Quarter One.

April 1 2025 - June 30 2025

We begin with a note of gratitude to Aaraf Ahmed, Aftab Ahmed and Madhuri Kibria for their trust in our vision and service to our mission. Congratulations, thank you and farewell to our beloved colleagues. All of us are celebrating you. We wouldn’t be here without you.

A heartfelt thank you to our community, which has now grown to over 900 people. We will fondly remember your deep support during our transitional moment. Thanks for being there. With your trust we were able to excel our service to people.

Summer started with some downtime, followed by trailblazing growth through teamwork. We taught rural women about financial literacy, engaged varsity students on overcoming unemployment barriers, enabled access to clean water for underserved families and made Eid a bit better for toddlers in pediatric care.

Between managing change over the past three months, we confidently helped 743 people, worldwide.

Behind the Scenes

TLDR/ Read through how every member of our global team stepped up, or scroll down for current opportunities.

👠 Shattering the Glass Ceiling: We feel privileged to welcome the brilliant Aditi Zahir to the BacharLorai Board of Directors, advancing our #UNGA79 bid to gender-balance leadership. In her first eight weeks, Aditi has landed partnerships with London School of Economics (LSE) and the Geneva Graduate Institute to propel her Research team forward.

🌱 Safeguarding BacharLorai: With sincere gratitude to Legal Aid Ontario, we have secured invaluable support to strengthen our governing foundations to seed the future of our federally registered non-profit corporation.

🎒 Zero-Gap Fund: With your love, we have crossed our funding goal to aid children and youth across Bangladesh. Our work began with supporting injured toddlers at the Dhaka Medical College Pediatric Burn Unit. Now thanks to you, supplies are enroute to IHF Primary School in Panchkhola, Dhaka.

🍷 Consequential Journalism: As Wardah Malik becomes Editor-in-Chief of ImpactInk, we are emotionally proud to recognize Aftab Ahmed as Publisher Emeritus permanently on our masthead. Stay tuned for human-centered journalism on activism, power, justice and society.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Global Alliances: We have officially joined CIVICUS, the largest alliance of civil society organizations on earth, the Bangladesh Youth Coalition, and the Yunus Environmental Hub, amplifying our international advocacy, grassroots engagement and a long-due fight against climate change.

📍 Local Infrastructure: We are building inroads — with the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) in Bangladesh, with the City of Toronto and the Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnerships to activate spaces that engineer the next generation.

🤝 Advancing Global Goals: Two of our Trustees now officially sit on the Footsteps Global Advisory Board. Recently, we were in Dhaka to support Footstep’s Cholo Khaal Bachai initiative, a historic clean up of the Adabor Canal. We were also invited as a guest at the 2025 MAA Global Gala in Westminster, London. We're grateful to be able to stand beside our partners

⭐ Back at the Youth Assembly: For the third year in a row, you will find us at the Opportunities Fair at the AFS Youth Assembly in New York; this time represented by Aryana Mahmud, who will be showcasing her Global Impact Fellowship project to 600+ youth.

🌎 Global Recognition: We are officially recognized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications. Our deepest gratitude to our NYC community and our partners—JWF, IYC, BoNY, TINDS—for being there for us. We appreciate you.

🏬 Industry Support: We are humbled to embark on new relationships with the H&M Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Salesforce through the Ohana Floor program. With their support we are exploring new avenues on fast-fashion, employment and engagement.

💡 Innovation at U of T: This fall we will be contributing to the Social Innovation Program at the University of Toronto Mississauga by activating upper-year students in launching a social welfare project on economic capacity.

🧑‍💻 Research at AIUB: As we expand our research network to include private and public universities across South Asia, we are eager to work with the American International University of Bangladesh on technology and finance.

🎓 Landmark Partnership: We are proud to announce a formal partnership with the Max Bell School at McGill University. MPPs from the fall cohort will solve a policy problem, working with the Bangladesh Government, through BacharLorai.

Exclusive Opportunities

Looking for exposure? Trying to get published? Struggling in the job market? We got you.

In today's competitive landscape, three skills offer the fastest path to career growth: speaking, writing, implementing. We've tailored our programs to help you master them.

Presenting nine exclusive opportunities:

For Everyone

Get Involved in Your Community

🥋 Toronto Self-Defense Workshop (Aug 2): We’re excited to invite you to Power in Motion, a self-defense workshop for women and girls in Toronto. The session will be led by Sister Fit TO with proceeds going to our humanitarian work. Register Now.

