Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) participates actively in Voter Registration for preparing a fresh voter list with photographs and National Identity Card (NID) program through the Rural Knowledge Centre(RKC) taken by the Bangladesh Election Commission in the countrywide.

As a part of its activities to reduce information and communication technologies divide between urban and rural, BNNRC has supported 10 Rural Knowledge Centre (RKC) through its networking member organizations. Eight upazillas of seven districts have been participated in the program. The upazillas are: Kawkhali of Rangamati district, Sitakunda and Mirsarai under Chittagong district, Hatiya under Noakhali, Charfasion of Bhola district, Bauphal of Patuakhali, Patharghata under Borguna and Zianagar of Pirojpur district.

To accelerate the Voter Registration and National ID card program, BNNRC has taken a campaign to motivate people to include their names in the voter list and to take photographs for National ID card purpose. The field workers of the respective member organizations of BNNRC like, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), Dwip Unnayan Shangstha(DUS), COAST Trust, SPEED Trust, Sankalpa Trust and Pirojpur Gono Unnayan Samity and the youth volunteers selected by the Rural Knowledge Centre(RKCs) are actively participating in the campaign. The activities have been taken by BNNRC regarding this are as follows:

To collect posters, leaflets, stickers, paper cuttings related to campaign from other organizations and to distribute these at the field level. Continuous motivation program is going on.

A total of 66 rural youth where 48 are male and 18 are female have been enlisted as ‘Data Operator” with the cooperation of concern Upazilla Nirbahi Officer (UNO) through a selection process. Earlier, they have taken computer training from the Rural Knowledge Centres(RKC). Some of them are working at Sitakunda upazilla under Chittagong district and others are practicing computer at Rural Knowledge Centre (RKCs ) for better performance.

Moreover, a process is also going on to build up skills of 29 (Male 20 + Female 09) trainees before November. BNNRC expresses hope that a total of 95 rural youth will be included as Data Operator in the Voter Registration and National ID Card on going program of Bangladesh Election Commission of People’s Republic of Bangladesh.



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AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR
Chief Executive Officer
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
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Member, Strategy Council
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)

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