The work that you all are doing is really, really super incredible, and it’s so in line with what we hope to do at Khan Academy. Obviously, education is one of those foundational things that we need to make broader if we really care about empowering as many people, especially children around the globe. I wish every success of DCI and strongly believe that the initiative will change the world.
At Save the Children, we join DCI in its mission of fighting poverty, hunger, child labor, and preventable blindness. Congratulations on this impressive convening. I know that it will lead to better outcomes and brighter futures for children everywhere. 
As Yale’s president, I am proud that our campus is home to this significant forum for advancing the cause of child rights. The partnership between Distressed Children & Infants International and Yale is built on shared values, and has proven to be deeply and reciprocally fruitful. The organization’s core mission, much like the university’s, is one founded on service and leadership. 
Every child no matter where they are borndeserves the opportunity to live a happy, healthy and productive life. Unfortunately, both here and abroad, poverty, inability to access modern healthcare and educational inequality continue to erect barriers that stand in the way of children meeting their full potential. I applaud the efforts of Distressed Children & Infants International for their sustained commitment to improving the lives of children worldwide, including efforts to ensure that all is being done to protect and promote child vision and eye health. I was grateful to participate in DCI’s conference and look forward to following and supporting their continued efforts. 
I congratulate DCI and its leadership, particularly its executive Director, Dr. Ehsan Hoque for the laudable work on the children especially under the Sun Child Sponsorship Program that provides long term support to underprivileged children and their families in remote Bangladeshi villages. This program has enabled hundreds of children to complete primary education with many pursuing secondary and higher education. The DCI Health for the Underprivileged Program is also reaching free health care including maternal and natal care to the doorstep of the needy in deprived areas. DCI’s vision and activities assures it becoming a center of excellence in child development. 
In August 2014 I visited Kallayanpur slum, where I witnessed the good work of DCI. I was so impressed that DCI is engaging in some of the most challenging parts of Dhaka. DCI has brought good health care to the 9000+ dwellers of this particular locality, and this is a real game changer for the people who live there. I was fortunate to meet volunteers conducting a desperately needed eye clinic. I was pleased, too, to help inaugurate a telemedicine center. DCI is changing lives in Bangladesh! DCI brings hope to the most destitute: what a wonderful thing.
Dan W. Mozena,
U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh 
I have taken DCI’s mission as my own, working towards the mission as DCI’s Goodwill Ambassador. I have visited DCI’s projects in the slums and the villages and was amazed to see the tremendous need and the effort DCI is giving to help. The basic difference between DCI and other organizations is that they involve the parents and the entire community towards impacting the child. Community groups of women, men and children are made aware and empowered to tackle their own problems, instead of outsiders coming to ‘help’ them. DCI’s approach of ensuring child rights is a holistic concept, which guarantees lasting change for generations to come. The most important unique point is that DCI involves North American youth in all its activities to help children in other countries, thus helping children to become globally-minded future leaders. This is why I support and believe in DCI. Please come join us and let move forward together towards our mission to create a world without poverty and child labor.
-Babita Akhtar, Actress 
I have full support for DCI and I also think in the same way that children represent the future. It is our responsibility to enable them to fulfill their potential to become leaders. Every child is special, and deserves the opportunity for a better tomorrow.
-Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate 
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