Saturday, 10 October 2009

Through its different initiatives, 1° Initiative has come to be about more than its members or its projects; it has come to be about the kids they have worked with. Kids from the streets and slums, kids who are Bangladesh's tomorrow, kids who have an enormous amount of untapped potential. 1°...
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Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Cyclone Aila caused hundreds of deaths, agricultural damage to rice crops, raised river levels and broke through mud embankments. There were countless victims who were, and still are, in need of help. In June 2009, 1° Initiative began to collect aid. We sent out messages to everyone we knew and...
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009

The "Anti-Presentations" took place on the day of the much awaited inaguration of the Pogose School Library re-opened after catalogueing by 1di. The programme was started with a presentation campaigning against littering, acid violence, and drug abuse, followed by...
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009

After a grueling two months of work, a team from One Degree Initiative finally managed to re-open the library in Pogose School in Puran Dhaka - the first private school in Dhaka founded in 1848! When we first visited the library we had not anticipated what we would...
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Friday, 05 June 2009

The motive was simple: On popular request, 1di finally organised a trip to ASHIC Cancer Shelter open to both members and guests. Everyone was excited about this much awaited trip! Living with cancer and chemotherapy must be terribly painful. We can't give them a...
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Monday, 08 June 2009

8th January 2009. 1di successfully saw through its “1° of Learning” Interschool Quiz and Art Competition.  At nine o’clock, 50 students lined up in front of the registration desks, delighting in the colourful walls and lovely decorations of the Ark School. The Art...
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Monday, 18 May 2009

This winter's winter clothes project was small-scale. 1di bought 40 sweaters, sponsored by a foreign investor contacted by Nafis Alam. Following one afternoon of hard work by Wasif and Tousif at Zubair's house the clothes were packed and were then distributed in rural areas. Project...
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