Urban World February 2015 | Page 12

What does our present generation do? Have we ever asked that to ourselves? You're not really living until you imprint your footprint on the world. But there are some people in the world who actually work to put their views and change the world. Nothing happens at once, you can't build a treasure within a day! It takes a long process and today we were lucky enough to talk to someone who is a teacher by profession and a social worker by passion, Mr. Ratul Rahman. A guy who is trying to set his own rules and trying to make the country and the world a better place to live in. We were lucky enough to take the interview of this special guest of Urban World.

Ratul Rahman is a teacher who is teaching O & A levels students and is also the founder of a social welfare organization named, Spark Aid Society. The organization was found by 11 members including him in 2008, and got registered in 2011. The organization works for five sectors but mainly emphasises on social development. The organization is running operations on different parts of Bangladesh. Apart from helping people and giving them support, they also donate clothes in winter and orgnize child nutrition programs.

When asked about the partners or contributors, he said that, "We obviously need donations but we also recruit members in two parts - general and life

Interview taken by Umme Tasmia

Photography by Zahin Haq

Article by Raisa Rahman