: info@alingan.org
GSM: +32 (0) 474 42 49 01 (between 2pm and 10pm-Belgium time)
GSM: +32 (0) 484339162 (between 9am and 10pm-Belgium time)

Drop off point in Bangladesh:
Alingan Foundation\
House no- 1
Unit- kha169
Korail Bosti (Beside the Nurani Mosque)
Banani, Dhaka-1213
Email: info@alingan.org
Cell: +880 1861 619744 ((between 9am and 10pm-Bangladesh time)
Cell: +88 01748923774 (between 9am and 10pm-Bangladesh time)

Note: Please make sure that your donated items can be reused.