[3][4] Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme traces its origin to a relief effort of Lindsay Allen Cheiney, a New Zealander, who came after the 1970 Bhola cyclone.
[7] With funding from the Government of Denmark Cheiney was able develop a three-year program for the education of children from low-income groups in South Western Bangladesh.
[5] The program established a technical school in Dhaka in 1983 later expanded in Chittagong and Khulna.
[5] In 2016, 99 percent of the students of Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme received GPA-5 in SSC national exams, the highest possible grade.
[10] It also has a partnership with Social Islami Bank to provide training to underprivileged children.