Rawfun: Student Agent for Change
The LAMB School trains young minds with great potential to shape the future. The school equips children through developing higher order thinking skills such as creativity, evaluation, analysis, application, and understanding. One student embracing his leadership potential is seen in former LAMB student Rawfun. While he attended LAMB School, Rawfun realized that a lot of plastic products that could be recycled and repurposed were instead being thrown in the dump. Combining his passion for the environment and his desire to help the poor, Rawfun started Need for Help. Rawfun and several classmates worked with Need for Help to collect empty pens.Some were sold to collectors to be sent to recycling plants, and some turned into beautiful pencil holders and other repurposed items that could be sold. Profits were used to buy blankets, clothing, and other necessities for the local poor.
After leaving LAMB School, Rawfun's leadership skills did not stop growing. Rawfun now is a young volunteer with Plastic Initiative Network (PIN), an organization that works all over Bangladesh, focused on educating others about the problems of plastic pollution and working towards eradicating its use. Recently, Rawfun visited Delhi Public School (a reputed Dhaka school) and educated young students on the dangers of plastic pollution and what steps students can take to improve the environment. We are thankful that the leadership skills that were fostered in Rawfun at LAMB School have continued to grow as he pursues higher education.
