I am a youth leader in Northern Bangladesh.  Here 40% of young people are living below the poverty line because they cannot get any work.  To make it worse, the flooding was really bad and gave us the feeling that we had lost so much of the gains we had made in recent years.  This is something I am determined we will not take sitting down.  

I believe so much in the power of online networking so I connected with 50,00 youth nationwide via chatrooms to organise some events on October 17th.  This is a chance for young people to make sure their voices are heard by our politicians.  We want them to prioritise job creation projects so we can be part of the new generation that builds a better country than our parents had. As well as the Stand Up Speak Out rally in Dhaka that day we held a seminar to discuss our issues with the relevant government representatives and a massive concert with our most popular singers in the evening.   

Young people are one third of total world population. But still in many case they get no priority. I helped set up a Center for Human Development (CHD) where we get people like me to volunteer and also use technology to connect with youth in other places so they do not feel alone in their struggle for justice.

My father died when I was just two so my mother had to bring us up alone.  She was always working so hard for the small things but she taught me an important lesson - if people dare to believe they can change something, they will achieve it, if not today then tomorrow. 
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