The next Southeast Chapter, a social organization in Washington DCand Virginia, have honored two American women personalities for their specialcontribution to education and socio-economic women empowerment. 

 

On the Fund Rising Concert at the Lee KauffmanAuditorium in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday (August 28th), the president ofthe Southeast Chapter Afsan Khan, handed over the honor to Sharmin Ahmad Ripi,the eldest daughter of the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmedand Farhana Hanip, president of People\'s Tech, the largest Bangladeshi-owned ITeducation company in the United States and the woman entrepreneur.

 

Among others who spoke on the occasionincluded Afsan Khan, president of the Southeast Chapter, one of the foundersand advisor of the organization, former president Mostafizur Rahman Parvez,marketing director Farhana Zaman Mou and honorable women personalities SharminAhmed Ripani and Fahman Ahmad Ripi. The founder of People N Tech, CEOEngineer Abu bakar Hanip was present on the occasion as well.

 

Fuad and Friends, Cronez and Anila Naz Chowdhury performed themusic at the Fund Rising Concert. The media partner of the event was NRBConnect TV.

 

Educationist Sharmin Ahmed is the eldest daughter of the Former PrimeMinister of Bangladesh, late Tajuddin Ahmed, and the Former leader of theBangladesh Awami League, the late Johra Tajuddin. She has been living inthe United States for 5 years. He has been a consultant at variousinstitutes and organizations on human rights and women\'s empowerment for nearlytwo decades. The book \'Tajuddin Ahmed Leader and Father\', written in the27th with the contribution of Tajuddin Ahmed in the history of the liberationwar of Bangladesh, has received praise in various places.

 

Farhana Hanip has set aunique example of women’s empowerment in the United States.Farhana Hanip,president of People-Tech, the largest IT-educational institution owned byBangladesh, has a special role in social empowerment by establishing women inthe workplace. 

 

Her biggest contribution is that she has providedabout 4,000 women in the United States with advanced employment in the field ofIT through the Female in IT or FIT project under the PeopleNTechFoundation. Her husband, Engineer Abu bakar Hanip is the founder ofPeopleNTech. People N Tech has trained about 5,000 people in the IT fieldso far, providing them with advanced paid jobs, most of whom had previouslyworked in America. Presently they are working for a salary of $ 8,000 to $200,000.

 

It may be referenced that Agami (Next) continues to play arole in educating the underprivileged children of Bangladesh. 

 

The association made its debut in Californiain the 21st. There are currently four chapters in the UnitedStates. They are the next California Chapter, founded in 2003, the nextNortheast Chapter in New York in 2012, the next Southeast Chapter establishedin 2004D.C. and Virginia, and the next Carolina Chapter, established at 2015. Thethree founders of the organization are Babu Rahman, Mahmudul Hasan fromCalifornia and Sabir Majumder of North Carolina.

There are more than 200 volunteers in these fourchapters. They have helped 12,000 disadvantaged children in 30 schools inthe country through the next Bangladesh Foundation.