Country Director, The Asia Foundation
The pandemic has given us the rare opportunity to have some room for reflection. In our usual fast-paced life, we never really had much of an opportunity to pause and reflect our life and decisions. This is therefore a great opportunity for learning at an individual level. On the other hand, organisations can also use this time to analyse their existing issues and figure out how they can solve them going forward.
We must learn about the entire ecosystem and not just restrict ourselves to our own sector. If one feels like they lack skills in a certain field, they should always reach out to someone with the relevant knowledge or enrol in a course.
BYLC hosts virtual graduation for 2020 cohort of leaders Unb, Dhaka Unb, Dhaka
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) on Friday hosted a virtual graduation ceremony for its 2020 batches of Building Bridges through Leadership Training (BBLT) and Building Bridges through Leadership Training Junior (BBLTJ).
The programme, supported by Manusher Jonno Foundation and UK Aid, featured 199 students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds from English and Bengali medium schools and Madrassas who graduated from the BBLT and BBLTJ programmes last year from Chattogram and Chattogram Hill Tracts, said a press release.
Participants selected for the programmes went through rigorous sessions of virtual training for both the programmes.
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Say speakers at the BYLC Virtual Youth Carnival 2020
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While applauding the spirit of youth in creating progressive impact during the pandemic, speakers at the opening ceremony of the BYLC Virtual Youth Carnival 2020, organized by Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), also emphasized the need to show young people how they can be part of a sustainable changemaking process. Youth have shown the power of transformation during COVID-19 through their actions and their work for their communities. Now we have to think about the resources and benefits that we can give to them so that they are able to give back to their communities in a stronger manner, said Shaheen Anam, Executive Director, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).
Saluting the spirit of young changemakers
Over 5,000 people join BYLC Youth Carnival 2020 virtually Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a virtual ceremony on Saturday emphasised the need to show young people how they can be part of a sustainable change-making process.
They applauded the spirit of youth in creating progressive impact during the coronavirus pandemic.
Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) organised the BYLC Virtual Youth Carnival 2020 , said a press release.
The daylong carnival was held virtually in light of the ongoing pandemic. Manusher Jonno Foundation and the UK government s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office supported the event, it said.
Over 5,000 youths aged 15 to 30 years from across the country participated in the carnival, it added.
BYLC to hold virtual Youth Carnival 2020 on December 19
To celebrate the unwavering spirit of youth even in the face of a global pandemic, Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) will be hosting its second youth carnival on December 19, 2020.
At a time when things seem bleak and the future seems uncertain, the youth around the country have remained resilient in face of adversity, practicing leadership even in times of crisis the carnival will focus on celebrating the spirit of youth while promoting the importance of developing 21st century professional and leadership skills, and advocating stories of active citizenship, justice, and inclusiveness in societies as exercised by young people.