Stand up against poverty

Press Release : 18 October, 2007

Stand up against poverty, Stand up against the millennium development goals by BAYR and YPWC, Bangladesh

On 17 October, 2007 a stand up event was hosted in Bangladesh by Bangladesh Association of Young Researcher (BAYR) and Young People We Care (YPWC) Bangladesh office. The organizer called the event as Door to Door Stand Up Event. They think this kind of is first time in world as they went to house to house, shop to shop and invited people to Stand Up against poverty and Stand Up for the millennium development goals. Unbelievable supports was received by the participant. BAYR and YPWC did not get any financial or other supports from any institutions or organizations to host this event.

As emergency state is going on in Bangladesh banners, festoon and public meeting is strictly prohibited . But the organizer took another policy to overcome this problem. They printout their logo and give it to the participant. Organizer with some enthusiastic volunteers went to door to door to inform about the stand up event and requested to stand up in support of these.

Nafiz Zaman Shuva,(nafiz_z@hotmail.com)President of Bangladesh Association of Young Researcher and Youth Action Ambassador Young People We Care (YPWC) was the convener of the event. Musleh Uddin Sadi worked as Joint Convener of the event.

The organizing team visited about 50 house, over 25 shops, 315 people which includes house wives, shop owner, mobile phone businessman, university students, School and college students, rickshaw puller, taxi driver, barber, attended the Stand Up event.

BAYR and YPWC wish to thanks Kumi Naidoo of CIVICUS, Iain Fleming of Scottish Youth Parliament, Michael Boampong of Young People We Care Ghana, Charlotte Kerihuel and Nina of United Network of Young Peacebuilders, and Taposi Banerjee of EWHA Womans University, South Korea for their continuous mental supports and encouragement.

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