Sometimes they provide tuition fees to poor, meritorious students. Sometimes he repaired broken roads and built bridges. Corona went from house to house looking for students to study, explaining to parents. They also stand by the poor people who lost their jobs in Corona. Gives food aid to many.
The image of Barenga village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore has changed a lot with the initiative of college and university students. Three years ago, a group of young people formed an organization called Student Welfare Association to build an ideal village.
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Visiting the village recently, it was seen that some young people were busy repairing the paved roads. Talking to Nur Alam Khan, Rakib Hossain, Raj Kumar, Arup Biswas, Shoaib Khan, Murad Khan, Rezwan Sheikh and Babul Akter. They are all college-university students. The president of the organization Babul Akter is from Barenga village. He taught at the government primary school in the neighboring village of Hijaldanga. He studied applied mathematics from Rajshahi University.
In response to a question, he said that the issue of children’s education is a priority for them. Many children have to leave school and go to work due to lack of money. Upon receiving such news, the association rushed to the parents of the children. Understands the importance of their education. Provides financial assistance if needed. In this way the student was made to go to school again. One such student is Minarul Islam. Minarul, the son of Kamrul Islam, stopped studying due to lack of work. They again admitted him in the seventh class of Barenga NSH Dakhil Madrasa. Similarly, Farzana Yasmin and Sharmin Sultana, two students who have dropped out of school, are being taught in Pancharai Secondary School with financial assistance.
Van driver Farooq Hossain said that the boys of the organization regularly inquired about the education of his third and eighth grade children.
General Secretary of the organization Nur Alam Sheikh. He is studying in the last year of graduation (honors) at Jessore MM College. He said, ‘We have to stay with the humanitarian work. In which the society benefits.
Apart from supervising the education of the children, the organization also tries its best to solve the problems of the villagers. Last year, a bamboo bridge was built over the Harihar River to connect Barenga village with Altapol village. The members of the Student Welfare Association sat down with the elders of the village and decided that the bridge would be built with the help of all. The bridge is made of bamboo from the villagers. It is nine kilometers from Barenga to Keshabpur. Due to the bridge, the distance was reduced to six kilometers.
* Three years ago, a group of young students formed an organization called the Welfare Association. * They sometimes repair broken roads, build bridges.
Currently, the school is closed due to the Corona situation and the children of the village are very much out of school. The members of the organization went from house to house in the evening to make them concentrate on their studies.
In Corona, food is provided by the organization to those who have lost their jobs and are in financial difficulties. 50 members contribute 50 to 100 rupees per month. The organization also receives financial support from villagers who work in different parts of the country. Soap water has been provided at the corners of the village during the Corona period. Sanitizers, masks are distributed.
UNO MM Arafat Hossain said, “Such good work of the village youth deserves praise. If the administration needs any help, I will definitely do it.