Narail Express Foundation

The Narail Express Foundation (Bengali: নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন listen) is a non-profit Narail-based charity, founded by Bangladeshi Politician and Cricketer Mashrafe Mortaza in 2017, that provides education and healthcare services for the underprivileged in Bangladesh.[4][5]

Motto“Narail will be the best accommodation of the generation” (নড়াইল হবে প্রজন্মের শ্রেষ্ঠ বাসস্থান)[1]
Founded4 September 2017
FounderMashrafe Mortaza
TypeEducation and healthcare for underprivileged
FocusUnderprivileged children and youth
Location
Coordinates23.173582°N 89.508877°E / 23.173582; 89.508877[2]
Area served
Bangladesh
ServicesEducation, employment, medical treatment, arts and culture, sports and human rights.[3]
MethodDirect training, funding medical treatment, supplies for the differently-abled
Official language
Bengali
OwnerMashrafe Mortaza
WebsiteNarail Express Foundation

Goals and achievements

Narail Express sets some goals at the beginning, they are:

1) To make Narail one of the best accommodation of the generation.[6]

2) To ensure that the people of Narail, who are in Narail, get all the benefits of internationally agreed citizenship/enhancing civil facilities.[4]

3) Narail's overall health service quality improvement. A CCU is opened to ensure emergency treatment at the primary level. Ensure quality of all hospitals and clinics in Narail and launch 111 services.[6]

4) To introduce special education system in Narail along with general education and international standard.[5]

5) To make moral and humanistic education compulsory.[7]

6) Narail's youth society should find its way from Narail to his career, so that no one should leave Narail in the persecution of life.[6]

7) To establish Narail as a cultural and sports capital.[8]

8) To establish the Chitra river as an attractive tourist city.[8]

9) Establish Narail as the 'Silicon City' of Bangladesh.[6]

10) Transforming the district town into an ICT one and making an entertainment-friendly city.[5]

Partners

From December 2017, the Narail Express Foundation logo will be used on the bottles of Pran Drinking Water. Pran will provide financial support to the Foundation in return.[9]

On 19 April 2018, IPDC Finance, a private financial institution, signed an agreement with Narail Express Foundation for providing all the training facilities of the sport for the talented players from Narail.[10]

In April 2018, an agreement was signed with the clinic and the diagnosis center "Prescription Point" to advance Narail's medical care. According to the agreement, all types of health services will be available at Banani and Badda branches of 'Prescription Point' with a discount of fifty percent.[11]

In May 2018, an agreement was signed with Thyrocare Technologies Limited so that the people of Narail will be able to get more than 400 blood tests at the highest discount, including cancer detection.[11]

On 14 May 2019 Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology signed an agreement with Narail Express Foundation, which will allow at least twenty students every year to study for 100% free scholarships at the university for the students of Narail for more than next ten years.[11]

On 19 May 2019, Narail Express Foundation has taken initiative to tackle unemployment problem. The plan is to create employment opportunities by looking for young entrepreneurs and providing them with appropriate training and overall support. An agreement was recently signed between the Narail Express Foundation and Sahin's Helpline to implement it. Sahin's helpline will work primarily on how to develop youth skills through training.[12]

Charity events

Narail Express Foundation organized the "Concert for the Helpless" to help people who are disadvantaged by Narail. Some of the country's first class artists come to the occasion to sing. The proceeds from this concert will be spent on the welfare of the disadvantaged people.[13]

Awards

The Narail Express Foundation continues to play a role in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals in social innovation and digital skills. It has been selected from 26 foundations across the country.[14]

YearAwardCategoryResultRefs
2019Bangladesh Digital Social Innovation SummitBest Social FoundationWon[14][15]

Social activities
  • Narail Express Foundation has installed closed circuit cameras around the city to secure the security of Narail's people.[16]
  • Under the management of the “Narail Express Foundation”, talented soccer, cricket and volleyball players will be selected from the remote areas and for the final phase, twenty five players from each department will be provided free training throughout the year. The 'Narail Express Foundation' will be participating in the Second Division Football and Cricket Games next year. These players will participate in national level play after proper training. Besides, this training will also create an opportunity for these players to be employed in public and private.[17]
  • Narail Express Foundation distributes free rice seeds among one thousand farmers. The Foundation has been contributing to the development of the society at various times. This time, the seeds of advanced varieties were distributed with the initiative of the Foundation and in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute.[18]
  • Narail Express Foundation gets ambulance gifted by Rangpur Riders, underprivileged people will be able use this ambulance in Narail District.[19]
  • Narail Express Foundation and Badar Uddin-Hinguljan Smiriti Library in Magura has jointly arranged a daylong eye camp at Sharif Abdul Hakim Diabetic Hospital in Narail.[20]
  • Narail Express Foundation organized financial support for the poor patients with 'the Rugi Welfare Society', at Abdul Hamik Diabetic Hospital, Mahisakhola.[21]
  • 1500 blankets have been distributed among the poor cold effected people by the initiative of Narail Express Foundation.[22]
  • Narail Express Foundation has provided solar lights for nearly 100 families in all areas where electricity has not yet been reached.[11]
  • 5 lakh, 10 hajar BDT was distributed to forty-three poor and helpless people under the initiative of Narail Express Foundation.[23]
  • Under the program 'Bangladesh Food Aid Ramadan 2019' funded by the Ichha Foundation and the Narail Express Foundation, with the support of the Al-Imdad Foundation, various food items worth 10 lakh BDT have been provided among the 400 poor families of Narail.[24]

