Imrul's story
Hi, I'm Imrul Hassan. I was born in Bangladesh, in a small, impoverished village, on a kitchen floor in a tin house. Somehow that boy went on to make a life in New York, a real estate career, good friends, even an electric skateboard. Who'd have thought?
For ten years I've gone back almost every year, wanting to help. I thought I'd build homes, I'm in real estate, after all. But housing isn't the root problem. The root problem is that there's no way up. Most people in my village will earn about $200 a month as farmers, shopkeepers, and vendors. You can survive on that. You can't thrive.
English changes that. It's a skill the whole connected economy runs on, and no one was teaching it in these villages. So last fall I started a school. Today we have about 50 students. By the end of this year, I want 500.
— Imrul Hassan, Founder · read the full story →
At a glance
- WhereRural Bangladesh
- Students~50 and growing
- Goal500 by year's end
- StartedLast fall