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DHAKA: When Faysal Islam lost a loved one in a road accident in 2016 due to lack of ambulance support, he launched the Safewheel project with two friends to provide low-cost medical services to isolated rural areas of Bangladesh.
On Wednesday, the 24-year-old was named 2021 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year in addition to winning the regional award for Asia and prize money of $7,000 for his “innovative approach to community help.”
“One of our co-founders’ uncles died in 2016 because no ambulance was available. This incident prompted me to do something to facilitate medical care for people,” Islam, co-founder and chief business development officer of Safewheel, told Arab News on Saturday.
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Co-founder and chief business development manager of Safewheel , Faysal Islam, has been named the Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2021. He also received the regional award of the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2021 for Asia.
The Commonwealth Youth Awards recognise young people across different regions of the world who help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through significant projects to transform the lives of people in their community. Twenty individuals from 18 countries were announced as finalists in late January, from a pool of more than 1000 entries.
Faysal s initiative Safewheel focuses on SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being . The organisation provides affordable emergency medical services through mini three-wheeled ambulances and trained on-board medical staff to rural areas. The company s current fleet of 10 m
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spoke with medical, charity and voluntary staff from across the Commonwealth, and their conversations highlighted a cause that s important to them both: The intersections of the pandemic and mental health. Kate and William had video calls with
Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba from South Africa,
Faysal Islam from Bangladesh and
Heidy Quah from Malaysia to hear about how the
coronavirus pandemic has affected front-line health-care workers there and what challenges it has given their mental well-being. Zolelwa said prior to the pandemic, front-line staff were also exposed to occupational illnesses. She had a personal experience with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis as a medical student. But COVID-19 has posed new challenges, and she said it s important for communities to give health care workers as much support as possible.
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The Queen has spoken of “testing times” on the eve of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s tell all television interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Senior royals, including Prince Charles and Prince William, put on a united front by appearing alongside the monarch on a television special on Sunday to mark Commonwealth Day.
The Queen, who is the head of the Commonwealth, spoke of “a year like no other” as she commended frontline for the “courage and commitment” during the pandemic.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, former Commonwealth Youth Ambassadors, were not asked to take part.