KINGS COLLEGE SUPPORTED BY BRITBANGLACOVID ON RESEARCH OF BANGLADESHIS & COVID-19

In a challenging time, we need to work with like minded people and organisations for the same cause. BritBanglaCovid endorses and supports the work of King's College London for the interest of Bangla-Britain in times of Covid-19. If you know of anyone who fits the criteria please ask them to contact Julie or Ansar from Swadhinata Trust.

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PROUD MOTHER AND NHS WORKER REGAINED CONFIDENCE UNDER COVID

Rubina Begum was a young bride who did not know the reality of life. The only thing she understood at the time was to maintain her home. Once her husband rejected her, she had to pick herself up, build her life and gain confidence as a NHS worker.

EARLY LIFE
Rubina was born and brought up in Islington, London. She was married at the age of 19 and brought up with six siblings.
She grew up with the idea that she was to have a husband and live with her in-laws.
'I was not able to study. It was one of my dreams to be anurse. I was doing well at my education. It would have to come to an end andsacrifice my ambition in order to become a wife and daughter-in-law.’
Before she was married her mother was terminally ill.She had to give up her relationship with her only love.
‘It was like a Romeo & Juliet situation - a bit of Bollywood,' she said.
When Rubina introduced him to her mother, she felt that he seemed like a nice boy.Her mother’s wish in the end was to get her youngest daughter…

BRITBANGLACOVID SURVEY FOR BANGLADESHIS IN BRITAIN

Covid-19 demonstrates that Bangladeshis in Britain are more vulnerable than any other ethnic minority communities. BritBanglacovid has now taken a massive task to undertake a nationwide survey to find out the underlying causes of such a tragedy upon such a minority community. We urge anyone who is Bangladeshi to fill in the survey. No one so far has been able to target such a community on such a scale. We hope we can obtain significant information to argue for positive changes from grassroots research. We need your help. Please complete the survey and share...

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MONEY ADVISOR LOSS OF LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD MADE COVID REAL

SHIRINA ALI'S EXPERIENCE OF COVID WAS REAL WHEN TWO COLLEAGUES OF HER HUSBAND AND HER COUSIN DIED. FINANCIAL LOSSES ARE ALSO IMMENSE.
SHIRINA'S CHILDHOOD
Born to a first generation Bangladeshi migrant family, Shirina is the eldest of 'many British siblings.' A self-confessed ‘Tower Hamlets girl’ was born and brought up in this borough. Little did she know then that she would also marry in Tower Hamlets. At the age of 17, she was married off to a man chosen by her grand father.
As a teenager, the world of motherhood was hard for her at first. She had to cook, clean and learn new ways of living with her husband. During her A-Level exams, she was fully pregnant with her first girl. She missed going tothe cinemas, gossiping with her friends and learning to drive. These are many of things her friends did whilst Shirina embraced her new life as a wife.She confessed that as part of her marriage contract her husband would be the bread winner.
‘It was kind of built into my hea…

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