Sangam Diaspora

With the Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship, this summer I investigated the work of an NGO to localize the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh. As a Bangladeshi, I have been interested in issues related to human development in my homeland for many years. I worked with a grassroots Bangladeshi NGO named Unnayan Shamannay (“Coordinated Development”). What [...]

  QUOTES: “The fact that we have the means and ability to help end the crisis in Burma but choose to look the other way is the true failure of humanity.” -Niraj Shah “Although economic sanctions can be used against the military government in Burma, a lot of times they hurt the lower class people first [...]