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News Category: Disability Rights

Mr.Vashkar Bhattacharjee , Head of YPSA IRCD (ICT and Resource Centre on Disabilities ) and Mr. Md. Arifur Rahman , Chief Executive of YPSA has attended at the London Book Fair and received this International Excellence Award

YPSA become winner of the International Excellence Award 2015

YPSA became winner of the Accessible Books Consortium Award for Accessible Publishing Initiative at the International Excellence Award 2015 held in London Book Fair (LBF) , United Kingdom on 14th…

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Vashkar addressing the program

Program on Access to DAISY Books held at CU

Disable Students Society of Chittagong University (DISSCU) with support from YPSA organized a program on Access to DAISY Books at University of Chittagong on April 4, 2015. About 50 visually…

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honorable adviser of the Prime Minister Prof. Dr. Gowher Rizvi handover the cheque to Md. Arifur Rahman, CE and Vashkar Bhattacharjee. PM of YPSA

3rd round of Service Innovation Fund (SIF) awarded to YPSA

3rd round of Service Innovation Fund (SIF) of Access to Information (a2i) Program under Prime Minister’s Office of the Bangladesh Government awarded to YPSA for ‘Production of accessible reading materials…

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Distribution of Digital Talking Books for the visually impaired students of Chittagong University

Distribution of Digital Talking Books for the visually impaired students of CU held

Disabled Students Society of Chittagong University (DISSCU) with support from YPSA organized “Distribution of Digital Talking Books for students of visually impaired farewell and reception 2015” at Chittagong University on…

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Inaugural ceremony

10th Chittagong divisional disability sports competition and disability fair 2014 held

For nurturing the mind, body and spirit of people with disability through sports and recreation, Jatiya Protibondhi Krira Samity and Chittagong Society for The Disabled (CSD)  jointly organized 10th Chittagong…

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ICTPD-2014A batch attends a meeting

ICTPD-2014A batch consist of 25 members from various countries visit YPSA

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Stockholm University and Life Academy, Sweden organize International Training Program on ICT and Pedagogical Development (ICTPD) each year.  The regional workshop for the batch…

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Chief Executive of YPSA Md. Arifur Rahman presenting the concept paper

Challenged people being involved in mainstream development: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed

Commerce Minister Mr. Tofail Ahmed said the government has attached highest priority to mainstreaming the challenged people through making them efficient workforce for ensuring inclusive development in the country.  “Like…

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Inaugural of 7th Annual Convention of Self-help Organization

7th annual convention of self-help organization of persons with disabilities held

7th annual convention of Self-help Organization of Persons with Disabilities was held with the support of Actionaid Bangladesh at YPSA HRDC Sitakund Campus on 22 October 2014. About 500 representatives…

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Demonstration of Digital Talking Books in front of speaker of national parliament

Demonstration of Digital Talking Books in front of speaker of national parliament

Mr. Ahsanullah Sarkar, Associate Program Officer of YPSA has demonstrated Digital Talking Books (DAISY) in front of Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, Honorable Speaker of National Parliament, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh on the…

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Abdullah Al Shakir, Webmaster of YPSA receiving certificate from Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid

Training workshop on “Inclusive Publishing” held for the first time in Bangladesh.

Training workshop on “Inclusive Publishing” was conducted during 15 to 17 September 2014 at the BASIS Auditorium, Dhaka. This program was conducted by the DAISY Consortium with support from WIPO…

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YPSA wins ISIF Asia award 2014

YPSA wins The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) Award

YPSA won The Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia) Award under the category “Innovation on learning and localization”. The Awards Ceremony took place during the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul,…

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Minister of Primary and Mass Education Bangladesh visiting YPSA stall at the education fair

Teacher’s Conference 2014 held in Cox’sbazar

YPSA took part in a three-day Teacher’s Conference 2014 hosted by Access to Information (a2i) Programme, under the Prime Minister’s Office in partnership with the British Council at Cox’sbazar cultural…

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Meeting

Meeting on Equal Right Equal Opportunity: Education and Disability held to promote Global Action Week

Promoting Global Action Week 2014, YPSA organized discussion meeting on Equal Right Equal Opportunity: Education and Disability at YPSA HRDC Sictakund Campus with the support of ActionAid Bangladesh. Global Action Week is…

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Meeting

Discussion meeting on Right to Food held at Sitakund

YPSA organized a discussion meeting on Right to Food at YPSA HRDC Campus, Sitakund on 16 February 2014. Speakers stress different hazards to food safety. General awareness about food safety…

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A woman from fisherman community receiving blanket

300 blankets distributed among the fishermen, persons with disability and indigenous people

YPSA with the support of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) distributed 300 warm blankets among the fishermen, persons with disability and indigenous people at Sitakund on 16 January 2014. Mohammad Shahin Imran,…

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2013 observed

Federation of Disabled People Organization, Sitakund arranged a discussion meeting to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, 2013 with the support of YPSA and Actionaid…

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PWD's in the training workshop

16 PWDs receive Entrepreneurs Development Training at Sitakund

16 people with disabilities including men and women from different areas of Sitakund Upazila attended a two-day training workshop on Entrepreneurs Development aimed to be self-employed and play important role…

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oath taking

NASPD Chittagong committee election held

Association of Sports for the Persons with Disability (NASPD) Chittagong committee election held during its biannual general meeting at the Chittagong Society for Disabled(CSD) premises, Chittagong on 9 November 2013. Md. Mahabubur Rahman, Director(SD),…

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Mr. Vashkar Bhattacharjee receiving award from honorable speaker of the national parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury and Dan W Mozena, The Ambassador of USA in Bangladesh

Service Innovation Fund awarded to YPSA

Service Innovation Fund arranged by Access to Information (A2I) Program under Prime Minister’s Office awarded to YPSA for ‘production of multimedia digital talking book’. Mr. Vashkar Bhattacharjee, Program Manager, YPSA…

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Training on “Empowering Youth with Disabilities through market driven ICT skills” launched

After winning the prestigious Competition named ‘Youth Solutions! Technology for Skills and Employment’, 2013, organized by The World Bank, Microsoft Sri Lanka and Sarvodaya-Fusion., Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) is implementing the proposed…

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