2009
HSBC-Kali O Kolom Tarun Kobi O Lekhak Purashkar
HSBC and monthly Bengali literary magazine Kali O Kolom jointly took an initiative to honour and encourage young writers and poets of the country with "HSBC-Kali O Kolom Tarun Kobi O Lekhak Purashkar." The prize distribution ceremony was held at the Shaheed Zia Auditorium, National Museum where the awards for the year 2008 were formally conferred to Obayed Akash and Simon Zakaria on April 7. Akash and Zakaria received the honours for poetry and creative writing respectively.

HSBC Group Provides GBP35,000 To ACTIONAID Bangladesh
The HSBC Group has provided funding of GBP35,000 (approximately BDT34 lacs) to Actionaid Bangladesh for one of its local programs. This amount was saved by not printing of greeting cards worldwide.

HSBC's funding in Bangladesh would be used to provide shelter for girls without home at night and drop in support during the day for girls who find their livings on the street but return to a family or other home at night.

2008
Dhaka's 400 years
HSBC initiated several programmes to commemorate Dhaka's 400 years of existence as a capital city. The programmes included the following:

Drama Show: HSBC sponsored a special drama show titled "Bahanno Bazaar Tepanno Goli".

Photo Exhibition: The photo exhibition was held at Drik Gallery and displayed works of three famous photographers of Bangladesh- Babu Ahmed, Munem Wasef and Taimur.

400 years of Dhaka Map: HSBC launched a Dhaka city map containing major landmarks and historical places of Dhaka city.

Seminar: A seminar was arranged in recognition to Dhaka's 400 years celebration where eminent historians of Bangladesh shared their views on the celebration.

HSBC-Kali O Kolom Tarun Kobi O Lekhak Purashkar
HSBC and monthly literature magazine 'Kali O Kolom' inaugurated an award programme for the talented young writers and poets of Bangladesh.

The programme titled 'HSBC Kali O Kolom Young Poet and Writers Award' offers a cash prize of BDT100,000 each for the winning submissions of original literary works.

Shoto Borsher Bangla Gaan
A prestigious event to celebrate the rich heritage of Bangla songs "Shoto Borsher Bangla Gaan" was held on the 29th of February 2008, at China Bangladesh Friendship Convention Centre. This is the third and last installment of this program. Famous artists from Bangladesh and India performed in this event.

Bengali New Year 1415
HSBC staff celebrated Pohela Boishakh on the first working day of Bengali New Year 1415. Staff wore traditional Bengali Dress and were also entertained with traditional Bengali food for lunch. HSBC staff also donated BDT 20K to provide lunch to over 200 street children through the NGO, Aparajeo Bangla on 23 April 2008. The children were accompanied by 13 HSBC staff from various departments.

Basha Protijog
The HSBC Prothom Alo Basha Protijog final round was held in Viquaroonnessa Noon High School & College on 11 April 2008. The 400 regional winners, along with HSBC staff joined this event. Eminent celebrities including Dr Anisuzzaman, Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Anisul Hoque, Close Up1 (A local Talent Hunt Program) Winner Salma, Rezwana Choudhury Bonna and others were present throughout the day to join in the festivities.

Centre for Disables Concern (CDC)
HSBC and Centre for Disables Concern (CDC) organised sports and cultural olympiad for the disabled and disadvantaged in Chittagong.

Shapla Doel Sangsad
HSBC provided funds to Shapla Doel Sangsad for organising an Eye Camp in the Chadpur area, to treat 50 visually impaired patients as well as funds for the women entrepreneur project.

Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage
HSBC staff visited Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage where they shared a lunch with the children. HSBC had organised lunch for over 360 orphan children of the orphanage on that day with the funds saved from non-printing of Bengali New Year's cards.

Aparajeyo Bangladesh
Staff from across various departments of HSBC Bangladesh had lunch with over 200 street children at a shelter of Aparajeyo Bangladesh.The funds that were used for providing the lunch came from donations given by staff during the Bengali New Year when earthen banks had been placed at our branches in non-customer facing areas.

SIDR initiative
HSBC is building 120 houses in Pirojpur and Barguna which will have been completed by June. Senior officials from DAK visited the sites to check the progress of the construction work of the houses.

Liver Foundation of Bangladesh
HSBC provided funds to Liver Foundation of Bangladesh for the third phase of free Hepatitis B vaccination to the poor. This is a continuation from 2006.

