CVTV’10

Over 70 organisations Celebrated Victory Through Volunteerism in 2010

On December 16, let us commemorate the spirit of CVTV the freedom fighters with actions and not just with hollow words and songs. Let us commemorate their actions with at least one voluntary act of community service. On December 16, we celebrate our victory over oppression and dictatorship. On this day in 1971, the nine month struggle of our freedom fighters paid off – we were free!

Celebration Through Voluntarism

Today, in the 21st century, we are a sovereign nation no longer threatened by oppressors. However, we live under the oppression and dictatorship of poverty, illiteracy and corruption. It’s time for the men and women of this era to take a stand and fight for a better life.

The freedom fighters voluntarily did what was most needed for the country at that time. It is time we voluntarily do what is most needed for the country at this time.

On December 16, let us commemorate the spirit of the freedom fighters with actions and not just with hollow words and songs. Let us commemorate their actions with at least one voluntary act of community service.

Small acts of charity from organisations, corporations, schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, shops, media outlets etc all over Bangladesh will give rise to a new liberation movement. It will give us victory over the many difficulties we face today.

All participating organisations are working independently, only ensuring that the theme of ‘doing community service’ remains the same and they are all united under one banner:

“সেবার মাধ্যমে বিজয়ের প্রকাশ”

In 2009, over 40 organizations participated in the campaign! In 2010, over 70 organizations celebrated the day with selfless work!

A tea stall in Dhanmondi will act as a venue to collect warm clothes and distribute medicines to the underprivileged

Community Action:

  • On 14 Dec, Actioneers will go to the “Baptist Mission School for Blind Girls” at Mirpur at 3 pm. We’ll have a short two hour program where we spend quality time with them. We’ll also arrange Braille books for them, since the school authorities say they don’t have adequate Braille books.
  • On 16 Dec, from 10 am to 2 pm Actioneers will be at “Shondeepon” in Rayerbazar raising awareness on hygiene and moral issues through creative stories and songs amongst a hundred slum children.

