All greetings to Our great National Leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Father of Nation, 100 years birth anniversary. Bangladesh is going to spread his flame all over the world. Gov’t declared “Mujib Barsha” for this year. Programme will be arranged in whole over the country to celebrate the 100 years birth anniversary. This activity will be spread in the world around the year. We will remember the father of nation again and again. BITA will celebrate the birth anniversary of Bangubandhu by setting more programme. Long live Bangladesh. SISIR DUTTA Executive Director

BITA E-News Letter

20th Issue October -December 2019

This Issue

o Unicef representative Visit Social Hub

o Social Hub inaugurated in Leda (Camp 24)

o International Child Rights day observation

o Capacity building for Peer Leaders

o Marriage Registrar Training

o Conduct Theatre in Education (TiE) at secondary

school level

o Theatre in Education on PVE a new concept

o Training on Registered outgoing migrants

o Youth are the power of Future

o Skill training can change the life of a youth

o Ward based memorandum submission on public

notice

o Older person Abdur Rab can walk individually now

o Cultural Education for all students, all peoples,

everywhere

o BITA executive director attended in the Creative

Activism Workshop

o Music of Minorities in National Context

o We Deeply Mourn for Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

o Mourn for Executive Director’s mother

Unicef representative Visit Social Hub

Jean Gough regional Director,Region of South Asia, Tomoo Hozumi, Unicef Bangladesh representative & Gean

Metenier, Chief Cox’s Bazar field Officer Unicef have visited BITA Social Hub activities at Jamtoli Ulhiya. BITA

Executive Director & others staffs of Unicef also present in this visit. In the visit period they observed hub

activities such as Peace building session, Information learning session, Recreational session, study room activity.

Leda Social Hub inaugurated in Leda 24 no camp on 27th November 2019 by the help of UNICEF. Jannatul Ferdous Ruma, UNICEF representative, president of CBCP committee, ritual leaders, Hnila union parisad member, woman member of ward 7,8,9, cite management members of camp, NGO representative, administrative representative, local elite, camp Rohingya adolescent and their parents were present in the program. All the guest said opening of social hub by the help of BITA and UNICEF they understood the necessity of hub. After coming of Rohingya the recreation place and sports place become compressed in their area.

But now the adolescent group come in the hub and share their concepts, their pleasure as well as they accumulating more knowledge. It is a extraordinary step for adolescent. Everybody expect that by the hub activities Rohingya and Local children and adolescents will know more things and they will use it in their area development. NGO representatives ask its activities and importance. Parents also express their opinion. They said that eager to send their children and adolescents to the hub because they believe that by the coming of this center their children learn something good.

Social Hub inaugurated in Leda (Camp 24)

International Child Rights day observation

International child rights day observed in the 5 social hub on 20th November 2019 by the help of UNICEF.

Discussion meeting and event arranged in the program. On the other hand international child rights week

observed in all the hubs from 15th November 2019. More events arranged in the program like, painting, sports,

recitation, etc. After the competition prize distributed among the winner. In the program it was discussed about

child rights it will be create change of children thinking.250 children attended in the program.

Now a days human trafficking is an international problem. Two days capacity building training for peer leaders

arranged by BCTIP project of BITA by the help of Winrock International and USAid on 20-21th October 2019. The

subject of the training was “Worthy of Human Trafficking”. 20 peer leaders of Ukhiya Teknaf attended in this

training. Gov’t declared the Human Trafficking prevention Act 2012.

To implement this planning Winrock International is providing training to the peer leaders of 20 district. On this

continuity BITA arranged this training. The intervention of the training was to create awareness by the peer leaders

to decrease the human trafficking in the area. BITA want to create awareness in the area with the young person by

the awareness campaign with the subject of drama, song and cultural event. The subject of the training were cause

of human trafficking, difference between migration and trafficking, service of migration related organization, human

rights violence in human trafficking case, victim indicating process, the subject of success migration, early marriage

elimination, gender based violence etc.

The training provided by Sazzid Ahmed

from Winrock, project coordinator Sumon

Sen, capacity development and

communication officer Mahmudul Haque

Zihad, case worker Joynal Abedin and

Rowshan Ara Chowdhury from BITA.

Winrock-USA senior Audit Manager Rogo

Piter, Winrock-Bangladesh program director

H M Nazrul Islam, Winrock-Cox’s Bazar

senior program officer K M

Mohosinuzzaman, Exicutive Director of

BITA Mr Sisir Dutta and the BITA executive

committee member Moushumi Chowdhury

attended in the inauguration session of

training.

