Neer (Home): A Home for Elderly and the Street Children of Bangladesh

Abstract

This guided thesis is written in two parts. The first part illustrates the need for and a proposed design of a community development project that focuses on building a combined care facility. The facility is intended to serve both as a senior care home and an orphanage. The proposal seeks to introduce this concept in Bangladesh, and utilize the lessons learned to expand on to other parts of the continent, the world and even to approach toward more innovative concepts. The proposal was developed based on the learnings from the MAICD program at the Northwest University, the author’s fieldwork experience at a senior care facility in Washington, and additional research. The second part of this guided thesis includes three independent essays supplementing some key concepts that the author used to strengthen development-related values, research skills and project planning. The essays may or may not directly relate to the project that is discussed in the first part, however, they do relate to the readings, activities and learnings during the MAICD program.