Finding Solutions for the Society

The idea of giving back to the community has created a lasting impression on many over the years. However, the idea of giving to the community to gain for one self is one that is much more recent and exceptional. 

"Be a little selfish to be selfless" - is the philosophy with which YASD has been led, where one helps the community to benefit from it, while making it a better place to live in. To increase the youth activity in the social development processes, YES Alumni Bangladesh created the YASD workshop.

During the YASD workshop, held on April 7, 2016, the participants were given a task to find a social issue and formulate a solution to the said issue. From there, the best solution would be selected and given a grant to make it into a reality. Setting up businesses for disabled, promoting greener environment, preventing drug abuse and encouraging activity of urban children, these were the solutions brought up by the participants of the YASD. Each of the solution was designed by the participants to tackle a unique social problem.

Singling out a solution among all of them was a tough call to make, especially since all of the solutions tackled different problems. This conflict led to a unanimous decision by the YES Alumni organising team to give grants to implement all of the solutions instead of just one. The participating teams were given certificates by the Cultural Affairs Officer of the US Embassy, George Mesthos, along with a pat on the back for accomplishing such a feat during the closing ceremony of YASD on the April 25, 2016 at the American Center.

All the participants were given time to refine their ideas further with the help of YASD mentors and to bring it in the form of a project. Each the projects will be given a separate grant for the execution and are to be implemented during August.