Capacity building for Peer Leaders

Marriage Registrar Training

Under the BC-TIP project BITA organized Training for Marriage Registrar on Child Marriage at Patiya Upazila

under Chattogram district. There were total 21 participants (all were male) attended in this training. The

concerned Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) was present in this training in the opening session. As marriage

registrar play a sacred & significant role in our society. Many people look up to them for their role in the society.

Because of their sacred role in the society they can also play a significant part in preventing child marriage. The

main objectives of this training are To create awareness about Child marriage issues, To know about the effect of

child marriage in our society, To get knowledge & idea about Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 & other laws

related to the child marriage, To discuss how child marriage can be a reason of human trafficking and To identify

the problems of Marriage registrar & how to solve it. Discussed about Child marriage & the superstitions

regarding child marriage issues in Bangladesh. The subject of the training was how Child marriage can led to

human trafficking & gender based violence, Child marriage restraint Act 2017, Muslim Marriage & Divorce

Registration Act 1974, Hindu Marriage Registration Act 2012, Christian Marriage Registration Act 1872 & Court

marriage, who are accountable & who have responsibility under Child Marriage Restraint Act, High Court Division

Rule regarding preventing Child marriage, Finding out the problems marriage registrar faces while trying to stop

child marriage, how we can safeguard victim & at-risk of child marriage & what can we do to prevent child

marriage and what kind of step we should take for preventing child marriage. Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Patiya

Upazila Mr. HABIBUL HASSAN inaugurated the training. He stated that, “Marriage Registrar plays a sacred role

in our society by binding a man & women in a sacred bond. The Kazi’s can play significant role in preventing child

marriage. They should provide us information so that we can take proper steps. I. So whenever they face any

problem regarding Child marriage issues they can provide the news to the UNO & he will take care of it .I would

also like to thanks USAID, Winrock International & BITA for providing this kind of training for our Marriage

Registrar as they are being capacitated on this issue also for all kind of awareness program relating to Child

marriage, GBV & TIP.”

BITA-BCTIP project played total twelve (12) TIE show (Classroom based theatrical performance) in front of school

students of Banigram Sadonpur high school, Sadonpur union, Najimunnesa high scholl, Boilchari union, Nasera

Khatun girls high school, Kalipur union of Banshkhali upazila and Ashiya high school, Ashiya union, Ratanpur high

school, Kaylishare union, and Azimpur high school, Khorona union of Patiya upazila under Chattogram district. Total

684 viewers including male & female students, teachers, Peer leaders, CTC members & respective persons

watched these shows. Children have gathered information on Counter Trafficking & Safe Migration and also Child

marriage issue by these interactive theater performance including role play, puppet, drawing, debate & some

dramatizing activities. The presentations made before by students mainly class VIII, IX and X, where 2 local cultural

resource persons. The presentation style entangles acting, puppet, debate, song and drawing. After lively

presentation, students got the opportunity to provide opinions through specified format. Through presentations,

students were encouraged to share knowledge of human trafficking and child marriage and its prevention ways to

family members and neighbors in community. They also got suggestion to inform any incident or attempt of

trafficking to the relevant agencies so that remedial action could be taken promptly. After the show of each school,

project staff of BC-TIP sub grantee BITA and TiE performers as well as peer leaders made courtesy call with

Headmaster, senior teachers and also SMC members. They thanks to Winrock International & BITA for uncommon

initiative at school students for awareness program on human trafficking and child marriage issues. They wish to

success this program & expects that, every school authority of Bangladesh should be needed to organize this show

for their student. The Headmaster of Banigram Sadonpur High School said, “Really I am impressed to watch theatre

in Education presentation and process by BITA at school level on human trafficking and child marriage issue.

Undoubtedly it is two ways learning process through interactive theatre and students well received necessary

information by the activity. Human trafficking and child marriage is contemporary issues in our country, it demands

sufficient campaign program at community and school level, so I believed that, the way of BITA journey is absolutely

on right way. Our school authority and students give special thanks to BITA and Winrock International for

tremendous initiative.

