Management

[ Executive ] [ How It Works ]

EXECUTIVE

The Executive are volunteers.

Founder

Shawkot Ali, Founder & President
Shawkot Ali

Shawkot Ali
School Management
38 Gordon Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 4C8
Phone: 613-746-2719

Executive Committee

Terry Dunlap, Executive Director & Treasurer with Mary Dunlap, Executive Secretary & Education Consultant
Terry and Mary Dunlap

Terry Dunlap
Business, Financials, Fundraising
38 Gordon Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 4C8
Phone: 613-897-7507

Mary Dunlap
Administration, Fundraising
38 Gordon Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 4C8

Madeleine Azzie
Education, Fundraising
38 Gordon Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 4C8
Phone: 819-772-2043

Catherine Ginies
Website, Graphics, Research
38 Gordon Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  K1S 4C8

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BANGLADESH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Nazmul Islam, Acting Chairman & Administration Liaison with Canada
Nazmul Islam

Nazmul Islam
Acting Chairman, Administration Liaison with Canada

Maruf Hasan
Director of Education

Mohammad Ali
Finances

Tasmin Shahnaz
Teacher-Student Relations

Mahfuza Islam
Daily School Affairs

HOW IT WORKS

  • There is one Maleka Khatoon School bank account in Canada and two bank accounts in Bangladesh. The account in Canada is for donations. One account in Bangladesh is strictly for tuition fees and all other fees paid by the parents or guardians of roughly 2/3 of the student population. These fees are minimal and based on household income. The second account in Bangladesh holds money transferred from the charity account in Canada.

  • In both Canada and Bangladesh, two signatures are required to access the bank accounts. In Canada, they are Shawkot Ali and Terry Dunlap, and in Bangladesh, they are the school Principal and the Acting Chairman.

  • Executive irector & Treasurer Terry Dunlap has deposit, withdrawal and transfer authority for the Canadian charity account. In order to access the accounts in Bangladesh, there are two signatures required: the school Principal, and the Acting Chairman.

  • Donated funds are deposited in the charity account in Canada; tuition and other student fee income are deposited daily during the school week. Once the fees account in Bangladesh has been depleted, money is transferred into the second account in Bangladesh to cover costs of running the school.

  • In addition to running the school, money in the charity account in Canada will be used for school upgrades, expansion and program growth.

  • Included in "running the school" are such priority monthly expenses as: salaries (teachers, support staff, rickshaw drivers); school supplies; other operational costs (hydro, maintenance, etc.).

  • Each month, the school Principal, the Director and the Acting Chairman meet to determine the cash requirements for the upcoming month. Shawkot Ali is informed of these requirements by telephone. He is in daily communication with the school on all sorts of matters, financial and otherwise.

  • An estimate of human and financial needs is formulated each year and submitted from the Advisory Committee to Mr. Ali. It is monitored monthly and a report is produced at the end of the year.

  • An audit is performed each year by an accredited accounting firm that visits the school from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

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