Shorouk Express 
BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 7. Leyla Aliyeva,
Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and founder and head
of the IDEA Public Union, together with the head of Baku Media
Center, Arzu Aliyeva, visited an institution for orphaned and
homeless girls in Dhaka, the capital of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, on December 6 as part of their visit to the country,
Trend reports.
The management and teaching staff of “Shorkari Shishu Poribar”
(Government Orphanage) provided detailed information about the
institution’s activities. It was noted that the facility, operating
under the Department of Social Services and financed through
voluntary donations from various sources, permanently houses more
than 130 children. In addition to education, the children receive
vocational training and are taught various work skills to prepare
them for future life.
Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva then familiarized themselves with
the conditions and needs of the orphanage, including the
dormitories and classrooms, and held a heartfelt conversation with
the teaching staff and children. They were informed that, guided by
the principle of humanism consistently upheld by the Azerbaijani
state on a global scale, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation implements
various social projects in different countries. In this context,
the possibility of implementing an assistance program for the
institution was discussed.
At the end of the visit, the pupils of the orphanage performed a
program featuring Bangladeshi folk songs and dances for the guests
from Azerbaijan.
