The British government’s bid to host the 2012 Olympics was successful for many reasons one of which was that it was one of the few bids that promised to enhance and increase sport across the world, but particularly with children and particularly in developing countries.

As a result 150 schools worldwide have been linked to 150 schools in this country; 21 of those 150 schools have been linked to 21 schools in Bangladesh and we are one of the schools chosen to be part of that group.

Our ‘brief’ is to work with a school in Bangladesh to enhance opportunities for sport education and to enable that sport education to impact positively on education across the school.

All the schools in the project are Government Schools and not private and our main link school is the Aliya Madrassa in Dhaka the capital city of Bangladesh; Dhaka is one of the most populated cities, and Bangladesh is one of the most populated countries, in the whole world.

It is predominantly a Muslim country and the madrassas are Muslim schools where the teachings of the Quran are given a great deal of prominence.