The team has had increased engagement with the children cared for at Aparegio Bangladesh and its centres across the city. The work there is considered extremely worthwhile and Team 79 were eager to give the children something to enjoy and remember.
The day included hilarity on the basketball court, interesting penalty shoot-outs, some cheating occurred [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 23, 2009
Street Kids Sports Day
February 23, 2009
Slum School Scout Project
A few volunteers offered to help out with a local scout group in the slums behind the station to renovate the area and improve the current, desolate situation. After clearing the area of rubbish, faeces, bricks and sewage the small team set to work. They dug holes for a new bamboo fence and secured the [...]
February 20, 2009
Sports in the Dalit Community
On February 4th, Sonu and Rachel organised a sports day with the kids in Bandal Dalit Community. The Dalit Community originated from the ‘untouchable’ caste of the Hindu religion and are now subject to segregation and discrimination in its lowest forms. The kids, about 50 in total, were put into four teams: yellow, green, red [...]
February 20, 2009
Picnic and Games for Children with Disabilities
A few of the volunteers have been focusing on Disability and Development in their work placements so with this in mind Bridget and Ety decided to organise a picnic and games for the children with disabilities living in the village of Patiya, Chittagong.
Through their work placement at Nowzuwan they promoted the event and gathered [...]
February 20, 2009
Human Rights Movement Indigenous & Tribal People
Believing the motto “Think globally and Act locally”- a very effective way to deal with different development issues in aspect of globalization, Global Xchange team 79 conducted a Global Citizenship Day (GCD) with the focus of “Violation Of Human Rights in Aspect of Indigenous & Tribal People” . In the day, all the GX volunteers gathered in [...]
February 3, 2009
The Muddiness of Rice Planting
Rice is the staple food for the entire 150million population of Bangladesh, let alone over half the world’s population it is an essential crop that is often taken for granted. After eating it everyday in its many forms for a lifetime, we decided it was about time the team, both British and Bangladeshi learnt how [...]
February 3, 2009
A day at the Orphanage
For Becky and Queens GCD on Child Rights and Empowerment, the team visited the local hill orphanage for girls.
A new badminton net was bought and put up by some of the stronger volunteers, while others showed the girls how to make friendship bracelets of card making. There was also singing and dancing with more [...]
February 3, 2009
Fire at Foys Lake Slums
In January to start the new year with tragedy, a quarter within the Foys Lake Slum area suffered from a fire which destroyed the poor quality bamboo structures and devasted the land.
After hearing of the fire the team, led by Michael and Philip during their GCD organized a clothes collection from both host homes and [...]
