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Danita Topcagic (Bangladesh)

Danita Topcagic

Danita Topcagic (Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organization - BERDO): Danita was raised in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but moved to the United States with her family at the age of fourteen as a refugee. She is passionate about humanitarian work and earned her BA in international relations from University of Missouri – Columbia. Danita received her MA in global finance, trade and economic integration with a focus in international development from University of Denver.

16 Sep

Brutality and Horror

Disability rights, neglected, taken away. Protection of human rights for persons with disabilities (PWDs) is

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Posted Sep 16, 2008

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12 Sep

TRIP Day 3: Villages, health care, weather

This entry is a part of series summarizing a trip to rural and remote villages

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Posted Sep 12, 2008

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12 Sep

Life on the Street

I’ve been putting off writing this entry because I thought it would be best to

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Posted Sep 12, 2008

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22 Aug

A Poem by Rabindranath Tagore

Written by Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet and a 1913 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature,

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Posted Aug 22, 2008

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17 Aug

TRIP Day 1: “I remember green, blue and red”

This entry is a part of series summarizing a trip to rural and remote villages

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Posted Aug 17, 2008

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14 Aug

TRIP Day 4: President of Bangladesh American Chamber of Commerce

This entry is a part of series summarizing a trip to rural and remote villages

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Posted Aug 14, 2008

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14 Aug

TRIP: Washington to meet Dhaka

This entry is a part of series summarizing a trip to rural and remote villages

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Posted Aug 14, 2008

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13 Aug

TRIP Day 2: Mother-daughter teams

This entry is a part of series summarizing a trip to rural and remote villages

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Posted Aug 13, 2008

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27 Jul

Fruitful Micro-credit at BERDO

For all pictures, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26685510@N08/ In the previous blog I talked about micro-credit as an

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Posted Jul 27, 2008

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25 Jul

Common misconceptions about micro-credit

(Read the comments bellow – great information added) Microfinance approach to development and alleviation out

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Posted Jul 25, 2008

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14 Jul

Eye-exams and cataract surgeries

For all pictures visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26685510@N08/ After conducting some observations of BERDO, it came to my

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Posted Jul 14, 2008

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08 Jul

Disability at BERDO

For all pictures visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26685510@N08/ Ten out of thirty five BERDO’s employees are disabled. Two

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Posted Jul 08, 2008

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29 Jun

It’s not a world of differences, just a different culture

For all pictures visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26685510@N08/ Reading about Bangladeshi culture and their way of life definitively

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Posted Jun 29, 2008

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22 Jun

Children Scream “Zoooooo”!!!!!

For all pictures visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26685510@N08/ I am not a big fan of zoos for reasons

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Posted Jun 22, 2008

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16 Jun

In Dhaka, Bangladesh

It has been a while since my first blog entry and the reason is my

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Posted Jun 16, 2008

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06 Jun

Preparing for Bangladesh

Map of Bangladesh For all pictures visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26685510@N08/ Before I take my first breath of

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Posted Jun 06, 2008

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