Three young members of AUTUMN Foundation re-visited the Aila affected areas on this month. Like the first visit, the team went to the area Dacope this time also. The team members were Fazle Abed, Rubayet Ahmed Dip and Saad Hussain. Dacope is still one of the worst affected areas due to cyclone Aila that hit Bangladesh in 2009. The young volunteers stayed there for four days starting from October 11. And in the mean time, they took a trip around the Shibshah river in a trawler to observe the entire affected area. The team observed the breaches in the dams in several different locations. Those breaches are the main reason behind the suffering of so many families. AUTUMN Foundation is thankful for the remarkable warmth that the people of Kalinagar showed over there.
The stories of the people of these areas are being called the Unweaving Dreams, and now Part 2 has been published. The reason behind the naming is very obvious; generally people always hope and dream for better days, but that time has passed long ago for those Aila affected people. Now, after 14 months and no apparent improvement, they have abandoned all hopes and “unweaving” the dreams they once had.
