Empowering the Underprivileged
with Skills & Education
We are a leading skills based non profit organisation providing Second Chance Education to Out-of-School children and Decent Work to youth with a special focus on Social Inclusion & Women Empowerment.
Updates
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- MTB Foundation inaugurates MTB UCEP Skills Training Institute (MUSTI)
To commemorate MTB’s anniversary, MTB Foundation, in partnership with UCEP… Read more: MTB Foundation inaugurates MTB UCEP Skills Training Institute (MUSTI) - The Australian Minister for International Development, Small Business and Multicultural Affairs, paid an official visit to UCEP Bangladesh
On October 15, 2025, the Australian Minister for International Development,… Read more: The Australian Minister for International Development, Small Business and Multicultural Affairs, paid an official visit to UCEP Bangladesh - UCEP Bangladesh and A.K. Khan & Co. Ltd. jointly inaugurated the A.K. Khan–UCEP TVET ComplexUCEP Bangladesh and A.K. Khan & Co. Ltd. jointly inaugurated… Read more: UCEP Bangladesh and A.K. Khan & Co. Ltd. jointly inaugurated the A.K. Khan–UCEP TVET Complex
- UCEP Bangladesh Received the Non-Formal Education Recognition Award 2025
On International Literacy Day 2025, UCEP Bangladesh proudly received the… Read more: UCEP Bangladesh Received the Non-Formal Education Recognition Award 2025
Let’s reach out to the Underprivileged Children & Youth and Fulfill their Dream to Learn and Earn
WE ARE PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR
UCEP BANGLADESH IS WORKING WITH
THE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH TO ATTAIN THESE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS)
Stories of Change
Lindsay Allan Cheyne, the Founder
He could have lived his life in his own country, New Zealand, Mr Cheyne thought differently and decided to dedicate his life to the welfare of the children of Bangladesh. He developed the project “UCEP” in 1972 aiming to provide basic education and training of working children but could not find donors for the project. But he was determined, so he initiated the project with his own savings, involving 60 working children.
M. R. Siddiqi, the first Chairperson
Mr. M. R. Siddiqi was elected as the first Chairperson of UCEP Bangladesh after the sudden demise of its founder Mr. Lindsay Allan Cheyne. He delivered his responsibilities as UCEP Bangladesh Chairperson for a little more than 2 years from May, 1988 to October 1990. It should be noted that he himself paid for the expenses of UCEP Bangladesh for the first two months.
Mr. Siddiqi was widely renowned as a politician, Member of Parliament, reputed industrialist and former ambassador and chartered accountant. In 1972, he was appointed the Minister of Commerce and Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
COVID-19 RESPONSE
Soon after the identification of the first COVID-19 case in Bangladesh in early March 2020, initiatives were taken
as immediate actions in and around all UCEP Bangladesh schools & institutes.