Conduct Theatre in

Education (TiE) at

secondary school level

Theatre in Education on PVE a new concept

Violence Extremism and its prevention activities at the field level is a new concept in Bangladesh as well as the world. It is created from the local environment and so that its solution lies at local level and local peoples participation. Cultural activities especially Theatre in Education program will play an important role in creating awareness for preventing violence extremism and using safe internet. Students, teachers, parents as well as society should be aware from this activity. Recently BITA take a project in the 20 school of Chattogram city, Hathazariupazila and Sitakundaupazila of Chattogram district for Theatre in Education on PVE issue by the help of USAID’s OBIRODH and technical help of MSI. By this time, BITA-Theatre in Education on PVE project organized 3 days long TIE Performance Development Workshop at BITA Culture & Communication Trust (BCCT), Patiya on 1, 2 & 3 November, 2019. Project Coordinator Bappa Chowdhury conduct this program. All project staff and 7 TIE performers were present there. The main objective of the event was making TIE production, making TIE script, creating TIE pear team and message developing on PVE and safer usage of internet. Everyone has learned about Theatre in Education activities, its process, Violence Extremism and its prevention, how to communicate with students in classroom on PVE and safer usage of internet issue by theatre and its importance through this event. Everyone gave an opinion Theatre in Education program could be done with students and teachers as well as parents. This classroom based TIE presentation will be started in January, 2020 in selected schools. It will be presented in the seventh to ninth grade classroom and this TIE presentation will be completed in 35-40 minutes.

Training on Registered outgoing migrants BITA-BCTIP project organized One (1) Training for Registered Outgoing Migrants on pre-departure training at District Employment & Manpower Office (DEMO), Agrabad, Chattogram. Mr. Md. Mehedi Hasan, Deputy Assistant Director of District Employment & Manpower Office (DEMO) inaugurated the training. There were total 46 participants (all were male) in this training. The concerned DEMO officials were present in this training. Objective of the Training were To provide information about 10 steps of safe migration to the potential migrants, let them know & create awareness about human trafficking, To provide information about migrants’ rights & mechanism of reducing vulnerability, To give a clear vision about how migration can led to human trafficking or trafficking in person, Emphasis on training before migration, Relation building with DEMO. The contents of this training were 10 steps of safe migration, importance of paper works regarding migration, how it is necessary to keep all of the documents safe for safety purpose, human trafficking, its methods & elements, Human Trafficking Prevention act 2012 discussion, Relation building with DEMO & how they can ask for suggestions & help from them, necessity of taking some skill development training before migration. importance of training before migration, migrants’ rights & about the mechanism of reducing vulnerability. After the training one of the participants said that, “We actually didn’t know that there is something known as steps of safe migration”. Md.Mehedi Hasan Deputy Assistant Director of District Employment & Manpower Office (DEMO) said , “All of the people who are in abroad, staying away from their home to earn money, they are real hero, they have big contribution in our economy but sometimes some of our brothers & sisters fell into trap of some evil people who use & exploit them for their own benefits. We should be aware of this situation as human trafficking is a one of the burning matter in our country. Whenever you people feel or suspicious about any information regarding migration process, please contact us. We are ready to help you to the end.”

A youth fair arranged in the Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Chattogram on 27th November 2019. The youth fair organized by BITA and YPSA by the help of Action Aid Bangladesh. There were three session in the youth fair, First session subject are Opening Ceremony & Stall visit and interaction by guest, Talk Show / Panel Discussion Topic: Employment Opportunity for Youth, Showcasing/ Recognizing Innovative Youth Entrepreneurship ideas. The 2nd session subject are Panel Discussion Topic: Industry Demand Driven Skill. The 3rd session subject is Motivational Session on Developing Soft Skill for Youth- CV Writing, Job preparation, Entrepreneurship. After the session a drama show arranged on decent work. BITA drama team and youth members was the actor of the drama. The chief guest of the youth fair was Honourable Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation Mr A Z M Nasir Uddin. In the first session special guest were BGMEA senior deputy secretary Md Kolim Ullah Chowdhury, Chittagong Chember of Commerce and Industries director Md Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Chittagong women chamber of commerce and industries senior vice president Mrs Abida Mostafa, BKMEA director Shawkat Osman, Bangladesh Shishu Academy Chattogram Assistant director Nargis Sultana, Action Aid Bangladesh policy director Azgar Ali Sabry, BITA executive director Sisir Dutta and YPSA director Palash Chowdhury. In the second session the guest were Bangladesh Investment Development Authority Director general Mr Mohammad Yeassin, Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre executive engineer Mrs Farhana Akhter, Chattogram Mohila Technical Training Centre principal Engr. Ashrifa Tanzim, Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre Chittagong vice-principal Engr. Nowrin Sultana, The Engineers Club Chittagong president Engr. Somen Kanungo. In the third session the guest were youth development directorate Kotwali Zone

