“The British Council has been working to address and seek solutions to various social problems in Bangladesh and around the globe for decades. This year, we are glad to partner with Standard Chartered Bank to pursue actionable solutions for this globally significant issue, which is also highly relevant in Bangladesh,” said Jim Scarth, deputy director, British Council Bangladesh.
“Standard Chartered Bank has been working in the eye health sector for quite some time. Seeing is believing or SiB is the Bank’s global initiative to tackle avoidable (preventable or treatable) blindness. The project was conceptualised and first launched here by Standard Chartered Bangladesh in 2003 to combat such blindness and restore eyesight to the underprivileged. Since then, we have reached almost 123 million people through medical interventions, eye examinations, health education and health worker training. We believe, only through building awareness can we help the 285 million blind or visually impaired people in the world, because 80 per cent of such issues can be prevented or treated,” said Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank.
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, creating international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and building trust between them worldwide. The British Council works in more than 110 countries and has 8000 staff – including 2000 teachers – who work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the arts and delivering education and society programmes. For more information visit www.britishcouncil.org.bdThe British Council, in partnership with Standard Chartered bank, has celebrated World Sight Day 2016 on Wednesday, October 16, 2016 at British Council, Fuller Road.
World Sight Day is a special day of awareness that is celebrated around the world each year to focus on blindness and vision impairment. To celebrate this day, British Council arranged a Young Learners’ Art Competition with this year’s theme “stronger together”. Around 2500 children (aged between 5 -14) from all over Bangladesh took part in the art competition. Among them, 30 winners were selected and awarded certificates and prizes in the ceremony.
The ceremony was designed with a crafts workshop and cultural programme for kids. There was a voluntary eye camp for all the guests supported by Lions Club Bangladesh. Jim Scarth, deputy director, British Council Bangladesh, Sarwat Reza, library manager, British Council Bangladesh, Bitopi Das Chowdhury, head of corporate affairs, Standard Chartered Bank and Ln Shakhawat Hossain, chief advisor, Lions Club Motijheel Royal, were present at the ceremony.
“The British Council has been working to address and seek solutions to various social problems in Bangladesh and around the globe for decades. This year, we are glad to partner with Standard Chartered Bank to pursue actionable solutions for this globally significant issue, which is also highly relevant in Bangladesh,” said Jim Scarth, deputy director, British Council Bangladesh.
“Standard Chartered Bank has been working in the eye health sector for quite some time. Seeing is believing or SiB is the Bank’s global initiative to tackle avoidable (preventable or treatable) blindness. The project was conceptualised and first launched here by Standard Chartered Bangladesh in 2003 to combat such blindness and restore eyesight to the underprivileged. Since then, we have reached almost 123 million people through medical interventions, eye examinations, health education and health worker training. We believe, only through building awareness can we help the 285 million blind or visually impaired people in the world, because 80 per cent of such issues can be prevented or treated,” said Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank.
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, creating international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and building trust between them worldwide. The British Council works in more than 110 countries and has 8000 staff – including 2000 teachers – who work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the arts and delivering education and society programmes. For more information visit www.britishcouncil.org.bd
“The British Council has been working to address and seek solutions to various social problems in Bangladesh and around the globe for decades. This year, we are glad to partner with Standard Chartered Bank to pursue actionable solutions for this globally significant issue, which is also highly relevant in Bangladesh,” said Jim Scarth, deputy director, British Council Bangladesh.
“Standard Chartered Bank has been working in the eye health sector for quite some time. Seeing is believing or SiB is the Bank’s global initiative to tackle avoidable (preventable or treatable) blindness. The project was conceptualised and first launched here by Standard Chartered Bangladesh in 2003 to combat such blindness and restore eyesight to the underprivileged. Since then, we have reached almost 123 million people through medical interventions, eye examinations, health education and health worker training. We believe, only through building awareness can we help the 285 million blind or visually impaired people in the world, because 80 per cent of such issues can be prevented or treated,” said Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Affairs, Standard Chartered Bank.
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, creating international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and building trust between them worldwide. The British Council works in more than 110 countries and has 8000 staff – including 2000 teachers – who work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year by teaching English, sharing the arts and delivering education and society programmes. For more information visit www.britishcouncil.org.bd