Ney Someta Reports for BBC

While at the Access Academy, Ney Someta contributed to the BBC:

Bangladesh, like Cambodia before it, is becoming a major new drug transit route from Asia into the west.

Cambodian teenager Ney Someta, who is studying in Chittagong, Bangladesh, talks about how she decided to look deeper into Bangladesh’s problem after becoming tempted by drugs herself .

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8115403.stm
Meta’s blog: http://neysometa.wordpress.com/

Ray of Hope

Ray of Hope
By K. Mahilini

K. Mahilini is a member of the Access Academy’s Community Service club, she directed this documentary to explore the people and the work that is done to serve the needs of the community in Chittagong Bangladesh.

Behind the Screen: BlogShop

Here is a glimpse behind the computer screen to see and hear the young women discuss what they’ve learned from the BlogShop capacity building course.

For more information: http://auwstudentblogs.wordpress.com/

How to Blog

“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”

The above proverb reminds us that it is only through education where we can instill lifelong empowerment. With that in mind, the BlogShoppers have created their own “How-to” videos about blogging!
Watch, learn and enjoy!

Introduction to Blogging: Blogalization

Blogging: How to Get Started

Blogging: Keep on Goin’

For more information about the Access Academy’s BlogShop capacity building course: AUW BlogShop Students

Small Stories

Students re-write short stories and novels into “small stories” so that even those who are one-inch tall may enjoy them!

Click: Stories for the One-Inch Tall

Lord of the Flies Journals

Class “Romeo” and class “Juliet” have been given the conch to tell the stories from a first-person perspective and to offer insight into their literary analysis of the experience and present a look into the life of the boys from William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

We hope you’ll enjoy their version of the events on the island from the “Queens of the Flies”
Click: The Conch.

Hamlet Photo Essays

Access Academy literature students re-enact and interpret William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Hamlet as photo essays. The students chose the scenes they wanted to depict and was awarded extra points for using Shakespearean English in their narratives. Check out the modern-day, south Asian interpretations!
Download the PowerPoint presentations below (right-click, ‘Save As’):

- Act I, Scene 2 and 3 (By NG and ZK)

- Act II, Scene 2 and 3 (By KA and RT)

- Act III, Scene 1 (By LR and AC)

- Act III, Scene 4 (By RK and DG)

VOICE OF THE WORLD #5

Voice of the World #5 features stories about the a drama that was presented to the SOS Children’s Village (a Muslim orphanage) by the Public Speaking Club, the Cultural Clubs food festival and more stories from the students of the Access Academy.

Download: VOW #5.

Microfinance: The Unnoticed Hero

I am a Sri Lankan student who is studying in Asian University for Women in Bangladesh. This is a new university. Other than the studies, the students are given changes to participate in international competitions and to build network around the world. This blog is also one of the ways we are sharing our thoughts to build communication with the world. However, I wanted to say is that I took part in a competition which I am selected as a delegate of the Education Without Boarders 2009 conference. Here I chose to make a documentary for nearly 15 minutes about a unique business in a country which I can introduce to the world. Therefore, I selected to do Microfinance Institutions in Bangladesh. To make this more interesting I include how MFIs are surviving in the world financial crisis. It is true that MFIs are standing alone within the crisis when all other financial institutions, banks and companies are facing the down fall. The secret fact is keeping money within the borrowers and rotating it in a recycle basis. This means not taking any external money from any of the commercial banks and international organizations. By this MFIs can survive any frightful financial crisis. I named my first documentary as MICROFINANCE: The Unnoticed Hero and wished to show this documentary in the future post. Before I concluded I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped me do this documentary. So Thank you!!!

-Crystal Fernando (http://risingofceylon.wordpress.com/)

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Media Literacy Research

Five groups of students examined the importance in viewing media with a critical eye. You can download (right-click, ‘Save As’) their research papers, wherein they conducted original research, and their corresponding PowerPoint presentations that focus on the following topics:

The Quest for Self Worth Through Fairness: Skin Whitening Product Advertisements and Self Worth of Young Women in South Asia (PowerPoint) by Kaushalya Ruwanthika Ariyathilaka and Umaiyal Umakanthan.

 

Hindi Daily Soap Rocks the Fashion World, an exploration of how television soaps shape the culture of fashion. (PowerPoint) by Neeru Ghale and Rosy Karna.

 

Women in Reality Show: The Real Portrayal takes a look at how women are shown on south Asian reality television shows. (PowerPoint) By Metu Sohana Yeasmin, Marzia Shafin and SR.

 

Homosexuals in Bollywood Movies examines the portrayal of gay and lesbian characters within the context of Bollywood films. (PowerPoint) By Anuja Hyoju and Prabisha Shrestha.

 

Western Influence in Bollywood takes a look at how western culture is showing up in south Asian films. (PowerPoint) By SK and RJ.