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UN recognizes four youths as ‘Real Life Hero’
DHAKA, Aug 20, 2020 (BSS) – Marking World Humanitarian Day on
Wednesday, the United Nations (UN) has recognized four Bangladeshi
youths as “real life heroes” for their contribution to humanitarian
work including Dhaka University (DU) student Tanbir Hasan Shaikat.
Tanbir, a former member of DUCSU and leader of Bangladesh Chhatra
League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, along with
a team of volunteers collected and distributed foods among poor for
116 days uninterruptedly around the DU campus, read UN website.
He collected donations and raised funds from his friends, teachers,
and other well wishers who were willing to donate to keep this work
going, it said.
Talking to BSS, Shaikat said, “I am not doing the thing for
recognition. However, I feel proud after getting this recognition from
the UN and it aroused inspiration in my inner soul to stand by the
needy people in future.” Rizvi Hassan was recognized for work with
Brac and Unicef in designing a safe space and a community centre for
women and girls at the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp after aid workers
involved in gender-based violence work in the camp reported that women
and girls needed a safe space to receive counselling and skills
training.
Meanwhile, Sifat Noor was hailed as a humanitarian hero for his
contribution to translating critical, potentially life-saving
information into Bengali so more people have the information they need
to lead safe, healthy, and informed lives.
The campaign also recognized Akhi, a girl rescued from hazardous
child labour by World Vision, as a real life hero as she decided to
make masks because masks were not available in the market when
Covid-19 started to spread in Bangladesh.
Akhi sells her masks at a low cost so that her poor neighbors can
afford them, the website said.
Humanitarian workers around the world are being recognized as “real
life heroes” by the United Nations for their work on the front lines
of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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