Monthly Archives: January 2009
National Immunisation Day
National Immunisation Day part of a special immunisation programme on polio eradication. Polio is primarily a disease of the infant caused by an enterovirus with disease manifestations that include destruction of motor neurons in the spinal cord causing flaccid paralysis. … Continue reading
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Boxing Day at the Eco-Park
Boxing day also had a unique Bangladeshi tinge to it, but was in contrast a calm and relaxing experience for all the volunteers who went. Arranged by Michael and Philip’s host dad, a group of team 79 were quite spontaneously … Continue reading
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Christmas in Chittagong
* MERRY CHRISTMAS * A very belated MERRY CHRISTMAS from Bangladesh! It was perhaps the most surreal christmas we’ve all ever experienced but all the same great fun! A few of the team began the day with a Church service … Continue reading
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Chittagong
I don’t know whether we should have expected the second biggest city in Bangladesh to differ much from its first, and i still can’t decide if it does. There are similarities obviously – the car horns screaming, the street children … Continue reading
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A VIVID GCD by GX Team 79
Global Citizenship Day (GCD) is a regular session of Global Xchange program where different global development issues are discussed with the joint collaboration of international volunteers. The 2nd Global Xchange program is on going in Bangladesh running in partnership of … Continue reading
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