: About Me

Shahjahan Siraj, Director Machizo ( http://www.machizo.com ), Dhaka based a multimedia and communication organization. Along with online journalim, social entrepreneurship and networking Siraj is teaching newmedia and video communication at UlAB ( http://www.ulabd.net ), however he is a multimedia content producer, publisher and ICT4D practitioner in Bangladesh. Mr. Siraj has design morethan one hundred websites in different languages. Panos Fellow Shahjahan Siraj is founder of www.unnayannews.net, www.unnayanTV.com

My passion is ...

Freedom, peace and happiness

I know too much about ...

Newmedia, IC4D, multimedia and self esteem

My parents always told me ...

Selfless person never be perish

My childhood ambition ...

To be social leader

My favorite memory ...

Morning sky of Sao Paulo

Why I write ...

To inform, inspire and involve the audience with goodness

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Life and media presentations

My first job ...

working in a Ghandhi Study Center

My best moment ...

Loving and working

My inspiration ...

True Love

Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change How developing countries are adapting or preparing to adapt to the impacts of global climate change

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Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes. Constant fighting with poverty and floods are a common reality of grassroots Bangladesh. Along with development challenges, preparing for and adapting to climate changes has been added to the burden of the rural poor. The people of Vobodaho and Kashoppur in the Jessore district of southwest Bangladesh are continuously striving to deal with changes to their surroundings. Since 1960, the region's natu...

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