officer Md Jahan Uddin, Entrepreneurship consultant Mr Alamgir Mohammad Saikat, Bd Jobs Assistant director Md Jomir Hossain. There were stall for the organizations activities display and for CV drop in the fair. The mentioned who are participated in the stall were Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre, Chattogram Mohila Technical Training Centre, Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre, Youth development directorate, BSRM, RSRM, Brac Bank, Star LED company, Irish Fashion, Taj Food etc. About 772 CV dropped in the fair from job seeker. In the fair Honourable Mayor said, “Gov’t took remarkable step for youth development. Gov’t meet all peoples basic need for achieve the 2041 goal. Today all students get their text book in the first day of the year. He said, not only that to meet the unemployment problem of the youth Gov’t took step for their skill training in several trade and manage employment for them. For that skilled manpower is creating in the country.” He called youths to take Gov’t provided chance to change their life. He said, Gov’t is always with youth for their progress.” The Chamber of Commerce and industries director said, “The most part of our population is youth. One of the part of them are unemployed.For this even today our country is not middle earning country. So if we want to become middle earning country, all persons should go ahead.” Engr. Ashrifa Tanzim said, “Women should go with men in the same way by taking skill development training. Chittagong Women Technical Training Centre is always with women. Not only that we manage the job after training for youth.” BITAC executive engineer said, “We provide skill training to the youths of Chittagong and give them job after training. So don’t think for job, take skill training, BITAC always with you”. Youth development officer Kotwali zone Mr Jahan Uddin called them to become entrepreneur. After all session a drama played in the youth fair by the BITA drama team on decent work.

Youth are the power of future

Skill training can change the life of a youth

A dialogue has been arranged by BITA EWASC-A4I project on 10.12.2019. The subject of the dialogue was following the Public Service day observation. The Chief Guest of the dialogue was Mohammad Yeassin (Joint Secretary), Director General , Bangladesh Investment Development authority (BIDA), Chattogram division and the special guest were Engr. Ashrifa Tanzim, Principal (In-Charge), Chattogram Mohila Technical Training Centre, Mohammad Jahan Uddin, Youth Development Officer, Kotwali Unit Thana, Nibedita das, Vice-Principal (Running Responsibility), Bangladesh-Korea Technical Training Centre. BITA Project Manager A H M Hossain Monsuer delivered the opening speech. 23 BITA youth volunteers attended in the dialogue. Nibedita Das discuss about their trade. She said after the training they will give job of the trainee. They have job placement officer for giving job of the trainee. She invite the youths to attend their trade course and take training. Youth members through questions to her thus 1. Which trade is good for going similar way with Developed country 2. After learn sewing machine operating have institute give him job? 3. After learn Graphics Design have institute give him job? Engr. Ashrifa Tanzim discuss about their trade and service for the youth. She said, “ What you learn must be learn best”. She invite the youths to visit their centre and participate in any trade for training. Youth members through questions to her thus 1. I want to know about Food Processing 2. Have any limitation of age to take training in the Computer operation and Graphics Design ? 3. To take training of Driving is class-VIII qualification must ? She said after the training they will give job of the trainee. Youth Development Officer discuss about their trade. He said,“Not only

self training will be take on commercial thinking. You must do something after taking training, as you can do job or starting entrepreneurship.” He discuss as an example of Mithai Sweet shop, Silver Spoon Chinese Resturent owner. He said the Owner took training from youth development and then start his business. He said that they have some exceptional trade like Clearing Forwarding, Out sourcing, Hotel Management, Livestock, Foresting, Nursery, Mushroom, Fish cultivation on Bio-Flux system. He mainly spoke a motivation speech. Youth members through questions to him thus 1. Can women be participate in the Bio-Flux system fish cultivation ? He invite the youths to take training from their department. The chief guest and Director General of BIDA discuss about their service. He said,”BIDA develop the entrepreneur, anybody can take the training on entrepreneurship from BIDA and then start the business.” He said anybody can go to the corporate job by taking training from BIDA. Youth members through questions to her thus 1. After taking training on Fish cultivation, have taken help from BIDA? 2.After taking training on Food Processing, have taken help from BIDA? 3. Have any loan for Fish cultivation? 4. To start the business, have any loan be given?. He invite the youth for entrepreneurship training in BIDA. At the end of the dialogue project manager said to the youth that they should take training with other youth of their area in any technical training centre thus the dialogue will be meaningful. Some of the youth gave their name in the spot to take training in CMTTC, BKTTC and Youth Development directorate training in the trade of Graphics Design, Mechanical, Driving, Sewing machine operating, Beautification, sewing Machine Maintenance.

