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THE GREE N VOLUNT EERS CHANGE YOURSELF CHANGE THE WORLD Volume: 03 Issue: 01 #STAY_SAFE #STAY_HEALTHY YOUNG MIND THINKS GLOBALLY A Magazine of: www.anyv.org/magazine Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BOARD MEMBERS Professor Md. Roshidul Hasan Professor Dr. Md. Mahbubur Rahman President Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Ex Vice-Chancellor Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Professor Dr. Mamun-or-Rashid EDITORIAL PANEL Sheikh Faridul Islam Kanon General Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Ariful Islam Arif Joint Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Sourav Rajbangshi Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Dhaka Tonmoy Ahmed Coordinator Center for Research and Information, Bangladesh Dr. Tofayal Ahmed Associate Professor Department of Petrolium and Mining Engineering Jessore University of Science and Technology Organizing Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Mala Bhowmik Social Welfare Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Nobonita Chakarvarty Education Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Sheikh Imtiaz Akash Emergency Response Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Moniruzzaman Munna University of Dhaka The Green Volunteers Volume: 03, Issue: 01 Publishing Year: 2020 Published By: Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Website: www.anyv.org MANAGING EDITOR Dipika Roy Prapti Cultural Secratry Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Email: magazine.anyvs@gmail.com Phone: +88 01847 126960 Images Credit: CHIEF CORRESPONDENT www.pexels.com Md. Mahmudul Haque Publication and Publicity Secretary Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Phone: +88 01521 416936 Email: mmhshuvobd@gmail.com Copyright © 2020 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society. Asian Netw o Society ers te outh Volu of Y n rk EDITORIAL Md. Roshidul Hasan President, Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society Asian network of youth volunteers (ANYV) Society is a registered international society focusing on establishing secularism and non-discriminating Asia and the world. ANYV involved and successfully completed different national and international projects, among them Energy Efficiency and Conservation Business Coalition funded by JICA, Bangladesh Digital Summit 2019, Rajbangshi Summit 2019, School Program, and Bangladesh Economy Survey 2019 Funded by China, are remarkable. We are always standing beside the people in any emergency, i.e Team Building, Assisting during disaster, during winter, during flash floods and many mores. “The Green Volunteers” is a regular online magazine published by ANYV. This issue is focusing youth engagement during Covid-19 and beyond. We have received enormous articles from different part of the world. The horrible Covid-19 disrupted everyone’s life and damages the world economy. We are trying to engage people to organize online activities, i.e. online education and photography contest. As we know, more than 1 billion youth are having their daily life disrupted by the spread of COVID-19. Students, teachers, families, and every youth stuck in this uncertainty. They become bores, hopeless, exhausted, depressed, and unstable and hesitate to take any decision. Bearing all these into consideration, the Asian Network of Youth Volunteers (ANYV) Society determined to stand beside them with knowledge and intelligence. To utilize their time ANYV was providing free online courses so that they could build their life in this pandemic and post-pandemic. We are very thankful to all 3502 registered students of 11 different courses from 17 countries. ANYV also arranged a photography contest 2020. As the quarantine time increases, underprivileged people of our society are in crisis. Lower-middle class families, financially poor families are going to suffer the most during this time. In this situation, we were decided to extend our hand to those who need them. The funds of the photography contests will be forwarded to the corona affected people. As there are no registration fees, we have decided to raise funds by selling the photos we get from the participants. We are publishing 18 articles out of 32 article received for this issue. The magazine is aiming to receive more articles in the upcoming issue. I am thankful to every authors, contributors and every individual who make this issue in reality. Professor Md. Roshidul Hasan Editor-in-Chief EXECUTIVE Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society MEMBERS of ANYVS Professor Md. Roshidul Hasan President Professor Dr. Md Morshedur Rahman Tonmoy Ahmed Sheikh Faridul Islam Kanon General Secretary Ariful Islam Vice President Vice President Joint Secretary Md Mamunur Rahman Sourav Rajbangshi Nobonita Chakarvarty Treasurer Md. Mahbubul Haque Law Secretary Md Mahmudul Haque Publication and Publicity Secretary The Green Volunteers Organizing Secretary Md Ashikur Rahman Rupok Research and Development Secretary Education Secretary Dipika Prapti Cultural Secretary Mala Rani Bhowmik Sheikh Imtiaz Akash Social Welfare Secretary Emergency Response Secretary Volume 3 Issue 1 4 CONTENTS FEATURE 03 LEARN TO LEAD WITH ANYV 14 ANYV PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST ARTICLE 13 PANDEMIC SITUATION AND ONLINE CLASS BY NOSHIN SHARMILI 36 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AMID COVID19 BY MD MOMIN SARKAR 38 MY DAILY ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY SHANDES POUDEL 40 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC BY MST. SULTANA RAZIA 44 “CLIMATE CHANGE AND MENTAL ILLNESS” BY UMME ZAMILATUN NAIMA 48 CAN URBAN FORESTRY BE A MEDIUM FOR REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE IN CITIES? BY SWOSTHI THAPA 51 CORONA CRISIS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH BY GOLAM MAHBUB FAISAL 15 COVID -19 MAY CHANGE THE WORLD’S WORKFORCE BY WASI HAMED 18 HOW TO STAY PRODUCTIVE DURING QUARANTINE BY SADIA AFRIN 21 WHAT COVID-19 FETCH TO OUR LIFE BY SADIA NOOR 24 COVID-19 AND MY LIFE STORY BY ABDIQANI MOHAMED HAASHI 54 ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT EPIDEMIC! BY MD. REZWAN AHMED MAHEDI 26 LET THE QUARANTINE BE MORE PRODUCTIVE BY CHAITY DEBNATH DIPA 56 THE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING COVID-19 BY HASAN AHMAD 28 MY QUARANTINE DAYS BY NUSRAT TAMANNA RAJMI 60 ONLINE EDUCATION IN THIS CORONA EPIDEMIC BY MD. ATIQ AHAMED FATTAH 31 PANDEMIC BY DALAL 64 INTERRELATION BETWEEN LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION BY MD HASIBUL ISLAM ABOUT ASIAN NETWORK OF YOUTH VOLUNTEERS (ANYV) SOCIETY Name of Organization : Asian Network of Youth Volunteers (ANYV) Society Registration : Registered Society under Societies Registration Act XXI 1860 No S-12565/2017 of Bangladesh Year of Registration : 2017 Year of Journey Started: 2010 Type of Organization : Non-profitable, Non-Govt., Voluntary and Charitable Organization Administrative Office : House: 69/A, Road: 06/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh Contact: +88 01847 126960 E-mail : info@anyv.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/anyvsocieties Website: www.anyv.org Moto : “Change Yourself Change the World” WHO WE ARE Asian Network of Youth Volunteer Society (ANYV), registered in Bangladesh under Society Act XXI 1860 No S-12565/2017 on 5th February 2017, is a Non-political, Non-profitable, Non-Govt., voluntary and Charitable Organization. women, youth and minorities access justice and opportunities, to ensure no one is left behind. We do not waver in its commitment to human rights, rule of law, or inclusive governance. ANYV mainly came into existence in the year 2010 in name of “Green Volunteer Organization” with the vision of deploying secularism & standing against discrimination and towards development and national progress through various types of works to achieve a self-reliant community. 1. Creation of self-reliance by adoption of voluntary participatory approach. 2. Emphasize on women empowerment 3. Creation of social awareness on health, nutrition, education, sanitation etc. 4. To organize Social, Cultural and Environmental activities, Channel zing youth energy into creative and constructive action 5. To encourage individuals to make the choice to change the way the live in order to achieve ongoing and long term goals in life. Now, we help to create an indiscriminate, secular, peaceful, innovative and resilient environment and society. We are willing to stand beside our people against inequality in cities and villages across the country. It assists society’s most vulnerable, helping OBJECTIVES: Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society FEATURE ACTIVITIES FROM JANUARY - AUGUST 2020 LEARN TO LEAD WITH ANYV The whole world is fighting against Coronavirus. Everything is collapsed to stop spreading the virus. People are staying at home due to the pandemic situation. Educational institutions are closed earlier as it is the most vulnerable place to spread this virus immediately. Everyone is sitting home and getting bored as the lock down situation is increasing day by day. In this situation, ANYV initiated a free e-learning platform “Learn to Lead with ANYV” to help lots of youths from ASIA and out of this continent. The good news The Green Volunteers is 3502 people of 11 different courses from 17 countries engaged themselves with this non-academic free course of “Lear to Lead with ANYV”. To utilize their time ANYV is providing completely free online courses so that they can build their life in this pandemic and post-pandemic. During this pandemic, ANYV is contributing to society with the best possible initiatives like always. As we know, more than 1 billion youth are having their daily life disrupted by the spread of COVID-19. Students, teachers, families, and every youth stuck in this uncertainty. They become bores, hopeless, exhausted, depressed, and unstable and hesitate to take any decision. Bearing all these into consideration, the Asian Network of Youth Volunteers (ANYV) Society has determined to stand beside them with knowledge and intelligence. The “ANYV online training” initiative is fully free with nonacademic courses and offering diversified courses from health to tech to research etc. The following benefits came Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 8 The courses were as follows: 1. How to Lead to be Successful 2. Basic Freelancing Guidelines 3. Basic Yoga 4. Emotional Intelligence (Soft Skills) The Green Volunteers 5. Global Citizenship 6. How to Provide Deliver Perfect Presentation 7. Introduction to Robotics 8. Life-Skills on Gender Education 9. Mental Health: Gaining H.O.P.E amidst Isolation 10. Research Proposal & Research Article Writing 11. Writing Skill in English & CV Writing Instructors from around the world taken the courses. There were a orientation and inaugural program for the course lived on Facebook worldwide on 08 June 2020 at Bangladesh time 7.30 pm (GMT+6). MR. MD. SHAHRIAR ALAM, M.P, Hon’ble State Minister for Foreign Affairs Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was the chief guest in the program. The program was chaired by PROF. MD ROSHIDUL HASAN, President, Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society. The special guests were from three different countries: PROF DR. MUNAZ AHMED NOOR, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Bangladesh, PROF DR. ABDUL RASHID B. MOHAMED SHARIFF, University Putra Malaysia, SONIA BASHIR KABIR, Founding Chairperson SBK Foundation, Bangladesh, PROF DR MAMUNOR RASHID, Professor, Dhaka University, Bangladesh, PROF DR SERAFIN ARVIOLA, Philippines Normal University, Philippines, PROF DR KAMRUZZAMAN, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural, Sheikh Faridul Islam Kanon, General Secretary, ANYVS. This special program inaugurated by very energetic, intelligent panel who are Youth icons in respective fields Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 9 FEATURE through the courses; 1. Everyone can utilize their best quarantine time in the most effective way. 2. Make a wide network of networks so that they would never feel the isolation. 3. Prepare themselves to earn and build their new career by receiving training, counselling, certificate and proper follow-up 4. The engagement in ANYV online courses, release them from depression, and boost them up to start their life again. 5. ANYV is providing an international platform of online learning to share the best knowledge with all communities. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society FEATURE in their own countries even in the universe, was viewed by more than 5500 audiences globally. The dynamic non-academic course outline provided extra benefits to the students. Such as, Life Skills on gender education’ and will share knowledge on how to protect themselves from sexual abuse and violence. She also wants to teach how to show respect to opposite gender. Again, Basic Yoga, with more than four years of experience in learning and teaching yoga said regular practice of yoga can help relieving stress, improve immunity system and maintain a healthier lifestyle which is very important in this pandemic situation robotics, the operating system of robotics and introduce some familiar sensor and devices and a little bit of electronics and programming. Another course Emotional Intelligence offers intelligence which can raise their mental awareness of the new generation to get rid of a family crisis, professional crisis and anxiety in this pandemic situation. Last but not the least, ANYV is trying to help people be productive in these tough times through many other activities. The main objective is to engage the youth with activities so they do not get bored. ANYV strongly believes that this pandemic will end soon and requested everyone to stay safe stay healthy and be with ANYV. Robotics has a significant impact on the development of humanity in the near future. The course offers basic knowledge of The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 10 FEATURE ANYV PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST During this pandemic, ANYV is contributing to society with the best possible initiatives. More than 1 billion youth are having their daily life disrupted by the spread of COVID-19. Students, teachers, families, and every youth stuck in this uncertainty. ANYV arranged a photography contest. As the quarantine time increases, underprivileged people of our society are in crisis. Lowermiddle class families, financially poor families are going to suffer the most during this time. In this situation, ANYV decided to extend our hand to those who need them. The funds we get from the photography contests will be forwarded to the corona The Green Volunteers affected people. As there are no registration fees, we have decided to raise funds by selling the photos we get from the participants. Why the photographic contest during this pandemic: The pandemic has been raging for almost 8 months now which has left the country in the grip of the world’s biggest humanitarian & Economic crisis. To respond in this pandemic economic crisis, we are aiming to arrange a photography contest and we will create an opportunity for everyone who would like to buy photos and the price of the photograph will be spent to fight against COVID 19 survivors. By joining it would help to enhance the ability of our communities from their economic crisis during this Pandemic. Categories: Professional Competition includes the most categories • Travel • Nature/Landscapes/ Environment • Portrait • Lifestyle/Black & White • Days of Lockdown Photostories (Max 3-4 photos) The contests were open for online submissions only. