Just the short distance from my campus to Dhaka reveals some ‘below the poverty line’ scenes which can not but hurt ones feelings. If you look out through the window you’ll see people living on dumpsters in a ‘home’ made out of plastic and polythene. They are deprived of ALL basic and fundamental human rights. Let alone “proper” food they can’t even avail themselves pure water. Everyday minimum 3 individuals get on our bus and beg for money. Another common sight in Dhaka is that many people sleeping in footpaths covering themselves in a dirty rag. I bet you’ll cover your nose when passing by these people as they don’t have a place to get “cleaned”.

I am Irtiza and this is my world. No one is going to fix it for me. I have to come forward to do something. Running from the problems never did anyone any good - I can never support getting a good score in the exams and flying to another country for better salary. The world is dying around me and I will die with it if I don’t act soon. War, poverty and pollution are my creations and only I can do something about it.

And it feels great to finally meet some people with the same vision, goal and patriotism. Keeping in mind the poor condition of our country (if not the world) we have decided to create a nonprofit organization which helps the people who are needed to be helped. You can call it our little effort to make this world a little better place to live in.

Remember, the most difficult part of any job is the beginning. Star helping people around you. You have to start from zero and grow from there.