Category: Advocacy

K. M. Siam Farzin is a student with cerebral palsy and also a wheelchair user. He is studying at Siddheswari Boys’ High School. But after passing the sixth grade it caused a big problem that his classroom shifted from the ground floor to the 2nd floor. In the context of the application to B-SCAN from his father, Mr. K. M. Siam Mobarakullah Shimul and also with his financial assistance, B-SCAN initiated a Wheelchair Manual Lift in that school. Only to...

B-SCAN arranged to watch the cricket match between Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on 12th Feb, 2014, for some wheelchair users with the support of Nurture. Including helping hand or relatives of wheelchair users and B-SCAN volunteer’s total 22 people enjoyed the match of the Tigers. Complications however persist.The stadium authority did not arrange separate entrance for the wheelchair users. Conscious of the difficulty the wheelchair users might face in the long queue of thousands of...

For the long lasting two years effort of B-SCAN, universal accessibility is ensured in the Museum. The construction of separate toilets for the wheelchair users and a ramp for persons with disabilities started in the National Museum on October 2012, which ended in January 2013. Honorable Information Minister Mr. Abul  Kalam Azad inaugurated the Ramp on 1 March 2013.In collaboration with Rotary Club of Dhaka Central, B-SCAN visit to the National Museum’s Director General Mr. Prakash Chandra Das with a...