Cyclone Sidr Disaster - The Hard Lessons of Aid Work

Never before in my life have I seen such tragedy. With it came some lessons that were hard for me to learn.

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(Disclaimer: This video is not meant to poorly reflect on the NGO that I had accompanied. They did everything they could to control the situation. In the end, they were able to safely manage the situation.)

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• UnculturedProject
• Cyclone
• Sidr
• Bangladesh
• Bagerhat
• Disaster
• Relief
• Aid
• Blankets
• Boat
• River
• Poverty
• UN
• Italian
• Italy
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[spitbuckle]

Great video, thanks. I'll use this in my lessons about the effects of Cyclone Sidr (GCSE Geography, 14 yr olds, UK).

Good luck and thanks again for your work.

[UnculturedProject]

Glad this video could help :)

[krazyfua]

This norm is slowly fading away. You wont' see that in Cities, only in extremely poor areas.

You kind of generalized it and tht's where most of disagree with you.

Another fact is many Hindus do that as well. So it's not "salam" all the time. it's called Bhakti (Respect).

By the way, are you still in BangladesH?

[UnculturedProject]

I didn't say "salam" is ONLY for class status. What I am saying is that in this specific context - it has class implcations.

I'm glad you raised the Hindu example. This is because the Hindu origin of this form of greeting actually directly connects to the (historical) caste hierarchy.

In fact, this is a greeting of Hindu origin - you won't find this in Arab Muslim countries.

[UnculturedProject]

I am still in Bangladesh - but I was supposed to fly home for a bit of a break. Visit the family and fix some broken equipment. Unfortunately, my departure flight got delayed and so that's how I'm able to have some extra time to respond to you :)

[akumie]

only 7 855 views, and u see alot of poinless videos on youtube with ober 20.000.000 views, so sad

[graffitisky18]

I've just finished watching the rest of your videos and I think this is my favorite as well. I think too many people rush to help others with naivety, forgetting that people are human beings just like them. I felt like everyone could take real lessons from this video. That's one of the reasons I love lesson #4. People don't realize that even though you are helping someone, that person still deserves respect. Thanks for such an amazing video.

[masudakml]

Its a misrepresentation of the real problem....rethink guys...

[sumayah222]

i would love to be an aidworker im working on it

[lukeabout]

so touching!

[UnculturedProject]

(con't from above) I'm not here to criticize Bangladesh - I actually think there is a lot to praise about it. But, I can't also cover up the facts - I'm not making propaganda afterall.

But, with 80% of people in Bangladesh earning less than $2 a day, I am well aware that those fortunate enough to see my videos come from a narrow sliver well-to-do enough to travel abroad and/or are well to do within the country.

Debate is welcome and criticism on this is fine by me - but I stand by my finding.