Ward based memorandum submission have started from 24th December to implement the all types of tobacco kids sell, advertisement and publicity prohibited concerning public notice of Chittagong City Corporation, published by honorable Mayor A Z M Nasir Uddin. This memorandum submitted by BITA, ELMA and CAB to Ward Councilor of 41 ward in Chittagong City Corporation.On 24th December the memorandum have submitted to Mr.Morshed Alam, ward councilor, 8 no Shulokbahar ward..Before that a discussion meeting arranged by BITA, ELMA, Cab with area leaders, CAB committee and ELMA committee members. Ward Councilor Mr Morshed Alam said, “By this time we have already started the work to create the tobacco free Chittagong city”. We will start ward based work to create tobacco kids sell, advertisement and publicity free area within one hundred yard of all education institution.This continuation 26th December discussion meeting and memorandum submission program arranged in the 6 no Sholoshahar ward. Ward Councilor Lion Md. Ashraful Alam received the Memorandum. He said,” We want to implement the Tobacco Prevention Act for shaped the tobacco free city and to protect the future generation.” Next three days it will be announce by mike in whole area to implement the honourable Mayor declared public notice and to aware the tobacco seller about tobacco prevention law. In this continuation this program is running to ensure the accountability of leaders and engage the people.

Ward

based memorandum

submission on

public notice

Older person Abdur Rab can walk individually now

Abdur Rab is an older person of char neyamat in char algi union at Laxmipur district. He can not walk individually so he cannot earn. His two son doing service in Chattogram but they do not contact with their parent and no help them. His wife collect food from their neighbors and live from hand to mouth. CDMC gave hand scratch to the Abdur Rab and also gave foods to his family. In 2018 by the initiative of Char Neyamot CDMC the information collected about disable in the char neyamot. It was discussed in the monthly meeting of CDMC. The disable persons who are very helpless and can decrease their dependability to others if they get some material, CDMC applied to BITA to give some materials of them. Requesting of group BITA distributed 5 stick, 1 while chair and 1 hand crutch to the 7 disable persons by the help of Help Age International.Older person Abdur Rab got 1 hand crutch, now he can walk individually, he can gossiping with others, he can go in front of his house, he can go stall. He is very happy to get hand crutch. When CDMC members went his house they knew that he is hungry from last two days as he4 has no food. CDMC members collected some food in that time and gave its to Abdur Rab’s family. The food were fried rice, sugar, sago, cake, milk and biscuit. Inhabitants of the area and Abdur Rabs family is pleased. They said that they always doing something and observe to Abdur Rab’s family, help him what they can manage when. The acceptation of BITA and Help Age International is very high in the area. The 4 no ward member Sakhawat Hossain Babu said, “I manage older allowance for this family. I give rice several time. In future I will think about Abdur Rab’s family if any opportunity come.”

BITA started year long proclamation about cultural education on IDEA day. BITA arranged starting program on

28th November at the Theatre Institute Chattogram. The program started at 6pm. In the program BITA introduced

a concept paper on that theme. BITA executive director Sisir Dutta introduced the concept paper. Journalis and

poet Abul Momen, Proofessor Dr. Israfil Shahin, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka,

Professor Dhali-Al-Mamun, Charukala Institute, Chittagong University, Shamim Hasan, Head of Department,

Theatre department were the speaker of the program. By the concept paper Mr Sisir Dutta said that Art education

make place swiftly within the intellectual society. Because it contain the historical time as well as can receive the

innovation. BITA do not want to reserve the creative education as only education.

