A 'Joy Bangla Youth Award' (JBYA) winner has received the International Children’s Peace Prize 2020 for setting up a social organisation and mobile app ‘Cyber Teens’ to stop cyberbullying and violence against children.
Sadat Rahman received the award from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai at a ceremony in the Netherlands. He was one of the winners of the JBYA 2018.
Having set off in November 2014, Young Bangla, the youth wing of Centre for Research & Information (CRI), has been awarding, every year, ‘Joy Bangla Youth Award’ to the youths and youth organizations successfully involved in changing the social paradigm in their respective areas of work.
So far, 130 youth organizations have been awarded between 2015 and 2018 for the stepping stones they set for the welfare of society and the country. Incorporating the young population in the country’s development activities geared towards ‘Vision 2021’ is the aim of Young Bangla which is carried forward by 50,000 volunteers and 315 organisations, consisting of nearly 3,00,000 members.
The fourth edition of the JBYA is set for November 17 to recognize countrywide young changemakers, help them network among themselves and enhance the services they are already doing to their communities.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Affairs Adviser and son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, also the chairperson of CRI, will grace the event as its chief guest and award the youths. CRI Trustee and State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid will also speak at the occasion.
Earlier, the online registration for the Award ended on October 15 with more than 600 organisations run by youths aged between 18 and 35 applied for the awards for their services.
The categories are: women empowerment, children’s rights, empowerment of specially challenged and underprivileged people, youth development, empowerment of ultra-poor people, anti-drug awareness campaign, activities to deal with COVID-19, environment and climate change, renewable or green energy, healthcare, education and awareness, cultural initiatives, and disaster management.
At the first stage, the Award will be conferred under six categories - women empowerment, children’s rights, empowerment of specially challenged people, empowerment of underprivileged people, empowerment of ultra-poor people, and youth development.
In the second stage, the awards will fall under the purview of seven sub-categories - anti-drug awareness campaign, activities to deal with COVID-19, environment and climate change, healthcare, education and awareness, cultural initiatives, and disaster management, the CRI said in a statement.
