Third BAG meeting

The BAG met again on Friday 28th Sept following our visit to the hostel. Lots of ideas for fundraising and awareness-raising for the campaign came out of this.

Members of the group have opted for various ways of supporting the appeal: by volunteering time to visit the hostel and carry out creative workshops; arranging for groups of students to go on an awareness-raising trip, and through developing a campaign short film. The appeal is also to be featured on Bangladesh's premier music website. Lots of energy and enthusiasm - we're expecting great things!

Also, BNWLA's own VSO volunteer Jenny (pictured, standing) is now part of the group, providing vital expertise and a key link to the organisation.

BAG visits the hostel!

The BNWLA Action Group (Oniket, Don, Anika, Lemo, Jules and Andrew) met again last Saturday to go on a visit to the hostel, so that everyone could be in the picture. We are meeting again on on Friday to discuss our impressions, think of ways forward and consider how we can strengthen our ties with BNWLA itself as we seek to build on the 7600 pounds we have already collected.

Success!

The gig was a huge success, and got rave reviews, and not only from us. We raised the profile of the appeal and made over 1100 pounds for the appeal. Already there are more dates lined up for Dhaka, as well as London and New York next year.

Click on the image below for a superb collection of photoagraphs from our good friend Arif Hafiz...

East Meets West

East Meets West Concert

Preparations are well underway for the concert now, with the help of sponsors Warid Telecom and Media Partners Channel i and Radio Foorti. Should be a great gig, and a pioneering musical event here in Dhaka. Proceeds will go to the appeal of course. Watch this space for photos of the event, coming soon...

BNWLA and BlueNote in the news

More press exposure for the cause from the pen of our good friend Anika Mariam Ahmed! See this article from this weekend's New Age....

http://www.newagebd.com/2007/aug/03/aug03/xtra_also2.html

Redesigned website

Check out the newly redesigned website at www.bnwlahostel.org

Much smarter and more colourful, as well as easier to negotiate. Enjoy!

BNWLA Action Group

We have formed an Action Group made up of 6 volunteers from across the community: a film director, a radio producer, journalists, writers and students, to take this appeal to the next level. Immediate plans are for us to visit the hostel, and then collaborate on making a short film. Yesterday's first meeting, (with five of us present), got us off to an enthusiastic start. Watch this space for our next steps...