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🌊 Join OSO in Building Flood-Resistant Shelters for Sustainable Rehabilitation 🌊

The recent floods in Fulgazi, Feni have devastated homes, farms, and livelihoods, leaving many families vulnerable. Over the past month, OSO teams have visited the affected areas, documenting stories through video interviews, interacting with locals, and identifying urgent needs.

Our mission is not only to provide immediate relief but also to empower people to rebuild their shelters and farms sustainably, using locally available materials. To achieve this, we believe in the power of collaboration and innovative design thinking.

Calling all stakeholders:
OSO invites NGOs, academic institutions, foreign experts, architects, engineers, and individuals passionate about community development to join us in a colloquy. Together, we aim to co-create flood-resistant shelter solutions, empowering residents to build their own homes with resilience and sustainability at the core.

How to Get Involved:
Join the Colloquy: Help shape innovative, sustainable designs for flood-resistant shelters.
Visit the Field: We can arrange visits to the affected areas at your convenience to provide firsthand insights.
Partner with Us: Let’s collaborate on funding, technical expertise, or any other capacity you can offer.
This is an opportunity to build a safer future together. Your expertise and support can make a lasting impact on families striving to regain their livelihoods.

Let’s create a community-driven, sustainable response—one shelter at a time.

📧 Contact us today for details and collaboration: [email protected]

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🌊 বন্যা-প্রতিরোধী আশ্রয় নির্মাণে ওএসও’র আহ্বান 🌊

সম্প্রতি ফেনীর ফুলগাজীতে ঘটে যাওয়া বন্যায় বহু মানুষের ঘরবাড়ি ও জীবিকা ধ্বংস হয়েছে। গত এক মাস ধরে ওএসও-এর টিম ওই এলাকার মানুষদের পাশে দাঁড়িয়ে তাঁদের অভিজ্ঞতা ভিডিও ডকুমেন্টারি ও সাক্ষাৎকারের মাধ্যমে লিপিবদ্ধ করেছে এবং স্থানীয় চাহিদা নিরূপণ করেছে।

আমাদের লক্ষ্য শুধু জরুরি সহায়তা নয়, বরং স্থানীয় উপকরণ ব্যবহার করে মানুষকে নিজেদের টেকসই আশ্রয় ও জীবিকা পুনর্গঠনে সক্ষম করে তোলা। এজন্য নতুন ধরনের নকশা ভাবনা (Design Thinking) এবং বহু-স্তরীয় অংশীদারিত্বের মাধ্যমে সমাধান খোঁজা অত্যন্ত জরুরি।

অংশীদারদের জন্য আহ্বান:
ওএসও বিভিন্ন এনজিও, শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠান, দেশি-বিদেশি বিশেষজ্ঞ, স্থপতি, প্রকৌশলী এবং কমিউনিটি ডেভেলপমেন্টে আগ্রহী ব্যক্তিদেরকে এই উদ্যোগে অংশ নেওয়ার জন্য আমন্ত্রণ জানাচ্ছে। একসাথে আমরা এমন বন্যা-প্রতিরোধী আশ্রয় নকশা তৈরি করতে চাই, যা মানুষের জন্য কার্যকর ও স্থানীয়ভাবে টেকসই হবে।

কীভাবে অংশগ্রহণ করবেন?
কলোকুইতে যোগ দিন: বন্যা-প্রতিরোধী টেকসই আশ্রয় নকশা নিয়ে উদ্ভাবনী সমাধান নিয়ে আলোচনা করুন।
ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত এলাকা পরিদর্শন করুন: সরাসরি এলাকা ঘুরে দেখার ব্যবস্থা করা হবে, যাতে পরিস্থিতি সম্পর্কে বাস্তব ধারণা লাভ করা যায়।
সহযোগিতা করুন: অর্থায়ন, কারিগরি সহায়তা বা অন্য যেকোনোভাবে আমাদের পাশে থাকুন।
এটি আমাদের জন্য একসাথে একটি নিরাপদ ভবিষ্যত গড়ার সুযোগ। আপনার অভিজ্ঞতা ও সহায়তা ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত মানুষের জীবনে একটি দীর্ঘস্থায়ী ইতিবাচক পরিবর্তন আনতে পারে।

চলুন, সবাই মিলে টেকসই পুনর্বাসন গড়ে তুলি—একটি আশ্রয় থেকে আরেকটিতে।

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An Entrepreneur Is The Nucleus Of An Enterprise. As a participant in such an event for the first time, it dawned on me how a man’s belief in something and constant effort to mobilize things can reach ultimately a positive and successful accomplishment. The Workshop on Research Methodology at the Lecture Gallery-2 of Dhaka Medical College convened and organized by the Young Researchers Fund (YRF), a brainchild of Organization for Social Orientation (OSO), went as was anticipated. The visionary founder president of OSO, Mr. Masud Zakaria, with the help of other young and dedicated minds, directly or remotely related with YRF, have shown their true spirit in organizing this workshop and sharing the important message on the significance of Research.

