Drishtipat is a non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization, composed of students and young professionals worldwide, committed to safeguarding human rights in Bangladesh through action-oriented projects that provide direct assistance to those individuals whose voices remain unheard today. For more information, please visit www.drishtipat.org.

Drishtipat London Chapter Launch. Here is a full featured description of the launch event.

Also Drishtipat arranged the screening of Arek Kansat and Ontorjatra in October and November, 2006. To take a look at all th recent events, click here

Details on Initial Project on garments workers:

Project 2008: Climate Change and Bangladesh

Awareness Campaign On Climate Change's Impact On Bangladesh

The international community recognises that an already vulnerable country such as Bangladesh is at the fore front of the adverse effects of climate change. A senior Bangladeshi politician recently quoted “while for some countries, the impacts might be lifestyle threatening, for others it is life threatening”. It is clear through many reports from international scientists that climate change will exacerbate many of the natural hazards that Bangladesh faces. Bangladesh, standing in the face of, millions of potential climate refugees, is still unfortunately not getting enough attention from the international policy makers and the media.

We feel this ignorance and lack of urgency from the developed world needs to change.

Drishtipat, a global organization of expatriate Bangaldeshis, has undertaken an awareness raising campaign on the impact of climate change on Bangladesh and needs your help as partners.

The campaign is broken down in three phases.

Phase 1: Awareness in the UK among media and policy making

The project will initially concentrate on an awareness campaign in UK The awareness building will happen through media campaigns and panel discussions/debates. The panellists for the initial phase will consist of relevant stakeholders from Bangladeshi and British government, International development agencies, and Non governmental Organisations (NGOs) and media representatives. The panel discussion will be complimented with a photo exhibition illustrating the social and environmental effects of climate change on Bangladesh. In addition to that a team of BBC journalists will be sharing their experience to the audience, of a recent river tour in Bangladesh, where they saw for themselves the true effects of climate change and in the process they raised awareness of this topic to the local people.

Phase 2: Awareness among the public internationally

The second phase of this project will consists of cultural events and film screenings depicting the lives of people who are affected by climate change. The aim is to sustain pressure on the policy makers to keep their focus on Bangladesh on this issue.

Phase 3: Campaign in Bangladesh

This campaign will be extended to Bangladesh in due course to increase accountability and cooperation among all governmental and non governmental organisations working in this area. This project will ensure that the people of Bangladesh and the international donors are fully aware of the issues faced by Bangladesh’s fight against climate change and are appropriately prepared.

If you'd like to work with us, please email us at info AT london.drishtipat.org and come attend the general meeting to share your enthusiasm, ideas and spirit!