The Story so far...

Eva and Sunil began with a vision and mission to educate 500 children living on the streets of Dhaka.
They knew that the only way to break the endless cycle of poverty was through quality education.

The effort began with a mere 500 Dirhams and a handful of students.

In just a few years, The Choice to Change has rapidly scaled up with the help of generous donations to change the lives of over 160 children – with 2 schools (in Khilkhet and Lalmati), 9 full-time teachers, a project officer and director, a school nurse, a social worker, a cook, and a cleaner.

The Choice to Change is happy to announce that in 2017, out of the 2nd batch of 20 students who appeared in the Primary School Certificate (PSC) examination, 14 students secured the highest grade- A+ and another 6 achieved the second highest rank.

How we began...

The story of ‘The Choice to Change’ literally started with a bang – a volcanic eruption.

Eva Kernova, a resident of UAE, had to cancel her holiday to Europe because of the ash cloud from the erupting Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland, and instead found herself in Dhaka, Bangladesh. What she saw there changed her life.

“It was 2010 and people were living in conditions like hell.”

The plight so moved Eva that she chose to bring a change in the lives of the children there. The result was ‘The Choice to Change’, a foundation (NGO) that works for the betterment of children in Dhaka, which she started with Sunil Baroi, from Bangladesh.

Mohammed Loch, President & CEO of DMS Global, who believes in The Choice to Change’s mission joined in to make the foundation more professional and help with fundraising.