Jan 26, 2014
Community meetings with community members of Mayadip Island, with a lawyer brought in by Shahed Kayes, founder and executive director of the Subornogram Foundation.
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Community meetings with community members of Mayadip Island, with a lawyer brought in by Shahed Kayes, founder and executive director of the Subornogram Foundation.
Bath time - Mayadip Island, Bangladesh
Children at Subornogram Foundation's school for the cobbler children of Bagmusa community in Sonargaon, Bangladesh.
A group of persons abducted Mr. Shahed Kayes, a well-respected human rights defender, working in Narayanganj district of Bangladesh, yesterday, 25 July. The AHRC is informed that Kayes' abductors, with intent to murder him, stabbed Kayes and cut his wrist and assaulted him severely.
Shahed Kayes is a very close friend of mine, who I worked with last year during my summer in Sonargaon, Bangladesh. He was recently assaulted in relation to his human rights campaigning on behalf of the people of Mayadip and Nunartek Islands in the Meghna River. Illegal sand extraction operations in the river are eroding the islands and disrupting fish supplies, which is the main source of income and food for the impoverished families who live on the islands. Take a look at this article and please share. Awareness of this issue needs to be raised and Shahed needs to be protected so that things like this terrible, violent attack don't happen again.
Subornogram Foundation school bus :)
Fundraising project to support a team of volunteers helping in Bangladesh building collapse relief.
I just received notification that my friend and project leader Shahed Kayes, has received the $2000 via a friend and classmate who's family is in Bangladesh. Once I cash out the Rockethub account, the initial $2000 will be going to reimburse my friend's family and anything we've raised over the $2000 will go to Bangladesh via my friend and 2013 Peace Fellow Chris Pinderhughes. In the meanwhile, I'm still taking donations. Shahed will be keeping me updated on the details of how the funds are used in the coming weeks and I will updated the project page again as soon as possible. A big thank you to my Tumblr friends and followers who donated and who reblogged my project link to show support and raise awareness. Thank you!
More on Chris Pinderhughes' upcoming work in Bangladesh: http://advocacynet.org/page/cpinderhughes
Sonargaon Folk Art and Culture Museum by The Advocacy Project on Flickr.