Youth in Action

YOB: Helping Bangladesh Grow

Salman Rob

Team YOB, working for the underprivileged children of Bangladesh.

According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook in 2010, 40 percent (estimated) of Bangladesh's total population lies under the poverty line amongst which a majority are children who lack the proper nutrition a child needs to grow. Thus, Youth of Bangladesh (YOB) proposed to spread awareness amongst underprivileged people about basic nutrition necessities and to provide them with saline and nutrition supplements. Along with that, YOB will also be providing basic medical care to the underprivileged people. The expected result from this project was to provide the elderly of the slums with basic nutrition knowledge.

According to the report, nearly half of all children under the age of five are suffering from moderate or severe malnutrition in Bangladesh and 2,74,000 Bangladeshi children never see their fifth birthday. And Youth of Bangladesh is aiming to distribute nutrition supplements and saline to these underprivileged children.

Courtesy: YOB

Afnan Azad, Founder and President of YOB, says, “Youth of Bangladesh aims to decrease child mortality using two ways. One of the ways is to create awareness amongst underprivileged people about the basic nutrition necessities which can be achieved by having food items such as biscuits, yogurt, milk etc. The other way is by providing saline and nutrition supplements to the underprivileged children along with basic medical care.” Azad also believes that only one day events to help the underprivileged children would not decrease child mortality, spreading the information thoroughly is very important.

The team and Coordinators of Youth of Bangladesh were responsible for the planning and management of project operations. Firstly, the awareness programme was done with collecting information through surveys amongst the people of the slums of Bashundhara and Uttara area of Dhaka City. The Uttara slum was allocated with 200 volunteers who were divided into teams of ten people. Uttara slum had 20 teams, each of which was monitored by a team leader. It was the same situation in the Bashundhara slums with 10 teams. The higher officials of the YOB team were there in both the locations to assist the coordinators and to solve any major problems. The volunteers were monitored based on their performance; Youth of Bangladesh mentioned they will be interested in recruiting them.

The project took place on September 23, 2012, as a one day event and was very successful. The volunteers were successful in helping a lot of families and made every one of the underprivileged children happy for a day.

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Afnan Azad, Founder and President of YOB, says, “Youth of Bangladesh aims to decrease child mortality using two ways. One of the ways is to create awareness amongst underprivileged people about the basic nutrition necessities which can be achieved by having food items such as biscuits, yogurt, milk etc. The other way is by providing saline and nutrition supplements to the underprivileged children along with basic medical care.” Azad also believes that only one day events to help the underprivileged children would not decrease child mortality, spreading the information thoroughly is very important.

The team and Coordinators of Youth of Bangladesh were responsible for the planning and management of project operations. Firstly, the awareness programme was done with collecting information through surveys amongst the people of the slums of Bashundhara and Uttara area of Dhaka City. The Uttara slum was allocated with 200 volunteers who were divided into teams of ten people. Uttara slum had 20 teams, each of which was monitored by a team leader. It was the same situation in the Bashundhara slums with 10 teams. The higher officials of the YOB team were there in both the locations to assist the coordinators and to solve any major problems. The volunteers were monitored based on their performance; Youth of Bangladesh mentioned they will be interested in recruiting them.

The project took place on September 23, 2012, as a one day event and was very successful. The volunteers were successful in helping a lot of families and made every one of the underprivileged children happy for a day.

Information Source: Internet