In May 1990 Ms. Mina Maracal founded the Christian NGO "Sunflower Education Plan = SEP (present BDP)" working on primary education in the suburbs of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. In response to this call from Ms. Maracar, the Asian Christian Education Foundation (ACEF = Acef) was launched in October, 1990, to "give Terakoya a gift to children in Bangladesh."