This posting is part of our Desi Spotlight Series.
It’s time for another in my very irregular series featuring the amazing work of South Asians in the United States working on human rights back in South Asia. Today, I’m featuring the organization Drishtipat, made up of a group of volunteers who are active in social justice and human rights in Bangladesh.
The success of Drishtipat truly lays in the passion, skills, and diligence of its volunteers, the generosity of its donors and the guidance, commitment and the network breadth of its leaders. Drishtipat is slowly but surely leaving its mark in alleviating the human rights crisis in Bangladesh and in eventually attaining its hopeful goal of giving every person the right to dignity, compassion and opportunity, and most importantly the right to be heard. Their motto says it all: “Be the change you want to see.”
Thanks to Taniah, Farhana, Rafiq and Asif for the responses and multimedia! You can check their organization out at drishtipat.org. They also have an English-language blog called Unheard Voices.