YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles

The YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles puts Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Ability Options

Ability Options provide employment and disability services. We support people who need assistance to achieve their aspirations and inclusion in the community. We operate services to support people with disabilities and those whose lives are changed as a result of accidents, unemployment and disadvantage. Our disability services support people with accommodation, respite care, support co-ordination, community services and therapy. Our employment services assist job seekers, including parents, indigenous communities, school leavers and people with disability to find work and maintain work. We pride ourselves on delivering a person centred approach which emphasises the individual's right and opportunity for choice and self-determination, empowering people to achieve their aspirations and goals and to live life to their full potential.

Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka

Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka (MCCI), established in 1904, is the oldest and most representative trade organization of Bangladesh. There are a very few trade organizations in this Sub-Continent which can be compared in terms of either longevity or effectiveness. The Chamber was formed keeping the key objectives of serving the business community of the region. The Chamber has its membership roll of most leading commercial and industrial organizations including almost all the public sector corporations and multinational companies. It holds a unique position in view of its affiliation with prestigious and recognized commercial and industrial organizations of the country. Presently almost all the established industrial organizations in private sector, the public sector corporations, banks and insurance companies are member of the Chamber.

Volunteer for Bangladesh

Volunteer for Bangladesh is a nation-wide association of Volunteer Action Groups that work for the betterment of their individual communities and the nation as a whole. Volunteer Action Groups are registered and approved volunteer bodies, who will work in a certain area or community. These Groups must maintain certain outlined criteria in respect to performance and activity. All of the Volunteer Action Groups of one community or area will be monitored by a local board, which will in turn be monitored by one single nation board. The boards are responsible for making sure that the Volunteer Action Groups perform adequately and are attentive to their duties.

Shruto Org.

"Shruto" is a non-profit, voluntary organization which provides a platform for the visually impaired people to get the unique taste of literature. About three and a half lakh people of Bangladesh are visually impaired, and within these three lakh people, most people are far away from getting any special consideration. The rest of the fifty thousand people get the opportunity to go to school but the lesson is affixed within braille. They do not have the opportunity to read books outside of textbooks, to dive deep into the world of literature. And keeping their problem in mind, the journey of "Shruto" has started. A small but enthusiastic effort was made to convert books to audiobooks to give those special people a taste of literature. And this little idea has added 200+ people throughout Bangladesh, who are working voluntarily; being the voice of the books and creating a huge collection of literature for the visually impaired people. "Shruto" not only does the audiobook work, but it is still working in the areas where education has not yet reached the eyes of the visually impaired people. And it is one of the targets of "Shruto" to create interest in literature for them so that they do not stop only with the fun of literature. It is said that there is a story behind everything. Nevertheless, "Shruto" also has a very touching story, to begin with. It was 2016, the story took place in the bookfair of Khulna. As a book enthusiastic, I went to the book fair. There were thousands of people in the crowd. What caught my eyes was a boy aged 20-21 years, I understood that he was visually impaired. He also came to the book fair of his love for books. With him, there was another guy, who would be 5-6 years older than him. He reads something from the first page of any book. The boy with vision disability judges the book by hearing. And then buys book according to his taste. In spite of curiosity, I asked the boy with him how he would read these books. In return, I came to know that this boy is the elder brother of the disabled child who recites these books to him every day after he had come home from his office. But nowadays he couldn't afford too much because of his busyness. This kind of love and enthusiasm for books has inspired me to create this website for the disabled people where gradually thousands of people like him would be able to taste the literature through "Audiobooks". Thus with the moto "The light of eyes will be found through books", "Shruto" has started its incredible journey.