References
  1. নড়াইলকে প্রজন্মের শ্রেষ্ঠ বাসস্থান হিসেবে গড়তে চান মাশরাফি [Mashrafe wants to make Narail the best accommodation in a generation]. NTV (Bangladeshi TV channel) (in Bengali). 4 September 2017.
  2. Narail Express Foundation location, Narail Express, retrieved 14 September 2018
  3. Narail Express Foundation, Narail Express, retrieved 14 September 2018
  4. Mashrafe launches ‘Narail Express’ foundation, The Independent (Bangladesh), retrieved 4 September 2017
  5. Mashrafe to launche ‘Narail Express’ foundation, Prothom Alo, retrieved 4 September 2017
  6. Narail Express Foundation Goals, Narail Express, retrieved 14 September 2018
  7. ‘Narail Express’ foundation goals, Daily Sun, retrieved 4 September 2017
  8. ‘Narail Express’ foundation goals, The Financial Express (Bangladesh), retrieved 4 September 2017
  9. Pran boost for ‘Narail Express’ foundation, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), retrieved 25 December 2017
  10. Narail Express Foundation sign with IPDC Finance, United News of Bangladesh, retrieved 19 April 2018
  11. নড়াইলের উন্নয়নে নড়াইল-এক্সপ্রেস [Narail-Express for the development of Narail] (in Bengali). RTV (Bangladeshi TV channel) online. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  12. উদ্যোক্তা তৈরি করবে নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন [Narail Express Foundation will create entrepreneurship=]. Narail Volunteers (in Bengali). 19 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  13. Apu to perform at charity event for "Narail Express Foundation", Kaler Kantho, retrieved 23 February 2018
  14. সফল উদ্যোক্তার স্বীকৃতি পেলেন মাশরাফি [Mashrafe was recognized as a successful entrepreneur]. Samakal (in Bengali). 14 January 2019.
  15. শ্রেষ্ঠ উদ্যোক্তার স্বীকৃতি পেলেন মাশরাফি [Mashrafe was recognized as a best entrepreneur]. Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali). 14 January 2019.
  16. নড়াইল জুড়ে সিসি ক্যামেরা লাগালো মাশরাফির ফাউন্ডেশন [Mashrafe Foundation mounted CC camera across Narail]. Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 12 January 2019.
  17. মেধাবী খেলোয়াড়দের বিনামূল্যে প্রশিক্ষণ দেবে ‘নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন’ [Narail Express Foundation to train talented players for free]. Samakal (in Bengali). 27 April 2018.
  18. ধান বীজ বিতরণ করল মাশরাফির নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন [Mashrafe's Narail Express Foundation distributes paddy seeds]. Somoy TV (in Bengali). 12 November 2018.
  19. ‘Narail Express’gets ambulance gifted by Rangpur Riders, Daily Sun (Bangladesh), retrieved 25 December 2017
  20. 350 patients get free eye treatment in Narail, Bangladesh Post, retrieved 23 June 2019
  21. নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন এর আয়োজনে অসহায় দুঃস্থদের মাঝে আর্থিক সহায়তা প্রদান [The Narail Express Foundation provides financial assistance to the distressed]. Narail Government Official (in Bengali). 10 April 2018.
  22. শীতার্তদের পাশে ‘নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন [Narail Express Foundation next to cold affected people]. Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali). 25 January 2017.
  23. ৪৩ জন দুস্থ-অসহায়দের আর্থিক সহায়তা করলো নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশন [Narail Express Foundation financed forty-three disadvantages.]. Kantho 71 (in Bengali). 10 April 2018.
  24. মাশরাফির নড়াইল এক্সপ্রেস ফাউন্ডেশনের উদ্যোগে চারশোত গরীবদের মাঝে ইফতার ও সেহেরী খাদ্যসামগ্রী বিতরণ [Distribution of Iftar and Sehri food items among the four hundred people poor under the initiative of Narail Express Foundation of Mashrafe]. Narail Kantho (in Bengali). 4 May 2019.
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