BITA seemed in modern day and age there is no reason for such a top-down, one-size-fits-all education system

that does not enable all children to thrive in their qwn way. We must recognize that young people are individuals

with different talents and dream. As such that all children learn in the same way. We need to move towards a

system based on a strong common core of essential skills and knowledge, which allows young people to develop

their qwn particular talents and aspirations. We must support young people in discovering what they enjoy and

are good at –and who they want to be in life. We also must encourage and support teachers and schools in

responding to these different needs. Young people will learn if they see learning as important , meaningful and

worthwhile. BITA think Theatre in Education create one type of interactive situation in any way. It promotes and

strengthens entertaining education. Children are naturally drawn to processes,which involve participation and

doing something interesting. It is an indispensible task to cultivate cultural education including traditional practices

and associated activities for a delightful learning environment. We have done it to back and forth education. The

vision of the concept is to adopt the cultural education policy and practice to mitigate the cultural challenges which

face the current world. In the program all the speaker delivered their valuable speech.

Cultural Education for all students, all peoples, everywhere

BITA executive director attended in the Creative Activism Workshop A creative activism workshop arranged in the TCDC, Arusha, Tanzania on 09 to 12 December 2019. BITA executive director attended in the workshop. The workshop seeks to-provide an exchange and learning platform based on practical experiences on how creative activism can help to disrupt and re-imagine restrictive and dominant narratives on development and civil society, open up new imaginary spaces and suggest hitherto hidden alternatives in contexts of shrinking civic space for young people and women. Government and international organizations now recognize the importance of culture and artistic expression in contributing to and enabling sustainable development. There is also increasing recognition of the role of art and local cultural forms in unlocking development dilemmas, unpacking and exploring different visions of the future and in speaking truth to power in arbitrary political environments. Cultural forms present alternative visions of personhood, dignity, rights and histories that can play a role in reframing international development agendas and reimagining civil society in ways that can be positive for people living in poverty and exclusion, But this potential has not yet been fully exploited.BITA executive director kicked off sharing of experiences in using creative activism to enhance and advance civic space. He shared how we see creativity taking force in country context and how we have used creative activism to disrupt and re-imagine restrictive and dominant narratives on development and civil society, open up new imaginary spaces. This workshop builds on and shares work from a collaboration between the Centre for Applied Human Rights-CAHR (University of York), ActionAid, the University of Dhaka, Makerere University and artists, activists and researchers in Bangladesh and Uganda.

Music of Minorities in National Context

A symposium arranged by BITA and Alliance Franciase jointly at the Alliance Franciase auditorium Chittagong

by the help of International Council for Traditional Music, Bangladesh. In this program the concept paper

delivered Proffessor Svanibor Pettan, University of Lubliana, Slovania and vice-president ICTM. Mrs Lasanthi

Manaranjanie, visiting professor of Ketaniya, Sri Lanka was the speaker in this program. Dr Sayem Rana,

professor, University of Dhaka spoke the opening speech in the program. Dr Md Jahangir Hossain was the

moderator of the program. The program started by a traditional musical song. After the opening speech

Professor Svanibor Pettan delivered his speech. He discussed about ten research models, such as various

minorities in aterritory (country, region, settlement), a selected minority in aterritory, a seleted minorities in

various territories, borderlands, intersectionalities, indigenous people, involuntary migrants, returnees, micro

minorities, minority individuals. He said, “The ten research models make a methodological contribution, which

partly documents and frames the ongoing practices and partly attempts to trace the path to the future activities

of the music and minorities studies. Professor Lasanthi Manaranjanie delivered her speech and sing a song on

Sri Lankan language.

Date of Publication

15 January 2020

Writing : Haroon Ur Rashid, Manager, Program Assessment and Monitoring Pradip Acharjee, Coordinator, Program Development Kanij Ferhana,Project Coordinator Ashok Barua, Project Coordinator A H M Hossain Monsur Masum , Project Coordinator

Jamal Uddin, Project Manager

Md. Ibrahim, Project Coordinator

Kanta Mallik,Program Officer

Farida Yeasmin, Program Officer

Protom Bhattacharjee, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Md. Mahamudul Hoque Jihad,

Urmi Barua, Media Manager

Design

Mrityunjoy Sengupta, Senior Admin Officer & Focal Person HRM, BITA

Contact Person

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We Deeply Mourn for

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of BRAC and Chair Emeritus, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG. In one life time, he founded Brac and transformed it into the largest and one of the most respected, effective and sustainable development institutions in the world. He was a fountain of ideas to address the needs of the most vulnerable in our communities. BITA Family remember him again.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG

(April 27, 1936 to 20 December 20, 2019)

Mourn for

Executive Director’s mother

The mother of our executive director Nani Prova Dutta have gone forever in

this year. We remember her at our heartiest love. We pray to God for her

heavenly introduce. We are sorrow for her gone forever. We remember her

again.

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