In a way to recognize and appreciate the youth-led organizations that turned around lives and brought about positive community changes in Bangladesh the Joy Bangla Youth Award has been awarded to 30 different youth-led organizations. A virtual ceremony launched by Young Bangla, the youth front of ruling Awami League's research wing Centre for ResearchInformation (CRI) has organized the event. Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, announced the award-winning organizations.
The certificates, crests, and laptops will be dispatched to the awardees. Apart from the winners, top nominees will also receive certificates from the CRI. Young Bangla was set off on November 15, 2014, aims to directly incorporate the young generation in the country's development activities activated towards 'Vision 2021'. 50,000 volunteers and 300,000 members from 315 organizations are taking the Young Bangla forward. In the first stage, the 'Joy Bangla Youth Award' was conferred under six categories - women empowerment, children's rights, empowerment of specially challenged people, empowerment of underprivileged people, empowerment of ultra-poor people, and youth development.
Later stage included seven more categories, anti-drug awareness campaign, activities to deal with COVID-19, environment and climate change, healthcare, education and awareness, cultural initiatives, and disaster management. Sajeeb said, the country can never budge from its founding principle of secularism. "Whatever religion we belong to, we are all Bangalis," he said at the award ceremony.
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