Tech for Access is currently building its first impact initiatives.

Students at their first computer lab

Eliminating Bangladesh’s digital divide, one student at a time.

Mission

The divide, in numbers.

Bangladesh has one of the world's most vibrant youth populations and one of its sharpest digital divides. We exist to close it — free education, refurbished devices, community-owned labs.

Urban computer access65%
Rural computer access8%
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Students taught
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Devices refurbished
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Partner schools
Core Values

The principles that guide us.

Technology education must be free, in Bangla, and available to every student regardless of geography, income, or gender.

Our Story
The first community tech lab

It started with forty-two laptops.

In 2023, our founder Arif Hossain collected forty-two refurbished laptops from friends, former colleagues, and a corporate tech refresh drive. He loaded them with Bengali educational software and opened the first community lab in a borrowed room in Korail, Dhaka.

Within three months, the room was full every afternoon. Students were queuing before the lab opened. That demand, raw, urgent, and undeniable, became the organization's north star.

Built by volunteers. Owned by communities.

We never built top-down. From day one, every lab is trained up so that the local community can run it independently. Our volunteer educators become lab managers. Our student helpers become future teachers.

This is not a charity. It is an infrastructure project, one designed to outlast any single organization and become part of how Bangladesh educates its next generation.

Volunteer teaching students
Roadmap

Our trajectory.

2023

Founded

Registered as a nonprofit trust. First two community labs open in Dhaka and Chittagong.

2024

Scale

Grew to 9 active labs. Launched school workshop program. First 500 devices donated.

2025

Expansion

18 labs across 8 divisions. Mobile Tech Van program launched for char islands.

2026

National

Target: 40 labs, 10,000 students annually, national curriculum partnership.

Founding Team

Built by people who grew up here.

Arif Hossain
Arif Hossain
Executive Director

Former software engineer, 12 years at Grameenphone Tech division

Nasreen Begum
Nasreen Begum
Head of Education

Curriculum designer for BRAC and UNICEF Bangladesh, 15 years

Rahim Uddin
Rahim Uddin
Technology Director

Open-source contributor, device refurbishment specialist, 8 years

Farida Khanam
Farida Khanam
Community Relations

Grassroots organizer across Rangpur and Sylhet divisions, 10 years

Ready to be part of the movement?

Donate a device, sponsor a student, or volunteer your skills.