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 11 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society FEATURE The Prizes: Top 20 Best Photographs: Benefits: 1. Special Awards from ANYV 2. Certificate from ANYV 3. Participate in ANYV Online Exhibition The Green Volunteers 4. Will get ANYV Membership. 3. Will get ANYV Membership. Top 200 Shortlisted Photographs: Benefits : 1. Certificate from ANYV 2. Participate in ANYV Online Exhibition Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 12 NOSHIN SHARMILI ARTICLE PANDEMIC SITUATION AND ONLINE CLASS BANGLADESH DEPARTMENT OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA Pandemic and online class are both familiar words but new experience to most of the people. In 2020, most of the people experienced them in reality for the first time. The last severe pandemic of this magnitude in “recent” history was the 1919 Influenza. Online teaching method can be an effective way to avoid session jam and to create a safe space to continue educational activities in this serious pandemic situation. The Corona virus pandemic led the educational institutions to a standstill. Universities have adopted online methods to avoid session jam. Private universities started online courses from the very beginning of the pandemic due to their proper resources. Though public universities were lagging behind, recently they have started to take online classes. But it is a matter of regret that it is not being properly fruitful due to low percentage rate of attendance as some of the students don’t have access to internet, and smart devices to connect to the classes. Even when some of the students are joinning the classes, they are not being able to pay attention to the classes due to bad network connection. Online teaching method can be an effective way to avoid session jam and to create a safe space to continue educational activities in this serious pandemic situation. But proper The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 13 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE plans should be made and specific steps should be taken for ensuring participation of all students in this program and to make it a more fruitful one. Those who don’t have smart devices should be provided with it. Moreover, the academic activities should not be confined only in the classes though video calls, detailed written description of the lectures should be available The Green Volunteers online so that students who would be unable to load video lectures or attend online classes get the necessary lectures easily. In that matter, academic freedom or freedom of expression in these academic activities should be strictly maintained so that learning experience gets a more natural and flawless tone while giving both the teachers and students a sense of safety and fulfillment. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 14 COVID -19 MAY CHANGE THE WORLD’S WORKFORCE ARTICLE AUTOMATION, DIGITALISATION, ROBOTS AND OUR FUTURE!!! NORWAY WASI HAMED RESEARCH ASSISTANT (NTNU), NORWAY In our modern and globalised economy, businesses are under more pressure than ever to differentiate, evolve and adapt to stay relevant. From Finance to Sales and everything in-between, the effort to maximise margins has led many businesses to take an introspective look into how they can eliminate inefficiencies. A common solution has been the adaption of automation technologies, where certain business processes and functions that would otherwise be performed by a human, are now automated. A common application of this has been in the manufacturing industry and has resulted in many products that previously required a significant labor force, to now requiring virtually none at all. The Green Volunteers A common application of this has been in the manufacturing industry and has resulted in many products that previously required a significant labor force, to now requiring virtually none at all. However, the use of automation technology isn’t only restricted to the manufacturing industry. Various technologies have progressed in recent years to the extent that they threaten those in conventional business roles. Many common occupations such as clerks, secretaries and general administrative staff have increasingly Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 15 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE become redundant with the use of modern technology. From an efficiency standpoint this could be considered a great success - but in the process many people have lost their jobs, raising the difficult question whether artificial intelligence (AI) and robots are more harmful than beneficial at he end of the day. Many people are starting to wonder if they are next in line for replacement by AI or a robot. But don’t worry! not all hope is lost. The good news is that not every business is compatible with automation. Many professions and The Green Volunteers services require empathy, intuition and social interaction to be effective. For example; salespeople, healthcare workers, social workers, police, teachers and artists. But everything here is mentioned the story before COVID -19 pandemic, the story can change after corona period! The high cost of labor in Europe, USA, or Japan has created the necessary of automation or robot. But it is true, still there are some jobs which are not possible to accomplish successfully by robot rather for this we need human brain. So, this is a dilemma for what the developed countries are moving towards Asia or Africa for production purposes. Consequently, the rise of China, India, Vietnam or Ethiopia has been observed as new economic power. These countries have very cheap labor force. Bangladesh is also considered another source in this regard. But because of political problem, corruption and proper planning we are clearly behind them. Despite that; everything was going well! But it is anticipated that these countries and their huge labor force may face a big challenge in coming Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 16 Corona virus will make this selfish world more selfish. Countries will try to reduce their dependency on other countries. Specially the sectors of health, the developed countries may again try to self-reliant. As a result, Europe or US owned the medicine and medical equipment companies may shift their production facilities from Asia or Africa to their own countries. Here the challenge is labor cost. The labor cost in Europe or USA is so far higher than that of Asia or Africa. It is not possible for them to carry on their business with this high cost. And, then automation or robot is the best solution. The use of robot or automated technology will be accelerated. Human will lose their job. This can happen in other sectors as well. Because of corona virus, the world’s people are losing trust form each other. Safety and cleanliness will become a big concern. The businesses will try to reduce human touch in their business activities and this decision can help them The Green Volunteers ARTICLE years because of COVID – 19 pandemic. to gain more safety and trust, and thus it can bring more success in their business. For example; in restaurant business the use of robot for food serving and cleaning purpose may increase in high volume comparing before corona situation. This is also alarming for human and millions of people all over the world may lose their jobs! The countries with small population but very rich they will give more focus on technology, digitalization and use of robot everywhere. Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland) or the country like New Zealand who are very famous for refuge support or human rights, may change their policy. Because of safety issue or the effect of corona virus, they may change their policy. Economically the countries have been facing huge difficulties and it will continue next couple of years. The companies of these countries have already started struggling. So, as a survival issue this companies will lay off a good number of employees. Consequently, thousands of immigrant people must be going to lose their jobs. And, there is no hope to get back their jobs in near future. May be the companies may change their policy permanently and they can move on towards automation! So, we don’t know what happens in next years after COVID -19, but it’s true the virus will change the world, and nothing will become like earlier! Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 17 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE HOW TO STAY PRODUCTIVE DURING QUARANTINE SADIA AFRIN BANGLADESH COMILLA UNIVERSITY PHARMACY SOCIETY (CUPS) T he term ‘quarantine’ has become quite familiar in the Corona situation. Before that, maybe the public didn’t have much idea about this. Quarantine can be of different types like when seemingly a healthy person returns home from abroad, he or she is initially kept in a separate home quarantine for 14 days to determine if he or she has the Covid-19 virus. In addition, even though a person is not infected with Covid-19, when a person stays indoors away from all forms of socialization, it is voluntarily quarantine. Corona is a Latin word meaning crown. It is a type of enveloped RNA virus with a positive sense. Covid-19 is a ‘respiratory infectious’ disease organized by beta-coronavirus. The first outbreak of coronavirus was on Corona is a Latin word meaning crown. It is December 31, 2019 in the city of Wuhan, a type of enveloped RNA virus with a positive Hubei province, China and it gradually sense. Covid-19 is a ‘respiratory infectious’ spread worldwide. On March 11, 2020, the disease organized by beta-coronavirus. World Health Organization called the virus a “global epidemic.” In 2020, the epidemic of this disease has engulfed the country called Bangladesh. On March 08, 2020 the first patient infected with Covid-19 was identified in Bangladesh. At present, the number of people infected The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 18 ARTICLE with Covid-19 in Bangladesh is 1,69,000 ; deaths 2,151 people and recovered 78,102 people. Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared a lockdown on March 26, 2020 considering the contagious situation. In this situation, public-private institutions, educational institutions, aviation, public transport, shops, shopping malls, travelplaces are banned. You can go out wearing masks and gloves within a certain period of time for daily necessities (food and medicine). The Green Volunteers In the Corona situation, people have been terrified of quarantine for a long time. Sometimes the normal viral fever is assumed to be coronavirus. What are the symptoms of corona (sore throat, dry cough, runny nose, headache, vomiting, loss of smell or taste in food) and what is a common fever? Despite the fact that corona is a physical disorder, it has made a person mentally upset. The stress of living in a monotonous life is constantly increasing. That is why we can use a number of methods to construct quarantine in Corona situation which are given below1. Differences in perspective: Everything has its pros and cons. That is, being in quarantine has greatly reduced environmental pollution (50% carbon monoxide and 25% carbon dioxide reduction). Therefore, we always have to look at everything in a positive point of view. For example, what is happening as a result of Covid-19 is out of our control, since no vaccine has Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 19 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE been invented yet that’s why time to read in our busy lives. we should all be aware of So we can spend this time reading books. The more you prevention. read, the more you will learn. 2. Physical Exercise: If you So, Never Stop Learning! exercise or meditate for thirty minutes / one hour every day, 7.Cultural Evening - Every both your body and mind will evening you can practice your favourite thing such as be strong. singing, dancing or reciting 3. Take a deep breath and let poetry in this quarantine . go again, this is called deep- Maybe you can be the best breath exercise. This will music or artist in the future increase the blood supply to through this practice! We all know that practice makes a the lungs and reduce stress. man perfect. 4. Lots of rumored information is going viral through social 8. You can spend some time media in Corona situation. in the afternoon with nature. Hence, we should follow some For those of us who love authentic websites like BBC, to garden, we can use this World Health Organization opportunity to invigorate the or Press Briefing and avoid balcony or the rooftop of the house by planting green rumors. saplings. The coronavirus is 5. You can spend leisure teaching us how important time with your family - we are it is to plant trees in our often too busy to set aside environment to fight for our time for ourselves or for our survival. family. This is the time since we are together, so we should 9. But you can also continue to spend some better moment practice English by watching positive movies / series. together. opportunity of quarantine. From now on, business planning through product planning, marketing strategy, information collection and analysis can keep ready. 11. Quarantine is an opportunity where we can do several courses online, do our own skill development if we want. 12. We can always pray to the Creator. Everyone is able to practice their religion effortlessly at home. Above all, if the activities go according to plan, we hope that a productive quarantine can be observed. 