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...

Live on Radio Foorti

BlueNote (see pic below) were featured on Radio Foorti this evening, talking in a 15-minute interview with RJ Fuad about our link to this campaign, as well as the presence of jazz for the first time in Dhaka. All good publicity...

More Jazz and Film

Last night saw another collaboration between BlueNote and Future Shorts. with an evening of jazz and film at the Nordic Club. Again well attended, raising another £30 for the appeal.

Playing in the Rain

We had another of our fundraising bashes at the BAGHA last night. Despite sheets of torrential rain, 89 people turned up for happy hour proving the old adage that no monsoon ever gets between a Brit and his/her pint. That's the spirit. And yes, we risked electrocution, but what does that matter when we raised another £200 for the cause...? Huzzah, chaps! (Pic by Mikey
Leung)