Sylhet Bureau

Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury inagurated Community Digital Center inagurated at Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet district on Monday.

on the occasion a colourful programme arranged at Koyrabad bazar osmanpur union under Osmaninagar upazila in the district organized by SOS Children's Village Bangladesh in collaboration with Usmanpur Union Parishad.

Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury attend the programme as a chief guest.

He said this speech , those who do good work live in people's hearts. People always remember if you do humanitarian work with honesty and devotion. Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country today is an example to the outside world. Who is working day and night to advance this country. Sheikh Hasina's government is determined to realize Bangabandhu's dream of building a modern Bangladesh. Today, the youth is victorious in all areas of the country. Especially this government is giving priority to the youth. As a result, girls have come a long way today. He praised the overall activities of SOS Shishu Palli and said that this village is already doing very well. Which is truly commendable. He sought everyone's cooperation to make Sylhet a modern and smart city.

Project Director of SOS Children's Village Sylhet Mohammad Yusuf Ali presided over the event.

National Director of SOS Children's Village Bangladesh Dr. Md. Enamul Haque, Osmaninagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rashedul Amin, Osmaninagar Press Club President Jubel. Ahmad Sekel, Dayamir Union Parishad Chairman STM Fakhruddin, Usmanpur Union Parishad Chairman Wali Ullah Badrul, Sylhet District Chhatra League President Nazmul Islam, SOS Children's Village Bangladesh Deputy Director Maksudul Alam Khan, Assistant Director and PDB Coordinator AHM Asaduzzaman, ICT Officer Rabiul Islam, Assistant Director of SOS Social Center Sylhet Tanveer Ahmad and others also attend the event as special guests, In his welcome speech, Mohammad Ali, ICT Director of SOS Children's Village Bangladesh, said that in the era of information technology, the digital center in Khairabad market provides services such as computer composing, color photocopying, online admission and job application, passport application, etc. will go.

Beneficiaries including local public representatives, senior officials of SOS Children's Village, teachers, dignitaries, media workers were present in the event.

Meanwhile, SOS Children's Village is a private and social development organization which is playing an important role in establishing the children in the society by providing family-based services and also ensuring their various needs and rights. Also, so that every child grows up close to the family and with love, respect and security, alternative families are created for the children who have lost their families due to various reasons, helping them to build a beautiful future and develop the society. Also helping children who are at risk of losing family care to a better future by placing them in their own families with the help of family strengthening programs. Moreover, they have special initiatives in spreading general and technical education, creating skilled manpower and socio-economic development of poor people. Professor Hermann Meiner founded the first SOS Children's Village in Imst, Austria in 1949 and gradually expanded to 137 countries around the world.

Immediately after the independence war of Bangladesh in 1972, the founder of SOS International SOS Children's Village - late Professor Herman Meiner came to Bangladesh and met Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In continuation of this, the activities of this child welfare organization started in Bangladesh by establishing the country's first SOS Children's Village in Shyamoli, Dhaka. Later SOS Children's Village expanded to Rajshahi, Khulna, Chittagong, Bogra and Sylhet. SOS Children's Village Sylhet was inaugurated on 05 February 2012 by Mr. Enamul Haque Mostafa Shaheed, MP, Honorable Minister of Social Welfare of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

The operation of SOS Children's Village in Greater Sylhet guarantees a permanent and long-term service commitment to the helpless, abused, disenfranchised, underprivileged and familyless children of the region. It is a unique and exceptional effort in child welfare in the region. The financial and human support of people from all walks of life will make the activities of SOS Children's Village more dynamic.