• We are Maiya School

    Together we can empower girls and women impacted by conflict and crisis.

  • Support Maiya School this Christmas

    Please donate this Christmas time so we can save Maiya School and continue to educate Rohingya refugee girls.

  • One girl at a time

    We’re on a mission to ensure all girls have access to education, no matter their circumstances.

    Empower Rohingya refugee girls to access a quality education and create a future where every girl has the chance to dream, learn, and lead.

  • Empower women

    Help women in Bangladesh to support themselves and their families by making a life-changing donation.

Please donate this Christmas time so we can save Maiya School and continue to educate refugee girls.

Since opening in 2022, Maiya School has been providing life-changing education to Rohingya girls in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh, which is the world’s largest refugee camp.  Despite nearly one million refugees remaining in overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar,  thousands of learning centres have closed in recent months. Maiya School is one of the few schools remaining open.

Refugee girls have already lost everything, now their education is being taken away. Teachers are warning of a ‘lost generation’ as child marriage and child labour rates rise.

We urgently need your help to keep Maiya School open. For the cost of just one coffee a week, you can help us continue to provide life-changing education for Rohingya girls. Please donate now.

When girls are educated, communities become healthier, with better child and maternal health. Importantly, girls gain confidence and the chance to become the leaders that their communities need. That is why our work with Rohingya girls in Cox’s Bazar matters so deeply. Educating Rohingya girls in the world’s largest refugee camp will help break cycles of displacement and open the door to dignity, opportunity and hope.

But we are running out of funds, and without your urgent help we may not be able to welcome girls for the 2026 school year.

For just $25 a month, you can help us keep Maiya School open.

Jomila Begum was just 3 years old when she arrived in Bangladesh with her family. She grew up in the camp but at age 11 was told she could no longer go to school. Jomila never let go of her dreams and eventually became a student at Maiya School where she is now a proud Grade 3 student. ‘Coming to school gives me happiness and hope. I want to keep learning and become someone one day,’ she said.

We need your help so we can keep Maiya School open and continue to provide education for refugee girls like Jomila. So please donate today, and HELP SAVE MAIYA SCHOOL.

Donate to help save Maiya School

A girl with an education doesn’t just change her own life…she also changes the lives of her family and community!

Maiya School believes that education will not only transform the lives of our students, but of their families and wider Rohingya refugee community – by bringing up a generation of girls who are educated, empowered, and motivated to advocate for their rights and future. 

Change a life. Sponsor a girl today.

Our mission

Maiya School is motivated to increase opportunities, raise self-confidence, and inspire a generation of girls living in refugee camps where female education is largely inaccessible. 

We empower girls and women through gender-transformative education and livelihoods programs that are tailored to the community’s needs and address the gendered challenges of conflict and crisis. 

Our work

Rohingya Refugee Girls’ Education

Women’s Empowerment & Livelihoods

Research

Meet our students