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I’m your biggest fan; I’ll follow you until you love me…

16/06/2010 in TOTO Bangladesh by sharnabremner | 9 comments

Sharna Bremner
Outreach Blogger
15 June 2010

I thought the scenes at last week’s 1 Goal soccer game were overwhelming, but they were nothing compared to today. If last week was a Justin Beiber-style frenzy, today was The Beatles at Shea Stadium. Without the beige military jackets and bowl haircuts.

Today we headed back to Mohammadpur to see the incredible DA2 Community Journalist Group but this time we were accompanied by a photo journalist. As the CJG, Joel, the ActionAid Bangladesh crew and I discussed the benefits of blogging and what we hope to achieve with their blog, the photographer snapped away, documenting every laugh, serious moment and blinding us with constant camera flashes.

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Now that’s a soccer game!

10/06/2010 in TOTO Bangladesh by Mark Chenery | 15 comments

Joel Katz
Outreach Blogger
9 June 2010

Okay. Sorry guys, this is tricky. Another blackout has darkened Dhaka, so my shiny screen’s the only light I have.

One of the Canadian t-shirt wearing hotel brigade just knocked on my door with my clothes in vacuum-sealed bags, cardboard inserts and even little plastic clips. That’s awesome – thought they were still balled up in my backpack.

Today we were lucky to catch a 1Goal event hosted by ActionAid Bangladesh in one of the poorer districts in Dhaka’s east. AA’s dynamic duo, Hasan and Amir, set up a soccer match for some of the boys and girls from the one of Dhaka’s poorer suburbs as part of the 1Goal Campaign. Read the rest of this entry »

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