BRAC’s cyclone relief efforts supported by the student community

BRAC in the last few months has benefited from immense support from the student community in the US & Cananda, especially in mobilizing support for post-cyclone Sidr relief activities:

• Our friends at the School of International Training (SIT) at Vermont are hosted a series of interesting events, culminating in the Annual Race for a Reason. The race is a 5K/10K walk/run fundraising event, organized by Net Impact-SIT Chapter, and this year we are quite excited that the funds raised will help support BRAC’s cyclone relief efforts.
  
  
• The Bangladesh Emergency Action Charity Organization Now (BEACON) at University of Windsor, Ontario, organized a dinner in March to benefit the victims of Cyclone Sidr. The dinner featured feature Asian food and enterainment by University of Windsor students performing traditional cultural songs and dances from around the world.
  
  
• Finally, The Bengali Students Association at New York University hosted "A Concert for Bangladesh 2008", to support Cyclone Sidr victims. Based on the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh to support victims of Cyclone Bhola, the event attracted 200 people from NYU and the broader NYC community.

Behind each of these events were students who helped organize them from scratch. We are moved by their passion, commitment and hard work.