As an organization, HOPE has been dormant for a fairly long while now, but the students of IUB are ever curious about the community they live in. This summer, the students of the Public Speaking course at the Department of Media and Communication were given Project H.O.P.E as their term-end assignment. The task was simple: go spend an hour with someone less privileged than you, and come back and share with the class, all the things that you've learned. Needless to say, the response was fabulous. Let's take a look at three of these cases.
Tasbir Ahmed chose to visit the Chondrima Uddayan to talk to flower vendors there. He learned a lot about how they collect the flowers, knit their garlands, and what their earnings are like. That's him talking to a flower girl about the poor sales she made that day.
Arif Hussain Nayeem, who's a student by day and a DJ by night, chose to interview Insaf Ali, a street vendor of home-made kulfi. Arif came back with many stories about Mr Ali's struggles and the unfortunate circumstances that led to this as a career choice. He was also brave enough to try one of the man's kulfis, without asking too many questions about the hygiene. Kudos to you, Arif!
And finally, there's our Faisal Ahmed Misha who spent a day at the Swapnadhara Patshala, talking to the teachers, taking in the modest surroundings of the school, and in general, coming to appreciate how fortunate he is to be studying in an institution that offers the kind of facilities the students at the patshala can't even dream of.
Here's hoping that the students all learned something new from their venture!
