11.28.07

Help victims of SIDR in Bangladesh (Donation Drive)

Posted in Current Events, Develop Bangladesh by Adeyl Khan

Why: Save lives
What: Help victims of SIDR in Bangladesh (Donation Drive)
When: Tuesday, the 4th December from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Memorial Union by the bookstore.

Bangladeshi Student Organization will be hosting a donation event to help the victims of the SIDR cyclone on Tuesday, the 4th December from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Memorial Union by the bookstore.

Cyclone SIDR has inflicted much damage in Bangladesh killing about 10,000 people and injuring thousands more. The devastation flattened and damaged estimated 750,000 houses, killed about 250,000 livestocks, and damaged 95% crops in the damaged area (right before the harvest time). More than 600,000 metric tons of rice is lost.

Destroyed houses made millions homeless. Food, drinking water, blankets, warm clothing, shelters and first aids are now needed to keep the surviving children and families alive. Relief effort by Bangladesh government and organizations like WorldVision, CARE, Save the Children , and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are helping in this regard. Significant amount of resources are required for the relief effort. On average, $100.00 is required for sustaining a typical family that has lost all their physical belongings for three-month period (until the next harvest).

Your donation will help saving lives. Donation of any denomination will be accepted. Cash and/or checks are the preferred method. In addition, by enlisting your email address you will get an update of this effort in January 15, 2008.

For additional information, Please contact

Adeyl Khan
Executive, Bangladeshi Student Organization
North Dakota State University, Fargo , ND
Phone: (612) 298 7245

Event Poster

SIDR Event Poster

Additional Resources
BSO SIDR Page
http://www.bso.bzer.com/index.php/2007/11/28/help_sidr/

News coverage on SIDR devastation
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/bangladesh.cyclone/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7101945.stm
http://www.bdnews24.com/home.php

Images
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/_international/bangladesh_cyclone/index.html?SITE=YAHOO&SECTION=HOME

05.01.07

Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Lecture

Posted in FM News, Develop Bangladesh by bso

Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2006.

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honorable Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Grameen Bank and I are deeply honoured to receive this most prestigious of awards. We are thrilled and overwhelmed by this honour. Since the Nobel Peace Prize was announced, I have received endless messages from around the world, but what moves me most are the calls I get almost daily, from the borrowers of Grameen Bank in remote Bangladeshi villages, who just want to say how proud they are to have received this recognition.
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