Monday, July 14, 2008

From the Chittagong Hill Tracts!

Dear Leadership Fellows,

Rukka Sombolinngi (Chiang Mai, 2005) and I write to you from the Chakma Rajbbari (Palace) where we are staying while we attend the leadership training in the Chittagong Hill Tracts(CHT), Bangladesh!

We landed in Chittagong airport and were impressed with the efficienct and chatty security officers. One of the friendly officers wanted to know if Rukka was Muslim and married?!? He insisted that Rukka was Muslim. And asked me what are my feelings about Indonesia as I was travelling with Rukka, who is an Indonesian. By the end of the this "friendly" conversation, Rukka had three children and I had been married for one year with no children! We guessed that was the only way to get out safely of this interrogation!

The drive to Rangamati was rainy. We decided to stop on the way and enjoy the weather. Prabol, our driver offerred us fresh milk tea from a small roadside stall. The tea was made on wood fire, served in small blackened cups. We had to stay in the car as it was raining. The tea was served with extra cream, which I did not particularly want so exchanged with Rukka who was only too happy to do so. The tea was piping hot and very tasty indeed. It's the local stall that UNDP staff from CHTDF frequent on their visits to and from Chittagong or Dhaka.

As we entered Rangamati, we were taken first to the military check point (for foreigners only!) to register our entrance to the region. The military had not received clearance for us and we were made to wait for almost an hour, while they made inquiries through radio communication to verify our permission to enter Rangamati. Thankfully, it turned out that their headquarters was the one who had not informed them of our arrival and we had indeed actually been cleared by the authorities. They were very apologetic and welcomed us very warmly and the officer kept saying "sorry shishter, sorry shishter" for making us wait.

Rangamati welcomed us with lush green hills, dotted with rivers and lakes and friendly people.

We will soon be meeting the Fellows from Bangladesh as they organize the national roll-out. Mathura Tripura (Chiang Mai, 2005) is leading the pilot.

More on Rukka and my adventures from CHT to follow...(depending on internet connectivity)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bangladesh Young Leaders started Second Training Course of their National Pilot in Rangamati

16 July, Wednesday, Rangamati
Bangladesh fellows started second course of the AYLG country pilot at Rangamati with thirty young leaders from local government institutions, traditional institutions, media, lawyers’ association, youth organizations, CBOs and NGOs. Honorable Chairman of the Hill District Council Rangamati has inaugurated the five-day long course. He said ‘there is no alternative of training, a good training can facilitate any person to not only strengthen capacity but also assist to find out the shortcomings of the person and shows the potential way of improvement of the identified limitations.’ Mr. Shwe Aung Prue, Cluster Leader of the Education Initiatives of UNDP CHTDF, Maha Jahangir and Rukka sombolinggi from from UNDP Regional Centre were present at the opening ceremony as special guests. The occasion was chaired by Amlan Chakma, ED of Taungya (host organization at Rangamati) and Mathura Tripura, ED of Zabarang (secretariat of the project in Bangladesh) has served as moderator of the ceremony.

The program is scheduled for five days from 16 to 20 July 2008. The course will be facilitated by the young leaders graduated from the Chiangmai, Bangkok, Colombo and national rollouts.

This is to be noted that the first course of the country pilot of Bangladesh has been conducted on 22-26 Juen at Khagrachari.

Anonymous said...

It was great. I could taste the smell of that cup of tea via Internet. hope you success shishters!

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