6. Reading books - We buy a 10. Those who want to be can take lots of books by our favorite entrepreneurs authors but we don’t have advantage of this golden The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 20 ARTICLE WHAT COVID-19 FETCH TO OUR LIFE BANGLADESH SADIA NOOR BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Since then, the pandemic has spread day by day over the whole nation and the number of affected people has been increasing. In order to save all the people, the government declared “lockdown” throughout the nation from 23 March to 30 May and prepared some necessary steps to spread awareness to keep this syndrome away from them. The Green Volunteers The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. The first three known cases were reported on 8 March 2020 by the country’s epidemiology institute, IEDCR. Since then, the pandemic has spread day by day over the whole nation and the number of affected people has been increasing. In order to save all the people, the government declared “lockdown” throughout the nation from 23 March to 30 May and prepared some necessary steps to spread awareness to keep this syndrome away from them. Infections remained low until the end of March but saw a steep rise in April and continue until now. SHARING COVID-19: EXPERIENCES DURING I am going share about my experience which I accumulated during this pandemic. Let’s start with the positives vibes that is about Family time, freedom and palatable food. The positive thing about being home during Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 21 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE the coronavirus pandemic is that I get to spend time with my family and share with them what I’m learning. I get to involve my parents in activities that I have only done with my friends. I also get to see what my siblings are learning and help them in their need. I enjoy staying home. I actually have more time on my hands than I know what to do with. I’ve been trying to use that extra time for productive things, like learning how to cook. The best thing about being at home is I get to hang around with my family more and not being able to be around other people helps me to get outside, and do some exercise. Everything has positive and negative consequences. I also found negative ramification on this ground. The technology can be amusement, but it doesn’t always help. I’m doing online learning through Google Classroom, and sometimes it’s difficult. Problems which I want to attach sometimes it won’t attach, the file didn’t save properly. I’m a visual learner, and so I prefer to take a hands-on approach, including marking up and annotating the work before me on actual paper. However, with online learning, it’s difficult, and I find The Green Volunteers myself writing much more than I usually would. risk of social isolation. ARISING SOLUTION: IDEAS ABOUT COVID-19 ‘The project is providing basic AND ITS SOLUTION: In our villages, the elderly usually live on their own, relying on family and friends to bring their shopping home regularly. After these measures, these people may lose access to this social support. Moreover, the current situation puts them at food, hygiene and health supplies. A team of volunteers, who are we all relatives is in charge of doing the home shopping so the elderly and other people at risk don’t have to be exposed to the virus. We have also a hotline to listen to their demands and provide company, mitigating Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 22 VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES DURING THIS PANDEMIC: Volunteering in the time of the pandemic is more complicated than in normal circumstances, As I said in the above mentioned points that we all relatives help elderly and other destitute peoples so that they don’t exposed to the virus. The activities we done is delivering groceries or meals good nutrition and sufficient calories are important for body and mind, as well as for keeping spirits up. LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID-19: 1. Hygiene helps: If any old lesson came handy during the COVID-19 crisis it was that hygiene helps. We have all been taught to wash our hands every time we’ve been to a place that could have disease causing germs, when we return home from outside and from time to time for good measure. 2. Our medical capacities are limited but we have huge reserve capacity: Medical capacities, especially in urban areas, have usually been The Green Volunteers taken for granted. Our worry has been the quality of care. But we have learnt now that the richest of nations are limited in their capacity to treat people if there is a large outbreak of a disease. To alleviate the massive pressure on the healthcare industry, governments, including the Bangladesh government, have implemented several measures to enhance capacity – right from equipping tertiary medical care givers to getting healthcare on wheels activated. Bangladesh has a large qualified and capable base of medical professionals who are not allowed into regular practice and it is to our credit that we tapped into that base to tackle the pandemic. The existence of this reserve cohort of qualified medical personnel is a welcome realisation indeed. too much. While physiological and security needs have been paramount, many have found ways to learn new skills or do things they have always wanted to do but couldn’t make time for. Families and friends have engaged over video calls and many have “met” members of their family more often during the lockdown than they otherwise do! Despite the lockdown we have discovered that we can satisfy all needs in Maslow’s hierarchy. Many have learnt what really matters to them. PARTICIPATING IN ONLINE ACTIVITIES: I do participate in online activities of Coursera which is free online courses from top universities like Yale, Michigan, and Stanford. Learn and gain marketable skills through video lectures, quizzes, and 3. We really don’t need forum . It is a large online much to live: We have lived platform for learning anything through a lockdown. The which I want. availability of food, water, shelter, communication, After doing this course they medicines and education and provide certificates. I was also entertainment on television & lucky enough to get some of the internet has kept us going. mine. The lockdown has forced us to ask what we really need to live reasonably well. And the answer in most cases is – not Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 23 ARTICLE the effects of social isolation. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE COVID-19 AND MY LIFE STORY ABDIQANI MOHAMED HAASHI SOMALIA SOMALIA Corona virus was the most frightening thing that I have ever faced in my life. My life has been completely uprooted because of the virus. When the COVID-19 outbreak started I was out of my country and without my mother and father. I lived in Bangladesh with my older brother and friends that are from the same country. I have been staying at home for a long time. I have experienced the most blessed month of Ramadan during the quarantine days Alhamdulillah. It is a difficult time but I am passing it by taking some simple online courses, by talking to my friends,by using social media a lot, by playing games and by watching movies sometimes and reading books. Covid-19 pandemic condition in Somalia is not good also.Covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somalia on 16th March 2020 as the first case was confirmed in Mogadishu the capital of Somalia. The effects of corona virus in Somalia is very dangerous like other countries.Corona virus has had a major impact worldwide, the virus stopped the flow of the world in social and business sector. My life has been completely uprooted because of the virus. When the COVID-19 outbreak started I was out of my country and without my mother and father. I lived in Bangladesh with my older brother and friends that are from the same country. The disease also had a significant impact on The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 24 infrastructure has been gutted by decades of conflict and instability. A large part of the population lives in close quarters, while millions reside in decrepit settlements for people without money to buy soap or without access to regular running water. At the same time, staying at home is not a practical option for most informal workers who need to leave their houses daily to earn money and put some food on the table. what was supposed to happen did not happen. The virus has not spread in our country thanks to God. Now Somali businesses are open. People who had to work on a daily basis, they go to work and this happened by the grace of God. So we pray to Almighty, the most merciful, keep us all healthy and quickly normalize this situation. Poor health infrastructure is clearly displayed during This was the biggest fear faced this Covid-19 situation in by the Somali government and Somalia. The country’s health their people. Alhamdulillah The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 25 ARTICLE the small business in Somalia because people had been stuck at home due to fear of the virus that was the challenge faced by Somali people when the virus outbreak started. Alhamdulillah now everything is back to normal. Domestic flights are resumed as well as businesses are being restarted, the only thing has remained now is to reopen the educational institutions and overseas flights. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE LET THE QUARANTINE BE MORE PRODUCTIVE BANGLADESH CHAITY DEBNATH DIPA Corona’s violence is going on all over the world now. Tha outbreak of the coronavirus, which began in December, 2019, is still ongoing. Due to the outbreak of covid-19, public life largely come to a standstill. In corona’s panic, we no longer leave the house without much need. Many of us out of breath while living under this house arrest. It’s surprising to think!! before the advent of this virus, we used to be desperate to get some rest in our daily lives. Many a day, perhaps with this regret, “the day is over, why does time go by so fast?? I can’t do my hobbies anymore.” We stay busy from morning till night. We don’t even have The Green Volunteers time to sit in peace. And now in the corona epidemic, we seem to be missing our busy lives. In this quarantine, time seems to be running out from sitting at home all day. What a strange desire we have! When we’re busy, we regret not having enough time. And when we spend our free time, we say, “Our busy life was good.“ Because of being locked in four walls for the fear of coronavirus, we’ve got a lot of leisure time. In our relentless pursuit of life, we don’t have much time or opportunity to look back. Now, as we’ve got endless leisure time in Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 26 In this chance, nature is also adorning itself with amazing beauty. So, in this quarantine, we can equip and enrich ourselves with various skills. This, such as: learning English, learning different software skills, having online course etc.For learning these, we have internet!! We can learn these online through internet connection on our smartphones that will help us to be smarter in the future. The Green Volunteers Quarantine has given us the opportunity to take down the dusty books from shelves, to clean them up and to gain knowledge from them. Book can be our best friend in this retirement. Book has no alternative to expand our knowledge beyond institutional education. So, we can read various selfdeveloping books, novels, short stories etc to make our lives more productive and effective in quarantine. In this case, internet can also help us in detail. We can download and read pdf of book on our smartphone. We can do a variety of hobby activities for entertainment. These are like drawing, singing, cooking, making different things for house. And yes, there are many events, seminars, competitions that are being arranged through online now. We can participate in them and develop our talent. That way, we can do our best to make this time better. Also, many people running in the rush are almost losing contact with their relatives and friends.It’s important to be strong mentally during covid-19 outbreak. So we can talk to our relatives and friends on audio or video calls through internet. It will bring peace to all of us. We should not only think of our friends and relatives. We also have to think about our society during this quarantine. Many people are fighting with poverty in this time. We should help them according to our own capabilities. Many organisations are working continuously on this issue. It’s better to join those organisations as volunteers. And the most important thing is to remember the Creator everyday, every moment. Corona is now trampling all over the world. Now we should remember our creator more and more. We should all live ethically in accordance with religious discipline. And of course, I’ll be aware and help others to be aware. I’ll be clean and encourage others to be clean. Finally, everything depends on our perspective. If we have a positive outlook, we’ll be able to use this time of quarantine in a reasonable manner. And that’s how, quarantine can be made productive. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 27 ARTICLE quarantine, it’s time to look back on the days left in our own life. It’s the time to learn from the mistakes of the past and adjust ourselves to live well in the days ahead. So, while we’re in quarantine, we have the opportunity to think about ourselves and to give ourselves more time. The next thing that comes to mind is to give time to family. Because of being busy, many of us can’t give enough time to our family. So, in this quarantine, we should all spend a lot of time with family. This will strengthen the bond between family members. To avoid the effects of corona, as we’re at home all day, roads, educational institutions, factories etc have all become depopulated. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE MY QUARANTINE DAYS NUSRAT TAMANNA RAJMI CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH There was a desire to dive into the abyss of thought that awoke in my restless mind to play with my own emotions like myself by overtaking the ongoing busyness, breaking through a series of procedures. From march 17 to march 19, 2020, I worked longer than my daily routine despite the tensed moments. On March 20, I attended the wedding of one of my relatives and when I returned home, I found out that the first The Green Volunteers BANGLADESH corona positive person to die in mirpur, dhaka whose was prepared to bury without the proper funeral requirements as there was a fear of spreading the virus from the dead. A great anxiety arose in my chest and there was a ban from leaving the house. Day by day, on one side, the world situation was getting worse, and on the other side, I was getting frustrated with the strange Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 28 the stuck period to find a little emotional tranquility. I started paying attention to the work from the four walls. Besides, i grabbed the opportunity to raise funds for the unprivileged community. In this ways, April passed. Volunteer (ANYV) and also on Coursera (A world famous online learning platform) as a student of University Of Chittagong. Participating in various workshops of nongovernmental organizations as well as being directly involved in social activities of my organisation, the pendamic days were paased. Sometimes the news of illness and death in the corners of distant relatives or acquaintances, even if not very close, makes the mind tremble. Ramadan was full of glorious blessings, so it was hard to understand how this quarantine period passed In the midst of this great durning this time. crisis, we must move forward with the utmost awareness. In the middle of May, there I advised my organization was an opportunity to enroll to conduct online-based in various online courses activities and go along with of Asian Network Of Youth Death The Green Volunteers is inevitable for Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 29 ARTICLE captivity. There was a desire to play with my feelings with my own ways but at this time of anxiety and mental turmoil, all were vanished as everyone including me was much tensed for our own existence. In this way, despite the reluctance of my own, I realized that I had changed my mind and gained strength of mind and body that, this is now the reality. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE everyone but such death is Although the above sentences undesirable for everyone. are the story of my personal life, the story of thousands To increase mental strength, of young people like me may i completed an online have different backgrounds course named “Mind control: or other stories connected. managing your mental health during covid 19” from This terrible epidemic still Coursera and also an another envelops the whole world. course named “Healthy Mind As human society has moved & Better Life” from Manusher forward since the dawn of Jonno Foundation. I was time, ignoring many dangers very much benefited from and crises, we too must learn these courses. At the same from that golden history and time I kept myself busy by properly address the current cooperating in various internal conflict and move forward affairs of the family and tried with development in the to give time to the family. midst of this hard times. And While it was impossible to go this responsibility rests more out and meet with relatives on our young society. and friends in person, I did my best to overcome In addition to the epidemic, my emotional turmoil by various diseases were connecting through various prevalent in our world and social medias, as well as are still present. Sometimes helping others to find peace it is in the form of corruption, of mind. sometimes it is in the form of heinous human rights The Green Volunteers violations. In order to get rid of these dreadful diseases including epidemics, it is necessary to introduce the experienced ones who faced hard times in past and make necessary steps to use young society effectively as a cure for all the diseases in the world and provide maximum help to prevent the disease. Although hundred percent success may not be achieved , a little bit of success can be expected and even a little bit of success will become a participatory force in the joint efforts. I am hopeful that one day all these diseases will be gradually removed from the world Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 30 ARTICLE PANDEMIC DALAL SUDAN SUDAN Before diving deep into our story I present myself to you My name is Dalal from Sudan, and I currently study for a Master’s degree at one of Malaysia’s public universities, I convey my experience as an foreign student in Malaysia at the time of the Corona pandemic to our student friends in Bangladesh who have the idea of completing their studies abroad. When the news began circulating with the increase in cases of infection in Malaysia, I did not care much about the matter, and I was practicing my normal daily life as a student, with dozens of other students, I go to the library, lab, class and I eat in the cafeteria with the gathering of students. I am one of the few foreign students who live in the university’s internal hostel housing, even though most foreign students prefer to stay outside the university because of their different living needs from local students, such as food, but I chose internal hostel housing because of the low cost of living and to learn more about the culture and lifestyle of local students. I am one of the few foreign students who live in the university’s internal hostel housing, even though most foreign students prefer to stay outside the university because of their different living needs from local students, such as food, but I chose internal hostel housing because of the low cost of living and to learn more about the culture and lifestyle of local students. And due to the acceleration of covid-19 cases, the government decided that it would close all the country, and people were given a few days to prepare for the The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 31 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE lockdown period, so local students hurried to return to their home towns, until the university hostels in which I was and still living became empty, and remaining number of students inside the university hostels did not exceed a hundred, so the university administration decided to gather them all in one of the central hostels. We were told to prepare ourselves to move to the central hostel, and to take only the basic necessities for life, so I took some clothes, passports and personal care, and left the remaining belongings in my original hostel room. While we were standing in line to receive the keys to our new rooms in the central hostel, a girl was standing in front of me who seemed friendly from her smile, so she approached me and inquired about something and answered her, and I asked her where are you from? She said: From Bangladesh, her name Dipika, and when it came to our turn to receive the room key, we were not lucky enough to share same room together because it was her second day at the university and she The Green Volunteers had extra procedures for receiving the key. So I was given a room with a local girl whose family came to take her to their house on the same day, so I stayed alone in the room during two months of lockdown. I did not care that I was alone in the room, but rather I said to myself, this is better, since I used to live alone in the room also in the original hostel, So I left my things in the room, and went quickly to the supermarket to panic buy basic supplies such as detergents, soaps and toilet paper same as the rest of people around the world on the day before the lockdown, So I went back to the hostel with a lot of supplies, and some students saw me finding it difficult to carry them, so they helped me and as usual, I asked them where are you from? They answered me that they are from Bangladesh, what a coincidence! for students per day and delivered it to all the buildings in which the students live.Even Personal care was provided to us free of charge throughout the lockdown period, which lasted about two months, All the students did not violate the quarantine, and there was a sense of responsibility towards the community. Day after day, loneliness and lack of communication with people took a toll on me slowly, but I used to communicate with family and friends and talk to them through social media more than before. I took this opportunity to read more research publications and write some of the chapters of the Graduation Project. After a period of a month of lockdown, the practice of walking inside the university campus was allowed, due to the stability of cases of corona infection, as the Malaysian government managed in a short time to control the pandemic, and the On the first day of the number of deaths completely LockDown, and unfortunately, until this point did not exceed a COVID-19 case appeared 125 cases. in one of the employees in the cafeteria. They asked us Days passed and every day not to leave the rooms and was similar to the other, as I the university administration realized that a human is a firstprovided three free meals class social being, who cannot Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 32 After exactly two months of quarantine, I woke up early and ate breakfast, felt some heavy and went for a walk for half an hour, and when I got back to my room I ate lunch and sat and finished my studies, and suddenly I felt dizzy so I went outside the room to the ground floor. Perhaps the dizziness stops, but it kept getting worse so I took the stairs to go back. To my room, and when I got to the floor of my room, I was short of breath and was like I was last in my breath, for good luck I was able to knock on the door of my local neighbors in the next room and asked for help and rescue me immediately, The girls rushed to help me and called the student official, who in turn contacted the ambulance and within 15 minutes the ambulance arrived ... It was the most terrifying 15 minutes of my life. At the hospital, I was quickly treated and the doctor who received me was very humorous and very caring. According to the The Green Volunteers ARTICLE live alone, and when I see any random person, I would like to be happy as a child who sees his parents after an absence, and I would like to talk to this stranger. medical report, the cause of on the first day of my stay in the shortness of breath was the university hostel, and we stress. had parted because of the distance of our colleges. I returned from the hospital to my room, but I did not sleep She asked me directly, are you that night and I remained worried about something? afraid and the state of I told her the story of the tension and fear of loneliness disease that I had been continued to haunt me every through, so she went directly second of the day, for several with me to my room and since consecutive days. On the then we have not left each same days I saw one of my other ... Nina was a lost gift friends from Bangladesh, with that fate gave me. whom I had shared a room Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 33 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE But my vertigo was still going on with me, and the cause was not clear until the doctors could not diagnose it, On that day, I felt dizzy with stomach pain, so I went to the doctor, and she told me that I was suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease, which caused me all previous health problems. She gave me the medicine and since then my condition began to improve, and throughout this period I was with my Bangladeshi friend Nina, who was a stronger reason than the medicine for my recovery by staying with The Green Volunteers me and not leaving alone and her heart is kind and simple (she is 8 years younger than me, but we are like sisters). She asked me if I wanted to go shopping, and I said yes why not! We went shopping, and I read her character as being tolerant of herself, people and Days rolled by and the nature, and her personality university cafeteria was flattered me. opened again, so one day I went to buy a lunch meal, and Days later, the management on my way I met by chance of the original hostel in which the same girl that I had met I live was asked to return, so while we received the new I was afraid that I would be keys in the central hostel, so alone again because I had I asked, as usual, where are used living with Nina, but you from? She said: I am from there was no other option. Bangladesh, and my name is And my tears are streaming Depika and guess what she farewell to Nina and fear of study at my same college and being alone again. she arrived Malaysia just two days before pandemic! When I arrived at the original Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 34 Indeed, as I expected, Dipika personality is very special and she loves everything in life and she never hates anything or someone and enjoys anything in life, no matter how simple, and I am very lucky to meet someone like her and to this day we share the room and even our families have become friends with each other through social media platforms. And I advise from my story to every student who wants to go to travel outside his country, that he does not live alone in the room in the university hostel, because no one guarantees his health, and someday you may get sick and find yourself alone and it is the worst thing that can destroy The Green Volunteers ARTICLE hostel, for my good luck, the management asked that I share the room with one of the girls, so I was happy about this decision, so I told them directly, can I share the room with Depika? So I called Depika : She said yes, I have no objection to sharing the room with you. Then I felt reassured and knew that I would live with a nice, well-adjusted and wellgroomed person, and would not feel afraid of illness and loneliness. a person psychologically .. Remember that your family are not with you, so try look for good people you relax mentally with them to share a room or apartment with them. From my experience, I felt psychological comfort and reassurance when sharing a room with the Bangladeshi students. of students who helped to ask for ambulances. Without them, I might have lost my life in a blink of an eye. I would also like to thank a student president (Felo) named Mursyid who took care of all our needs and inquiries throughout the quarantine period, and Rabita who used to bring me my food everyday to my room. And to University Last but not least, I would like staff who supplied us food to extend my sincere thanks and nurseries over 2 months and appreciation to these of lockdown. students from Bangladesh. They are Depika ,Nina Lastly I learned that life is (Ashmam and Asan: Students very precious and we must who helped me transport the live every second in it with purchases). I would also like hope, joy, love and happiness. to thank the local Malaysian Because we can lose it in students, especially the girls moments and it will not come in my neighbor room who back to us again rescued me, and the heads Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 35 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AMID COVID19 MD MOMIN SARKAR STUDENT BANGLADESH SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY The whole world stood still due to corona virus outbreak. All educational institutions have been closed. I was getting bored staying at home. So I was wondering if anything can be done for the people at this time. The whole world stood still due to corona virus outbreak. All educational institutions have been closed. I was getting bored staying at home. So I was wondering if anything can be done for the people at this time. The Green Volunteers Since I am studying agriculture, I can help the farmers. It will be my own real experience. Many people cultivate vegetables on a small scale, such as rooftop gardeners. They do not get proper guidance in time for disease and pest control. At first, I planned to cooperate with them. Since there is less opportunity to go out of the house, so I used the Internet. I converted my old group on Facebook into an agricultural information based and problem-solving one. I started posting regularly about various information and diseases related to agriculture. Within a few days, the number of members exceeded 1,000. Many people started posting about agricultural issues. The leaves of the papaya turning yellow, the leaves of the eggplant rotting, the leaves of the pepper tree rotting, the spots on the lemon, the insects etc problems were coming from them asking for solution. I continued to solve the problems in the comments section. Many people started inboxing me to know the solution. To make this work more beautiful and to solve it quickly, I teamed up Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 36 I used to discuss among ourselves. If necessary, we would take the advice of teachers and agriculturist brothers. Gradually our own experiences began to grow. Before giving advice, I would look at the agricultural website, I would also take the help of the agriculture app so that I could give the right advice. Highlight information on organic pesticide preparations and methods to make gardeners interested in organic farming. To increase The Green Volunteers the scope of knowledge, I started looking at various agricultural information and agricultural research papers on Google. We lag behind in technical education due to a lack of internship opportunities in agriculture. So at first, I did not want to directly advise farmers on a large scale. By solving agricultural problems, my own experience continued to grow. Besides, these problems were discussed in our curriculum. How any pesticide works, how to prepare the land, when to apply it, what fertilizer to use, why flowers and fruits fall off - these are taught in our different semesters. So solving the problem was a little easier for me. However, some problems cannot be solved by looking at the pictures. In this case, I suggest contacting the Upazila Agriculture Officer. Slowly I started advising my neighbors. Many have been benefited. They expressed their gratitude for getting such advice easily. And this is my great achievement. As students of the Faculty of Agriculture, it is our responsibility to serve the farmers. I am proud to be able to devote myself to the service of the farmer brothers during this pandemic situation. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 37 ARTICLE with my campus friends Nahid Hasan, Rukaiya Islam, Fatema Tuj Johura, junior younger brother Mamun. Many times I could not catch the problem by looking at the pictures. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE MY DAILY ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC SHANDES POUDEL NEPAL NEPAL I am Shandes Poudel. I am from Nepal studying agriculture from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh. I am also the member of ANVY Society. From few months we have been affected by COVID-19 and we aren’t able to continue our normal life again. Same thing happens to me . I have just returned home from Bangladesh and I planned this vacation with interesting trips and trecks but this virus comes as a villain to me. After I knew the Corona Virus get spread by contact of people, I locked up me in the boundaries of my house . Initially, I have no idea what to do as I am in house infront of laptop and mobile all the time. I have no where to go , completedly banned from going, meeting and playing outside .I got bored and frustrated but later, I got familier with this environment and try to utilize this time as opportunity. I got a lot of quality time to enjoy with my family. I helped my family members in different works such as cooking, sweeping as well as washing dishes etc . As I have no nothing to do , I started to see everything as opportunities .As COVID-19 started to spread within European countries , I started to give information about COVID-19 in my family and The Green Volunteers Recently I am participating in online classes held by ANVY Society which is very helpful for me in developing mental and physical health, leadership, role of citizenship etc. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 38 Recently I am participating in online classes held by ANVY Society which is very helpful for me in developing mental and physical health, leadership, role of citizenship etc. During this pandemic time, many patients are depriving of blood. So recently we have organized the blood donation programme with the help of community people and Red cross society. Recently , In my birthday I planted some trees that will help to eradicate global warming. I started to keep my eye on mental health as we know suicide rate is increasing day by day. If I look these whole world this time then my faith on god will decreased and become fruasted because a lot of people get affected by it. Meanwhile when I looked at me , I get smuged at myself as I got a lot of changes on me picking every difficulties as opportunities. The Green Volunteers ARTICLE society ;about its symptoms and preventive measures. I started to get interested in different creational activities like reading books, drawing, writing articles, doing physical exercises and participated in different online activites and seminar. Lot of people get infected by COVID-19 and lead several to death . Till time ,there is no vaccine formed .The only method to get rid of it is social distancing .Until the vaccine is formed, lets hope for the best and do our best to protect ourself , country and world free from Corona Virus . Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 39 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC SULTANA RAZIA BANGLADESH PROJECT MANAGER, SBK FOUNDATION Developing & Practicing Emotional Intelligence: “Emotional intelligence is critical in building and maintaining relationships and influencing others—key skills that help people throughout their career and wherever they sit in an organizational structure,” says Andrews, associate dean at Harvard University. According to studies, in the wake of the COVID-19 induced lockdown, over 40% people have reportedly suffered from complex mental health issues across the globe with other reports indicate a rise in the suicidal rate in different countries. Amid this lockdown, the specter of joblessness, inequality and loneliness rose again, in my country, triggering the need for reaching out people with mental health related assistance ever than before. In light of this context, I intend to step in to extend assistances as much as possible to the youths grappling with frustrations. It is notewirthy to mention that I have been exploring emotional intelligence since 2016 with Mind mechanics academy, & as Developing & Practicing Emotional Intelligence: “Emotional intelligence is critical in building and maintaining relationships and influencing others—key skills that help people throughout their career and wherever they sit in an organizational structure,” says Andrews, associate dean at Harvard University. I had co-facilitated more than 20 learning sessions at Mind Mechanics Academy where participants came from various The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 40 ARTICLE backgrounds. Suppressed emotions gives rise to a spiral of stress: Getting stuck in the midst of this lockdown, people have been working from home with everything is closed. In this context, I understand that I cannot change participants’ perspectives about EQ overnight. But, I believe my efforts can make subtle changes through my approach and on how do I react to things, giving some sort of relief to the people. On the other hand, it’s a pretty good time to think and develop emotional understanding. There are four basic themes that can help one grasp the essence e of EI (selfawareness, self-regulation, relationship management, helped me attain long term stories where participants can and short term term goals. In relate themselves as a part of the session, participants from that story. as many as 17 countries Mainstreaming Of Virtual As it’s a virtual session, I Classrooms during COVID-19 designed this session in a few & My learnings from this segments. Providing them with session: a few case studies, group case “Learning to manage your own studies, group activities , live emotions” was the topic of the sessions & self assessments. session I conducted and the All of the case studies are methodologies I applied while designed based on true taking these sessions helped and practicing empathy all are internal workings that we have full control over). My learnings from this session: “Learning to Manage your own emotions” was the topic of the session I conducted and the methodologies I applied while taking these sessions The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 41 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE me attain long term and short behavioral changes among act. Our everyday emotions term goals. In the session, a panic stricken people and can drive us to take action total of 367 participants from anger management issues, and influence the decisions as many as 17 countries took moreover sensed a self-driven we make about our lives, part, opening up a scope for growing interest among some both large and small & Exactly getting introduced to a sea of people in learning Emotional When we fail to express our cross-cultural issues. Initiation intelligence. emotions, our brain can often of the first virtual session go into the take-off state. allowed me to learn and Why we need to express our This is a physical reaction to identify different needs of the emotion: We all know that stress that sets off a chain target group. While conducting emotions can play a key role of events throughout our two live sessions I get to know in our life how we reflect and bodies. It increases our heart The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 42 being inside most of the time, and makes us feel anxious or the opportunities to practice depressed. Finally according to Daniel empathy and using our social Goleman “If your emotional skills for the good are now Expressing our emotions abilities aren’t in hand, if you endless, which is working brings about a lot more don’t have self-awareness, if to help people to learn the wellbeing: you are not able to manage various skills and meet the your distressing emotions, if SDGs. The more in tune you 1. Offers a new point of view you can’t have empathy and are with to a problem have effective relationships, intelligence, your emotional however, the 2. Makes decision making and then no matter how smart easier you can make the problem solving easier you are, you are not going to transition from reaction to 3. Reduces anxiety get very far.” With many of us response. The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 43 ARTICLE rate, slows digestive functions 4. Lessens depression Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE OUTCOME OF COVID19 AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE POSSIBLE NEXT WAVES: “CLIMATE CHANGE AND MENTAL ILLNESS” BANGLADESH UMME ZAMILATUN NAIMA UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, MAWLANA BHASHANI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY What does the future hold for us after the pandemic? I lie awake at night wondering where we will be in the next few months or maybe the next ten years, all being the outcome of our own deeds and actions; and what the future has in store for my loved ones. Or even if we somehow are lucky enough to survive this, how are we going to make the earth a better place, a “safe haven” for our future generations? Hopefully, not all hope seems to be lost. Because while the world grapples with the novel coronavirus, the pandemic is having some unexpected but positive side effects. Mother Earth is healing. The slowdown in human activity due to the pandemic, has so far shown to have had a positive impact on the planet due to the lockdown, travel restrictions, dying consumption and the overall fall of capitalism. Now as uncertain the answer to the question “how long will this pandemic exist?” is, even more uncertain is finding the exact answers as to how long these natural The Green Volunteers The slowdown in human activity due to the pandemic, has so far shown to have had a positive impact on the planet due to the lockdown, travel restrictions, dying consumption and the overall fall of capitalism. Now as uncertain the answer to the question “how long will this pandemic exist?” Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 44 ARTICLE habitats will persist, wiith the birds chirping louder than they have in ages , the air fresher than we have had in years (which by the way, we are unable to breathe due to staying in lockdowns- such is our misfortune ), the turtoises and sharks coming back to our seas and wondering in blissful harmony, without the fear of being hunted down or killed for meeting the selfish needs of the human kind. and actions if we after all, survive this? The answers to all these questions are integral to lessen the possibility of the next waves that are almost certain to embrace us after “this storm” hopefully passes, keeping in mind that all of these and much more might also somehow be the resultant of the pandemic and the existing lockdowns. All of this, for now, seems like a paradoxical nightmare that Now, what could be the we can’t seem to wake up COVID19 and climate change, possible connection of the from. So what is the ultimate although both appear to be pandemic and all these other outcome? environmental problems associated factors to our at large, are in fact social- mental well-being? Or how do Let’s analyse some data economically driven. In fact, we need to mend our thoughts to bring things more into The Green Volunteers the changes due to climate change were supposed to be the next wave before the pandemic happened, and the catalysis was already in place. So as an aspiring environmentalist, I see two ecological futures intertwined after the pandemic: The continuation of this climate change and it’s subsequent effects on mental health and illness. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 45 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE perspective and make them that this is likely, albeit difficult to prove beyond doubt. Think clearer. about it. The reason why our People living in places with air previous generations had less pollution have higher rates suicidal tendencies than now of depression and suicide, a is perhaps because they had systematic review of global fresh air to breathe, more data has found. Cutting air parks, playgrounds and areas pollution around the world of refreshment and recreation to the EU’s legal limit could near to their homes to hang prevent millions of people out in. Now factors like people from becoming depressed, staying home and lesser the research suggests. This emissions from vehicles and begs the assumption that factories are, sure, helping exposure to toxic air is causing us to breathe cleaner air. if not all, most of these cases But the condition of people of depression around the having to leave the nature world, or at least contributing alone and staying indoors to it. Scientists too believe to keep it fresh and healthy The Green Volunteers does not really make sense in the longer run. With the isolation being imposed and assuming that that in itself might be a reason behind the deteriorating mental health of a lot of people around the globe, the fresher air and healthier natural habitats outside are unfortunately, not really helping people struggling to cope with anxiety and depression, being locked down in the confines of their homes. And as soon as this ends and the world gets back up on its feet, the economies will rise again and capitalism will climb back at Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 46 According to WHO, more than 264 million people suffer from depression. With the increasing number of people having to deal with mental illness due to staying indoors because of the existing COVID-19 crisis, it becomes crucial for us to put light on the prevailing connection between the environment and the state of mind of the people, for optimizing the next big challenges to come. “We know that the finest particulates from dirty air can reach the brain via both the bloodstream and the nose, and that air pollution has been implicated in increased The Green Volunteers [brain] inflammation, damage to nerve cells and to changes in stress hormone production, which have been linked to poor mental health,” a study by Braithwaite said. The particle pollution analysed in the study was produced by burning fossil fuels in vehicles, homes and industry. The researchers said the new evidence further strengthened calls to tackle what the World Health Organization calls the “silent public health emergency” of dirty air. So basically, controlling human health and building a healthy environment for us to live in, both of these depend on how we regulate our socioeconomic behavior post pandemic. understand the social and economic reasons that keep us emitting greenhouse gases, and likewise with COVID-19. Yes, the direct cause is the virus. But managing its effects requires us to understand human behaviour and its wider socio-economic context. As Sir Newton said, “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. It’s high time we understand the wider consequences of our social behaviors and think about building a sustainable future, in order to save ourselves from the next possible waves. If we want to be resilient to future pandemics, avoid the worst of climate change and air pollution, we need a system that will bring effective social changes, one which won’t need people to stay back at home for the nature to be at it’s best, but one which will enable people to enjoy it, while ensuring a sound and sustainable future with optimized risks of forthcoming challenges. Like I said in the beginning of this article, Coronavirus, like climate change, is partly a problem of our socio-economic structure. Although both appear to be “environmental” or “natural” problems, they are more socio-economically driven than our minds can comprehend. Yes, climate change is caused by certain A world of possibility awaits! gases absorbing heat. But that’s a very shallow way to explain it. To really understand climate change, we need to Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 47 ARTICLE its peak. Subsequently the chances of the climate being heated up and going back to how it was again, the lack of fresh air will increase, leading to the outbreak of the next waves of climate change and mental illness in people. Surviving the pandemic only to end up having zero crop production, fighting droughts, having houses and livelihoods drowned in water due to natural disasters and the consequent lack of mental well-being in people overall seems to be a devastating scenerio in the future. Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE CAN URBAN FORESTRY BE A MEDIUM FOR REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE IN CITIES? NEPAL SWOSTHI THAPA NEPAL The world is developing rapidly with new inventions which has increased industrialization and urbanization. The preference of people towards modern services and facilities has created increment in migration from rural areas to urban cities. With the increasing population in cities, the environment is being worse day by day. Tree loss, pollution, unsustainability, overexploitation of resources has caused climate change and affected every region. The forests and green vegetation in rural areas can assist in reducing climate change impacts but it is the time to think about population living in urban areas. Although various governmental bodies as well as I/NGOs are working for creating better environment for example, using bio-degradable products, riding electric vehicles, reducing plastic use and pollution, it is still not enough. It’s time to think about something better, which is, Urban Forestry. But there is still an argument, Can urban forestry help in maintaining good environmental condition along with reducing impacts of climate change? Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. We can find the answer to this question when we get the concept of urban forestry. The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 48 Urban forest provide green spaces for cities mankind and improve environmental condition. The overall effect of urban trees is to cool the local environment during summer either by interception or through evapotranspiration. The UN FAO has also said that planting trees could improve air quality, cut the risk of floods and heat waves and halt land degradation and contribute in reducing climate change. If managed well, urban forests could reduce air temperatures by up to 80C and cut the cost of air conditioning by up to 40% and help cities adapt to rising temperatures. Also, planting more trees in cities reduce the amount The Green Volunteers ARTICLE Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. It involves both planning and management, including the programming of care and maintenance operations of the urban forest. It is practiced by municipal and commercial arborists, municipal and utility foresters, environmental policymakers, city planners, consultants, educators, researchers and community activists. of greenhouse gases in the air by sequestering carbon dioxide and by reducing the amount of energy needed to heat and cool buildings. They can also serve as long-term carbon sinks. An average sized tree can store hundreds of pounds of CO2 over its lifetime. Neighborhoods wellshaded with street trees can be up to 6-10degrees cooler than neighborhoods without, reducing overall energy needs. Three trees properly placed around a house can save up to 30% of energy use. Urban forestry planning can influence the everyday lives of city dwellers by reducing storm water runoff, decreasing wildfire risk and severity, reducing urban heat islands, decreasing utility Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 49 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE costs, increasing economic growth, and providing clean drinking water. It is estimated that almost 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050, mainly in Africa and Asia. This will worsen the environmental impacts without solutions. Considering this estimation, cities and local municipalities are beginning to recognize the important linkages between urban resiliency, human well-being, and climate change mitigation and adaptation activities. Most of the cities in various countries for example, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, London etc. are adopting this concept of urban forest for sustainability and human well-being. They are doing management of street trees, trees in parks and open spaces, trees on private property, and developing green roofs and walls. Other countries are also making commitments for developing green spaces either along roadside or at rooftops. barriers preventing cities from accomplishing such a task. Upfront costs of training professional staff and establishing a network for monitoring and assessing urban forest health can quickly surpass the capabilities of local governments. Sustainable funding for management assistance and tree care remains a formidable obstacle. Diversifying and securing sustainable funding is needed to increase awareness in area without proactive approaches to urban forest management. Despite the huge benefits, there is challenge in implementation of this concept. Insufficient funding and professional knowledge are probably the largest Although there are some challenges, it is crucial for development of urban forest management plan. Increasing tree canopy cover in large cities not only helps in maintaining The Green Volunteers healthy environment but also protect mankind from natural disasters. It also provides additional benefits through carbon storage, sequestration, habitat derivation, and biodiversity. And more specifically, it creates awareness among people to conserve natural resources and fight against most pressing issue, Climate Change. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 50 ARTICLE CORONA CRISIS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH GOLAM MAHBUB FAISAL BANGLADESH BNAGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY “How to proceed from this moment of Corona pandemic vis-à-vis sustainable development?” is a common question circulating throughout the globe. The Corona crisis has already put a question mark over UN member states signed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a collection of 17 goals focusing mainly on a better environment and socio-economic future. Being a developing country, Bangladesh is facing more challenges in continuing sustainable development. Corona crisis has brought some alarming and long-lasting effects on the sustainable development race of Bangladesh. First of all, the Corona crisis brought unintended temporary benefits to the environment which satisfies 5 SDGs (Goal 6: Clean water; Goal 7: Affordable & clean energy; Goal 13: Climate Action; Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 15: Life on land). With economic activities and transportation brought to a halt, there has been a substantial impact in reducing emissions of Greenhouse Gases (1). Pollution monitoring satellites operated by NASA and the European Space agency observed drastic decreases in air pollution in many countries now enforcing lockdowns The Green Volunteers “How to proceed from this moment of Corona pandemic vis-à-vis sustainable development?” is a common question circulating throughout the globe. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 51 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE something that is being followed also in Bangladesh. Additionally, COVID-19 has positive impacts on reducing water and sound pollution. Lockdown in Dhaka city has reduced overwhelming sound pollution to a large extent as plying of public buses, trucks, trains, motorbikes, etc., are suspended (1). A harsh truth to believe, these temporary benefits will assumably not exist once the lockdown ends. However, Corona crisis has brought a devastating and long-lasting effect on the economy which is related to 6 SDGs (Goal 1: No Poverty; Goal 2: Zero Hunger; Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being; Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth; Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities). In the case of Bangladesh, global buyers canceled orders worth US$133 million of garments from the country hitting hard The Green Volunteers the apparel sector, which contributes 84.2% to the total exports and employs about four million people, mostly women (2). Also, one of the rising sectors in Bangladesh, the poultry industry estimated a loss of Taka 11.50 billion due to the Corona crisis until April o4 (3). Besides, Bangladesh is facing a huge crisis in remittances amid COVID-19; World Bank estimates have projected that total remittances by Bangladeshi migrant workers will fall to US$14 billion for 2020, around a 25% decrease from the previous year (4). These losses imply economic instability which is a big barrier for sustainable development in Bangladesh. Finally, the Corona crisis already made a harmful effect on social stability which is related to 4 SDGs (Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender Equality; Goal 10: Reduced Inequality; Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions). Due to the poverty created by the less work or job opportunities, there is chaos everywhere in society getting terrific day by day. Furthermore, according to a recent survey by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a local human rights organization, at least 4,249 women and 456 children were subjected to domestic violence in 27 districts of Bangladesh in April amid of COVID-19, which is fearsome (5). Also, students are mostly spending unproductive time at home and getting inclined to social media because of suspended classes for a long time. As a whole, social instability due to the Corona crisis making a pullback in sustainable developments in Bangladesh. To sum up, the aftereffect of these fearsome effects of the Corona crisis will long last in Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 52 The Green Volunteers fairer, and more prosperous c o m . b d / t r a d e / p o u l t r y Bangladesh. industry-estimates-lossesof-tk-1150b-seeks-govtReference Links: intervention-1585715006 (1) h t t p s : / / (4) https://www.weforum. thefinancialexpress.com. o r g / a g e n d a / 2 0 2 0 / 0 6 / bd/views/views/navigating- b a n g l a d e s h - f a c e s - a covid-19-impacts-on-climate- r e m i t t a n c e s - c r i s i s - a m i d change-1587310117 covid-19/ (2) h t t p s : / / t b s n e w s . (5) https://www.dw.com/ net/analysis/coronavirus- e n / c o v i d - 1 9 - l o c k d o w n pandemic-may-leave-sdg- increases-domestic-violencetargets-disarray-59971 in-bangladesh/a-53411507 (3) h t t p s : / / thefinancialexpress. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 53 ARTICLE Bangladesh which is alarming for its inhabitants. This corona crisis came up with devastating socio-economic effects, some temporary environmental benefits, and eroded some Sustainable Development Goals gains. By not relenting efforts, Bangladesh must focus on continuing the sustainable development and deepen efforts during this Decade of Action to ‘recover better’, and build a healthier, safer, Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT EPIDEMIC! MD. REZWAN AHMED MAHEDI BANGLADESH DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY, COMILLA UNIVERSITY In 1926, the Scottish microbiologist Alexander Fleming invented the first antibiotic, penicillin. Later, various antibiotics were discovered for his benefit, which are widely praised for stopping various epidemics such as cholera. One of the blessings of modern medicine is the discovery of antibiotics. As a result, it is possible to treat many diseases that once killed a large number of people. But now, after taking antibiotics, people are recovering in a few days and are able to walk. So we have endless gratitude to antibiotics. Antibiotic drugs are usually made from fungi or other microorganisms. Usually this drug reduces the proliferation of bacteria, suppressing harmful bacteria. In 1926, the Scottish microbiologist Alexander Fleming invented the first antibiotic, penicillin. Later, various antibiotics were discovered for his benefit, which are widely praised for stopping various epidemics such as cholera. These antibiotics range from one to five classes. Antibiotics usually stops bacterial invasion by destroying the bacterial wall. Before moving on to the main discussion, we need to know what a bacterium is. It is a group of single-celled, microscopic microorganisms without organized nuclei. It has about 15,000 species. Not all bacteria are bad. Rather many bacteria, even most of which live in our gut, are extremely beneficial. However, the harmful side of bacteria is usually more noticeable to us. Now I say, what is antibiotic resistance! The Green Volunteers Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 54 ARTICLE . Antibiotic resistance happens when the germs no longer respond to the antibiotics designed to kill them. So, how do these bacteria build up resistance to an antibiotic drug? When we take any antibiotic the doctor gives us a certain amount. But when we do not take antibiotics as directed by the doctor, the bacteria get a chance! We can make mistakes but bacteria will not make mistakes. When you do not complete the full dose of the medicine, some bacteria remain intact, for which those bacteria develop an immune system against that antibiotic, the effect The Green Volunteers of which is that particular antibiotic drug no longer can suppress the bacteria, but requires stronger antibiotics. In this way the bacteria gradually become stronger. Some bacteria have been found in the human bodies that are able to resist all kinds of antibiotic drugs. laboratory is still conducting extensive research on such crises. However, if we are a little more careful when it comes to taking medicine, we will be able to get rid of such problems. So, how could it turn into an epidemic? Scientists have speculated that if these antibiotic-resistant bacteria were able to spread through sneezing and coughing, there could be a greater pandemic than the corona virus in the future. But the hope is that the Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 55 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE THE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING COVID-19 HASAN AHMAD BANGLADESH DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY All over the world, higher education institutions are facing many problems and uncertainty in the face of this COVID-19 situation. Due to the current situation, students have faced many kinds of problems to continue their study. Nowhere, students in developing countries are facing this conditions even more internet facility, with others facilities. Two aspects of this situation have been observed like positive impact and negative impact. In this current aspect, it will explain the effects of social media on higher education during COVID-19. Despite that uncertain timelines around social distancing, higher education institutions have done a commendable job leveraging digital tools such as social media in education to keep students informed, empathize with their frustrations, and provide guidance and timely information. To discover ways that you can utilize popular social media platforms to connect and support students during COVID-19 like TikTok, Startmaker, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube etc. The Green Volunteers To discover ways that you can utilize popular social media platforms to connect and support students during COVID-19 like TikTok, Startmaker, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube etc. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 56 ARTICLE Recently, the usage of social media is increasing. The Usage of Social Media in Education has great positive impact on it. Thanks to the use of social media, we have been able to take education to a unique level. Let’s use it to advance the research level. With the help of an example, we can understand very well how the use of social media in the impact in education. In pandemic situation, I have been able to learn may kinds of skills like leadership, communication, negotiation, emotional intelligence, digital marketing, problem solving and decision making skills, and also learn some technical or hard skills such as content writing, professional CV/ The Green Volunteers Resume writing, graphics design, presentation and public speaking etc. . Well, today I have tried to improve my career by learning different types of skills by using social media and it has only happened as a result of all these factors of social media. On the one hand, research has indicated that in recent years social media has penetrated almost all types of organizations. Educational institutions have not been left behind too and have been adopters of this global phenomenon. Social media takes many forms such as social networking sites, blogs, blogs, instant messaging and virtual communities. To embark that, the social networking site Facebook appears to clearly emerge as a winner predominantly because of its large number of members. It allows its members to create and share content, build relationships and enable collaboration and connectivity irrespective of geographical location. Besides, the rapid rise of social media provides numerous possibilities for higher education institutions to adopt it to further their learning and teaching endeavors. Worldwide mostly high uptake of social media makes it suitable for administrators, managers, learners and teachers in higher education institutions too. Moreover, the usage of Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 57 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE social media continues to transform pedagogy and can be used to support learning and teaching activities that were traditionally confined to classrooms. Well, the use of social media in higher education recent, it has many challenges but its importance cannot be ignored. Research has induced that a majority of academics are of the sensation that social media may be employed successfully in supporting the provision of student-centered learning approach. In the meantime, the use of social me¬dia for learning and teaching, it is also being used for creating awareness and advertising. Social media qualifies educational institutions to provide stakeholders with information about new research programs, changes to policies, events, job vacancies, alumni engagement and institutional news. Some colleges and universities also use social media as a tool for recruit¬ing students. Social media gives a perfect platform to highlight new courses, research and teaching staff and campus facilities in an attempt to attract more students. The Green Volunteers However, the use of social media in higher education is not without some implicit restrictions. Its restrictions include technological and privacy concerns, dominance of academics, passive behavior of students and absence of academic language usage. And to add to this catalog is the absence of awareness of the functionality offered by the social media platform. In social media, students no longer continue to remain passive absorbent of knowledge but become coproducers and contributors. education settings too. What needs to be worked out the situation is how higher education institutions globally continue to embrace social media to their own benefit. Finally, in higher education social media marketers have a tough task before them as they try to navigate how to communicate with students during school closures. No one could have predicted that just five months into 2020, this is what our new realities would become. But we have to remember that we’re all in this together, and we will find a way to fill prospective On the other hand, in student pipelines and make the current education sure our communities are environment, learning has taken care of. become more of a social process and the use of social media strengthens that process. The use of social media, like in different areas, is here to stay in higher Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 58 MD. ATIQ AHAMED FATTAH LECTURER, SOIL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ARTICLE ONLINE EDUCATION IN THIS CORONA EPIDEMIC BANGLADESH EXIM BANK AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH World Economic Forum survey indicates that most of the countries are at different points in their COVID-19 infection rates, worldwide there are currently more than 1.2 billion children in 186 countries affected by school closures due to this pandemic. The Green Volunteers After the breakout of COVID-19 diseases on 31 December 2019 from China, the world is facing a tremendous digester where Bangladesh is a part of worldwide pandemic but due to strong governmental initiative and timely planning from health ministry the pandemic is still under controlled where as our government is well praised by the different country chief. As per the timely good initiatives one of the best one is continuation of school, college and university education and exam through online platform. Here in lockdown situation both teachers and students got new experience by get involving them in online based teaching and learning process. We have 3G, 4G net service but as this is the first time we have faced such situation, so both teachers and student got some problems during online class and handling their net service. In previous year the developing country and multinational company had used several software and app for their video conference, online business meeting, and for power point presentation. There are several handy mobile app, and software for educational purpose which are great teaching tools are used by different educational institution, research center and others training organization who provide online class, lecture and tutorial to their Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 59 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE student, participant or target audience. World Economic Forum survey indicates that most of the countries are at different points in their COVID-19 infection rates, worldwide there are currently more than 1.2 billion children in 186 countries affected by school closures due to this pandemic. In Denmark, children up to the age of 11 are returning to nurseries and schools after initially closing on 12 March, but in South Korea students are responding to roll calls from their teachers online. In India many online learning The Green Volunteers platforms are offering free access to their services, including platforms like BYJU’S, a Bangalore-based educational technology. Some research shows that on average learners retain 25-60% more material while learning online compared to only 8-10% in a classroom. This is probably due to the students being able to learn faster online and e-learning requires 40-60% less time to learn than in a traditional classroom setting because students can learn at their own pace and with great comfort. According to my experience in the recent time as a lecturer in a private university of Bangladesh, I had to try several online teaching aids like different apps, software and video editing software. As I have to give lecture to my student on different courses of soil science I have to move with greater student comfort of using online media. We have also used different social media as a medium of communication between teachers and students for teaching purpose. I have experienced with messenger, whatsapp for submitting assignment, giving notice and Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 60 ARTICLE also for communicate with student for sudden question answering. One thing is interesting in this case that both teachers and students also used social media for communication before this pandemic but on that time student ask rare question to their teacher or they don’t even think to communicate to their teacher for solution of any problem through social media so it can be said that this online different communication medium minimize gap between teachers and learners. Not only for conducting classes but also for attending teachers and faculty meeting I got experienced with Google meet, Google classroom and Zoom app. I have to supply soft copy and video recording to my student The Green Volunteers in association with face to face video communication and for making video of my lecture and PowerPoint presentation recording I had to user different software like Cyber link YouCam 7, Camtesia video editor, VEGAS Pro 15 video editing software. Initially it was not easy for me to install and using such app, software but with the help of YouTube video tutorial I had to learn those things and also for student it was tough for them to habituate with such new process of learning. situation, while the rest 77% opposed the idea. It is clear that only 55% of the students have access to a laptop, PC, or a smart phone to attend an online class. It shows rest of the students cannot attend properly online classes due to lack of logistics. The most important factor for online classes is internet connectivity and our survey revealed that 55% of the students are not supported by proper internet connections at this moment to continue with online education. We found that 40% of the students According to UK based are already attending online business standard report classes, among whom the among the student from majority (70%) are from different area in worldwide private universities. 34% are currently located in a rural area and 66% in an urban Above all circumstances location where as only 23% of with many restriction of our the students were in favor of students in Bangladesh are taking online classes in this continuing their class in online Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 61 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE teachers from school, college and universities are using different online platform among them I am describing several app through practical experience. Messenger: Facebook is a popular social media in Bangladesh so at the beginning of pandemic I used to communicate with our students from different courses through messenger and class CR form messenger group and I have sent them lecture sheet through messenger and audio clip on a particular class time in a day when they have to show online existence and question answering secession. It was easy to find someone and deliver message and any notice of assignment submission. WhatsApp: During using messenger we have faced some problem like unwanted message during class time, have hazard notification during conversation and also sending or receiving a file with greater size was not easy so we then transferred to whatsapp. It was feasible to communicate and uploading or downloading file through whatsapp and student can The Green Volunteers easily upload picture of home task and student from remote area can easily handle it with slow net. Every class I used to provide short screen recording video of word file or power point file with in 25 mb file size. So I have to send 2 or 3 short video of particular class and this became very helpful for student. video discussion and also have screen share facility, file uploading facility and real time viva exam facility. Now most popularly used online platform is zoom because of its user friendly interface just through code sharing can connect teachers with his student and also it consume less mb as it is bug free. Gmail: During whatsapp use we have faced another problem that we cannot send a file having size greater than 25 mb. So for this any file greater than 25 mb used to send through Gmail and student also used Gmail for sending their assignment. Also Gmail is mostly used formal medium of online communication for office mail, corporate mail or any personal mail communication system. And also having a Gmail account give facility a user to use different apps of google platform like google meet, google classroom google calendar etc. Zoom: Zoom app is very much handy for taking class and for conferencing. We used zoom for our faculty meeting, teacher’s conferencing. It is so handy that a lot of people can connect at a time now 200 people can add in a same Google meet: It is a app from google platform. It has popularity both using from smart phone and computer as it is a short size mobile app so we suggested our students to download it from plat store and during our class I used to start meeting and send the link in whatsapp group through which all student were added with me and we could made a successful online class while any student or teacher could share screen or could present any presentation. It has also messaging facility and I can control the student who can say or who cannot. Google classroom: This is the most amazing feature app from google with higher rate of different facility to conduct a successful online class. It’s also easy to set up a google classroom. Teachers share code with the class. And the Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 62 During this time as a lecturer from a university I have to continue online class so that the students faced the study break which will hamper The Green Volunteers ARTICLE students can join by just entering the codes. That’s all it takes to create a virtual classroom. Teacher can post anything or can upload an audio, video file, word or pdf file and can share link even if can share video from YouTube. There are great variety of option present here for smooth functioning of online class as google meet can connect with this app so when I want to make conference with my student I can open google meet from google classroom. The most important unique feature I have found here is the facility of making different online question paper where I can multiple question paper or assignment and can make post by setting a particular time and date according to this students are notified .We can supple manual question paper or google formed question paper and we can manage different class for different course from same account just student of different batch will get different code to join the class. their university education and secession. So from our university we the teacher tried our best to find out the better way of conducting online class and through trial and error and sharing experienced finally we can conduct our class smoothly though the student from remote area are faced slow net but its far better than initial time. We have used several medium but mainly we conduct class through google classroom and google meet for online live class, we provide video sometime audio and also Facebook for quicker communication and for taking exam we have use google question paper, assignment and sometimes student give handwriting home task picture on whatsapp or messenger and also for online viva I prefer messenger where group members participate in viva by single person one after another. So that was the total experienced and also I think it shows the rest of the online education system running present time in our country Bangladesh where teachers from different institution and our government are trying hard for proper functioning of student learning process and we are very much hopeful that one day this worldwide crisis COVID 19 will be removed and our student will again back to their school, college and universities. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 63 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH: INTERRELATION BETWEEN LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION MD HASIBUL ISLAM BANGLADESH RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE ABSTRACT: The 21st century along with it’s blessings of new and technological advanced gadgets have introduced mankind to new type of health concern, the disease of depression, which has led to a substantial number of suicidal cases over the decades. Depression, like many other traits of man have always been clinically overlooked in most of the countries. Suicides on the other hand is not something that any government has dared to trifle with. Hence, we find in our interest to seek out the causes and methods of possible recovery from depression, thus reducing the cases of suicides. That being said, suicides are not the only outcomes of depression. Marital discord, child abuse, rape cases and most importantly a rapid rise of drug addicts are the possible miseries that depression bring with it. Loneliness however is a different issue, still loneliness seems to have a close relationship with depression. Depression and loneliness creates a cycle of cause and effect. So denying a person of social acquaintances, can ultimately lead to create the chain of social discord. Thus depression along with loneliness are to incorporated in mental The Green Volunteers Depression, like many other traits of man have always been clinically overlooked in most of the countries. Suicides on the other hand is not something that any government has dared to trifle with. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 64 ARTICLE health sector as a substantial that any disturbance in the threat to society. mind affects the biological functions of the body. This is now proved to be a fact rather INTRODUCTION: than hypothesis and it applies Depression is a void created to animals with a certain level in mind. A depressed mind of cognitive response. lacks the necessary drive to engage any strength in action. That means, a depressed mind is devoid of the reason to do anything. This lack of intention ultimately starts a chain reaction of mental and physical trauma. For many years, a misconception prevailed in our society that any void created in the mind is confined. But recent case studies proves The Green Volunteers Now coming to the causes of depression, we are introduced to the concept of the ‘vicious cycle of mental mania’. This is such a cycle where the factors and effects are interchangeable. That means any effect of mental disturbance, be it psychological or biological will serve as the cause of further mental disturbance. Thus developing an interchangeable relationship between the causes and effect of mental instability creating a loop, which in normal sense seems to be unbreakable. Considering this factor many people focus on avoiding this cycle rather than treating it. Now loneliness is a complete different idea which may always not co-relate to depression. It is not essential for a lone person to be depressed. Because loneliness, sometimes acts as a engaging factor of perseverance. However, in most of the cases a lone person turns out to be Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 65 Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE depressed. Now again most of us have a misconception that a lone person is always friendless. To some extent, this may be true but with the advent of easy access to digital social media, loneliness cut off its relationship with being friendless. At present, a person may have a lots of virtual friends, fans but always may feel like a fish out of the water. Because deep down he/ she may feel that nobody can see or feel the person behind his /her veil of social profile. Thus leaving the person to be mentally isolated and in turn mentally confidence less. This ultimately paves the road for a person to be depressed and consider an example, Mr. mentally unstable. X is a cheerful lad of 21 and goes to medical school. VICIOUS CYCLE OF Initially, he did good, attended MENTAL MANIA lectures regularly, hanged out with friends and did what a VICIOUS CYCLE OF normal student does so fur. MENTAL MANIA: Now on a sudden evening Interrelationship between he found himself in front of psychological and biological gorgeous lady of his choice and gradually fell in love. As health day passed he engaged more Vicious cycles are so called and more to impress this lady due their nature of miserable which left a negative impact outcomes. Vicious cycle of on his academic life. But mental mania deals with being in love, he overlooked repeated actions of causes and everything. However, soon he effect of mental disturbance realised that he was cheated on and instability which often and found himself extremely leads to depression. Let’s depressed. Gradually, he The Green Volunteers lost interest in studies, his teaches started to look down upon him and he fell behind. All these paved a dark path of depression for Mr. X and he, by his own actions began to loose his friends now. With time he became a loner like typical depressed person. On the other hand other new kids found no interest in incorporating with Mr. X. So in such case scenario, loneliness acted both as an effect and cause of depression. A vicious cycle of mental mania works in such a way leading a lot of people to fall in an abyss of Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 66 The Green Volunteers a fact. FAMILY LIFE: IMPACT OF OVER-PROTECTIVENESS ON CHILD’S PSYCHOLOGY Psychologists ,after analysing case history of several patients with any sorts of mental disorder found that in about 85% cases, the cause of depression roots back to unhealthy relationship with family members. As strange as it may seem, lack of an intimate relationship among each members of the family ultimately leaves a child with a cracked and unstable mindset, thus children develops a nature of being afraid to open up to people. Children of these category suffer from extreme Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 67 ARTICLE mental torture where most symptoms of loss of appetite people find them in a state of and some other physical hopelessness . traits like sleepless ness and a sudden rise in blood pressure By now we came to which in long term may cause an understanding of insomnia and hyper tension. psychological health or to be Again almost all patients more precise the impact of suffering from depression loneliness and depression have shown to have grown on psychological health. bad habits like smoking , Psychological imbalance taking alcohol and in some broadly not only affects the cases drugs, some patients way of thinking of an individual even have shown habits of but also affects the physical hurting themselves. These health to great extent. traits which are triggered by Normally mind can’t not mental disturbance are not directly always biology of an necessary for the body to being, however a living body, function properly but they though in all cases is doesn’t sure can in the long run end need a mind to function but one’s life. So we just cannot need a mind to survive. Like, deny that psychological health a depressed person at his/ broadly affects physical health her initial stage shows certain rather we are to accept this as Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE inferiority complex and as such fails to socialise with people even in a favourable environment. Now that we came to find a reason which is common in most of the patients suffering from depression, we can theoretically assume that an unhealthy relationship within family members is the prime reason behind leaving a child with the torment of loneliness, hence depressed. In such scenarios, the pointer of accusation however always directs towards guardians. Several patients on enquiry have directly or indirectly stated that this lack of intimate The Green Volunteers relationship is the outcome of denying the patients of their necessary freedom. They felt that their guardians willingly or unwillingly took control of their (patients’) life. Repeated attempts of trying to break free from this situation ended up in creating a feud in the family and hence the loneliness. However these over protectiveness of guardians came from their innate nature of nurturing their offspring. From a guardian’s point of view these type of behaviour is mandatory to help secure their children a bright and stable future. These sort of behaviour, though not wrong are not appropriate either as in most cases children don’t take positively and gradually develop an idea that their patents are trying to take over their life. As such a huge distance in relationship develops which combined with generation gap leaves a permanent negative impression on a child’s mind striping them of the quality of trusting people. Most of us, if not familiar with the term ‘Helicopter parenting ‘ can easily get a rough idea of the term in the above discussion. Helicopter parenting is a circumstance where parents being too overprotective of their Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 68 connection too. Teenagers find social media interesting due to its easy methods to creating a handsome personal profile. So a lot of kids tend to hide their weakness behind SOCIAL MEDIA: CAN IT the appealing profile of false grandeur.. Thus it strips such SERVE AS A SOLUTION? person of any confidence Social media is a way of when it comes to real life communication which allows interactions leaving our user its user to simultaneously to be a loner. interact with a huge number of people without any On the other hand social interruption. It may serve media is a depot of useful as a platform for expressing information which can serve one’s views to society which the purpose of a rich database in turn can mould a social for any sorts of projects . In opinion or at times provides case of dealing mental health , a user with a substantial data the easiest way of interpreting base to aid him in his project. a persons physiology is to However, now a days, social analyse the pattern of his use media serves a purpose of of social media. The Green Volunteers So, social media effectively does not serve the purpose of treating depression but it can provide the tools of analysing mental health problems. TREATING LONELINESS: EFFECTIVENESS OF THERAPY: Now that we understand the relationship between loneliness and depression, we can easily consider loneliness as a mental health issue or more clearly mental disease. In many countries of the world, still now people tends to show negligence towards mental health or are not acquainted with the term ‘mental disease’. So going to therapists or phycologists are Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 69 ARTICLE children tends to loose their trusts in certain issues . To put it simply ‘helicopter parenting ‘ is merely a synonym of ‘over parenting ‘ Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society ARTICLE still a taboo to them. But this follow those rules. Hence, a is a total misconception. trait develops in such persons to mitigate their social needs Mental therapy have proved in obscure ways or as we to be of great success to many call it by involving in unsocial patients. Because loneliness, activities. whatever the cause maybe shows to have form a mental Therapists can help a lone barrier to patient. Such patient to break free from people looses the quality to such mental barrier and help open up to people as in most an individual to understand of such cases people loose his place or worth in society, the confidence to so such. thus helping in socialization As a result these people fails which in turns can turn a to socialise with people and loner into a animated, jolly slowly grows a considerable social person. So, yes, therapy distance form social norms. is effective in treatment of To some, these social norms loneliness and depression. seems useless, some patients consider them to be violent CONCLUSION: and others simply become unsure if they would be able Human beings are inborn to or are worthy enough to social beings. Barriers to lead The Green Volunteers a social life puts the very life of an individual in jeopardy. So, dealing with mental health is an important issue. By now we can be sure of the fact that loneliness can pose a threat as a mental disease and it a close association with depression. We can no more deny the fact that like all other diseases, mental diseases need treating to lead a stable social life. So dealing with patients of depression , loneliness cannot be struck out from the symptoms of mental disease. Volume 3 Issue 1 (2020) 70 #STAY_SAFE #STAY_HEALTHY JOIN US ANYV.ORG/JOIN-US YOUNG MIND CTHINKS GLOBALLY ONTACT E m a i l : m a ga z i n e . a n y v s @ g m a i l . c o m Phone: +88 01847 126960 Website: www.anyv.org Address: House: 69/A, Road: 06/A, D h a n m o n d i , D h a k a 1 2 0 9 , B a n g l a d e sA h Magazine Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society www.anyv.org/magazine outh Volu of Y n rk Society ers te Asian Netw o of: Asian Network of Youth Volunteers Society
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