🎟️ London Impact Social (Late August): London we heard you. Join us for our 2nd Impact Social to connect with leaders and innovators in Brick Lane. When you register, you can opt-in to speak at the event. Selected speakers will receive honorariums. RSVP/Speak in London.

For Young Professionals

Build Your Resume (Ages 16-30+)

🌏 Become a Global Impact Fellow (Undergraduate): Our transformational 8-month program to develop the next generation of social impact leaders. Each year ten Fellows receive an ivy-league recognized certificate, references and hands-on experience in social entrepreneurship. Apply Now.

🏛️ Join the Policy Research Residency (Graduate+): Senior government officials, prestigious university professors and industry leaders guide six Residents on authoring a research brief, published on Research Gate and launched by the authors during the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. Last chance to apply.

⛑️ Launch a welfare movement (Undergraduate+): We are inviting development focused students, club presidents and young professionals to launch an initiative to build resiliency against flooding, dengue and other disasters. You design the project, we help you bring it to life. Join the movement.

✍️ Write for ImpactInk (Graduate+): For our August issue on gender equality, we are looking for writers to explore how women entrepreneurs, impact investors, and social impact specialists are redefining access to finance and financial mobility in South Asia and the diaspora through successful targeted grants and financial inclusion programs. Submit your pitch.

For Established Professionals

Board Expertise (Mid-Career+)

💬 Join our Community Alliance Board: We are inviting six visionary advocates dedicated to the long-term strength and resilience of communities. Your presence will support community-building programs—from socials to workshops to our advocacy at the UN. We encourage applicants with experience hosting high-profile media-garnering events. Send us a letter.

💡 Guide our Global Research Council: Advise on our annual research agenda, serve on the adjudicating body for policy program applications. We are seeking six career academics, journalists, and policymakers to lend their expertise. This is a high-level board role for those looking to shape the future of development research. Submit your curriculum vitae.

🎗️ Serve on our Local Welfare Board: Guide our social welfare program decisions. A key responsibility will be selecting the winners of our Impact25 Awards (South Asia’s 25 Under 25). We are looking for six established executives, founders, and social welfare leaders with experience from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Malaysia. Share a one-pager.

The Global Team

Spotlight

Apanuba Puhama | Social Media

When she’s not shaping our story to the world, Apanuba draws on her background as a Media Studies graduate from the University of British Columbia to lead impactful digital campaigns.

With hands-on experience in content creation, data visualization, and brand storytelling, she is passionate about using media to drive awareness, engagement, and social change. In her free time, she can be found taking photography walks, discovering new coffee spots around the city with a book in hand, or tending to her growing collection of plants.

“BacharLorai helped me step into my creative voice and understand the role storytelling plays in sustaining movements. When our stories reflect the communities they come from, they resonate far beyond the screen.” — Apanuba

Celebrating Our People

We just doubled in size.

As our vision expands globally, we are eager to welcome new faces to carry our mission forward and celebrate old ones moving into more senior roles.

Introducing:

Al-Amin Ahamed: Creative Strategist — Policy Residency
Azra Khatun: Manager — Humanitarian Aid
Isabella Coronado Doria: Manager — Impact 25
Mathira Kawser: Manager — Global Impact Fellowship
Mugabi Nickson: Policy Strategist — Youth Workshops
Nahid Rashid: Manager — Policy Residency
Quazi Farzin Amira: Intern — Digital Outreach
Rubaina Farin: Manager — Young Voices Essay Competition
Saniyah Farzeen: Lead — Global Impact Fellowship
Shaswata Kirti Das: Intern — Digital Outreach
Tehseen Sarwar: Designer — Social Media
Zaria Aznii Rafique: Intern — Social Media

We are celebrating:

Tasnia Prova: Senior Manager — Social Welfare
Wardah Malik: Editor-in-Chief — ImpactInk
Apanuba Puhama: Manager — Social Media
Azkka Noor: Manager — Digital
Fairud Zaman: Lead — Finance

Weighing the past, present and the future, we have unilaterally decided to open our doors to the world. Accelerating on a chapter model we are putting out a call for ambitious people who want to change their life. Message us.

From the Boardroom

The milestones above are the first steps of this next chapter, built on our historic foundation of resilience in the face of adversity, in other words: BacharLorai.

Every organization dedicated to sustainable change eventually faces its crucible—a moment that tests resolve and clarifies purpose.

We have met that moment.

We emerge with a steeled determination and a mission that is more focused and urgent than ever. Rallied by the heart of our organization, our people.

— Aditi, Anil, Farhim, Tahmid, & Talha

Our Blazing Start to the Year