Eliminating Bangladesh's digital divide, one student at a time.
Why we exist.
Bangladesh has one of the world's most vibrant youth populations and one of its most significant digital divides. While urban students gain access to technology through expensive private schools, students in rural districts, urban slums, and char islands have no access at all.
Tech for Access exists to correct this. We provide free digital education, donate refurbished devices, and build community-owned technology labs, because the student in Gaibandha deserves the same digital future as the student in Gulshan.
Our Vision
A Bangladesh where every student, regardless of where they were born or how much their family earns, has the digital skills to participate in the 21st century economy and to build it.
The principles that guide us.
Radical Accessibility
Technology education must be free, in Bangla, and available to every student regardless of geography, income, or gender.
Human-Centered
Every device, lesson, and program is designed around real children with real stories, not aggregate statistics.
Transparent Governance
Full financial transparency, data sanitization certification, and open reporting to every donor and partner.
Sustainable Impact
We train local volunteers to maintain and grow labs independently, building resilience into every chapter.
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.
Our trajectory.
Founded
Registered as a nonprofit trust. First two community labs open in Dhaka and Chittagong.
Scale
Grew to 9 active labs. Launched school workshop program. First 500 devices donated.
Expansion
18 labs across 8 divisions. Mobile Tech Van program launched for char islands.
National
Target: 40 labs, 10,000 students annually, national curriculum partnership.
Built by people who grew up here.
Former software engineer, 12 years at Grameenphone Tech division
Curriculum designer for BRAC and UNICEF Bangladesh, 15 years
Open-source contributor, device refurbishment specialist, 8 years
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.