AGAMI IS CELEBRATING “SHADHINOTA DIBOSH” - INDEPENDENCE DAY OF BANGLADESH, AND ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT

We are proudly PRESENTING TALENTED BANGLADESHI AMERICAN SINGER PALBASHA SIDDIQUE as our featured artist. She is best known for the song Praan on Matt Harding's "Dancing 2008" video (a song from Gitanjali). This was the most watched YouTube video on the web during that time. Her singing talent had won her many awards including a scholarship at MacPhail Center for Music

OTHER ATTRACTIONS - PRAAN O GAAN a soulful collection of popular Bengali songs and dances will be performed by our very own popular Bay Area Artists : Manidipa Bhattacharya , Waziudin Chowhury , Wahida Rashid Tonu and other talented performers

KIDS ACTIVITIES: Children's Performance (as part of Praan O Gaan), Face Painting and Essay Writing Competition. There will be awards for participants RAFFLE GIVEAWAYS: Sarees by award winning designer and columnist of Canvas Fashion Magazine IVY HASAN, Books from Ekushe Boi mela 2012, Designer Handbags, and many more !!

AUCTION: Unique designer SAREES and cool GADGETS Do not miss this amazing event and join us to celebrate the Independence Day and BE A PART OF A GREAT CAUSE !!

Contact sabir@agami.org if you want to be a sponsor for this event !

Here is a photo gallery of our May 2010 fundraiser. On this event, Agami presented popular singer Anila and a local band. For more details on this event please click on this link: http://agami.org/blogs/?tag=fundraiser

Agami annual fundraiser held at Tie Center, Santa Clara, on May 30, was one of their most successful fund raiser from the amount of money raised. We have been able to raise ~$49K with a pre-set target of $45K. We are very encouraged by the community support as we needed additional funding in rebuilding the 3 Aila-damaged Agami schools in Khulna.  

Agami’s lifeblood is our volunteers and they are committed and driven by the same guiding light of promoting basic education of underprivileged children in Bangladesh. Without them we would not have been able to pull off raising 49k in one evening.   

This is list of volunteers who helped us out for this great event… They have made it possible for us to reach a rather impossible goal in a significantly difficult year.  

Agami's 5th Annual fundraiser event was be held on July 27, 2008.It was a summer afternoon garden party with music, comedy and savory dishes. Please click here for the event details.

Bangladesh's coastal area was devastated by a Category IV cyclone Sidr on November 15, 2007. Sidr struck with winds of 150 mph and left more than 3,000 dead, 1,000 missing, and 40,000 injured.  More than a million homes were damaged, crops were damaged on more than 2 million acres of land, and more than 1.25 million livestock were killed.  A human tragedy is unfolding in one of the poorest nation of the world as more than 8.5 million people were affected by the devastating cyclone.  Read more....

On January 26 2008, Agami and Anandasheba organized "Concert for Cyclone Victims of Bangladesh" . It was a multi-cultural charity concert collaboration with US, Indian, Iranian, Nepalese, Thai, and Bangladeshi volunteers. The event was a great success!

The net fund raised from the concert is $17,101.

Please click the link to see a report on the events.

Agami organized a fundraiser evening on October 19, 2007. It was a vibrant evening full of entertainments. The guests enjoyed savory dinner, comedy and live music.. Read more.....

The guest speaker was Mr.Kazi Islam , the CEO of Grameen Solution . His speech was focused on the vital role communication technology plays in the development of Bangladesh. Comedians Anand Chulani and Naveed Mahbub performed stand-up comedies and live music was performed by Triple E DJs.

A fundraiser event was held on March 25th, 2006 to celebrate Bangladesh's Independence Day. The event was a smashing success, being completely sold out. Read more....

Alamgir had the crowd dancing in the aisles, and the boisterous crowd donated generously to the tune of more than $20,000!

Please follow the link above to see photos of the event.

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In September 2005, Agami co-sponsored a Bengali play with ENAD (http://www.ENADonline.org) and http://www.PromiseWorldWide.org to the delight of many in attendance. This event was held at Chubberly Theatre in Palo Alto, CA.

Description: "Baaki Itihaas", a play that is best described as an exercise in psychoanalysis. A headline in a newspaper stimulates a thought experiment between a literary couple. What begins as an idle intellectual exercise, soon morphs into a stifling commentary on mankind's selfish, complacent existence, and on his darkest thoughts - the kind that drives him to write those pages of human history that were best left unwritten!

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Commemorating International Mother Language Day, Agami sponsored a screening of the renowned film "Matir Moina". Read film reviews on their website www.matirmoina.com . This event was held to the enjoyment of all at the Mountain View Academy in Mountain View, CA. This fundraiser pulled in about $7000.

We had a special guest speaker, Mr. Rafiqul Islam, who is the founder of International Mother Language Day. We also had very special greetings from Mr. Shamsur Rahman, a renowned Bangladeshi poet. A delicious Bangladeshi dinner was also served. Many thanks to all who came to enjoy the film and support Agami.

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Our first annual fundraiser was a huge success. Drawing a crowd of hundreds to Chandni Restaurant in Newark, CA, we were able to collect nearly $15,000 from the very generous contributions of Agami friends and supporters. This was three times the amount we hoped to generate! We sincerely thank All who participated.

We entertained our audience with speakers, a raffle, delicious Indian food and a wonderful performance by Riffat Sultana and Party, a Pakistani folk music group. We are looking forward to having our second annual fundraiser this coming year! We hope you can join us.

Read our keynote speaker's speech here .
Check out the fun we had in our photo album !

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