It was truly admirable how YRF had managed to communicate and convince four of the esteemed doctors, Dr. Robed Amin, Dr. Md. Ferdous Wahid, Dr. M Tarik Arafat, and Dr. Mustaq Adnanin Bangladesh, to be present and give a resourceful talk on Research Methodology from their own professional backgrounds. Each of the speakers had provided information from authentic sources and shared practical experiences sincerely in order for the participants to grasp the gist of the knowledge on Research. It was apparent from their delivery of information that how vital is to have firsthand knowledge on research which can be implemented in any fields of education or profession or even in your own passion for something.

Though targeted the keen medical students of DMC for them to learn and develop their study in medical science, Mr. Zakaria’s aim was to put an effort on the general perspective of research too. Out of that though, the workshop agenda contained general as well as medical, engineering and technological backgrounds which were relatively ensued by the learned speakers’ knowledge sharing from different angles of research necessity.

The central point of the whole workshop was to make the participants perceive the core philosophy of research. Participants had learned What, Why, How Questions such as What is Research? Why is Research Important? And How should Research be done? The speakers made all participants realize that it was imperative to contribute to the future by doing successful research on an important and useful subject.

The overall arrangement of the workshop was done quite decently of which the credit was attributed wholeheartedly to the DMC coordinator Ms. Nahida Nishat, a 5th-year medical student. Honestly, she had done a great job in communication, venue arrangement, participant registration, following up with event updates as well as in her moderating the workshop through to the end. Sitting arrangement was clean and comfortable for the participants. They were supplied necessary pen & paper for jotting down relevant notes from the speakers’ talks and their presentation slideshows. The regular lecture stage and podium were allowed for the guest speakers’sitting. A proper evening snack was served to each guest speaker and participant. At the end of the workshop, each guest speaker was handed gifts and each participant was handed a Certificate for Participation.

The event was wrapped up with the OSO president Mr. Zakaria’s short speech on his overall goal for YRF and his thankful note to each major and minor contributor to this event. The moderator concluded the workshop in a formal note.

Success is not measured upon a perfect accomplishment; rather it is a continual improvement process through identifying the by-product shortcomings of a striving workload and work on them to develop in future endeavor. Similarly, observations from the YRF Workshop on Research Methodology can be singled out which if attended carefully may produce more effective works in the future. The most effective function that should be included in such a workshop is Clear Interaction between speakers and participants for sharing questions, information, and precise understanding. Comprehensive learning for the participants should be the sole objective of such a workshop. That being said, speakers have to be prepared with resourceful accessories and information while the participants must be ready with inquisitive queries regarding Research from their learning perspectives or backgrounds. Organizers should think more about how to make such a workshop an operative event from which participants have something to take away.

Nonetheless, even with all drawbacks, organizers must not shy away to continuously arrange such events or workshops so they can improve on every new event. Someone has to start from somewhere to make the change.

Names of Convener & Organizers:
1. Mr. Masud Zakaria- Convener; President of Organization for Social Orientation (OSO)
2. Ms. Nahida Nishat- Workshop Coordinator & Moderator, Student of Dhaka Medical College, 5th Year
3. Mr. Abdul Alim Kamran- Event Organizer & Head of Documentation Team, Student of Noakhali Science & Technology University

Chief Guest & Speaker:
Dr. Md Robed Amin, M.B.B.S, FCPS is presently the Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College of Bangladesh. He also happened to be the Assistant Professor of Medicine at DMCH from 2008 to 2011. More than 80 of his national and international journals have been published. He has been awarded, Dr. Md. Robed Amin is currently General Secretary of Toxicology Society of Bangladesh and also the Member Secretary of Tropical Disease Research Cell in Dhaka Medical College (2008-onwards). He is the Secretary of Research of Bangladesh Society of Medicine. He is also the Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Association of Advancement of Tropical Medicine.

Other Guest Speakers:
1. Dr. M Tarik Arafat, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Dept. of BUET. He has been a Research Fellow at University of Leeds, the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2016. His part of the talk covered Scope of Research in Biomed and Biotech Fields.
2. Dr. Md. Ferdous Wahid, Assistant Professor of Respiratory Medicine, NIDCH: Research Methodology. Dr. Wahid had completed his graduation from Sir Salimullah Medical College in 1998. He achieved his membership from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2008 and completed Doctorate of Medicine in Pulmonology in 2010. Now he is working as an Assistant Professor in the National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital.
3. Dr. Mustaq Adnan, Pulmonologist, NIDCH: Proposal Writing. Dr. Adnan is a student in the final part of Pulmonology, expected to complete MD in upcoming July ’19. He has completed MRCP. This young fellow was requested upon for this workshop due to his young age and sharing his modern perspective on a research proposal.

Photo Credit:
Mr. Shashwata Chandan, Dhaka Medical College.

Sponsored by: D6 Pharma & Biotech Ltd.

Workshop Date: April 24, 2019.

Reviewer:
Md. Anique, Writer at OSO

YRF Workshop