Here is an overview of the organizations,

  1. 1° Initiative will be building a themed adventure camp for children from all walks of life where important values such as zero littering and teamwork will be taught; as well as organize a medical camp for 1000 patients at Agargaon slum
  2. Bangladesh Youth Environmental Initiative (BYEI) will be distributing free warm-clothes and medicine amongst the “Climate Refugees” in the AILA and SIDR affected regions
  3. Bishsho Shahityo Kendro will assist in building libraries in rural school
  4. Union Knitting and Dyeing will donate clothes to the underprivileged
  5. Bridal Looks by Sumaira, a US-based personal grooming organization, will teach poor girls the art of personal grooming with the target of promoting employment in this industry
  6. Naveed’s Comedy Club will do fund raisers for the disadvantaged
  7. Students of Western Sydney will do fundraisers for charities in Bangladesh
  8. Friends Community School will arrange an eye camp on Dec 16 for villagers of Khaduli, Bogura
  9. Bangladesh Youth Movement for Climate (BYMC) will plant 16 trees in 16 different districts on 16th December as a start to their upcoming tree plantation programme
  10. Murchhona (cultural organisation of BUET) with the funding from their moderator Prof. Dr. Zebun Nasreen Ahmed will spend the day with a school for under-privileged children named Bangojo shoporibar and will provide them music lessons
  11. ADPS (Architecture Department Photographic Society) will contribute photos of Bangladesh to Wikipedia as a part of ‘cyber সেবা’
  12. BUET PS (BUET Photographic Society) will promote a positive image of Bangladesh with their photography
  13. Droho (Arch06 BUET) will raise funds for charities using innovative methods
  14. BUET Debating Club will spend a day with underprivileged girls at moitri
  15. University of Warwick will do a fundraiser for Bangladeshi charities
  16. Akij Group will support a photography related social service project
  17. Apon Foundation will do a program with a hundred children at Dhanmondi Lake
  18. Asroy (A street children’s rights organization for youth) will distribute warm clothes and honour freedom fighters
  19. Sandhani BMC will do a blood donation drive
  20. Bangladesh Medical Students’ Society (affiliated with the Int’l Federation of Medical Students) will do a deworming program with the underprivileged
  21. Eastern Michigian University will do a fund raiser for charities in Bangladesh
  22. Washtenaw Community College will do a fund raiser for the underprivileged in Bangladesh
  23. Shocheton Shilpi Shongo (an umbrella group for the ignored in society) will raise awareness on third gender issues
  24. London College of Legal Studies will do a blood donation drive
  25. Physically-challenged Development Foundation will do a free blood pressure and weight check up for surrounding communities
  26. BUET Drama Society is participating in a children’s adventure program and staging a drama on the liberation war for them
  27. Bangladesh Students’ Association, University of Texas will be raising awareness about positive news of Bangladesh within their community
  28. Drexel University, USA will be raising funds for charities in Bangladesh
  29. Northwestern University, USA will be raising funds for charities in Bangladesh
  30. 3-8 year old children of Shondeepon will be raising awareness of hygiene issues within their families
  31. Anwar Hossain Foundation will be arranging a training for underprivileged girls in Lalbag
  32. Azad Muslim Welfare Complex will be assisting in an awareness raising program on education and health amongst school children
  33. King’s College, UK will be raising funds for charities in Bangladesh
  34. PPF (Poverty Fighter Foundation) will be hosting an awareness event at Ramna Park which will be coupled as a fund raising event through distribution of the national flag
  35. AIESEC, BRAC-U will be doing a project aimed at the welfare of older people in rural areas
  36. Maple Leaf Int’l School Community Service Club will be collecting and distributing warm clothes
  37. Bangladeshi Students’ Association of the University of Toronto will be raising funds for charities in Bangladesh
  38. Edoctorsbd.com will do a dental camp at Mirpur
  39. FhireDekha will be raising funds in the US for charities in Bangladesh
  40. University College London Union’s Bangla Society will donate to UCLU Bangladesh Education fund which provide scholarships to bright students in the villages of Bangladesh who otherwise did not have enough incentive to continue their education
  41. Labaid Group will donate medicines for medical camps at rural villages
  42. NSU English Club will teach English to underprivileged children and arrange for free meals for them
  43. Bangladesh Medical College will be doing an anti-tetanus awareness drive in slums
  44. MIT Bangladesh Student Association will volunteer in the American Red Cross’ Food Pantry commemorating those who gave their lives for the service of Bangladesh
  45. YES Association Bangladesh will distribute warm-clothes among poor people in Jaipurhat
  46. Rupushi Bangla NGO will carry out a tree plantation and clean-up drive
  47. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation, Bangladesh will reduce energy consumption and save energy in its office, staring from December 16, 2010
  48. Abdul Aziz Foundation will distribute free academic books among underprivileged students in Pabna
  49. Manush will arrange a blood donation drive in Northern University, Bangladesh
  50. Tirondaj will arrange a play raising awareness on national resources of Bangladesh in Dhaka University Campus
  51. Bondhon will be distributing warm-clothes among underprivileged children in Puran Dhaka
  52. Badhon Shamsur Nahar Hall Unit will arrange a blood donation drive
  53. Save the Talent will organize a discussion on higher education among underprivileged students in Commilla
  54. JAAGO Foundation will raise awareness amongst their children and community members on clean environment and clean up solid waste and dusts in areas surrounding the school premises.
  55. Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center‘s BBLT-4 students in Chittagong will be organizing a medical camp in Satkhania Upazila, Chittagong. They intend to serve around 200 underprivileged people in the community by mobilizing 20 volunteers and 4 doctors
  56. IUB Theatre will be performing a street drama for underprivileged children to elaborate on the history of the Language Movement (1952)
  57. BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals will donate medicines for a medical camp
  58. North Alpine Club Bangladesh will be conducting an adventure workshop for children
  59. Students from Alok Shishu Shikkhaloy will be organizing a medical camp for their community at Agargaon slum
  60. Bangladeshi Photographers will be taking photographs to promote positive images in Bangladesh
  61. Sunbeams Community Service Club will be donating warm clothes
  62. Bangladesh Institute of Management will help facilitate an adventure camp for children
  63. Bongojo Shoporibar will facilitate a cultural camp to enhance cultural values amongst children
  64. Agami Education Foundation will conduct a free medical camp at Koyra Upazilla of Khulna as well as a blanket distribution drive
  65. JMTF will be distributing teaching and learning aid amongst less fortunate students who will be appearing for national exams
  66. Nowabenki Gonomukhi Foundation (NGF) will be conducting a warm clothes donation drive amongst Aila affected region, as well as provide installment loans amounting BDT 10 lakhs to 200 families in Shatkhira and Khulna districts
  67. AREED (Gazipur) and New Gazi Club will organize a cultural program to raise awareness on the history of Liberation War at Shahid Minar
  68. Balloon World will be donating free balloons and use iconic cartoon characters (in costumes) to teach important values such as team work, honesty and selflessness to children from all walks of life
  69. Sheba, BUET will hand over wheel chairs, crests and provide economic assistance to the underprivileged and arrange for an art competition and a cultural program for them
  70. Adcomm collected warm clothes from its employees and distributed amongst the northern regions of Bangladesh.