Sreepur Village Featured in Handmade to Market's 2025 Impact Report
Featured in the Handmade to Market 2025 Impact Report: a grant that repaired workshop equipment, protecting mothers' livelihoods through their craft work.
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Rain Without Fear at Sreepur Village
While much of Kurigram floods every monsoon, children at Sreepur Village play safely in the rain. One mother shares what safety from the floods means to her.
When the Rain Falls at Sreepur Village
As the monsoon rains pour down, most children hurry indoors to stay warm and dry. But for the children of the SUCCESS Project, the rain is simply another challenge they must overcome in pursuit of their dreams. With school bags held close and hopeful hearts, they walk through the rain...
Salma's story: six months on from the Big Give Christmas Challenge
Last Christmas, your support helped us raise £25,334 through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, comfortably ahead of our target. That generosity is now hard at work, and six months on we want to share what it has made possible. The campaign focused on one of the most important moments in...
Janette Porter reappointed as Chair of Trustees
We are delighted to share some wonderful news with you. Janette Porter has been reappointed as Chair of Trustees of Sreepur Village for a further three years. Janette first became involved with Sreepur Village in 1990, through her mother Ruby Porter MBE, a former trustee and long-standing supporter. She has...
Growing something of her own
Jorina came to Sreepur Village from Joypurhat two and a half years ago, bringing her two young children - a seven-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son. Like so many of our mothers, she arrived after experiencing abuse and abandonment. What she found at Sreepur Village was not just safety, but...
You smashed our Spring Livelihood Appeal - twice over
When we launched our Spring Livelihood Appeal in March, we set ourselves a goal of £5,000. You hit it in just two weeks. So we raised the bar. A new target of £10,000 - and you cleared that too. By the time the appeal closed, our supporters had raised a...
Remembering Trisha Silvester MBE
It is with great sadness that Sreepur Village shares the news that Trisha Silvester MBE, inspiration and co-founder of Sreepur Village as well as its first Chair of Trustees, passed away last week. Trisha's remarkable story began in 1977, when she first travelled to an orphanage in Dhaka, Bangladesh with...
Our Chair of Trustees at Mountain Warehouse HQ
In March, our Chair of Trustees Janette Porter presented at Mountain Warehouse's London head office strategy day - sharing the story of Sreepur Village and what their long-standing corporate partnership makes possible for our mothers and their children in Bangladesh.
Julekha's shop, Julekha's terms
Julekha arrived at Sreepur Village in 2021 from Sunamganj, with three children and very little else. Her husband was unable to work due to ill health, and with no income and no safety net, she had run out of options. Those first weeks were hard. She lay awake worrying about...
Eid Mubarak from Sreepur Village! 🌙✨
On Saturday, Sreepur Village came alive with colour, laughter, and the joyful spirit of Eid-ul-Fitr 2026!The day began with a beautiful Eid prayer, before the whole community came together to share greetings, smiles, and the warmth that makes Sreepur Village such a special place. Children and mothers dressed in vibrant...
Mahmuda's story
Three years ago, Mahmuda buried her husband. She was 39 years old, alone, with a child to feed and nowhere to turn. In her village, there was no safety net for a widow. No family to help. No income. Just fear, and the knowledge that she had to find a...