Thanks for making my stay in Bangladesh great ! I had a wonderful time during the Workcamp. I think it was a great success: installing latrines and helping patients and doctors during the Eye Camp was a wonderful experience. I made a lot of new friends, both international and Bengali.  Volunteering was a great way to really get to know Bangladesh.  

Thanks for everything !

Arrival:  Feb 05, 2001            
Departure:  Jun 20. 2001

I have been in Bangladesh just since 4 months and half, none the less I have learn so many things that never I would be able to get in the same time in France.

I am not say that Bangladesh is a beautiful country owing to the lack of human rights and in particular according to children and women, al though in other side. I am convinced heart and mind of bengali people are very more wealth than those ones of most societies.  I have devoted a deep feeling for bengali villages where people are so genuine and their look so pure, they give you more than they have for themselves. I have spent a very good time in Patiya, with NOWZUWAN (a partner of BWCA), although, sometimes, I have had some difficult to accept to be the man attraction every where I went. I have found in Patiya a new family very big family with a lot of Apaa (sister), bhai (brother), Bhabi (wife of brother), khala (sister of mother), dadi-dadi (grand mother), nana-dada (grand father) .....! and never I will forget them.

I think if I did not come in Bangladesh as a VOLUNTEER never I would have been able to gain this kind of relationship. In your country is not easy to travel alone in particular for young woman and also, I would like to thank (a lot of) BWCA to have given me this opportunity. Although I came here as a volunteer, by lack of abilities and in reason of language's problems I could not help you and in fact you have brought me more than you can imagine.   

Here I am, at the very end of my living here – I ‘m feeling strangely. I spent five months in Bangladesh and I have developed a sincere respect for people I met during that time, NGO’s staff who are doing a brave work and Mr. Rahman who does worth all my admission. I could learn so many things about this country, its culture, its people, Islam and about me: that I can stand and not as well as many other things….. I do feel myself to leave now because I shared lots of impressions with some persons here. I stayed enough time to never forget you and I ‘ll try to come back after some time as a "real tourist" or for my future job, why not ?

We were working in the Eye Camp in Chakaria. It was very interesting to see that it is possible to work with little equipment and with out a large amount of money.

Dear Mr. Rahman, thank you for accommodation and food. Thanks for your hospitality.

It was a wonderful time in the Workcamp. We saw much from country and people. we learnt much about the rules of living and behaviors. I hope the trees we planted will bring good roots in your country. We hope that the next volunteers will join such a well mixed group and have such an interesting and colorful time, like we had.

Thank you to all the helpful hands of all the NGOs which helped BWCA to make the Workcamp successful.

JAPAN

That was my 3^rd Workcamp, this is my first visit to Bangladesh. I really enjoyed this Workcamp, especially helping doctors and patients in eye camp. Through that eye camp I could know many things. That was great experience.

And also I got many good friends. Now I ‘m really sad to say "Good – bye" to every body, but I believe we can meet again in some where in the world.

KOREA

I met many people with warm heart.

They were Bangladeshi !

You make me realize many thing

Oh ! Beautiful Bangladeshi !  Thank you.

THE NETHERLANDS

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to see and meet Bangladesh from so close. I have seen so much which I could.’t have seen when I was only travelling around, like everyday life in the village, the cooking demonestration, other projects. I met some nice people from different countries including Bangladeshi. It was a great experience to work together on the Workcam: installing toilets and work at the eye camp.

And because of the good leisure program which BWCA was providing us, we could also visit some tribal villages in the Chittagong Hill Tracks. I would like to thank BWCA and the local organization for making all these experiences possible to me !

My two weeks here have been exactly what I wanted (and needed) them to be. It is so easy to become caught in life in the USA that consists of desk jobs and high stress and rat races. It's good to remind oneself of how the rest of the world lives: walks through rice paddies to school with impromptu cricket matches and sick cows and thousands of "HELLOS" (giggle, giggle).  Bangladesh is a place I could never forget. It will always be in my memory. They work that y'all are doing is so wonderful. I feel honored to have played a part in the team of local and foreign volunteers in the eye camp and in the "trenches".

Good luck with you're future work. I hope to see y'all again at some point. The work camp experience was so wonderful, I can't think of a better way to come back.