Sneho Education and Health Development Foundation
HSBC provided funds of BDT100000 to Sneho Education and Health Development Foundation for its nutrition project in Savar serving 100 children.

SIDR initiative
Following the handover of 110 houses in Pirojpur and 10 Houses in Barguna in the Second Phase, HSBC Distributed rickshaws, sewing machines, live stocks, tree plants, seeds, fishing nets and boats to 120 families who received the houses.

HSBC Donated Computers
HSBC donated computers to the students of Gulshan Literacy Programme and Disabled Welfare Society.

Salimullah Muslim Orphanage
HSBC treated more than 350 orphans of Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage with iftaar and dinner. 12 staff from the Bank joined the children of the orphanage.

2007
Aparajeyo Bangladesh (AB)
DAK, along with an NGO named Aparajeyo Bangladesh (AB), distributed warm clothes in three centers of AB, where 250 street children stay at night. DAK bought 250 blankets and collected 83 used winter clothes from staff to distribute among the street children.

Action on Disability & Development
HSBC gave away wheelchairs to 23 physically challenged people in Dhaka on International Handicap day. Sami Hafiz from MKT& GPA, in association with Action on Disability & Development (ADD) delivered the wheelchairs at the event.

Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage
DAK staff visited Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage and donated funds raised by staff during Pohela Boishakh.

Shapla Doel Shangshad
HSBC supported Shapla Doel Shangshad in organizing an eye camp for 50 visually impaired patients through a mobile eye operation theatre at Tora Munshirhat, Faridganj and Chandpur.

Relief Fund
HSBC donated to the ICCB flood relief fund, FICCI flood relief fund and MCCI flood relief fund.

HSBC staff provided flood relief
HSBC staff provided flood relief to the affected people of Kanaighat, Sylhet. HSBC staff delivered 550 packets of relief that includes rice, daal, edible oil, salt, onion, potato, oral saline and water purifying tablets in the affected area.

Iftar party at Sir Salimullah Orphanage
HSBC arranged an Iftar party at Sir Salimullah Orphanage for 500 orphan children and arranged an Iftar party for 300 street kids along with Aparajeyo Bangladesh.

Liver Foundation of Bangladesh
HSBC donated funds to Liver Foundation of Bangladesh to create awareness and to vaccinate hundreds of destitute children against Hepatitis B and C.

SamannitaJonokallyan Kendra
HSBC provided funds to SamannitaJonokallyan Kendra to install 17 arsenic free Tube wells for safe drinking water in different unions of Monirampur Upazila, and to install Slab Latrines for safe sanitation practice for the inhabitants of village Sonapur.

Southern Socio-economic development program (SSDP)
HSBC provided funds to Southern Socio-economic development program (SSDP) to help establish a phone/fax/photostat shop. This will help 4 disabled people of SSDP to become self sufficient.

2006
Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation
DAK staff visited as well as donated funds to Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation for disabled kids.

Southern Socio Economic Development Program
DAK provided sewing machines and computers for training purposes to needy women of Southern Socio Economic Development Program.

Society for Intellectually Disabled Trust
DAK provided funds for the salary of a physiotherapist and a trainer of Society for Intellectually Disabled Trust.

Society for Intellectually Disabled Trust
DAK staff donated 20 bags of blood to the blood bank in Chittagong.

Samannito Janakalyan Kendro
DAK donated funds to Samannito Janakalyan Kendro to provide skill development training for the 10 working children who are involved with SJK in non-formal education program.

CD of CMB Concert 2006
DAK released a 3-disk Audio CD featuring the live recording of the CMB concert.

2005
Helping the disabled/needy
We provided assistance and/or financial support to Assistance for Blind Children, Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation, Society for the Welfare of Autistic Children and Special Education of the Intellectually Disabled to name a few. Our staff came up with the idea of installing deep tube wells for drinking Water Supply to the villagers of Bharatpur in Monirampur, Jessore.

Promotion of Bengali culture
We issued Bengali letter adverts during special occasions in the Bengali calendar. Also, in association with Prothom Alo, we held a nationwide language competition for students of different schools and colleges to encourage the students to learn more about their mother tongue. We sponsored the prize-winning movie "Shasti", a theatre festival, an art exhibition and many others in 2005.

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